I still think we will see a US price cut this year, but maybe it won't be possible to hit the magical 299 dollars entry price until a slimline product gets released (probably next year).
As for anticipated spotlight games MGS4 needs to be great enough for US gamers to realize how good value for money the PS3 really is specs wise (Cell power, default harddrive for caching and Blu-Ray space and streaming capabilities) and I think the game probably will.







