z64dan on 14 June 2007
| Zucas said: Sony can't afford to make a pricedrop this year. But if they do it'll be no more than a $100. Stop thinking about what a dream it would be to have the console drop $200 and think about the reality of the situation. Sony loses over $300 each Sony console shipped. Dropping by another $200 would up that even higher. Sony isn't as powerful as MS. They can't afford to do that. |
Yeah the loss was estimated at $241 at LAUNCH. And that was an estimate... It was probably more like $200 loss. By now, they've got everything squared away, and they removed PS2 emotion engine, and probably other things, and Blu-ray diodes are cheaper, plus the other components are constantly dropping in price (Buy a state of the art PC right now for $2000, and next year it will cost $1000)....
So I estimate by christmas, the $600 PS3 will be at about break-even. Which means they could drop the price by $100 or $150.
