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misterd on 13 July 2007
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fooflexible said:
ckmlb said:

So here's how it's going down: 60gb sells out, August 1, the 80 gb comes out and it becomes the standard with the pack in game.

That limited edition sells out then the 80gb becomes the standard at 500 dollars soon after the 60 gb has sold out entirely.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26704

Hence, the great offers and stuff, sell lots of PS3s and get rid of the costly 60 gb machines and replace them with the 80 gb machines that they are either closer to or are making actual profits on.

Pretty clever.

 


 Clever? They just told the world they were cutting the price and now they are taking it away. After everyone gets pumped about a price cut they are going to go out and find that there is only a 600 dollar model. And seriously I don't like motorstorm and can care less about another 20 gigs, meaning spending an extra 100 bucks on that is stupid. Personally they should have phased them out at their existing price. And when you tell people who don't know better that the cheap version is old and being replaced who is going to want to buy it? After everyone saying the price cut woudln't help and Konami saying it wasn't enough, they are jumping out saying it wasn't real. Granted it's good from a business perspective they are making a profit already, and to me that means they are expecting to be in last place. This is Nintendo's strategy they formed with the Gamecube, make a profitable system so it can still make you money while your in last place, except they'll have a high price still. Don't want to sound like a Sony basher here, but in my opinion this is the worst thing they could have said ever. In fact I almost feel they did it to push M$ into a price cut, to hurt them financially.

 

If so they are very stupid. I'm assuming MS had some idea this was what was going on (everyone has sources) which is why they didn't need to do a price drop right now. They basically have been told that they can wait until the 80 gig drop later in the year.