PS3 price cut hot potato passed again.

[DarkNight_DS]

dpmnymkrprez said:

theshoe23 said:

DarkNight_DS said:
Sadly, if they cut the price by 100$ as everyone wants them to, they will easily lose another 900million + from the PS3. Those PS3's in their warehouses still cost 800$ to make, the savings Sony should have seen for the PS3 would have no effect until after all of the warehoused units are sold off and production is ramped up again. Right now production is at a bare minimum, meaning it could still cost 800$ for every PS3 that is still slowly trickling off the line due to contract deals with the assemblers, parts dealers etc.

I am not trying to sound mean here, but that is $800 per console already spent. If they don't cut the price, the units don't get sold and Sony losses all that money permanently. If they sell it at a loss they at least recoup some of their losses.

I agree, It is already spent, at least they could stimulate some cash flow of of the PS3, then if it sells as good as they want, then they can mass produce, and wiegh in at the lower price and attract more developers and try and secure exclusives!

Honestly, I might speak for other ps3 owners but with a price cut,/possibility of exclusives, this might end up being a nice xmas present. Even some wii/360 owners may pick one up as well....who knows?

 As other's have stated, dropping the price could be detremental to the entire company.  Keeping the price as is and holding hope that a few games will sell the remaining stock is a much smarter move at this time.  They need to sell those 2.2 million consoles at 600$ before a price drop can even be discussed.  When the 2.2 million PS3's are officially sold and new stock is ordered by retailers, we may see a price drop.  I still don't expect to see one until 2008, which is reaaaallly going to hurt.  

As a company, they need to figure out what is more important for them at this time, market share or profits.  If profits are most important, then they need to consider their next move very wisely.  There was a lot of talk before the PS3 was released of a PS2+ system.  Basically another redesign of the PS2 with some built in memory and a few improvements here and there.  I wouldn't be suprised if this option is being looked at very closely right now.