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Captain_Tom on 04 February 2015

It would be about damn time. They should both be $100 by now.



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slab_of_bacon on 04 February 2015
SjOne said:
A price cut will definitively hinder Wii U sales


I think if the Wii U were to cut its price it would sell more units and not less. 

 



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platformmaster918 on 04 February 2015
Mr.Playstation said:
platformmaster918 said:

why?  they usually cut price by $100 approaching the third year.  At least I'm pretty sure they did with ps2 and that was dominating.  Like everyone says with ms cutting price it's for software and subs later.
 

A couple of things have changed since then though. For one Sony isn't in such a good financial position as it was back then. Secondly this generation will probably follow in the steps of the PS3 in terms of price which will mean profit over sales.

if MS can price cut for the future then why wouldn't Sony?  Their gaming division is making a good profit and they've cut the cost of the internal a couple times since launch plus time will have them making a nice margin by now.  Not to mention they want the largest install base because it snowballs into more sales and more software and more PS+.  They could have held back on the PS2 price cut too but then they might not have taken 70% of the market and made all those sweet software shares.




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SjOne on 04 February 2015
slab_of_bacon said:
SjOne said:
A price cut will definitively hinder Wii U sales


I think if the Wii U were to cut its price it would sell more units and not less. 

 


I mean a price cut on PS3 and 360 will hinder Wii U sales



zumnupy10 on 04 February 2015

They should. PS360 prices are still incredibly high for their age.



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Solid-Stark on 04 February 2015

Probably. I was at a Best Buy the other day and saw a current PS3 bundle for $249. I thought that can't be right.



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Ruler on 04 February 2015

The ps3 still cold hold up with higher price like it is now, maybe now people realize how dumb it is paying to play online as both charge now



Kerotan on 04 February 2015
Ruler said:
The ps3 still cold hold up with higher price like it is now, maybe now people realize how dumb it is paying to play online as both charge now


Lol WUT.  I've no problem paying a fiver a month for an incredible service. 



kumagawa on 05 February 2015
Captain_Tom said:
It would be about damn time. They should both be $100 by now.


A shame it still cost more than that to make a PS3 then.



Captain_Tom on 05 February 2015
kumagawa said:
Captain_Tom said:
It would be about damn time. They should both be $100 by now.


A shame it still cost more than that to make a PS3 then.


Yeah it probably does.  They need to make an all-digital ultra slim without a Blueray drive if they want it at $100.  They could bundle a month of PS+ and sell a ton probably.