Sony would be in a tough spot if they dont drop the price
in time for the hoilday.. but they say they wont

I dont think they will be in a tough spot I think they are ok to not sell more than the 360 overall PS3 sales have been good at the $399.00 price point. If they are making a profit and they sell 2-3 million they would rather do that than cut the price and lose money and sell 4-6 miilion

If thanks to price cuts they sell more, they lose something in the immediate, but they get cost reductions before too and they sell more games and get more royalties. So it may cost now, but pay in future. Anyway IMHO the issue is that if even at the current price they can reach their sales goal, then a price cut isn't necessary. If cutting prices request rises so much that offer can't meet it, then they waste a price cut and lose money, so in this case a price cut would even backfire. But my initial point starting the thread was that this time MS timed the price cut well enough to leave Sony at least in partial uncertainty longer than they could hope, there is really a very little chance that Sony is really forced to offer price cuts to support sales, but if this should happen (very, very unlikely, even at its lowest PS3 is currently doing better than before last Xmas season, when its 9+ monts of WW sales dominance on XB started), Sony would have to react later than at the optimal time. So while this price cut had quite deceiving effects (last Autumn Halo 3 launch did much better), it has a longer lasting side effect that can at least console MS just a little bit.

there is nothing for sony or the ps3 fanboys to worry about. the ps3 has been out selling the 360 70/80% of this year. a 360 lead was very small back in july. the 360 just started to outsell the ps3 by a notable difference in sept.

ps3 has a huge solid lineup of games this holiday season while the 360 cant really compare.

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C'mon stop avoiding giving a straight answer!

Do you think they will drop the price of the PS3 this year?

Monopoly  Lmao!!!

It's fun reading these fanboy fights over 2nd place.

Forget about the x360 vs ps3 figth, the Sony problem is user base. The faster they sell, more software they sell, simple as that. And it´s in sw that the money is(Ninty excepted). If you see the NA sales, for each ps3 sold there are 10 games sold, that´s roughly $400, given some cheaper games, so it´s worth it to drop price by $50 at least, since there´s demand for it, but the high price just avoids this demand turning into sales. The x360 just proved it. At $199, they are selling 20k more than the average just a few months earlier in america. They could do it in NA and Japan, would be worth it, since user base is everything. To beat MS shouldn´t be the reason to drop price, but getting a bigger user base early in the gen.

Sony may or may not drop the price come November....

However if they are planning a price drop they will not announce it until a few days b4.

It would be a commercial deathwish as no one would buy a PS3 until the price cut takes hold....

Even the rumour of a potential price cut would hurt Sony..

Dare I suggest these posts could be a little disingenuous.