Console Price Cuts: The Evidence

For all the talk of Sony dropping its price, it is Microsoft that appears to have the impending date with destiny. In fact, if Microsoft doesn't drop its price by the end of July 2007, it will have held the line on its pricing longer than the PlayStation 2 did last generation.

[Bloodmask]

is anything like last gen and Microsoft does indeed lower there price first(especially before Christmas). I think Sony has some serious decisions to make.

[SF49er408]

Make the premium 299 wow everyone will buy it. plus the games comin out hmmm looks like a shure thing to me. fable 2 aint even out yet n that made me buy the first xbox. the ridiculous hype with halo 3 and a 100 price cut will push their lead even farther.

[toughNAME]

but if M$ cuts their price before PS3...thatd just be slitting sonys throat
give sony a chance to compete!

[gta_cb]

oooo i dont think you should have said that lol.

*gets read for flaming*

[freeza]

360 is allready $220 in japan

[ZyKlOn]

xbot $hit

[Xi]

a psthreetarded response.

[wolfgang]

ZyKlOn $hit

Why do you comment if you don't have anything to say ?

[gta_cb]

i agree with wolfgang, why do you comment when you only comment sh!t?! you remind me of some of those stupid fanboy comments from this other user called Bill Gates.

[KoolMan]

it would be something like $499.99: 60gb,PGR,RFOM & extra SIXAXIX

[bootsielon]

By the way this generation is coming out, anything could happen:

-A console considered next-gen without a next-gen drive, HDD out of the box and HDMI.

- A console considered next-gen without next-gen processor, GPU, HDD, RAM, and so on

-A next-gen console with a huge price tag

So, Xbox 360 could still last something without price drop. If Microsoft really wants to be in the money, they should wait until fiscal 2008, after all the heavy hitting holiday season games hit the road (Halo 3, Bioshock, GTA4, Mass Effect, Too Human, Lost Odyssey and Blue Dragon). All those games will still sell a ton, and I doubt many will care if Xbox 360 is still 399 with Halo 3. Sure, there will be some that will; for those a price drop could come after holiday season.

On the other hand, Sony does need a $200 price drop (following cost reductions) to steal some thunder from Wii and Xbox 360. It will have many great games and services by holiday season, but not a "Halo 3"; by that I don't mean a "great game", I mean an overhyped one that will sell through the roof. So, in conjuction with plenty of great games and services, a massive price drop will draw lots of attention. After all, there are many that want a new playstation just for the brand, and were simply waiting for a price drop. Dropping the price before holiday season would be ideal; perhaps dropping it a month before Halo 3, but better a month after, since it wouldn't help deterr many from the launch of Halo 3 (but it would for holiday season).

An ideal scenario for consoles for the upcoming holiday season would be that they get each priced as follows: 200 for Wii, 300 for 360 (400 for the Elite), and 400 for PS3 (with a tad bigger HDD, not 80, perhaps 120 to match the elite).

Edit:

So I got disagreed with, but cowards don't say why. Anyway, some people have mentioned bundling games with the PS3, and I think that would be a mistake unless they also drop the price to $400. $500 is still too much. Hell, anything above $400 is too much. $400 isn't mass market yet, but for marketing purposes it's a massive price drop that would definitely steer away a lot of people. If people have been buying Xbox 360 for $399 for some time already, a PS3 for all it offers, besides its brand strength should help it sell a lot more. I'd say more than the 360 is selling now, but by then there will be a lot of competition, so who knows; still, it'll sell a lot better with a $400 price.

[Wargasm]

"- A console considered next-gen without next-gen processor, GPU, HDD, RAM, and so on "

I like to argue for the 360 because i believe that there is actually a very slight difference in performance between the ps3 and 360 and that most who believe that the ps3 is a leap ahead are suckers to all of the Ps3 hype and claims.

Its nothing wrong, most people make judgments without actually looking into the subject... its normal

Sony has got you thinking that there is more RAM on the Ps3 then on the 360 Eh? well they actually have THE SAME AMOUNT 500 to 500. The only difference between the two is how the RAM is appropriated on the mother board.

GPU- Believe it or not the 360 Gpu is performs a little better because its 48 pipelines can do Pixel OR Vertex shader operations where the Ps3 graphics card does have a higher clock speed but has 24 pixel shader pipelines and 8 vertex shader lines. So in other words the Ps3 card isn't always performing at its best if there is more demand for vertex then there is available.

If you would have asked me a year ago i would have told you that the ps3 GPU would ,hands down, be the better of the two just from what i heard from the media and my expectations of the newer console that i would "want irrespective of everything else" and would teach me "discipline"

"without next-gen processor" Cell is not necessarily better, and ill be brief because im feeling lazy... The cell has 7 SPEs with a main power pc chip on the top. The spe's are good at handling minor details like physics, or water effects. The 360, however, has 3 symetric powerpc cores; with each the same as the Single main chip that is on the cell. Parts of the game that require heavy processing power run easier on the 360... but with the Ps3 the SPEs must be called on to make up for this

But does it really matter? the Xbox1 had MUCH better graphics than the Ps2 and Sony reigned supreme anyway. this time around its much harder to tell the difference.

Sony, microsoft and nintendo do not want to make a price drop because they want to profit more (or lose less) and each hardware sale made. I dont think sony will for a while because the gap is just so large. The PS3 is ELITE so its Elite pricing shouldn't be a problem (or at least thats the idea)

[Stray_Wulf]

I don't care how low the 360's price is, I will never make the mistake of buying one of those horrid systems again. I went through 3 repairs, 1 full system renewal, and frankly I cannot stand paying for every little thing that Microsoft wants to charge you for. I'll stick with my new PS3 which doesn't try to rip me off with every accessory or feature. In my opinion, I think that when people really realize how much money they're spending on every little thing for the 360, they will become annoyed (As I was) and make a good choice of selling that thing and get something worth having (PS3).

PS - I am not a fanboy, I just had bad experiences with the 360 and am officially sick of it.

[PS360PCROCKS]

totally understand. But I think your idea of feeling ripped off is just the fact their giving you choices. If you want everything you will pay alot...but the point is choice and some like it, some don't. I love it because I am not a huge game nerd. I have my console, couple games, 2 controllers, headset and HDD. so basically I bought one controller after the system.

[SF49er408]

the core would be 199. thats less then the wii. the 360 will sell this christmas and even in japan. slowly and i mean slowly the 360 is gaining ground in japan. compared to the original xbox it has made a huge improvement. lost odyssey will only help increase sales. maybe even 30k a week for a few weeks.

[DrPirate]

Interesting enough, Microsoft can do so more comfortably since they've had their console out longer. You're right though, this might force Sony to lower the price on the PS3 to stand a chance at contending this early in the show.

I still think in the long long run, PS3 will win out, but right now, the race is tight. Microsoft might allow the price to remain the same until after Halo 3 and the onslaught of exclusives (like Bioshock and Mass Effect) to be released, and then, 2-3 months after, lower the price in the new year. They have to keep the price somewhat high, someone's gotta pay for the refurbished consoles and broken console replacements right?

[Adamalicious]

Historically Microsoft hasn't been as good as Sony at reducing hardware costs thus facilitating price cuts. They are is a unique position here in that Sony and Nintendo are very unlikely to cut prices anytime this year, so they may be able to get away with keeping them as they are a while longer while they try to reduce the cost per unit. That being said, if I had to guess, I'd say Microsoft will cut the price of each 360 model by $50 in the Fall.

[Silver360]

last time they didn't. It was all off the shelf stuff. That why it was so easy to hack. Anyway this time around MS doesn't have to beg their suppliers for cost reductions. As they compete for more market with lower console prices.

[SF49er408]

and a price drop will greatly increase their sales. last year my friend wanted one but his mom said he would only get and xbox and wouldnt get anything else. now he can ask for the 360, and still get clothes and a few games, and people could afford it . sony is going after the super hardcore, and ms is trying to take the hardcore/casual. no casual gamer will buy a ps3 for 600. they will wait three years like any reasonable person and buy it when its 35 % cheaper. i dont judge next generation on hardware specs i judge it on what games look like and how fast i get them lol. look at me i have ps3 with an hdmi port wooppy and i can play flow in the glory of 1080p. lmao. halo 3= over 2 million gamers wanting a next gen console. gta4= 5 million people wanting a next gen console. hmm buy a ps3 and have no money for games or get xbox 360 elite even and have extra money for gta4, halo 3, and assassins creed. hmmmm

[marionz]

buy a xbox 360 from d1ck smith and get a free sony erichson cell phone!

[H3Lust117]

long life a microsoft and 360 win

[DrPirate]

I own all three consoles and love them all equally. I still don't understand hate for PS3. It's a nice console and a Microsoft owned monopoly over gaming is possibly the worst thing that can ever happen.

[wolfgang]

Any monopoly would be worst thing for gamers as the competition is the key to quality gaming at a fair price.

[wolfgang]

"I still don't understand hate for PS3"

I don't really beleive there is a "hate" for the PS3, there is fanboyism, but give a ps3 to any gamer except themart and he will be happy.

I personnaly think that website like SPG and a few Sony's PR bloggers are playing with public opinion to make us beleive there is a "PS3 hate conspiracy" that is accountable for all of Sony problems.

[blackmagic]

WHEN it happens my pricing guess is this:
Core - $225
Premium - $300
Elite - $350
20GB HD - $75
120GB HD - $125
HD-DVD add-on - $150
everything else unchanged

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Agree with you on all except HD DVD add on. I bet it'll drop to 100 or below. I heard Wal-Marts were already selling them at 130 in some places.

[nix]

MS should concentrate more on solving the "red ring" disease.

[Charlie2688]

dont really see MS dropping the 360 price any time soon, with the fact that ther gaming divion is in the red and that they are loosing more money that they are making a price cuts seem very far away unless they manage to fix this, technically when the 360 had its first year they could have cut the price and become an even more dangerous PS3 rival but they didnt because they cant afford to do it, instead they released a new more expencive version of the console and HDD

I actually see PS3 possibly cutting prices before MS, cuz they are in a race to cut the machine manufacturing price, and till now with cheaper Blu Ray diods, no Emiton Engine and the possibly new smaller processor they can reduce the price enough to cut the consumers price a bit and while they would still be loosing money atleast they would gain more buyers and that is the overall goal

[DJ]

That's why they're selling their accessories at such inflated prices ($180 for a $90 HDD) and have to stick with a paid-subscription service. Hell, even the console itself is sold at a nice little profit (around $40). I do wish that we could see how much of that deficit is due to hardware replacements... Microsoft's Xbox Division isn't willing to put itself in an even greater deficit just yet, despite the disappointing global sales [emphasis on global].

I'm guessing they'll wait until the Holiday season.

[PS360PCROCKS]

you guys dont disagree with DJ because he is your PS3 fans "themart" he made a good comment. so DJ I actually totally agree with you on the inflated prices thing. Some of the pricing is absolutely ridiculous. I will never purchase a bigger HDD for my 360. I would rather buy one for the PS3 and just put anything on their I need to see on my TV. I do rather disagree with the charging for live. We're paying for dedicated servers and that's fine by me...believe me that $40 is not alot of money...especially when it's set out over a year. so agree on everything but that.

[DrunKao]

xbox360rocks, you know that $40 DJ mentioned wasn't about live, it was how much he thinks Microsoft is profiting on the 360. It's more than $40 last I remember. And we don't get dedicated servers for $40. It's more like P2P for $50. But I think everything else Live offers is worth the $50 even if there aren't dedicated servers.

[PS360PCROCKS]

Yeah I know. I meant $50 sorry...but I agree that Live is worth everything that comes along with it. PSN does not compare right now.

[Wargasm]

@ stray_wulf - 8

"I'll stick with my new PS3 which doesn't try to rip me off with every accessory or feature."

Sounds a little familiar.... Does blu-ray ring a bell?

a feature that (as impressive as it may be) tacked on at least $200 dollars to the systems price. And lets not forget the fact that very few people can actually utilize the blu-ray player until they buy a Hd-Tv (even more$$$)

But ill agree with you on the 360 hardware problem... hell im on my 3rd one myself!

[Bloodmask]

If the PS3 does indeed come in third I would attribute it entirely to Bluray.

1) PS3 was supposed to launch world wide
- They couldn't because of Bluray laser diode shortages

2) PS3 supposed to launch with 5 million units
- PS3 launched with 200,000 units bc of Bluray laser diode shortages

3) PS3 could have launched at an attractive $400 price point
- PS3 is an additional $200 dollars bc of the inclusion of Bluray

4) PS3 could have launched a year earlier without Bluray

All these factors have made the PS3 well over the accepted price of a video games console, no matter what they try to market it as. The bottom line is as long as Bluray becomes the industry standard, I bet Sony could care less if they come in third this generation. Why else would they take all these risks? I feel that Sony would be just as happy if the consumer purchased Bluray movies, instead of games. I also think that is why there has been such a drought of PS3 games.....makes Bluray movies seem all that more attractive. Think about it........

[Wargasm]

I completely agree with you there...

Had blu-ray not been included i might have bought a Ps3 instead of a 360... since the prices would be the same and Sony has a stronger brand name.

[ZyKlOn]

This will be the ps3 killer

[power of Green]

R-U fucin retarded? bro, you do know what thread you're in right?; you have seen the industry starting to talk Neo-Geo about the PS3?.

Both 360 & PS3 are suffering from the price, the thing is Sony told the world the PS3 was going to be 3X's more powerful than the 360 etc causing Millions to wait untill the PS3 launched before they made a choice and as you can see from current 360 sales still being on the spendy side of the game market people are not waiting anymore for PS3 to launch as you know from both the console sales figures.

Again The hype was so huge it rocked the industry, everbody was told the PS3 would be some untouchable Hollow DECK super divice and it was said the PS3 launch games would be untouchable and the 360 would not be able to achieve PS3's launch games durring the 360's entire life span. IT had the world buzzing and folks waited and fanboys believed and fanboys said 360 wasn't selling because people were waiting for PS3 now its watered down to : "despite the disappointing global sales [emphasis on global]".

[power of Green]

Why would MS have to cut the price of the 360 at PS3's price point?, pay attention son sheesh!. LOL Cut the price of the 360 to compete against a company that has defeated itself. lol You freakin Anime Sony gothic kidz crack me up with your dark anti everthing outlook on life. Uber Geekz trying to out wit a company that runs this planet. lol

[PS360PCROCKS]

Normally I will agree with you but as DJ said "emphasis on global" he is correct. 360 has sold very well in North America, and pretty good in Europe but not as well as Microsoft had hoped in Japan. Give him a break he is right, Microsoft I am sure had even higher expectations than what their achieving right now. I am not sure if that stems from them thinking they would just sell "more" or what. But I think this all will be best reserved to see who is on top in about june 2008 when both systems will have had it's huge games out.

[Dogswithguns]

only if it isnt selling well, but for now 360 doing good so, 360 wont drop their prices.....not this year anyway.

[codeazrael]

First off, I'd rather have the American audience in my pocket any day of the week over the Japanese audience. If you havent noticed, more Americans today are buying more consoles and games. Having the Americas and Europe.........are you kidding me? Who the f?ck needs Japan? They are not as important now that other countries are really getting into gaming. Plus, the Japanese tend to promote their own products, so something American dominating over a Japanese product will never happen as long as Japan has a product that is comparable. Now, even though it is hard to come to terms with the fact that Sony has it all wrong this time around, even hard for me to believe, you can't deny that Sony rushed the ps3 to market because their hand was forced with the 360 already being out. They even mentioned Microsoft's "rash" decision to bring out a new console so quick. Think about it, Sony started chopping off parts that they wowed us with at E3 05' like dual hdmi (even though no one but celebs would probably use) all of those extra ports and what not. They didnt even settle up with Immersion before the ps3 launch so they could include rumble from the beginning instead of possibly........and I stress possibly incorporating it later, which brings up a good side note, you can't expect the ps3, which is already losing major money for every unit to experience both a price drop as well as re incorporate rumble, because even though the lawsuit is settled with Immersion, Sony will still have to pay a royalty to them for every ps3 sold if they reincorporated the rumbling sensation known as dual shock. Hell, they even flat out lied about rumble not being able to work with motion sensing even though they knew the truth. So, rumble and price drop will definitely not happen close to each other, so you will not only have to wait for rumble, but if Sony continues to lose so much money on each unit sold, you won't see rumble again until the ps4 launches..........if a ps4 launches. I tell you, Sony is in one hell of a position, and that position is the "69" position right now because they are faced with the very real idea of having to slash the price of the ps3, and a lot of the ps3 heavy hitters that were supposed to come out holiday season that have now slipped into 2008 are not helping, as well as the loss of major exclusives and possibly even the biggest titles or the rest of the biggest playstation titles losing their exclusive title for the ps3. And also, even if the ps3 price was to be cut, not only would it probably mimic the SMALL price cut that Japanese got at launch, but if Microsoft wants, they could more easily drop the price of each of their consoles, and if the core does in fact go to $199, then that is even cheaper than the wii. And speaking of the wii, I will tell you how it will fail, so you may want to copy this and save it. You are going to have more and more titles that fail to make proper use of the wiimote. Just like people were complaining about how you could do so much with the ds version of cooking mama or whatever the hell the name is, but you could do more on the ds than the wii, which was surprising because you would think that with the wiimote that you would be able to do much more, but instead you do less. And there will be more titles that use less of the nunchuk feature of the wiimote and more of the regular "nes" style of playing wii games, which will be no fun as you would then just have another gamecube. Another thing is that the 3rd party support will once again disappear, leaving it up to 1st party games to fill in the void, and we all know the amount of months you have to wait in between for each of those titles, and that was a downfall of the gamecube. Now that supply is meeting up with the demand of the wii, the mystery aspect of it is gone because they will be everywhere now, and imo a console always sell very well when it is in short supply. Hell, I bought one, not because I truly wanted, I just never seen one in real life and I knew that the demand was so high, and just how I was thinking was how some others were thinking, with it being in short supply, if some people seen one, just being that it was so rare was a selling point, but that dissappear once demand is met with supply. So, with Zelda come and gone, mario galaxy intentionally held back, you have metroid and the other usual 1st party suspects. So what happens when all of these games are released? It will definitely be a loooong time before you see another Mario game, and even the biggest wii fanboy can't tell me any different! You won't see another Zelda in a loooooong time, in fact, twilight princess was supposed to be a gamecube title, but they took soo long on it, that it wasnt even ready until on or after Nintendo's next console launched! Metroid is the only game imo that have the potential of releasing another title in a reasonable amount of time after the upcoming one releases, because honestly, I wouldnt be surprised if wii owners didnt see another mario or zelda title until the next Nintendo console launches, which imo will be a wii type console, now with next gen graphics and processors. And don't get me wrong, Nintendo is my first love. We fought through the wars with Sega and won, but it is a different day now. And although I respect and will always respect them, Microsoft is money hungry and have and will continue to feed the needs of gamers, maybe not even because they care about us, but because they want the money, but nevertheless, they are bringing in new genres to consoles that were once only pc like rts games, and they're also walking on water by stealing Sony's biggest exclusives and bringing the same quality games and in some cases better to a more economically feasible console. I believe this holiday season, Microsoft is going to really impress everybody with impressive price cuts to accompany a monumental holiday season. And with quality wii games far and few and the ps3 still being much more expensive as well as all of its heavy hitters slipping into 08, how will anybody be able to stop Microsoft? Because of LIVE, game studios absolutely love Microsoft because it allows game studios to make more money off of an already sold game by offering addional pay for content to the gamer, and that is one of the unspoken reasons that alot of studios have jumped Sony's ship and jumped into Microsoft's nuclear sub..........and I call it nuclear sub because you didnt see this powerful attack coming, but when it showed up, instant mushroom cloud over the city of Sony. I know I maybe starting to sound like a fanboy, but I'm just calling it like I see it. Personally, I would like to see Sony at least swim instead of straight up drowning because you need competition to keep prices down. Remember how Rockefeller drove oil prices way down to eliminate the competition only to raise them once the competition was eliminated. So, hopefully the ps3 will at least be able to put up a fight economically.

[ItsDubC]

Eyes... bleeding... need... paragraphs...

[Wargasm]

Thats way too much to read.... im with the eyes bleeding guy

[nobizlikesnowbiz]

Good cut their F**king head off!

Naa I'm jk. M$ having a monopoly wouldn't be great. But neither would Sony. That's what they were both aiming for. But I think M$ might be able to get the majority of the marketshare with this one console.

Watch--next console war M$ might make the same mistakes Sony made in this one. Then Sony will climb back on top in the year 2014 haha wishful thinking Sony fanboys.

[codeazrael]

You see, the good thing for Microsoft is that they know that Sony milked the ps2 a little too long instead of releasing the ps3 either before or at least the same time as the launch of the 360. Now that Microsoft has drew first blood, I can believe that they will never let Sony or Nintendo release before them again. And that goes a long way. In fact, even though it is no secret that these companies start on their next consoles not terribly long after they release a console, M'soft has been hard at work on the next iteration of the Xbox. And with Microsoft already having an advantage, not to mention being very developer friendly, they in my opinion will dominate this and the next console generations. Now, after that, who knows? But with Microsoft being the juggernaut they are, and having a console out that is ruling this generation, especially once the sales from the novelty effect of the wii curb, as well as having a robust online experience which also help developers make more money by letting them offer additional content for additional money, honestly, with most or all(???) of Sony's exclusives going multiplatform, how can you compete? I mean until Sony can make you believe visually that the ps3 can do visually what the 360 can't even come close to, the best the ps3 can hope for is to come in second place.

[kewlkat007]

Charlie2688 - "I actually see PS3 possibly cutting prices before MS, cuz they are in a race to cut the machine manufacturing price, and till now with cheaper Blu Ray diods, no Emiton Engine and the possibly new smaller processor they can reduce the price enough to cut the consumers price a bit and while they would still be loosing money at least they would gain more buyers and that is the overall goal"

1. I don't see anything in that paragraph that would HINT that Microsoft is not doing the same thing Sony is trying to do.(as most Hardware manufacturers try to streamline the process and reduce cost) What, you think Sony is the only one trying to REDUCE prices by all means possible?..hehe

2. You don't think MS could be in a position to cut prices because you feel like, after a year in the game, they would of done so by now. Well with the way sales have been "somewhat Steady", why would they need to right away?

3. Plus there really has not been any THREAT from sony, due to their Consoles flying off the shelves. Maybe they are waiting to see what Sony does. No logic in your post..

MS is in a great position. Did you read the part where it also states that the "sweet spot" this GEN might be at or under $300. Who's in a better position to hit that SPOT whether its a price cut, now or later?

I'd like to see SONY cut its PS3 price by $300 to make it affordable but thats not going to happen, and yes you are getting some bells and whistles at that price(Hey I wouldn't complain), but a lot of people/casual gamers hardly care for the little things since they are not on Boards such as this flaming about it day to day..

Remember the "Sweet Spots" this GEN: IMO

-Casual Gamers - that might be less informed then us.
-Market-Price - That works best this gen and I believe it will be $300 and below.
720P - Until most consumers catch up with 1080P sets.

[Charlie2688]

first of all I know you are a 360 fanboy you dont seem to what to hide it an any thread but lest see if I was ansewerring to a normal person I would say:

1. MS has ONLY hinted the smaller procesors would be cheaper, nothing else is indicating that some other component would be cheaper compared the constant reports from PS3 parts, and MS releasing and even more expensive console is not showing any signs of money saving

2. As the article in this thread mentions consoles usualy cut ptices after a year to keep competivity, MS loosing the money they are and seeing how people still buy at the 400 and 500 price tag dont complain hasnt cut the prices, I as MS could have cut the price to even wider the gap between 360 and PS3 sales, its funing the comming from a 360 fanboy like you you dont what to see MS getting better sales by redicing price, well I guess you simply attacked my post simply cuz you didnt liked the facts about MS even the ones that are beneficial to the company

3. MS know very well that even at the heavy 600 price tag the PS3 is selling much better than anticipated, and had overall better sales than the 360 had in the same, MS should not risk an unexpected move from Sony, but again you a 360 fanboy attacking something that could be beneficial to the 360 again makes no sense. but hey YOU are the fanboy here why would you have to put any logic to you blind attacks to post that seem threating like mine...

I might have welcomed someone challenging my post with good hard evidence tha might make me reconsider what I say and probably see thigs diferently...but from you same old fanboys BS

have a nice day :)

[kewlkat007]

"first of all I know you are a 360 fanboy you dont seem to what to hide it an any thread but lest see if I was ansewerring to a normal person I would say"

The first line of defense is to call somebody a "fanboy" to make you appear more credible. Read my post again and try harder.
With the way you start your comment, I know you have no substance...you just iterated the same BS you wrote above.

Let see:

1. "MS has ONLY hinted the smaller procesors "
-Like I said every manufacturer tries to streamline as manufacturing becomes more efficient. Some reason you seem to think SONY is the only one. WEAK..

2. JIBBER JABBER made no sense what so ever. I don't get where your getting at?

3."MS know very well that even at the heavy 600 price tag the PS3 is selling much better than anticipated, and had overall better sales than the 360 had in the same,"

-Maybe you forget the SHORTAGES MS had the first couple of months. Do some research and REFRESH that puny brain.

Like zonetrooper5 stated some of the spelling on here is horrible, not that I'm a grammar whore, but you have Weak Logic, no use rebuttaling. Man I don't even know why I rebuttaled.

Keep it up kid, try not to limit yourself, and do some research.

[Wargasm]

Charlie, first of all I know you are a Ps3 fanboy you don’t seem to what to hide it in any thread but “lest” see if I was” ansewerring” to a normal person I would say:

“Ms know very well that even at the heavy 600 price tag the ps3 is selling much better than anticipated, and had overall better sales than the 360 hat in the same time”

Yes…. but no. It was actually hard to find a 360 during the same time period, I know this because I tried to buy one for a few months and they were always out…. supply wasn’t meeting demand.

Now every time I go to walmart I always go and check the Ps3 section to see if they have sold a Ps3 yet…. there Is only room for 4 consoles in the case and there are always 3 in stock…. and that would never change (and god I go to walmart a lot). Ps3 has sold comparably to the 360 in the same period but there is always an ample amount of them in stock which would indicate that Supply is > demand.

Microsoft doesn’t need to make a price cut to stay competitive because it is still selling better than the ps3 and for $200 less

::EDIT:: damn kewalk beat me to the punch by 10 minutes

[CrazzyMan]

for every SKU. =)

[zonetrooper5]

Please people, at least could you guys have some good english on the board. Some of the people on this site need to post less fanboy comments, make sure that their spelling is near correct as possible and they can paragraph and good grammer is a plus.

Anyways, back on topic. A price cut for the Xbox 360 would certainly sell more Xbox 360's. With games like Halo 3, Mass Effect, Too Human, Alan Wake, Bioshock etc etc ocming soon the Xbox 360 and PC should be selling alot of profit.

[ItsDubC]

Isn't Sony the LEAST likely to drop the price of their console?

The PS3 and Wii are the two newest consoles but the Wii generates a profit off of each console sold while the PS3 does not. This gives Nintendo some pricing flexibility.

The 360 has been out for a while and MS have since been able to lower production cost of each unit, while simultaneously growing the software library to a level that game purchases are likely to offset any losses associated w/ hardware sales/replacements.

Sony has stated that the PS3 is in for the longrun so I don't think it makes sense to immediately drop the price of a console that's still supposed to be competitive a number of years down the road.

[Keyser]

Sony would cut the price of the PS3 the same day. If MS cuts the price Sony will. If Sony cuts the price MS will. I doubt either will until after Christmas. They both have too many good games coming out in the fall to not be salivating at the chance for people to stil pay $299-$600 for one more Christmas. I think the price cut will come in 08 during the game drought that always occurs. They'll use that to stimulate sales.