I figured 15m PS3s on a worldwide October $100 price cut vs. 12.5m PS3s on a $50 price cut or a targetted $100 price cut.
Honestly though I don't think Sony feels it needs to cut price in any region but the Americas.
Obviously the revenue calculations vary based on how many games they sell to make up for it. Their game software projections for PS3 may be lower than I suggested because the PAL launch in March 2007 lifted game usage rates a tiny bit worldwide in the March 2008 year...without that kind of oomph, there would have been a drop to 4 games bought per PS3 user in the year/90m games instead or rising to 105m and 4.6 from 4.5. So if the rate drops harder than usual, to say 3.5 then they'll only ship ~125m PS3 games on 12.5m PS3s in the year.
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