Pachter: 80 gig PS3 price drop once the 60 gig is gone, PS3 - $399 by 4/08'

[dallas]

Sony needs to crush HD-DVD. This drastic price cut could be the key to doing this. Sony doesn't want to keep HD-DVD alive at all, even if Blu-ray is doing good profit-wise. And yeah, the PS3 really is the biggest competitive advantage that Sony has for the format war, but so what?