PS3 price cut coming.

Good news, to be sure. I'm going to get one eventually, especially since I've read the Shadow of the Colossus team is developing two titles for the PS3 and that a new Sly Cooper game is in the works for it.
 
Finally? What the hell do you mean finally? XD the system hasn't been out that long, a price cut coming this soon is amazing and unheard of usually :P

oh, and I think this was mentioned before, but still awesome there'll be price cuts coming :D
 
It says a price cut is being researched. Price cuts are always being researched. How is this news?
 
But the price cut hasn't happened yet :P and it was news about a price cut a few months ago when they said they could make a piece of it at cheaper cost.
 
Legomyeggo said:
Finally. Finally you don't have to sell your kidney to buy a system that hasn't satisfied most gamers but has much potential in the near future. Finally.
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I got mine for $340. (I <3 trade-ins)

I was glad not to give up the kidney, though. I'll need it for the eventual alcohol poisioning.
 
I didn't read the article, but based on what Lanien said I'm assuming the price cut is in terms of how much it costs Sony to produce the PS3, not how much Sony will charge for the PS3. However, I would gladly welcome a price cut for consumers; more people need to get a PS3 or something.
 
This is the only thing Stringer said about the price.

FT: How much lower can you afford to bring it down?
HS: That’s what we’re studying at the moment; that’s what we’re trying to refine.
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I still don't get why people don't understand that for $600, you are really getting your monies worth. Just gotta wait for the games...
 
For the technology it's a bargain, it's just people confuse "overpriced" with "expensive."
 
PSXtreem newsletter said:
We seem to be running around in circles covering this topic at least once or twice every week, but the more confirmations of a PS3 price-drop we get, the merrier. We've had numerous high-profile executives comment on the status of a price-drop, but none of them as high as Sony CEO, Sir Howard Stringer. Speaking to the Financial Times again, Stringer states a plan on 'refining' the price of the PS3.

Off the bat, the interviewer asked Stringer about the PlayStation 3, Stringer was quick to give kudos to Nintendo: "I would be the first to say to you that Nintendo Wii has been a successful enterprise and a very good business model compared to ours... Because it's cheaper."

"While people have not bought as many PlayStation 3s as it looks, it is no different from PS2 and PS1 in terms of percentage of sales. I think that the public would like the cost to be lower, there’s no question about that." When the Financial Times reporter asked Sir Stringer about what price-point the price-cut could entail, "That’s what we’re studying at the moment; that’s what we’re trying to refine," said Stringer.

When asked if we'd be seeing a price-cut before Christmas (holiday season), Stringer boldly stated "Yes, of course." He commented on the PS2's continuing success, as well as the PSP's "upward spiral" thanks to its price-cut.

"So I think PlayStation 3’s travails are usually solved by time. And it will have an instant gratification environment, not only in life but in the press as well as everything else. It’s a good story right now, 'Will PlayStation 3 get to Christmas?' And the answer is, of course it will get to Christmas."

On the topic of potential being used by the PlayStation 3's developers, Stringer said: "It takes a long time for producers, and more time because of the cost factor, to embrace the full bandwidth of PlayStation 3. It’s only using 20 per cent of it right now. And producers will always wait to see how it’s going, and once they use the full bandwidth the games experience is stunning."
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"Yes, Of course."
 
Lanien said:
I still don't get why people don't understand that for $600, you are really getting your monies worth. Just gotta wait for the games...
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Yes, for a blu-ray player it's a bargain, I've actually talked a customer into buying a PS3 rather than a stand-alone blu-ray player for just that reason; but the percentage of people with either the setup or the desire to get one is very small. So you have a small number of people who would even be able to take advantage of the technology, so they're not likely to want to pay for something they can't use; they're getting their monies worth, but if they can't use it, the argument is moot. The price also puts off people who aren't interested in getting the best thing available as soon as it's out, so there is no market for the casual consumer, which is the majority of the market. And since most people are waiting to see who wins the format war, even a bargain price like the PS3 is going to seem too risky an investment.

With how cheap upscaling DVD players are now, blu-ray movies are losing a lot of their appeal to people who don't already have a player or don't want to rebuy their entire DVD collection to see them in HD. Maybe when more games come out it'll be a stronger purchase.
 
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If you read the text of the interview in the original post, you will see he says "Yes, of course" but not to a price cut. He says that in response of having an answer in reference to a price cut, which could of course also mean the answer will be no price cut.
 
Bajaratt said:
Yes, for a blu-ray player it's a bargain, I've actually talked a customer into buying a PS3 rather than a stand-alone blu-ray player for just that reason; but the percentage of people with either the setup or the desire to get one is very small. So you have a small number of people who would even be able to take advantage of the technology, so they're not likely to want to pay for something they can't use; they're getting their monies worth, but if they can't use it, the argument is moot. The price also puts off people who aren't interested in getting the best thing available as soon as it's out, so there is no market for the casual consumer, which is the majority of the market.

With how cheap upscaling DVD players are now, blu-ray movies are losing a lot of their appeal to people who don't already have a player or don't want to rebuy their entire DVD collection to see them in HD. Maybe when more games come out it'll be a stronger purchase.
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I never include the DVD portion of a system when determining whether it is worth it or not. Don't get me wrong, right now I still think the 360 is a better system. Once PS3 starts getting games though and the raw potential is finally released from the cell, the PS3 will be a force to be reckoned with.
 
Lanien said:
If you read the text of the interview in the original post, you will see he says "Yes, of course" but not to a price cut. He says that in response of having an answer in reference to a price cut, which could of course also mean the answer will be no price cut.
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Yeah, but this one is in direct context to a price cut before the holiday season.
 
Lanien said:
I never include the DVD portion of a system when determining whether it is worth it or not. Don't get me wrong, right now I still think the 360 is a better system. Once PS3 starts getting games though and the raw potential is finally released from the cell, the PS3 will be a force to be reckoned with.
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If you take out the blu-ray movies, it loses most of it's bargain-ness.
 
There's always the possibility of the PS3 having some kind of bundle package around the holiday season. That seems somewhat likely to me.
 
Marajade said:
Yeah, but this one is in direct context to a price cut before the holiday season.
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They are from the same damn interview lol Read one and read the other, it is the same thing. Even the quotes are the same. The one you quoted though took something out of context.
 
It was SONY's plan since the beginning to mainstream BLU-RAY thru the "cheaper" BluRay Player, Playstation 3. With this price drop it will be easier for them to reach those sales figures they predicted last year...


Halifirien said:
Good news, to be sure. I'm going to get one eventually, especially since I've read the Shadow of the Colossus team is developing two titles for the PS3
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OMG I'm already hyped for whatever game they come up with, this guys are good! ^^
 
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