I think sony has to drop the price. Including bigger hard drive is good, dropping the price would have sold more.

The PS3 doesn't sell as good as it should not because of it's capacities or games but because of a too high price. 300$/€ should be the maximum price for a basic SKU.

Make an 80gb if you want, but bring back the old 20Gb at 300$ and it will sell well.

Changing the hard drive after really is not a big deal.

(I bought my PS3 60Gb at 600€ so it's not a rant of someone who can't afford it)

They won't drop the price, Sony has stated many, many times that they want to be profitable. There is a slight chance the price will drop € 50 in Q4 of this year, SCE was profitable in the same quarter last year even with a € 100 price cut. But don't get your hopes up.

Would Sony say: in 5 months we drop the price, don't buy our consoles up to then?

Not my hopes I already own a PS3, only my very humble advice to Sony...

And as said above, sony will cut the price, but they won't tell

They will not cut the price

why ?

1/ they would loss more money. they have already lost enought.

2/ their product is already VERY competitive
it is a very good BR player and it has a lot of good games (exclusive or not)

Indeed, if u put away japan, and consider NA sales are du to supply issue, then u understand PS3 is selling very well for a 400$ product.

They just have to put more stock, release the 80gb+DS3 at 400$, make some bundle, PES2009, first party title, BR movie.

He can't really do much when he is banned... and I don't htink anyone else cares enough about the thread to take it over.

         Wow, bold statement......I have a feeling you may be eating your foot come end of the year....but only time will tell.

I think ps3 will sell more than Wii or XBox at least first week when 80 gb comes.

Sony does not "have" to do anything. Keep in mind that they are the biggest of the three companies involved in this console war. As such, they have more decision making ability and cannot simply be "forced" into a price drop. The only way I can see that happening is if sales fall even lower and 360 sales keep going up. I'm not sure if that will happen cause I think PS3 sales should go back to normal with the 80 Gig September.

Yes the PS3 sales will go up when the new model launches. I question the sales every week. PS3 sales are being under tracked.

PS3 sales will go up and will soon be kicking the 360's butt in worldwide console sales on a week to week basis.