WiiStation360 said:
Agreed. There is no way they can drop the price in 1 week without people knowing about it already. |
Most if not all pricedrops announcements are done on short notice. Why? Because if you do them too far in advance then people will stop buying them at the current price because they know they can get a better deal later. The 360 pricedrop last september was officially announced about a week or 2 before it happened. The PS3 pricedrop in 2007 was announced about 2-3 weeks before it happened.
Pricedrops have to happen on short notice for said reasons. Don't want people not buying them at the old price because they know they can get it at a cheaper one. It sounds cold and harsh but its better business that way. Nintendo always likes to play off that by saying they don't like to drop price because it makes it a worse deal for the ones who bought it at the old one. Of course that's just good PR on the scenario but can't avoid it.
So really the shorter the notice the better but can't be too short because then people won't know its happening. So generally it's 2-3 weeks difference between announcement and actually pricedrop.
As for the rumor I don't like the source all that much so I'm not going to dig any further but it would really be nice. I'm still looking to buy a PS3 and $300 is my early starting price so here's to hope.
