Considering the ps3 comes with a 65nm rsx now as well as 65nm cell, doesn't that mean that they have already cut the costs of production significantly??
Personally I think that if Sony starts getting outsold by a decent margin they will do a $50 dollar price cut in America at least.

I think its more possible than a lot of people think. LBP almost needs a $299 PS3 to be successful, we have had multiple hints that the price drops "$100 every year" according to Howard Stringer.

Sony has also cut huge chunks off the PS3 manufacturing cost (it costs half as much as it did in the beginning of 2007.) Since Blu-Ray won the format war, manufacturers are more willing to manufacture blu-ray diodes because of more certainty (less costs there.) Sony has made many hardware revisions, and reached the 65/65 chipset in newer models, and are no longer selling BC versions at a loss. I think it very possibly cost Sony under $300 to manufacture the PS3' core.

Combine this with huge first party games like R2, SOCOM, WKS (Japan) and LBP, followed by InFamous, Killzone2, God of War III next year and Sony will be pulling a fortune off of first party sales.

I think its a gamble, but if they are confident enough in LBP being a hit then I don't see why they wouldn't drop the price to $299. They still have PS2 and PSP sales to cushion any loses, and the huge jump in install base would sit them pretty for the huge first party titles next year, where they could have sales bringing in profits just in time for the fiscal report. Also, this would promote more people to download movies, Qore, etc which already would be bringing in more revenue.

I think PS3 will get SOCOM, Official Headset, Home, LBP, MS2, cross game invites and voicechat AND $100 price drop in October. They'll lose a bit on hardware again, but will make it all back and then some on software. This will be their big hand this fall.

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This is not to mention that Howard Stringer already stated they make more on software than they lose on hardware.

^I agree. And that´s more. I think They can´t afford not to cut prices, since they would lose the edge they gained this year.

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I predict that sony will drop the PS3 price early next year, but it wont be a $100 price drop. it will most likely be $50.

It depends. They sold the PS3 for $600 when the cheapest Blue ray player was $1000. Now Blue ray players can be found any where for $250. So They may sell for just $199. The results? Another 3 billion down the whole making to total come out to $7 billion lost in the first 2 years of its release.

There is a good point in this trolling attempt. Blu-Ray players are much cheaper now so they aren't going to kill sales of other blu-ray manufacturers by dropping to $299. 

 Sony will definitely drop $50 and there is a 40% chance they will drop $100. Being $299 alone will put them in contention with even the Wii this holiday season.

The troll is strong with this one.

November by 50... that's the best I see. I don't think they are selling at a loss in US anymore. Am sure they are making a decent profit in OTHERs, and am not sure what to think about JPN.

A $100 price cut (if well advertised) would at least double sales easily.

If PS3 gets to $300 before the Wii goes below $250 then PS3 sales > Wii Sales > 360 sales