Speculation on a PS3 pricecut in 2009. Almost guaranteed?

[Seihyouken]

DaveD said:

Seihyouken said:

DaveD said:
Each PS3 sale is losing money per console sold in most regions, and you want them to lose even more. Sony isn't really doing good right now to afford that

tl;dr I take it?

 

yes =/

headache today and didn't feel like reading that long of a post

 

It's okay, I'll summerize it for you.

Pretty much, PS3 will be profitible at $399 following the 45nm revisions in March and Sony will profit all the way until Q4 2009. When Q4 hits, PS3s will cost at most $325 to manufacture so Sony should issue a $100 price drop to coincide with the release of God of War III in North America, Gran Turismo 5 in Europe, and Final Fantasy XIII in Japan. Sony will make so much off the increased software sales in Q4 that it will more than overtake the $25 losses on each PS3 sold for the quarter just like with every Christmas season. In the meantime, Sony should sell premium bundles at $499 with successful, paid-off 1st party games to make profits off hardware until the lower-end model is fully profitible.