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

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Soundwave said:

HanzoTheRazor said:
The people saying it won't change much and it won't sell more than the 360 are delusional, (fanboys make me laugh)! It would more than likely be priced at $299, (which is enough for it to out sell the 360 alone, once again). That, combined with the slim will be a sure win, win. Don't kid yourself.

 

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there. Why would it be a $100 drop? Since when do hardware makers doll out $100 drops, especailly when they are bleeding money as is? 

Did the PSP and PS2 redesigns come with price cuts? 

Also what stops Microsoft from simply adding a 60GB HDD to their existing $199.99 360 model and undercutting Sony yet again? 

Or releasing their own slim 360?

You seriously think Microsoft would just sit there and do nothing? Give them a little credit, they have kicked Sony's butt for the better part of 3 years now. 

 

All MS did was buy a little time.  It hasn't sold amazingly than it should of to gain a great lead.  The overall lead is about an extra 2 mil on top of the 6 mil lead it had over Sony - to which Sony caught up to under a year and a bit.

A Sony price cut will have a greater impact on sales than that on the 360.  Price is the main factor that stops people from purchasing a PS3.  With HDTV adoption/digital broadcasting and Blu Ray, we can expect to see an increase in people looking to buy a PS3 for those features and gaming. I'm seeing interest among my work mates and as they have/starting to consider a PS3 as console of choice; some of which are dedicated 360 fans (not no more).

The purpose of a redesign is to make it cheaper to make and more affordable to purchase. Therefore, a price cut with a redesign is plausible.  I can't imagine a slim 360 :P they could make the box slim  - but I guarantee the friggen power brick would be bigger than the 360 itself.  MS and hardware = crap and unreliable.  MS can't reduce price much further - Sony can reduce their price more times over and that can be periodically within their projected 10yrs.