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libellule on 12 October 2008
selnor said:
libellule said:

1/ what is the link between Sony and F1 ?? (plz)

 

 @ your point number 1. (1)That is the most nieve comment Ive ever seen. The F1 financially has always been untouchable. F1 is WW. If the (2)crunch is seriuosly about to affect that sport, it shows how the crunch is far worse than people realise. Price will be a huge factor over the next 2 years. (3)Most analysts predict the worst (or lowest point of the crunch) to be midway through next year. The problems could be around for 2 years yet.

 

 1/ thx you.

2/ u can take a LOT of other company/market, not only F1. And, overall, this is not an evidence.

We are suppose to be in slowdown since a lot of time (+1 year) and video gaming market is still in a very good health ...

3/ I thought it was right now.

Final, to make it clear, people that can"'t buy a console because opf the economic crisis, will not buy a console whatever it is at 300$ or 400$.

I agree, I can see a 50$ price cut in NA to help people a little, but I m not even sure it is needed. I want to see how is the xbox360/PS3 ratio in sales in late october/early November.



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Tbone on 12 October 2008

Well i they didint announce it on Tgs so when will they.



 

libellule on 12 October 2008

Tbone,

they will not.

They will make bundle offer with BR/games and hope that it sells.



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crumas2 on 12 October 2008
libellule said:
Tbone,

they will not.

They will make bundle offer with BR/games and hope that it sells.

 

Interesting that you mention this.  I saw a Sony rep in a gamestop last week... she was placing Blu-ray movie stickers on all the PS3 display boxes.  Three movie stickers per box.  I'm assuming it was in preparation for some sort of movie-bundle deal.



libellule on 12 October 2008

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Tbone on 12 October 2008

@ libellule

I know thats why i said it.



 

kars on 12 October 2008
selnor said:

The problem Sony will face is that money is getting increasingly more difficult to juggle (even before the crunch) and the crunch has not reached it's lowest ebb yet. The price needs to drop by more than $50 in america to have an impact this holiday or we may see the PS3 sales lack the increase that the other 2 will have over the same period.

 

I agree with your assumptions, but I think you miss a problem that Sony has:

No one expected such a banking problem. They simply won't have the cash reserves for such a move. At the moment ist can be quite difficult to get a suitable credit from the banks at a usefull rate.

And even if they would take this route it might not help as well as you hope. While 300$ would look better than 400$ I think the major problem might be consumer confidence. Even people that can handle the price (at the moment) are currently not so confident for the future.

They will aks themselves "Do I really need BluRay?" and "Why should I pay so much more if my kids can get most of the games for the cheaper Xbox 360 too?".  The gap between the prices of the PS-3 to its competitors now feels much larger, than a few weeks ago.



selnor on 12 October 2008
libellule said:
selnor said:
libellule said:

1/ what is the link between Sony and F1 ?? (plz)

 

 @ your point number 1. (1)That is the most nieve comment Ive ever seen. The F1 financially has always been untouchable. F1 is WW. If the (2)crunch is seriuosly about to affect that sport, it shows how the crunch is far worse than people realise. Price will be a huge factor over the next 2 years. (3)Most analysts predict the worst (or lowest point of the crunch) to be midway through next year. The problems could be around for 2 years yet.

 

 1/ thx you.

2/ u can take a LOT of other company/market, not only F1. And, overall, this is not an evidence.

We are suppose to be in slowdown since a lot of time (+1 year) and video gaming market is still in a very good health ...

3/ I thought it was right now.

Final, to make it clear, people that can"'t buy a console because opf the economic crisis, will not buy a console whatever it is at 300$ or 400$.

I agree, I can see a 50$ price cut in NA to help people a little, but I m not even sure it is needed. I want to see how is the xbox360/PS3 ratio in sales in late october/early November.

If a child wants a console for christmas the parent will choose another if they cant afford a particualr one. Especially if they have like 3-5 children. They could never afford to get expensive gifts for all. And you are right F1 on it's own is not pure evidence. So I'll add that Woolworths is on the verge of troubles and Miss Sixty in the UK is the latest to go into administration. The crunch is felt here to, and our house market is the worst it's been for 12 years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/01/retail.creditcrunch

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/2820883/Wobbly-Woolworths-faces-tough-Christmas.html

 

 



crumas2 on 12 October 2008
libellule said:
crumas2

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Oh... did Dark Knight report the same thing regarding the PS3 stickers?



Falcon095 on 12 October 2008
Jo21 said:
it managed to sell over 4.9 million last christmas on the same price.
this game with games it will manage to make the same.

 

 But know the main competition is cheaper and that may affect the PS3 sales.



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