I Hate To Say It, but the PS3 Might Not Get a Price Cut (My Opinion Inside)

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Xyrax said:
Can someone dig up that article from the sony guy a while back. Said they were going to effect the price of the PS3 in an alternate way soon. To me that sounds like they arent going to price drop but modify things to attempt and help their sales. That just screams bundle to me. PS3 stays same price or drops $50 and you get a game thrown in with it. Thats their best bet for lowering the price without completely fanny raping their quaterly results for the future year or so.

I absolutely and totally agree. I came to the same conclusion.

People who think a price drop for the PS3 is a no-brainer are probably Playstation fans, not Sony fans. Which is to say -- they aren't particularly concerned about the welfare of the parent company, so long as PS3 sales get better. I think some people even go so far as to think that Sony's Movie, Television, Camera, and Audio divisions exist to provide finances for the gaming division; that the profits that the other divisions make should be entirely channeled into strengthening the Playstation brand. They could all burn as long as it means the Playstation stays strong.

Sony's stockholders probably wouldn't feel the same way.

The best solution is to include a game bundled in. This increases the value of the system without actually increasing production cost (well, not by much).