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Title: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Yaminomalex on July 08, 2007, 01:54:27 pm

Sony supremo Sir Howard Stringer said today that his company was refining a plan to reduce the cost, and therefore the price, of its loss-making PlayStation 3 console. Conceding that there was "no question" consumers wanted the price to drop, he told the Financial Times that with the Wii, Nintendo had struck a "good business model."

“Nintendo Wii has been a successful enterprise, and a very good business model, compared with ours . . . because it’s cheaper,” Mr Stringer said in a video interview. “That [price cuts] is what we are studying at the moment. That’s what we are trying to refine.”

When we blink disbelievingly at the massive losses incurred by console hardware sales, we usually assume that there's little chance of a price drop. It's worth remembering, however, that computer components get cheaper all the time, meaning that as time goes by, manufacturers can elect to cut prices without making the bottom line any worse. A $100 chop in PS3 prices for the holiday season now sounds very likely.

I GUESS this is good news. Now all we need is another $100 price drop and a steady stream of good games and we're rolling.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: protoman on July 08, 2007, 07:24:54 pm

do you own one?

just curious.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Yaminomalex on July 08, 2007, 10:30:39 pm

Naw, the only game out for it I want is Ninja Gaiden Sigma, so yeah. Fortune has one, though.

I'll just wait for another price drop and Guns of the Patriots like everyone else.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Yaminomalex on July 10, 2007, 06:40:01 pm

The price drop is official, now. And Sony just rolled out with the new 80 GB model. Enjoy ur n00 PSTripple.

I'm still not going to be rushing out to the store to buy one anytime soon until Guns of the Patriots comes out and when it's somewhere in the 299-399 US dollars price range. Idiots at SCEA. They should have known from the fucking start that no man or monkey alive would buy a $600 piece of shit, except the fanboys.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Superyoshi on July 10, 2007, 08:49:56 pm

http://kotaku.com/gaming/get-out-and-push/80gb-ps3-bundle-uses-software-emulation-276401.php

And now the bad news.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Yaminomalex on July 10, 2007, 10:25:24 pm

That's my SCE.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: RetroJape on July 11, 2007, 12:43:53 am

I hope my PS2 lasts forever.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Yaminomalex on July 11, 2007, 12:38:59 pm

I hope my 2SP last forever.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Superyoshi on July 11, 2007, 01:26:32 pm

My forever PS2 hope I lasts.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: Yaminomalex on July 13, 2007, 04:02:17 am

Well, get this : the 60 gig 499 PS3 will be discontinued pretty soon. It's being succeeded  by the 80 Gig PS3.

Title: Re: PS3 Price cut
Post by: protoman on July 13, 2007, 10:35:24 pm

discontinuing their superior products is sony's version of the wii shortage.