YOU GO blazing¡¡¡¡. but i agree i price cut can do a lot. but we have to wait and see what happens.

its too far behind the 360 now, even with a price cut, its still gonna struggle to catch the 360, Sony waited too long to drop the PS3's price, it means the PS3 will come 3rd but sould still top 40m lifetime, so it will get a PS4 imo

I am not Sony bashing, im simply stating my conclusions based upon current sales (I also own a PS2 and PS3)

If you don't trust this sites figures then why come here?

On topic I think it would have an effect but as others have said it's not going to cause sales to explode.

@Scifiboy - Sony probably didn't wait long enough to lower the price of the PS3 originally.  My guess is their business plan didn't have the expectation they would lag behind the Wii and 360 so bad in its early life, as such they had to lower the price to save the PS3.  Unfortunately if you lower the price of a console too early you are then left trying to make the gap between cuts as longs as possible to get back on track, which is the position they're in now. 

It's 4 AM over here so I'm not looking for a lenghty discussion either. :p

Harddrive price probably nets the PS3 user 20-30 bucks or so per purchase - not exactly bad, but far from a dealmaker IMO. And while there is a difference between the HD systems in terms of graphics(the most overemphasized and -rated aspect of a game IMO, but that's another thing), the issue isn't whether there is a difference, but rather if the difference, along with PS3's other qualities, is enough to justify a purchase over the 360, it's cheaper price (Arcade), and its game and service selection, which IMO is still superior.

Thus, I agree that a 100$ price cut won't change all that much - like many people have already said, it might reverse the tide against the 360 for a while, but beyond that, zip - assuming that the price cut actually materializes in the first place.

And BTW, Live is arguably the best online console service available at the moment - We'll just have to see what difference Home can make when it's finally released.

I do believe a price cut would greatly benefit PS3 sales, but it's not like Sony is the only company that can drop the prices. The Wii hasn't had a single price cut yet and Microsoft is still riding their last one. It's not necessarily too late for the PS3 to do some catching up however the clock is ticking if they expect to get out of 3rd place.

I agree with this.

General public wouldn't really know the value of Blu-ray right now. At least not until Blu-ray becomes the dominating format over DVD. I also don't think general public would care if the games are on Blu-ray discs or DVDs.

The $399 ps3 was outselling the $279/$349 360. A price cut to $299 would certainly see this happening again, but since the ps3 would be on par with the 360 Pro at that point, it would probably be outselling by a good bit more than it was over last Summer.

That's assuming the price drops to $299 and that it happens soon, of course.  It'll help to erode the 360's lead, but anything beyond that is a lost cause at this point.

I agree with the topic.Sony need to get price cut, then in Tv ads say cleary why you should buy PS3..But Sony has its 10 year plan so when Wii2 and Xbox 360 2 has come, Ps3 will catch them.

Yes all consumers don't know anything about its great games.
BUT they have forgotten the Playstation brand. Since Ps1 and Ps2 were so popular, even my parents don't know much more than Playstation 3. Its too bad it was tagged with price of 699€ at beginning so they didin't automaticaly buy it for me..

A price cut has helped every console in history improve their sales or market share, look what it did for the Xbox 360. So now there are rumors of a PS3 price cut, and against all knowledge and wisdom and proven trends gameingfront.net believes that a lower price PS3 wont help SONY???? !!!!!!

Logic like this is why the gaming community will always be consider as just a bunch of immature monkeys never to be respected or taking seriously. SAD..

Well, the ps3's advantage in games is growing.  The ps3 has the might of Sony's first party behind it, while the 360 is supported primarily by third party exclusives, exclusives that usually hit the ps3 six months to a year after the fact.  Even titles published by Microsoft are now hitting the ps3, like Ninja Gaiden 2.

As for the price drop, they dropped both SKUs by $100.  The $499 20gb SKU was phased out for the $399 BC-less 40gb, and the 60gb SKU was temporarily dropped to $499 to make way for the the 80gb bundle that had BC and a game.