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nightsurge on 04 January 2010
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darthdevidem01 said:
nightsurge said:
darthdevidem01 said:
Sephiroth357 said:
It will peak this year.

It will peak when its $199 like every other consoles ever made has (or even below that)

It won't reach $199 till the very end of this gen.  Late 2011 at the absolute earliest.

definetely by 2011 at the very latest imho.

Then it will peak then when its at mass market price, its still expensive in UK & europe you know

The very end of this gen is a funny thing to say now due to NATAL & PS Motion, SONY/MS may have increased the time of this gen by a further 3 - 4 years

There is also the possibility of another PS3 Slim

There isnt much they will be able to do from this point on to lower costs.  The cheaper it gets, the slower it is to lower production costs further.  And it's already at half the launch price and less than half the original production cost.  So for another PS3 redesign, it wouldn't save them much at all... wouldn't be worth it until a few years have gone by and production cost savings have racked up.

And depending on bundling of the new motion add-ons, it may well never reach $199 (if it is bundled with every new system, which it should to maximize user base).