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HappySqurriel on 21 January 2008
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MrMafoo said:
HappySqurriel said:

I can't help but notice that the exact same people who believed that the 80GB PS3 was going to outsell both the Wii and XBox 360, and believed that the $400 PS3 was going to outsell the Wii and XBox 360, now believe that a $300 PS3 would outsell both the Wii and XBox 360 ...

Any price reduction in the near future is only going to look desperate, and could potentially hurt sales ...


To the OP, if the PS3 dropped to $299 soon, then it will most likely reach 30% market. (it only has 10% to go).

Now will they do it? They can if they want to. I think $299 was the origonal price point they wanted to hit at launch, but was forced to launch early due to the 360 coming out faster then expected.

If they lower it to $299, they won't look desperate, they will just be achieving the price point they wanted to hit in the first place.

If Sony was allowed to wait until they thought the console was ready, they would have released it this Christmas, and every negative aspect of the PS3 that ppl have would have never existed.

My guess is there will be a price drop around the release of GTA. Plus, I think Sony would like to, for once, force MS to make a move, and not look reactionary by lowering the price based on something MS has done. 


So you don't think that people would see 2 $100 price reductions in 12 months for a system which is being outsold (by a wide margin) by one system in every region and another system in North America would look desperate?

The only way I think Sony could pull it off is if Microsoft reduced the XBox 360 by $100 and they matched the price reduction ...