Is the 40gb really a price drop?

[johnsobas]

jjseth said:
But John Sobas, SCEE announced they are phasing out the 60gb so it's going the way of the US 60gb and it's not a price drop. Just a clearance sale. That's what all the wii fanboys kept spewing time after time, and one had retracted a failed prediction because he said it was a clearance and not a price drop. ;)

first of all because 1 person says it doesn't mean everyone thinks that.

second this is just becoming an argument of semantics, nothing more.  When something drops in price 100 euros it is a price drop, everyone that wants one right now can go and pick it up, it's not supply constrained.  This isn't like the 20 gig system that was phased out after 2 months while the ps3 was supply constrained, they basically got rid of it without warning and everyone that wanted one couldn't get it.

In the US the 60 gig is a price drop also, the same model dropped to $500, yea just like the european one it's not a permanent price drop but it's just gonna be replaced by a cheaper model anyway.  At the very least it is a temporary price drop.

I'm in the same boat as many people around here, if they're gonna stop making systems with BC that makes me angry, if they give people a choice from a cheaper system with BC and a more expensive one with BC that's fine. 

However for many people the entry price for the PS3 has only dropped 100 euros because they would not consider buying the system without BC. 

The only problem i have is that they're telling everyone that the 40 gig will be the only SKU.