Convinced - $399 PS3 coming in October

[Just_Ben]

davygee said:

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.

 The christmass will be better in U.S. with such an model, but i don't think they will beat the 360. The Playstation brand is not so strong in the U.S. that it will sell so much units on its own. And the software library of the 360 is better than that of the Playstation. True Blue Ray is a plus, but that plus will be more important next christmass than this, I personall think.