| Onibaka said: For the purpose of gaining marketshare, Sony should follow a similar strategy from Microsoft. Microsoft is able to make a sub $200 version of X360 because the new owners of the plataform have a great possibility of later on buying a propietary HDD and signing up for Live. Sony should launch a $200 PS3 with this strategy: -4GB/8GB heap flashmemory build-in. -Faster BD drive. The PS3 Blu-ray drives are pretty outdated now. Also releasesa patch for games that have obligatory install on HDD. The faster drive would be able to handle those games fine. -Make a HDD Bay that only allows only Sony HDDs to be readed. -Give 1 or 2 months of free PSN Plus. That would be a incentive for two things: buying a subscription, and buying a Sony HDD. -Improve the $300 version. More USBs, Memory Stick support, maybe even PS2 emulation. Also releases new Colour(like the japan's silver and white PS3s) in order of making the $300 version looking Premium. -??? -Profit! |
How much would the flash memory cost compared to the HDD, how much would it cost to design and manufacture a proprietary HDD, and how much would it cost to alter the manufacturing processes?
