Sony- what price cut??

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a.l.e.x59 said:
Think of it this way, if Sony never released the 80 GB Playstation 3, everyone would consider the 60 GB Playstation 3 to have had a price cut. But Sony wanted to do better, and released the 80 GB Playstation 3, coincidentally at the same price the 60 GB one was at, and lowered the 60 GB one. So does that change everything? No! The 60 GB Playstation 3 got its price cut, and the 80 GB one replaced it as the most expensive. If you don't want the 80 GB one, than you don't have to get it.

 

The reason people have said it didn't get a price cut has nothing to do with the existance of the 80GB model.  It has to do with minimum cost to buy a PS3.  The argument is that people who were waiting for a price cut to buy a PS3 were waiting for it be cheaper than $500.  This ultimately leads to the question of why was the 20GB model discontinued?  The question is asked because it will be indicative of the way the 60GB sales numbers will adjust as a result of its new price point.

 Really the whole price-cut/no price-cut debate is silly since it is all symantecs. Basically it boils down to this, yes the 60GB got a price cut, no the PS3's lowest price point has not changed.