http://www.gamespot.com/news/blogs/rumor-control/909119209/26938646/ps3-slim-price-cut-due-this-fall-xbox-360-elite-replacing-pro-in-september.html

Rumors, but they can pretty much happen.

everyones entitled to an opinion but this one is crap, just because you mess up in one generation does not mean you will loose the next , microsoft got outsold by the ps2 at about 100 milllion last gen. Has microsoft done bad this gen? not at all

Sony have said that there is a bit of a "new product premium" taking advantages of suckers like myself who are willing to pay ridiculous prices to get the console day 1 {PS2: £300, PS3: £425, PSP: £180, PSP Slim & Lite: £130, {PSPGo:£230} all day 1)

And I think that your opinion on my opinion is crap too. Granted, they won't be pretty much F***** but they will start off badly.

Microsost did very bad last gen but they cut the lifespan short and launched the x360 1 year before the ps3. Which then they gained a major advantage when Sony launched the ps3 at 599$.

Now I don't wanna waste any more time arguing.

PCEZZZ

I won't be suprised if the only thing Sony does for the holiday season is come out with a new bundle. Not saying that's what will happen, just that I won't be suprised if they do ;).

yeah, and people will stop buying Harley Davidson 'cause they can buy a really great car instead, a whole four-wheeled car wow!!

Seriously dude, you know SHIT about consumers and the market.

That's funny, I didn't realize we were talking about vehicles.  I must have gotten on the wrong forum today.  And since when are Harley Davidson motorcycles only $50 less than a nice sports car?

I'm glad you took the time to make an actual argument against my point rather than just post some random analogy that doesn't fit and an immature curse oriented statement.  Oh wait....

^lol Talk about inmature, my my why I waste my time here, I guess for fun....what a good laugh, lol.

Maybe it's just me, but if you're talking about $50 less than $300 or $250, it could be compared to $2,000 or $3,000 less than say... $22,000...but of course that's just me, oh inmature me, lol. The point stands child, but I was wrong...you certainly know shit about nothing.

LOL sony will drop the price.

The end.

Microsoft wouldn't cut the 360 price to $150. That reeks of desparation, and would be a last resort. They have to think about profit, as well- Arcade is already the most popular SKU, and cutting price is cutting income, which is cutting profits. Microsoft probably profits more on a $300 Pro than a $200 Arcade. They would prefer that people bought the Pro. So they would have to cut the Pro to $250 as well, which would lose even MORE profit. So their choices are:

1) $150 Arcade, $250 Pro, $300 Elite. Like I've said, this isn't very logical.

2) $179 Arcade, $250 Pro, $300 Elite. Like the last one, but more likely.

3) $200 Arcade, $300 Elite (essentially changing the Pro to the Elite and cutting the Elite)

I believe the current Ars Technica rumour suggests 3)

Nintendo DEFINITELY isn't going to cut the price of the Wii- it sells gangbusters already. It's been above the PS3 and 360 combined for the last few weeks, and the last time one of the HD consoles outsold it in a week was back in June 2008, when MGS4 launched. It only really needs a boost in Japan, and upcoming games + new colours will do that.

I only think Sony will cut the PS3's price this year because of their forecast. They wouldn't increase YoY sales by 30% for no reason when they can see that they are clearly down YoY at the moment. Sony are not idiots- they got their last prediction spot on (10 million in FY 08). $300 is probably most likely, with some feature or other taken out (I would say Bluetooth and WLAN are two likely candidates- separate adaptors could be made available), with an 80GB HDD, and the current 160GB would be cut to $400 (still bundled with a game, with all features intact)

And they'll probably make PS2 emulation possible via a FW update, so people will stop complaining about that.