| Imaginedvl said: I expect something around 499$ for digital (the one I am targeting to buy) and 599$ If they managed to go for 499$ for the standard then 449$ for the digital-only which would make me very happy :) 399$ is really wishful thinking imo. And esp. in the current position Sony is, it would make little sense to do that knowing that they are going to sell more Play Station than Xbox anyway (even at 599$). Why on earth would they lower the price and lose more money when they can make way more at the end. All the polls and stuff like that shows that the market is favoring Sony... |
Basic economics tells us that Sony will sell more consoles at a lower price point than they will at a higher price point. The console market as whole will (the total number of consoles sold by all brands) will be larger or smaller based on pricing as well. Sony isn't in business to sell more units than MS. They're in business to make as much profit as possible. So, since they have the ability grow the market and get more people to choose PS over XB, they will consider subsidies of all sorts to achieve those ends. That doesn't mean that they will necessarily decide to use a big subsidy in this way. But, they very well may. In any case, selling more consoles than MS is not a factor in any of those decisions. The only thing that matters is maximizing profit.
