The elephant in the room: PS3 price cut timing strategy (three scenarios)

[Groucho]

NJ5 said:

Aj_habfan said:

NJ5 said:

Aj_habfan said:
If 360 gets another price cut, it will be the same price as a PS2. If the arcade price isn't cut, it won't make as big of a deal.

It all depends on when/for how much Sony drops the price.

Isn't the PS2 $99?

 

No, I see the bundles going for $150, though I think you can get it alone for $130.

 

The PS2 is declining exponentially now though (almost 50% decline from the last holiday in Europe at least). I wonder if Sony will cut its price too.

 

I doubt the PS2 will see a price drop before production of the latest (SCPH-90000, which just arrived in the US a couple months ago -- its a slimline with a built-in power supply) model stops.  Not much point in selling them for no profit these days, given the number of used PS2s available, I think, unless Sony is still making loads of money from PS2 software.