How sony can sell more ps3s?

[smallflyingtaco]

Pristine20 said:

smallflyingtaco said:
For the most part I think that is a mistake. The high price point buyers by this point are pretty much mined out -- there are some for certain but I do not think enough to matter. The feature is not a bad one but if it requires raising the price I think they will end up with a lot of stock they will not be able to sell or making these in extremely small runs which is less cost efficient.

It would be marketed as a "premium" model. This is like how everyone complains of the price of ps360 games at launch but collectors verions sometimes sell better than regular versions. Why? Because there are some who are interested in the extras.

 

I know the exact group of people your talking about, the ones who own four copies of the same DVD because each havve different special features.  How big is that group in terms of PS3 buyers, how many of those do not have a PS3 with BC already, and how much are they willing to spend?  When you take all those into account I think the result is not going to be a large enough number to justify the product.  CE games sell early and then set of the shelf for ages until one of those people finds it months or years later, from your example your plan is like re-releasing the CE but years afterwards when the CE time has passed and it is just an expensive version then.  That all makes this an unsafe move in my opinion.  Premium systems like the 360 Elite and the PS3 Uncharted bundle are safe as they do not add a lot of cost to the manufacturing, adding back BC is supposedly pricey.  These Premium products are trying to grab some of that same market your talking about, you want a black 360 without voiding your warranty for instance you have to get the Elite, but if they don't sell well they can drop the price later at a smaller loss because they at least in theory have a wide margin between price and production cost.