naznatips said:
Thanks captain obvious, but what we are talking about is if it actually makes the system any more accessible from a standpoint of playing the games. In this case, no it really doesn't. There was already an option to play Playstation 3 games for $500. Certainly the 60GB is a better value but the fact remains that from a pure gaming standpoint, if you want to play PS3 games, it's not going to be any cheaper now than it was 6 months ago. |
The OP's argument was that there was no price cut because all sony did was add storage space. Well, that's incorrect. They took their 60gb. model, which is currently the only model being produced for sale and has been for months now, and dropped the price by $100. That's a price cut. So, having only been able to purchase the 60gb. model from retail for the last two or three months at $600, you can't say there hasn't been a price cut simply because three months ago you could get a completely differnet and lesser model for the same price. No matter how you want to spin it with semantics. There was a price cut. It doesn't matter that you could buy a $500 PS3 three months ago because the majority of people didn't want the 20gb. and it was discontinued. It appears people were more interested in the extra features the 60gb. model had to offer.
Despite the cheaper version of the 360, people still opt for the premium. If the 360 dropped the premium to $299, the elite to $399, and discontinued the core, would that not be a price cut simply because you could already get some version of the 360 at those prices?
About it being more accessable from a gaming standpoint, I disagree. Obviously the 20gb. wasn't popular and that is why it discontinued. People had the choice to buy the 20gb. at $500 but opted for the 60gb. model at $600. Now the 60gb.(the more popular version) is more accessable to people because of the $100 Price cut. A $500 version from retail of any kind has been inaccessable to most for going on three to four months.
Appearantly people find it more accessable because after the Price cut, there has been a signifigant increase in sales.
I know what you guys are trying to say and I understand where you are coming from, but IMO the OP did a poor job for making an argument that there was no price cut. In my eyes, I can get the $600 model for $500 and I had no interest in the cheaper model that had no WIFI, no Card Slots, and only had 20gb. of space(which I knew wouldn't be enough because I have to keep deleting stuff off my 360). Maybe I'm just taking his opinion too literal?
