A PS3 in the US in 2011 will be retailing for around $199.

[MikeB]

Qly said:

Rock_on_2008 said:
In 2009 with the launch of mega-blockbuster PS3 exclusives: GT 5 and FF XIII. Both of those games will sell a huge amount of consoles at the attractive price of $299 US. By the end of 2009 PS3 to be reduced to $249 US, further increase console sales with more games being released on PS3. Another price cut to follow late 2010 dropping down to $199 US, increasing sales again.

250$ COULD be intresting, especially if coupled with FFXIII. However, I'm pretty sure we'll get royally screwed here in europe and that the price will be 250 euros, even if that equals more than 380$

Seriously, if a company wants to make it big in europe they should learn to use conversion rates...

The drop in the dollar's worth hinders rapid pricecuts for the US by foreign companies. With regard to price do however consider much higher local taxes in Europe, addition costs related to the market being less uniform than the US (also offices and headquarters in most European countries) and additional efforts for things like localizations. I am sure this additional effort by Sony such as translating voice acting into French, German, Spanish and even minor languages like Dutch and Swedish (which IMO is overkill considering the bulk of Swedes and Dutch people understand English very well, maybe even prefer English) helps them with console sales for Europe.