| Mummelmann said: It will launch with full BC and a 399$ price tag, wait and see. Do you guys have any idea how incredibly cheap harddrive tech is nowadays? |
Perhaps. But I think it is more likely that they load it down with relatively inexpensive extras and charge the same price as the 80. That way the 40G doesn't have to be affected in price yet.
Later on after this, probably just prior to the holiday season, Sony can lower the price on both machines. Of course, this assumes that the 120G gets out before the holidays, else you could be right. That the 120G comes out with the $399, but not until Sept/Oct.
The other alternative would be to do this prior to a large game launch, I suppose.
While Sony has made a number of mistakes this generation (as have the other 2 as well), I can't believe that they will ever *raise* the price of one of their mainstream PS3s, no matter what tech they added to it. The publicity would just kill them all over again.
Torturing the numbers. Hear them scream.
