Both probably - you can still easily buy DSLite and DSi in Europe.

1) Uhm, nice logic. A price cut is made to gain marketshare, not make more money in the short term.

2) As far as I know MS - since the price cut - is selling the arcade at a loss. They probably make a profit on the other SKUs becasue of the overpriced HDD.

3) PS3 price cut worked, and its "abysmal" sales were higher than the 360's until MS in turn cut the price.

Pretty normal week.

Smeags said: WoW: Console Last Week This Week 438,787 262,237 124,376 136,253 69,165 79,818 58,629 67,298 55,287 59,736 Wii: +11,877 360: +10,653 PS3: +8,669 PSP: +4,449 DS: -176,550 YoY: Console Last Year This Year 217,829 262,237 154,638 136,253 101,579 67,298 84,089 59,736 70,931 79,818 DS: +44,408 360: +8,887 Wii: -18,385 PSP: -24,353 PS3: -34,281

Can't believe how big of a YoY drop the PS3 had. They can't be happy with those numbers at all.

Goddbless said: Smeags said: WoW: Console Last Week This Week 438,787 262,237 124,376 136,253 69,165 79,818 58,629 67,298 55,287 59,736 Wii: +11,877 360: +10,653 PS3: +8,669 PSP: +4,449 DS: -176,550 YoY: Console Last Year This Year 217,829 262,237 154,638 136,253 101,579 67,298 84,089 59,736 70,931 79,818 DS: +44,408 360: +8,887 Wii: -18,385 PSP: -24,353 PS3: -34,281 Can't believe how big of a YoY drop the PS3 had. They can't be happy with those numbers at all.

I doubt Sony like it either - but it does make sense in the current economic market.

The PS3 is priced/positioned as a luxuary choice.  It's price unlike 360 hasn't changed within the recession and a YoY drop was therefore almost inevitable - most consumer electronics companies I know (I work in retail) are seeing dips in most similar items YoY unless the price has dropped or something else is helping prop up demand.

The Wii for example has enough demand to withstand the change without a price drop - which interestingly implies that Nintendo could in fact have been selling it for a higher price without hurting demand prior to the current market conditions.

My response was towards an individual who had the perception that the 360 has got many price cuts when in reality the PS3 has had more in a lesser amount of time. Plus if a 360 owner wanted a HDD he would have bought the elite or pro, not everyone buys the PS3 although everyone likes to compare it with the PS3.

The only reason the PS3 cut the price because they were literally forced to. Then in turn MS cut the price for the first time last year in Americas and romped all of the PS3 in the holidays.