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Forums - Sony - PS3 price cut: One step forward and two steps back

Snake612 on 23 December 2008

I just recently went on g4tv.com and read an article about how the ps3 cost have dramatically decreased. If there is a price cut, there will be a huge advantage for the consumers but a huge disadvantage for the manufacturers. In my opnion, either way, Sony loses. So, is there any other options of getting out of this problem? Should they sit back and watch themselves lose more money or do something, make that price cut and lose twice as much money?

 

Which is the right answer? In fact, is their even a solution?



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colonelstubbs on 23 December 2008

Banging out the threads today arent we snake

I think a price cut now will do nothing to be honest, the 360 has all the momentum. Wait until a big release next year. And no, that does not mean killzone 2



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Smashed on 23 December 2008

Once again.

They are saving the price cut for a later time when it will matter more.



colonelstubbs on 23 December 2008
CGI-Quality said:
@ Colonel

Gran Turismo 5 is more like it...eh

 

 Well we dont know when gt5 will be out. If its 2009 thats far too late. Maybe...uncharted 2?



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SMcc1887 on 23 December 2008

They should sit back, bundle titles like KZ2 and infamous, make some welcome profit, then slash the price at Uncharted 2s launch with GT5 cheap bundles coming at a later date.



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Snake612 on 23 December 2008

I think they should cut the price when they can make a good profit off of the PS3.



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321tttrini4everz on 23 December 2008
Snake612 said:
I think they should cut the prcie when they can make a good profit off of the PS3.

i agree

 



Pristine20 on 23 December 2008

i don't think it's smart to cut the price even if they can go lower. It's possible that M$ could go even lower so whats the point better to keep the profit margin instead.

I say they only cut the price if the console sales go consistently lower than 100000/week in 2009



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Showertea on 24 December 2008

The paradoxical solution is to wait. Technology prices are dropping every day, and by this time next year they may actually be able to make a profit off a $400 PS3.

The cold hard fact is, Sony (and Nintendo and Microsoft) don't care at all how many consoles they're selling. The console wars mean nothing to them, just how much money they make. From a fanboy's perspective a price drop is awesome, as it will make the PS3 maybe compete with the 360. From Sony's perspective it's economic suicide and can pretty much only lead to the shutting down of the games division.



Wii has more 20 million sellers than PS3 has 5 million sellers.

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sunil247 on 24 December 2008

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