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coolestguyever on 30 March 2009

I say drop it when theres no good games. We just had Killzone 2 and Resident evil 5 so a price drop isn't needed, but during the slow months it wouldn't be too bad.

But overall we don't need a price drop at all. In fact I wish it was still $600 because I'd have one anyways. I fucking hate new PS3 owners. They complain about no BC and having to pay $400, oh well cry me a river I paid $650 (yeah thats right $50 more in Canada, then on top of that another $50 in tax for a total of $700)



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peachbuggy on 30 March 2009

I think the more important question is:- When can Sony afford a price cut?



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jonnhytesta on 30 March 2009

sony wants a price cut but they dont have the money to do it. simple as that



jonnhytesta on 30 March 2009

sony wants a price cut but they dont have the money to do it. simple as that



Baggins on 30 March 2009
jonnhytesta said:
sony wants a price cut but they dont have the money to do it. simple as that

 

 Well, that's what everyone says...

But where did they get this from?

Who here has any real knowledge of Sony's situation...Sure they have their shareholders eoy reports to look at etc but so what?

Who here is a proper analyst and has any idea about it all?

for all we know, maybe Sony just don't want to drop the price right now because they want to make more money. The way people talk it's as if they would go bankrupt as a company if the price was reduced...

That may or may not be the case...



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Cypher1980 on 30 March 2009
Baggins said:
Cypher1980 said:
Its not a rant but you have totally missed the point IMO

Every console war is about initial landgrab. Once your console is established as number one you sit back and reap the rewards.

Last gen SEGA went for an initial landgrab but it failed when the better specced and better supported PS2 launched. GC and XBox were too late to the party. They were left fighting over the scraps.

This gen Microsoft went all out for the landgrab and its only part worked. Ironically a lesser powered odd console in the Wii has stolen its thunder.

Sony are doing relatively well for such a high pricepoint and tardy launch.

However last gen some 200 million people enjoyed console ownership.

This gen 100 million have already committed to a brand some two brands.

In summary this gen is half way through and the PS3 is in last place.

I do not deny that the PS3 is starting to pick up its feet and gain a little ground but time is running out. There are only so many consumers to win and they get harder to find day by day.

There are no prizes in a horse race for finishing strongly if the race is over before you get into the home straight.

I hope I got my point across. Basically the price cut may not be essential but if Sony want to maintain good third party ties and industry presence it is a prudent move.

 

 

I agree with you really. But like Sony keep saying they are concerned with profit, and a price cut now isn't going to sell that many machines really in the grand scheme of things and towards chrimbo when sales really pick up the effect of drop will have lost some "kerpow" lol.

So they might as well just hold out till september, sell what they are now, which is pretty good, make a nice profit. Then crash bang wallop in september when they've reduced manufacturing costs further and it will have a much bigger effect given the increased sales around september-december...

In all honesty I think that they'd actually LOSE market share in the long term by having a price cut at this time of year...

Sure sales would be up massively now...but massively compared to what? mid year sales pale into insignificane compared to september-december...

Oh and I know you weren't being rude by saying I've missed the point ;) but I do get it...I just think this generation and most likely all from now on can't be judged like previous ones where gaming was a niche market occupied by relativately small companies...The ps "bran" is still alive to some degree in terms of people would by a sony machine over an ms machine if bother were equal except the name including price. (even I have been brainwashed to some degree and I can't stand sony's way of doing things).

This appearl can easily last another 6 months although it does diminish and is a shadow of what it was, "Playstation" is still the biggest name in gaming - I only mean the name. So the "land grab" at the start of the generation isn't really that important...

 

I dunno lol....just curious, didn't mean to start another "sony should price cut now!!!" threads :)

Sorry about that. You were right I wasnt being rude, but on re reading my piece it does seem a little OTT.

 



jonnhytesta on 30 March 2009
Baggins said:
jonnhytesta said:
sony wants a price cut but they dont have the money to do it. simple as that

 

 Well, that's what everyone says...

But where did they get this from?

Who here has any real knowledge of Sony's situation...Sure they have their shareholders eoy reports to look at etc but so what?

Who here is a proper analyst and has any idea about it all?

for all we know, maybe Sony just don't want to drop the price right now because they want to make more money. The way people talk it's as if they would go bankrupt as a company if the price was reduced...

That may or may not be the case...


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Zkuq on 30 March 2009

Sony's situation isn't terrible even though they are selling the least. Unless they plan to win the console war no matter the cost, it wouldn't make much sense to make a big cut. I doubt they can or want to cut the price by more than $20-$30 right now. Before Christmas is probably a very different case though...

Besides, they're probably cutting the price of the PS2 already. I'm sure cutting the price of the PS3 would cause some competition between the two, possibly even rendering both cuts kind of useless. They cut the PS2 now and get increased profit from increased sales, also possibly stealing some sales from the other two 7th gen consoles. Then they cut the PS3 in the latter half of the year to boost its sales.



averyblund on 30 March 2009
coolestguyever said:

But overall we don't need a price drop at all. In fact I wish it was still $600 because I'd have one anyways. 

 

That is an odd statement considering that there more than likely would have only been 1st party games at that pricepoint. The reason the PS3 is doing OK is because it is $400. Lower it would sell more, higher it would sell even worse than at the current price.

 

Getting more people onboard is always a good thing for current owners.



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Lolcislaw on 30 March 2009

Well if sony wants to increase PS3 sales (because there are no chances of outselling 360 or Wii) they need a price cut eventually but only when they can make some sort of profit.