BlkPaladin on 19 September 2012
| warhalohog said: yea but the lower prices are due to retailers on current models isnt it? couldnt that mean some retailers will reduce the 12gb one which could mean being sold at 200 maybe. Yea just looked up that old article on poland's leak of the new ps3 the 12gb one is being advertised at 199euro's or is that fake |
Actually no. The retailers don't get more then a $1.00US extra revenue from each console they sell. The money they "make" on the console depends on their supply chain; because of the market model the game systems are sold to them close to the MSRP. What happens is Sony stops producing the older models so they are stuck with stock that doesn't get bought back, so its either sit on the old stock and hope they move or take a loss on the old models to get the newer ones in. So the price of the consoles are determined by Sony, no retailer is going to take a loss on a console just to sell them unless they are taking up inventory space.
