PS3 price drop may suprises us all?

[Skeeuk]

KBG29 said:
Nice thoughts Skeeuk.

I agree with all, but the external PS, and the removale of Wifi.

If they move to 45nm Cell, then the Powersuply in the PS3 will be reduced even smaller, and I don't see it making much of a cost differance whether it is internal or external. The only way it would make sense to remove the internal PS, is if they were to make the 80GB model slim, but I don't think they will go slim until they can do it across every sku.

Removing wifi. While this would save them a bit it would not be enough to be worth it IMO. A wifi reciver is very cheap, and it is even cheaper when ordered in bluk by a company like Sony. I think the advantage of giving consumers every possible road to the PS Store is more benificial. Many people will not hook their console up through a cable connection due to iggnorance, or because parents won't allow their kids to run a 100ft cord through the house just to be able to use the internet. The wifi makes it so nearly any consumer can make an easy connection, and in turn adds much more oppertunity for profits from PSN.

well i respectfully disagree with the psu and wifi.

an external psu imo would be cheaper than having it included on board along with taking out wifi, remeber this is an entry level model im talking about. i dont think they need to change the shape and make it slim. the shape looks good enough as it is. it mabey the case that less people will be connected to psn becasue of lack of wifi(going off entry level models).

^but the extra console sales and software sales to come from that would outway the psn connection issue. i belive not everyone will have thier ps3 away from thier net connection.

in my case my broadband is upstairs and my ps3 is downstairs, and it connects flawlessly, so wifi for me is 100% dead cert others may have thier conection next to ps3 and they could just use ethernet.