cdude1034 on 15 May 2007
| fooflexible said: I do think there is some potential backlash to lowering their price this early, it could look like a product in danger, and if the market gets that picture it could turn off the customer base. I could picture a conversation in my local gamestop. "Yeah they dropped the ps3's by a 100 bucks." "Wow, I could afford in now! I'm surprised that happened so fast." -potential customer. "Yeah of course they dropped the price, because no one is buying it. Soon they'll move all the exclusives to the 360, and they'll be no reason to buy it, the price drop was a desperate attempt to stay in business!" - the nutty customer that practically lives in the store. |
Dude, you hit it right on the head. Working for Gamestop, I swear we've had this exact conversation at least twice, including the nutty customer who lives in the store.
Kudos my friend.
Oh...umm..I guess to actually post on the topic, most people who go to buy video games...if they can't afford a $600 system, a 17% drop won't help them. Who here can honestly say they have $500 of disposable income to just go and drop right now on a system? Anyone?
If you do, then by all means do it, but if you're the rest of the 9/10ths of the population, then you'll be waiting for a $300-$400 system...Oh that's right...the 360 is just as good and only 3-$400...
There's your problem, Sony.
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