There are other things necessary to cause a $199 price point to be important. If it were to reach $199 in 2010/2011 that's certainly too late in my opinion. What will the price of blu-ray stand-alones be by then? What will the price be for the 360 and wii by then? And, most importantly, Microsoft (and perhaps Nintendo) will have new consoles either on the market or imminently released by then.
I agree with other posters... Sony needs the PS3 to be $199 by holidays 2009 and they really should push to reach $299 by this holiday season.
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Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
