If the PS3 Slim is legit and releases at $299 - What will it do for sales?

[Gearbox]

PS3beats360 said:

Graves said:

RPG said:
yes say it louder, much louder like a dirty girl.

Sony expect a 30% increase in sales so this could be a reason.

 

If Sony could manage to drop the price to $300 that would greatly help sales. How many years is it going to take for the PS3 to match the launch price of previous Playstation consoles?

Can Sony afford to sell a $300 PS3 though? Doesn't sound like it will help the debt PS3 made.

 

Increased revenue from increase PS3 software sales will more than make up for losses on PS3 hardware sales. The cost of production of PS3 towards end of 2009  should be close to $350 per PS3 unit and the cost per unit would be expected to drop lower over future revisions.

u do not understand enuf of how the prices of things work... when the ps2 came out at 199 they sold that at a loss... they said costs will go down when in reality they went up... way up (a whoping 20 bucks more then it was when the said the statement lol) then they fell...  the slim ps3 means smaller components (launch ps3 have 1000s more then modern day ps3s). smaller components means lower cost to produce.