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Jay520 on 16 August 2011
d21lewis said:
Unexpected. I thought Sony was out-selling its competition on a global scale. I guess they want to take the U.S.A., too!

They need to be at least semi-competitive during the holidays.



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kingofwale on 16 August 2011

people are underestimate the power of 99 dollar PSP, it will do great during the holiday season, holding the fort until Vita shows up



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Ajescent on 16 August 2011

bought my psp way too early ¬_¬ I actually like the look of the psp mark 4...



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Boutros on 16 August 2011

I'm not expecting much from a 50$ price cut.

Many people have a 200$ mental barrier.



iBlah on 16 August 2011
Ajescent said:
bought my psp way too early ¬_¬ I actually like the look of the psp mark 4...


well, they're really cheap now, so if you like it.....



 

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TheSwordUser on 16 August 2011

A 99 Euro PSP that you can't go online with (has no wi-fi).

Sounds like ideal console for people-stealing-shit-on-high-seas (Pirates)



snakenobi on 16 August 2011
TeddostheFireKing said:
I think they should have cut it more to be honest, but lets see how much it sells next week now


i think its the correct move

they only expected 15m for this year which would be too low for $299

they make profit

they are sending a message that Wii U will not matter and they will overlap it

they will try to offer value with lower bigger HDD and other bundles

bigger price-cit would have also effected PS VITA launch as it would have diverted attention



Allfreedom99 on 16 August 2011
leo-j said:

Why would microsoft cut to $149? They're selling well in the U.S, and they discontinued the console in japan..

The only thing that would make sense is to cut in Europe

The only way microsoft would cut the price in the U.S, would be if a $249 PS3 is enough to become a threat as a competitive system stealing a significant amount of market share, that is unlikely though, it'll probably outsell the 360 by a significant amount globally in the short term, but microsoft is doing well at this price, and shouldn't cut yet

While I respect your opinions most of the time and here as well I do however disagree with you. I think a $249 PS3 will have a somewhat significant effect. With sales of PS3s in the U.S. roughly around 20,000 less than X360 a week I think this will push them to about even or a bit above X360 in the U.S. And I think it will increase their lead over X360 of around 20,000 more units a week to around 30 or 40,000 more units a week in Europe than X360.

I think MS would be rather foolish to not drop their prices, especially if they want to keep ahead in the U.S. market and relevent in the Euro market. I think we will see a price cut from MS within the next few weeks now. I always believed that Sony would cut their price by $50 first and then MS would follow.




Ajescent on 16 August 2011
iBlah said:
Ajescent said:
bought my psp way too early ¬_¬ I actually like the look of the psp mark 4...


well, they're really cheap now, so if you like it.....

just found out it's wifi-less...sorta killed the deal for me. and the 99 euros price isn't for the uk as well so...



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nightsurge on 16 August 2011
leo-j said:

Why would microsoft cut to $149? They're selling well in the U.S, and they discontinued the console in japan..

The only thing that would make sense is to cut in Europe

The only way microsoft would cut the price in the U.S, would be if a $249 PS3 is enough to become a threat as a competitive system stealing a significant amount of market share, that is unlikely though, it'll probably outsell the 360 by a significant amount globally in the short term, but microsoft is doing well at this price, and shouldn't cut yet

Who even are you replying to? No one mentioned anything about this in this thread...

But since you did bring it up, I will reply. Microsoft will cut, and quite frankly, can easily afford to cut $100 and still break even on the console. Expect a moderate few week bump to sales for the PS3 from this $50 cut and a huge surge in 360 sales when their cut comes along.