Chances of a PS3 price drop in a few months

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#1 lusitanogamer
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Sony states that one of the reasons they're scrapping hardware backwards compatibility on European PS3s is to reduce production costs and allow a future price reduction. I've decided a long time ago that i would get a PS3 at launch but now this is making me think twice about that. All this less backwards compatibility is not an issue to me (i'm keeping my PS2 anyways) but a possible price drop in a few months is. I don't want to pay 599 euros next March to find out later that the PS3 will cost less in few months. If i knew for sure that they would drop the price a few months after launch i would probably wait.

I just want to know what do you guys think about this: Do you think there's a high chance of this happening? Or will this price drop happen only several months down the road?

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#2 thedarkomen
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Just bite the bullet and pay it in full.
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#3 MusashiSensi
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Just bite the bullet and pay it in full.thedarkomen
Yup
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#4 NavigatorsGhost
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Your not getting a price drop for a while. Period. At least a year, probably more than 1.
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#5 akatsuki0wn3d
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sony is already losing a chunk of money on every PS3 sold, they cant afford a price drop
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#6 GamersNightmare
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I highly doubt that there will be a price drop at all this season. They may have sales but they won't have a price drop. The system is only going to sell that much more now because of the extra launch and now that all the better games, more wanted/anticipated games are coming out. They are scrapping things to save money on the build cost so they won't have to do a price drop now. I'd say just get it because your doing nothing but missing out yet gonna pay the same in a few months.
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#7 lusitanogamer
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Your not getting a price drop for a while. Period. At least a year, probably more than 1.NavigatorsGhost
That's what i believe will happen, Sony will try to get back as much money as they can of what they have lost from the PS3s they've sold thus far, but still...
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#8 AsadMahdi59
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i'd say get it now. cus u'll wait a few months but it wont drop then u'll crack and buy it then the price will go down in a month then u'll feel really stupid.
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#9 lusitanogamer
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i'd say get it now. cus u'll wait a few months but it wont drop then u'll crack and buy it then the price will go down in a month then u'll feel really stupid.AsadMahdi59
:lol: I have to agree with that, not only would i feel stupid but also p!ssed!
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#10 negtegra
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I think they are making the other PS3s without the hardware to keep the cost margin better for them...not the consumer.  Don't hold your breath for a cheaper PS3 for quite some time to come.
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#11 BzPlayer
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I would say we won't see a price drop for over a year from now. Did the other console drop in price that has been out for over a year now?
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#12 vgmkyle
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And what are the chances of finding one?
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#13 arabi_89
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 Whats all this ps3 price drops. sony wont drop prices till late 2008 and + PS3 Didnt even launch in Europe. I still dont get it... if all anti-ps3-sony ppl say that sony and the ps3 r failing that doesnt mean its failing. Great month coming soon so why would they drop prices. weird ...
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#14 VinnoT
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I was in the same dilema. I decided to just buy it now. Because I know I wont be able to wait long enough for a price drop and id end up paying ful for itl eventually.
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#15 Jhung207
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It's better to buy later and wait for aprice drop.  There arn't any games that's worth getting anyways.
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#16 Velric
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You will not see a price drop this year.
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#17 -_Aceofspades_-
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Your not getting a price drop for a while. Period. At least a year, probably more than 1.NavigatorsGhost
1 maybe even 2....
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slim to none, actually none to nonner
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#19 lusitanogamer
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bump
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#20 asmallchild
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not this year it would not look good for the brand name when xbox360 has a price drop, then sony might consider one
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#21 agreen_112
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I've decided to wait until May.