nightsurge on 07 October 2009
| theshrike said: I think that the pressure would have made them do a minor price cut in worst case scenario but instead sony decided to go all out. It is a bit early to have a slim version at this point. However Sony's ridiculous price and high tech can also help out in the future. The can still make the manufacturing cost cheaper, drop the price a lot more than competitors, and possibly have another revision 3 or 4 years down the road (provided they are keeping the ps3 around). If Sony hadnt done anything then the would seriously fallen behind. I think part of Sony's strategy after last year was to go all out and try to retake its place |
I agree with everything but the underlined.
Since the PS3 started out so much more expensive this generation, it will end more expensive. While the PS2 eventually reached the price of $129 at the end of its generation, the PS3 will be lucky to reach $199 simply because of the technology Sony chose to include. If you have a 2x higher starting price you are almost guaranteed to have a 2x higher ending price.
This generation, the 360 may be able to reach $129/99 (on it's Elite SKU, obviously Arcade could get even lower if wanted/needed), but the PS3 will only be able to reach about 2x that price or ~$199. The only way this can change is if Sony removed aspects of the PS3 hardware itself.
