| makingmusic476 said: I personally think that if MS is planning a price cut, then Sony would already know about it, and would've already decided what to do about it. Since they announced that the MGS4 bundle would be $499 in June, then there's probably no price cut on the way until sometime after (most likely around the holidays again). Edit: In NA at least, as that's the only place that the MGS4 bundle's price has been announced. They made drop the price in other territories to make up for the falling value of the USD. |
On this matter I find interesting to note this: SONY always bundled a game with the 80GB SKU since its launch back in august 2007, but while the addiction of Motorstorm could probably not look so attractive for customers - MS was a new IP already released a few months before - this bundle, coming with a DS3 and a game of an established franchise like Metal Gear Solid, a potential system seller on its day one, may really look like a good addiction in terms of value for the 80Gb model.
What I find interesting here is that in the same time this could also outshadow the 40GB model's value, if sold at $399 and finally hurt its sales. Let's not forget that the 40GB model was the one SONY launched to spread its market...and I don't think anything changed in SONY's mind.
I wouldn't be surprised to see some announcements from SCE about its lower end sku in the upcoming months
