What impact will the PS3 redesign/price cut have?

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Gilgamesh said:

kowenicki said:

Gilgamesh said:

kowenicki said:
Sony originally expected 15m last FY, they missed by about 1m

They expect 13m this time... I suppose they might JUST make it with a slim and a decent price cut. If not then they will miss again.

So I think in terms of annual sales for this calendar year it will continue to show a decline. The gen is coming to an end, there is only so much a price cut and re-design can do in year 6 and 7.

But it's still kind of expensive, normally a console now should be between $99 - $199 and the cheapest PS3 model is $249, add taxes to that (where I'm from) and that's a $300 purchase. Still kind of expensive, not quite mass market price.

Another redesign and price cut (very curious as to how cheap that 16GB model is going to be) and I think it can beat Sony's 13 million target.

Once again... this mass market price thing is a myth.

The golden price point of $199 for the PS2 happened after 18 months... the PS3 has been out for over 5 years.  It is and has been mass market for a couple of years.  If you are and others are suggesting that the PS3 as a gaming device isnt at mass market prices after this long then Sony would have to be viewed as totally incompetent. 

We have 229m current gen home consoles out there.  How much more mass market do you want?

The Wii opened up that market a lot more then we could of imagined.

But still you honestly don't think a redesign (which completely turned the PS3 around the last time it happened) and a price cut which could potential be up to $100 for the 16GB would not make a big difference?

according to him, the slim in 2009 didnt have much of a sustained effect even though it cut the gap down from like 9 million to 3 million.