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leo-j on 23 April 2009

So you are assuming that if the ps3 gets a $299 price point, that microsoft can in fact match that? So a $99 360? I wouldn't mind really



 

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XanderZane on 23 April 2009
BHR-3 said:
if sony goes to 350 and ms 150 sonys in trouble cause its still a 200 price difference if sony goes to 300 and ms goes to 150 then sony will go gangbusters

 

I don't think Sony will cut $100 off their system. Unless they truly want to lose a couple billion during the holiday season. It'll be $50 at the most. M$ will most likely cut $50 of the Pro and Elite as well. Not sure what they will do with the Arcade. They might drop it to $179. There's no doubt M$ will drop their price if Sony does.



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1337 Gamer on 23 April 2009

i think a PS3 cut would be bigger but it really depends on how much each company cuts the price. However the PS3 cut would definatly attract more people than a 360 one simply because the 360 is already fairly cheap but both would increase sales



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XanderZane on 23 April 2009
txrattlesnake said:

Probably not. It might be that the only thing that could put PS3 beyond the 360's sales would be the retirement of the 360.

However, it reaches a point where the PS3 is getting enough good games and has enough sales that it doesn't matter how its fared against the 360 because it has shown that it can do well in its own right.

And, I think being able to say we were able to beat the other guys only because we cut the heck out of our console's price is a hollow victory.

A question arises what if PS3 sold so well, it deserved its price cut, but the 360 was just matching prices to guarantee they stayed in second place.

 

Dude, Sony cut the price of their PS2 several times even when they were already far in the lead. So that was a hollow victory?   If cutting the price of the XBox 360 help them sell more systems and keeps them in the lead, that's perfectly fine. Sony did the same thing with the PS1 and PS2. No one complained then, so why b$#@% about that now when the PS3 is far behind the competition. People keep forgetting the XBox 360 has been out longer and can afford price cuts without loses.



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SOLIDSNAKE08 on 23 April 2009

why would anyone be waiting for a 360 price cut now? its only $200 any lower and it wont really matter unless they cut it to $100. the ps3 is going to get an inevitable boost eventually.



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theprof00 on 23 April 2009
Jereel Hunter said:
theprof00 said:
Sony will do gangbusters with no price cut when ff13 comes out.
xbox could be 100$.

 

This post brought to you from 2007.

dude, a demo for it sold 50k consoles. shut your mouth plz

 



richardhutnik on 24 April 2009
kjj4t9rdad said:
If M$ cuts any price it will be on the Pro model. To my knowledge, they are still losing money on the Arcade. Add to that the extra cost associated with the E74 error (or what ever it is called), I doubt M$ will be in a possition to lower the price of the Arcade.

As I mentioned above, I think they will drop the price of the Pro model or at least offer a special Elite Bundle, but it will be $50 or so. No big $100 price cuts untill sales really start to fall.

Sony, with a price cut would be losing money also, at a larger degree?  Is Sony in a stronger position to lose money with the PS3, than Microsoft is with the 360?

 



richardhutnik on 24 April 2009
SOLIDSNAKE08 said:
why would anyone be waiting for a 360 price cut now? its only $200 any lower and it wont really matter unless they cut it to $100. the ps3 is going to get an inevitable boost eventually.

Outside of getting a Blu-Ray player, and some exclusives, why would anyone buy a PS3 now instead of a 360, if the price is an issue?  Most of the top titles are multi-platform, and not really better on the PS3 in most cases.

 



yo_john117 on 24 April 2009
Rpruett said:
Why does everyone assume that Microsoft is just going to slash prices to counter Sony? Has this happened yet? Both companies have cut prices at different eventual points in time. Microsoft will cut the 360s price when the demand slows down and it makes sense for them financially. I bet the weather the storm of sales by Sony.

And yes, I believe Sony will still do gangbusters if they drop the price to around $300.

Same question is applyed to why does everyone assume that the PS3 will sell mega amounts if the price is dropped.

 



lilwingman on 24 April 2009

The bigger surprise would be if Microsoft does not counter Sony's drop with one of their own.

That said, a $299 PS3 would still sell like crazy.



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