| afi77 said: 1. The built in WIFI - They could create a proprietary adapter USB and charge $75 for it like MS does. 2. Out of box BD MOVIE playback - They could make a hardware dongle that unlocks BD MOVIE playback, much like the MS DVD remote for DVD MOVIE playback. $25 3. ??? With these two items removed, which lots of ppl claim they don't want or need, Sony could drop the price to $299, and those who actually want these things could have them for an extra $100. edit: Although I hadn't originally said it. Of course, I meant do this for a 'Core' type SKU for those who really don't want these things and just want the console for gaming. |
1) removing wifi might save them $10-20, so unless they get 100% buy rate of the adapter, they won't be saving all that much money.
2) Blu-Ray movies are a major component for buying a PS3, removing it would be stupid, and cut one of the best features out of the system. Also, I don't think it would save them much money (maybe $10 in liscensing fees), and you would need a high buy rate.
so they would probably lose more than original if they cut $100 from the system price. You could probably safely claim they can cut the price by like $50, and after people purchsed the add-ons they would be breaking even to what they are doing now.
