PS3 Price drop impossible?

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kowenicki said:

Rock_on_2008 said:

kowenicki said:

Rock_on_2008 said:
ssj12 said that Sony announced the PS3 would be retailing for $300US by the end of the year around November this year. So the price cut will happen. PS3 price cut is possible for 2008.

So they will reduce the price of the PS3 and continue to lose money, undercutting their own stand alone players where they presumably make money.... thats commercial suicide? dont you get it?

The manufacturing costs of PS3 will have been reduced by August this year.

So they reduce the cost accordingly... so still no profit from PS3 and i guess it will co-incide with a reduction in the cost of stand alone blu ray players then? it will have to wont it.... so now they just wipe out profit margins in both parts of their business. madness. you really dont get this do you?

Yes, absolutely the standalone players will follow suit shortly there after, again providing a sales boost to the PS3 first (since it will again be the cheapest BR Player on the market), and secondly to the now cheaper standalone units.

The manufacturing cost of the PS3 has more of an allocation for price drops than any of the other consoles.(Sony manufacturing costs.. ie cell will continue to drop) Meaning they can make a profit on the PS3 hardware sooner than you think.

Also Sony is out to win this for the format of Blu-Ray at all costs. This is a topic that has been discussed many times. The possible revenue and loyalties from Blu-Ray far exceeds that of the gaming division, and Sony knows this which is why they made the PS3 THE vehicle to deliver Blu-Ray to the market, (at least in part).

Yes when considering only Sony's PS3 gaming division, the profits will take a while to become positive. This is all offset from the above mentiond paragraph as well as the PS2/PSP.

The PS3 can and will continue to drop its price.

YOU really don't get this..... Do you?