| tastyshovelware said: i know people want price cuts all the time but there is a reason the ps3 launched at $600. it's expensive as hell ($840) to produce. i know costs have gone down over the last year and a half (as is bound to happen) but i can't imagine the high end ps3 costs less then $600 to produce. i think a price cut at this point would be bad for sony. constantly price cutting ends their chance of ever turning a profit on this console. and let's face it, the ps3 isn't selling poorly at the moment, it's just the wii is selling like mad. |
OT:Yah Sony would benefit most from the price drop. A 360 price drop probably won't have that much of an impact outside NA. (maybe not even that much in NA considering how many games are coming out on PS3 vs. 360 in 08) Nintendo doesn;t need to drop the price when they can't even keep up with the demand in March, let alone October or December. They'd just be throwing money away. otoh, a $300 PS3 would pretty much put the nail in the coffin as far as Europe is concerned and seriously erode the 360's lead in NA. Also, HD junkies would swarm on a $300 BD-Live player like there's no tomorrow. (not that that would help Sony's gaming division much, but it would help bring costs down by increasing the number of consoles moving through the assembly lines.)
Not trying to be a fanboy. Of course, it's hard when you own the best console eve... dang it
