PS3 Slim pretty much announced - Now predict hardware and software sales

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Gabriel84 said:
Don't think a PS3 Slim would have much impact on the market. People not choosing Ps3 is not because its appearance. Ps3 slim is no Ps2 slim.
And I can't see alot of Ps3 owner would get another Ps3.

I only said that Sony would rely on the hardware refresh to spike demand; I didn't say it would actually work.

The point of the PS3Slim, should it materialize, would be to cut production costs, so that they can make a profit (or at least stop the bleeding) at the current price point. The savings will not be passed on to the consumer, because Sony can't afford to do that. A few PS3 fans will trade up -Latest And Greatest Syndrome and all that- but probably not as many as Sony is hoping for. But even if nobody upgrades, if they can start making some money on the new consoles then that's still a much better situation than they've been in up until now, so there's no way to completely lose.

Well, I guess there's theoretically one way to lose, in that demand could nose-dive when and if the Slim is launched. But I don't think that's likely. Historically this hasn't happened before, even for hardware refreshes where the price went up (as is common in the handheld market). At worst the post-launch spike is smaller than expected, but it still tends to fade back into the normal demand curve.