| davygee said: There has to be a pricedrop WW this year. I expect at the very least a $100 drop this year in the US bringing it down to less than $499 which will be comparable with the 360 Elite. Seeing as the UK are paying way over the odds for the units, there need to be a huge reduction there. Currently minus VAT, UK residents have to pay $700 for the unit which is $100 more than the Americans. That is why I fully expect a drop of around £100 making the system £325 (inc VAT) or even less. IMHO, what Sony need to do is: Fall 2007 - US - Fall 2008 - US - Fall 2009 - US - |
I agree that is what Sony should do but Sony has never been known to have a large quantity of major price reductions; the PS2 droped $100 after 18 months (to $199) and then only recieved $20 price drops every year or two. I expect Sony will probably reduce the PS3 in the following way (if they have a choice)
$599 -(2007)-> $499 -(2008)->$399 -(2009)->$299 -(2010)-> $249 -(2011)-> $199 -(2012)-> $149
A real XBox 360 will have a price history like:
$399 -(2007)->$299 -(2008)-> $249 -(2009)-> $199 -(2010)-> $179 -(2011)-> $149 -(2012)-> $129
And I expect the Wii to have the following rate of reduction
$249 -(2007)-> $199 -(2008)-> $179 -(2009)-> $149 -(2010)-> $129 -(2011)->$99
