Sony is about to win 2 generations in 1

[Raze]

HikenNoAce said:

Raze said:

Sounds good, we'll ignore that they dropped the price $60 since then, as long as it works in your favor. See you in 2 years on this topic, we'll see if your prediction holds up.

1. Actually, it was a $50 price drop and that happened 1.5 year after it was reported that they were making a profit on each system.

2. They actually increased the price to $279 after the PS3 slimmer was announced.

3. The cheapest SKU I am finding on Amazon os $299 and GameStop is $279. It comes bundled with games but they are old games and are digital only.

4. You can pick up that $279 Gamestop bundle for $288 at EbGames in Australia. Given the negligible price difference, and that historically, consoles cost much more in Australia, it is fair to say that Sony can afford to drop the PS3 price to about $199.

 

Conclusion: Given that they were making a proft at $299 back in 2010, I'm sure that 3.5 years later they can afford to drop their price a bit from their $279 bundle.

Watch as they announce a price drop at the end of the year or early next year.

Here's the cheapest I found, was quoted $239+ tax, or $259 once you click the link from Google shopping. http://www.walmart.com/ip/24269969?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222227000000000&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=&wl3=21486607510&wl4=&wl5=pla&veh=sem

and that's with 2 games, from what the bundle reads. I believe we got on this topic because you think they can drop to $150 US, and I said they'd probably just stop making them by that point. So we're on two sides of the situation here, and we won't know the answer for another year or two. So there's really not much else to add, but to wait and see.