Heres what Patcher talked about a few days ago regarding a PS3 Price Cut.

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Pachter: $299 PS3 would outsell 360, put Sony back in the game

by Randy Nelson Jan 16th 2009 8:00PM

A day after it was tabulated that PlayStation 3 was outsold by Xbox 360 nearly 2-to-1 in December, industry analyst Michael Pachter has told GameDaily he believes Sony would outsell Microsoft if it dropped PS3's price to $299 -- the going rate for the 360 "Pro" system.

"I think that PS3 will sell well once competitively priced," Pachter said, adding, "Should [Sony] price at parity with Xbox 360 ($299), I think that PS3 sales would exceed 360 sales, and eventually, they could catch up." Sony's cheer squad shouldn't get too charged up yet, though. Pachter also said that, "At present, it doesn't look like that is happening any time soon, so Sony should be prepared to remain in third place until well after they cut price."

For its article, GameDaily spoke with several other analysts, all of which echoed the same sentiment: given its current standing and the state of the US economy, PS3 needs to be priced below $300 -- and, if it is, it will eventually overtake Xbox 360 in sales.

He's right you know. Look how liitle the 360 is outselling the PS3 at the moment. Especially at half the price.

Did somebody thought that a price cut'd be considered "necessary" for the PS3 at the begining of this generation?

Isnt this the 4th thread on this so far?

The thread from a few days ago (first link in op) talks about how he predicts a PS3 Price cut in 09.

This article talks about how well the price cut will effect the race between the PS3 and 360.

It would sell a lot more than the 360 for a couple months, but if the cut is in april im gonna say the 360 will overall outsell the ps3 in 2009 cause the xbox will have a cut as well, if the ps3 price cut is in october im gonna give it to the ps3....

Unless Pachter wants to hurt PS3 sales, I think it's irresponsible of him to start these rumors. Isn't he supposed to at least justify why and how Sony can cut prices?

^^ Yah, this makes me wonder if this guy Pachter even does his research

i'll do you one better a $299 PS3 would outsell the Wii for a while at least, there i said it.

I think it would close the gap for a while, but flame out after MS trims more fat off. Will it catch the Wii? Never.