Anyone else disappointed by the lack of price drop announcements at E3?

[Lafiel]

why would any of the companies drop the price of their current gen machines at E3? it's way to early in the year for that - you want it's effect to last throughout the whole holiday season

the last gen consoles are pretty much done selling, the quantities have dropped a lot and lower unit count produced means higher price per unit, so I'm not sure they will even see another price drop - some of you might not understand that, but those components don't just automatically get cheaper and cheaper ad infinitum just because much more potent hardware is out

thismeintiel said:

I was waiting for Sony to drop one final bomb at E3. "Oh yea, almost forgot..." The place goes black and on the big screen $299.99!! Crowd explodes. My guess is they are going to wait til Gamescom, like they did with the PS3. Of course, it may only be a cut to $349, with possibly a $299 Black Friday SKU (which is when I'll probably get another one.)

You are right about the others, though. The PS3 and 360 are too expensive for how old they are. They should be $149 at most, as should the Vita. And the PS TV should be $49. Also, Nintendo definitely needs to give the Wii U a $50 cut if they want even the smallest uptick in their baseline sales. $299 is TOO much to ask for a console that is a little more powerful than the PS3, especially when you can get a XBO w/ game for $50 more or a PS4 w/ game for $100 more, both of which are significantly more powerful than last gen.

Sony won't have a press conference at Gamescom this year, I think the most likely date for a price drop is their conference at the Paris Games Week 27th of october