Did Activision's threats trigger the price drop?

[king_of_the_castle]

NeoRatt said:

king_of_the_castle said:
Nope, this was probably in the works long before that statement.

I doubt Sony wanted to release a slim in year 3 of the 10 year cycle.  This uses a card that I don't think they really wanted to play until year 5 or more...

If Sony was where Microsoft is in terms of world-wide total sales do you honestly think a slim would have been released?

Well, Sony has definitely had to adjust their stategy since the PS3 launched, but when I said it it's been in the works for a while I was thinking at least since the beginning of this year.  I would imagine it takes a while to redesign the hardware, test, and get the new parts manufactured.  I'm not a hardware expert by any means, but I can't imagine it started a couple months ago when those comments were made.