S.T.A.G.E. on 11 May 2009
| gameman said: It does matter if its artifical or not. GM was the number 2 selling car manufactuer in the world up until the end of last year. The problem is that they were losing a $1 billion dollars a month as they sold most of their cars at a loss to retain market share. The reality was, that they were in last place as far as demand goes. They were selling $6,000 Chevy malibus against a $15,000 Honda Civic. Sony could slash prices to increase marketshare, but with their losses, their heading straight for a GM like situation. They dont have room for a price cut with out shedding another $billion dollars. |
Unlike GM, for Sony to lower prices, they will take out quality hardware out of the PS3. They wont just take the risk for marketshare. This is why they are in hesitation mode as we speak. They will drop the price, the question is when? You cannot compare the price of the PS3 to the Wii or the Ipod. Things are actually cheaper to make and cost more because of name value. The Wii I believe, takes $185 to make. Sony came into the game in the negative. If they want to make money, yes, they would have devalue the system because of low demand at its price.
