Could a price cut actually hurt the PS3?

[FishyJoe]

psmcx said:
i believe we will see a price drop soon due to poor sales, the loss of the 20 gig model, and that Sony wants more momentum going into the holidays. But honestly i dont see the urgency because the ps3 isnt selling badly unless you compare it to the wii. But the problems of supply when the ps2 launched mean that the 5 month period for both consoles are relatively similar.

There is absolutely no comparison between the PS2 and PS3 launches. By the 25th week, the PS2 sold almost as many in Japan as the PS3 has world wide in the same amount of time. 

1	PS2	03/05/00	756,662	756,662		PS3	11/12/06	86,742	86,742
2	PS2	03/12/00	185,094	941,756		PS3	11/19/06	43,593	130,335
3	PS2	03/19/00	86,136	1,027,892		PS3	11/26/06	35,661	165,996
4	PS2	03/26/00	130,639	1,158,531		PS3	12/03/06	31,571	197,567
5	PS2	04/02/00	192,195	1,350,726		PS3	12/10/06	49,047	246,614
6	PS2	04/09/00	138,539	1,489,265		PS3	12/17/06	72,164	318,778
7	PS2	04/16/00	87,817	1,577,082		PS3	12/24/06	79,245	398,023
8	PS2	04/23/00	83,272	1,660,354		PS3	12/31/06	74,582	472,605
9	PS2	04/30/00	77,280	1,737,634		PS3	01/07/07	70,158	542,763
10	PS2	05/07/00	52,978	1,790,612		PS3	01/14/07	30,102	572,865
11	PS2	05/14/00	48,817	1,839,429		PS3	01/21/07	23,707	596,572
12	PS2	05/21/00	62,343	1,901,772		PS3	01/28/07	20,922	617,494
13	PS2	05/28/00	100,752	2,002,524		PS3	02/04/07	20,101	637,595
14	PS2	06/04/00	93,901	2,096,425		PS3	02/11/07	23,654	661,249
15	PS2	06/11/00	88,920	2,185,345		PS3	02/18/07	21,059	682,308
16	PS2	06/18/00	76,774	2,262,119		PS3	02/25/07	20,845	703,153
17	PS2	06/25/00	75,151	2,337,270		PS3	03/04/07	46,371	749,524
18	PS2	07/02/00	89,725	2,426,995		PS3	03/11/07	30,110	779,634
19	PS2	07/09/00	101,681	2,528,676		PS3	03/18/07	21,125	800,759
20	PS2	07/16/00	89,056	2,617,732		PS3	03/25/07	19,814	820,573
21	PS2	07/23/00	67,558	2,685,290		PS3	04/01/07	17,431	838,004
22	PS2	07/30/00	63,231	2,748,521		PS3	04/08/07	14,963	852,967
23	PS2	08/06/00	68,320	2,816,841		PS3	04/15/07	12,998	865,965
24	PS2	08/13/00	65,725	2,882,566		PS3	04/22/07	11,557	877,522
25	PS2	08/20/00	61,761	2,944,327		PS3	04/29/07	12,366	889,888