KillerMan said:
That doesn't make any sense. Sony will cut PS2 price because that will boost PS2 sales and they still make profit from it. Why stop manufacturing when you can still sell product at profit. |
You're assuming it will still make a profit. Worse yet, even if it does it needs to be enough to dig them out of the PS3 hole. There are a lot of other reasons why it's not a good idea to cut the price: Since the PS2 is still selling 400k units in December after 8 years a price cut wouldn't significantly increase sales of hardware; the software won't see spikes because it's a drop in the bucket and the used game market is so large; the system's profits are already damaged by the bad Yen convesion; and the system isn't getting much cheaper to make. In fact, due to mine closures in Australia some parts in the PS2 are going to get more expensive as the metals increase in cost. Further, the company has lost so much money it needs to reorganize. It would, in all liklihood, be asinine to cut the price of the PS2 right now, and there's no point in the future when it will be advantageous. Once the costs to sales ratio is bad enough to warrant a cut the PS3 will be profitable and the company's focus, meaning they can slowly phase out the PS2 in the larger regions. I just can't see a further reduction in price when it's not going to significantly drive sales at all. Psychologically, $100 isn't that much different than $130, after all, so I'm having a hard time seeing where there's even one incentive to cut the price.
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