Conegamer said:
What physical data do you have that Sony will cut the price to (likely) be making a loss which they can't afford and Nintendo won't re-ignite their sales by cutting their's, heck, they could half it and probably still make a profit... IF anyone cuts their price, it'll likely be Nintendo |
I don't have any physical data, it will of been 2 years since the last PS3 price cut in 2009 with the slim release, PS3 retail prices in Europe are substainally higher than those of the US and the EU has a better exhange rate for the Yen too, so Sony can make more money there and be able to cut the PS3 and still remain in the black (granted probably only $50, in an idle world for Sony, they could afford a $200 PS3, which would sell loads)
also the Move bundle for the PS3 is also $400 right now, I'm certain that the Move component does not cost $100 to make and there is opportunity for these Move bundles to offest the losses on the regular PS3 (and may be at the expense of Nintendo)
Nintendo on the other hand are still selling very well and with the 3DS just released will likely want to capitalise on the 3DS market by not reducing the price of the Wii as both systems will sell to the same demographic (if the Wii is a family system and only $100, why would I want a 3DS at $250?)
