PS3 Price Cut - Why do you people say it's apparently being cut later this year

I've heard the exact opposite. Additionally, the numbers are saying that Sony cannot afford a price cut (Due to them apparently taking much of the blow with free internet, adding blue ray which is more expensive in any other system (IE: PC), etc.)... Furthermore, people are just assuming the price cut as the PS2 price cut happened a year and a half after release. I cannot remember why it price cutted, but there was a competitive reason for it.

Sony already cut as much as they could as far as I can assume and have read. Speculation is that it won't atleast price cut until around Q2-Q3 2008 or even as late as Q1 2009.

Well, as long as the backwards compatibility isn't as bad as the 360 (Which is a legit statement. Only about 50% (assumption) is backwards comptible.

Well, this fall I'll hopefully get my HD TV. Until then I won't bother with the PS3 because it'll be fun. But I couldn't appreciate the graphics. I'll just buy an HD monitor that can be compatible with my computer.

The real question is how much do they need to drop this Holiday season? If the xbox360 drops price and halo3 coming out at the same time what will happen.  GTAIV and MGS4 are going to be good but that price needs to drop, big time this fall. and that not a fanboyish thing to say, it just reality so please dont accuse me of that because im waiting for a price drop right now.

well they need a big price drop becuase im not gunna pay 500 dollars or even 400 for it

well they need a big price drop becuase im not gunna pay 500 dollars or even 400 for it

 

avail447

Then you might as well get a wii, or a new hobby cause thing arnt getting that cheap that fast

i might as well becuase im not a rich manavail447

You don't have to be rich, but you need to be realistic about you expectations in the cycle of consoles. 

[QUOTE="avail447"]i might as well becuase im not a rich manBlitz1130

You don't have to be rich, but you need to be realistic about you expectations in the cycle of consoles. 

i understand that there trying to make profit and that a price drop would hurt them i just cant afford that

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[QUOTE="avail447"]i might as well becuase im not a rich manavail447

You don't have to be rich, but you need to be realistic about you expectations in the cycle of consoles. 

i understand that there trying to make profit and that a price drop would hurt them i just cant afford that

The thing is that everyone besides Nintendo is not making profit, but if going to make a prediction that a premium 360 by this fall will be $300.00 so im saying now just wait, this is the time where everyone is going to go for each others throats and prices will drop.

I think software sales this summer/fall are going to be particularly poor for the ps3. As a result, i think they are going to feel forced into reducing their console cost, either in november or january/feb.

Hmm, they are still losing money per unit sold, I don't know home much it is now, but I think it was like 850 to make a 60gig before launch.

I'm not sure whats going to go down, but a price cut isn't going to do much to help them, it'd need to be more significant, since the $500 is phased out, the price difference between its competitor has went from comparable to look at wallet and think for a moment.

I own all consoles, and the Playstation 3 is easily the best value,

Heres the way I see it-

Wii- You get what you pay for- not much, although is ish fun with friends. - $399

360- cost me $650 AUD then i was set back for an $80 fan cause the thing is a practical barbeque(and its neccessary for it to remain working), live sets me back a further $75+ each year(assuming I play for 5 years), Wi-fi set me back another $165 and then if i wanted to make it somewhat similar to PS3 with HD format it would set me back another $249 and yet it still doesn't compare to its competitors but coming in at a whopping - $1519

PS3- Loaded with everything i'll ever need for next generation gaming and best processor and graphics processing unit as well as blu-ray, bluetooth, free online, home, 50 gb game limits and more for a mere- $999

That's the way it is, xbox starts off cheap, yet i found out the hard way, that really just begs for money once you've bought it, and it honestly just isn't the same experience as wii and in the most drastic case PS3xXrebel666Xx