Convinced - $399 PS3 coming in October

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Just_Ben said:
Nice topic shams, here are my thoughts, quick because at the moment I'm at work. If the 399 € PS3 comes in Europe at that time, Sony will have a bummer Christmas. Thats a price point I know personally know some people jumping on board off the PS3 and have no doubt that a lot of others will to. It will not be Wii levels but it will crack the 360, big time. Therefore it is the right move from Sony. There wasn't a price cut in Europe yet, so it is at their disposal.

America: It will help sales, but I doubt it will crack the 360 there. I don't think Microsoft will respond until early next year (march-june - GTA). Nintendo wouldn't be bothered, they have problems to keep up with demand. I can see them overproducing next year because (same level of demand). Think they will cut the price of the Wii in the span of Apr-Aug. Nintendo generally doesn't care what others on the market do.

If as rumoured, Sony bring out this 40Gb PS3 at $399 in the US, €399 in Europe and £299 in the UK, then I reckon Sony will have a bumper PS3 Christmas this year in both Europe and the US.  Sales in the US may not equal Wii sales until Xmas, but I reckon the PS3 sales will be more than the 360 throughout the holiday period.  I reckon European sales figures may even be similar to the Wii figures for Xmas if this was to happen.  Not only this, but there will be a large number of sales WW for just the Blu-Ray player alone.  This would be a very smart move from Sony to get the sales racked up in time for the start of the big years for for the PS3 in 2008/09.