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TheBigFatJ on 19 September 2008
xenophon13 said:

Offer the Everything PS3.  Include in the box:

1.  One of their fall AAA games

2.  HDMI cable (they are dirt cheap)

3.  A Bluetooth headset

and if I could dream :)...

4.  Software backwards compatability with the PS2...I feel like they are working on this but who really knows!

Edit:  All this at the current price point...

 

They should include the necessary cables for HD connections in the box, I think everyone can agree.  If they don't, it shows one thing: they're trying to shaft the consumer.



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JiaJia on 19 September 2008
nordlead said:

Nothing. If I cut prices, then it would be a sign of weakness, and the competitor would know that I don't think my product is worth the asking price.

People should want to work 2 jobs just to play my system

Exactly. Pricing prestige ftw !! Its all about value perceived and the relative prices customers would pay for a high value quality product and at its current price point I'll actually say the PS3 is pretty cheap =]



libellule on 19 September 2008

- 50$ price cut in NA (maybe)

- Wipeout HD EVERYWHERE (bundle/BR/PSN)

- more bundle with more games inside

=> Wipeout HD
=> Motorstorm2
=> Resistance
=> LBP



Time to Work !

darthdevidem01 on 19 September 2008

SONY has no choice they NEED to drop price



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Million on 19 September 2008
JiaJia said:
nordlead said:

Nothing. If I cut prices, then it would be a sign of weakness, and the competitor would know that I don't think my product is worth the asking price.

People should want to work 2 jobs just to play my system

Exactly. Pricing prestige ftw !! Its all about value perceived and the relative prices customers would pay for a high value quality product and at its current price point I'll actually say the PS3 is pretty cheap =]

If you don't cut prices then the competitor increases marketshare , your console becomes irelevant price prestige won't help you much then . The average person would have to make a bit of a stretch to buy 0.5 X  the cost of a PS3 it makes sense to cut the price to increase it's affordability.




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Cougarman on 19 September 2008

cut the price, even $50 price drop creates some demand and momentum.



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Press_the_Button on 19 September 2008

If I were Sony I'd wait a while to see if a trend develops with increased 360 sales and then I'd decide on my response.



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Million on 19 September 2008
Press_the_Button said:
If I were Sony I'd wait a while to see if a trend develops with increased 360 sales and then I'd decide on my response.

 

Yeah i agree , with my above posts I was assuming that the 360 price cut would push it infront of the PS3. But yeah , waiting to see what strategy to take would be the most logical move.




perpride on 19 September 2008

The PS3 headset is coming with SOCOM :)



naraku2099 on 19 September 2008
TheBigFatJ said:
xenophon13 said:

Offer the Everything PS3.  Include in the box:

1.  One of their fall AAA games

2.  HDMI cable (they are dirt cheap)

3.  A Bluetooth headset

and if I could dream :)...

4.  Software backwards compatability with the PS2...I feel like they are working on this but who really knows!

Edit:  All this at the current price point...

 

They should include the necessary cables for HD connections in the box, I think everyone can agree.  If they don't, it shows one thing: they're trying to shaft the consumer.

You do realize Microsoft packs an HDMI worth at most $30 in the Xbox360 Elite and charges an extra $50 for it?

Microsoft is the master of screwing their customers. I had a friend who very recently bought an Xbox360 and told me the system comes with only a 90 day warranty for free. If you want the 2 year and 3 months warranty (yeah, it's not even 3 years anymore) you have to pay Microsoft an extra $60. How courteous of them..........not. PS3 comes with a free 1 Year warranty out of box, so your system is covered for longer than you can have a game covered by it's manufacturer. Tell me again now, who's trying to shaft the customer?