a Master Ninja
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Starting February 27th, the PSP-3000 will permanently price drop from $169.99 to $129.99 at American retailers. The PSP-go continues to pray for death.
On the subject of price drops, let's get some Sales-Age speculation going.
Nintendo DS Lite current price: $129.99
Nintendo DSi current price: $149.99
Nintendo DSi XL current price: $169.99
Does it make sense for a price drop around the 3DS launch? The DS still sells great and the 3DS is relatively expensive (to average consumers, not hardcore early adopters), so I could see the current pricing working out at least until the holidays.
Nintendo Wii current price: $199.99
Rather than a price drop last year Nintendo choose to perform a "value add" to the console buy throwing in Wii Sports resort and Motion+ functionality. Since December it seems like every other week the Wii is only sale for $179.99 at US retailers. Surely that's a sign a $20 permanent price drop is around the corner...right?
PlayStation 2 current price: $99.99
The Wal-Marts, Targets, and Best Buys around me have all clearanced out all their controllers, memory cards, and other accessories. All they have now are systems and shovelware. Has production officially stopped for the PS2? Are we just months away from a final blowout sale?
PlayStation 3 160GB current price: $299.99
PlayStation 3 320GB current price: $349.99
PlayStation 3 320GB w/ Move current price: $399.99
Since November I've been seeing tons of deals where you get a $50 gift card when you buy a PS3. Is a $50 price drop across all the PS3 hardware imminent? The GT5 160GB bundle is currently $349.99, while the Killzone 3 160GB bundle that just released Tuesday is only $299.99. Is a pack-in strategy good enough until Fall or do they need a real price drop?
Xbox 360 4GB current price: $199.99
Xbox 360 4GB w/ Kinect current price: $299.99
Xbox 360 250GB current price: $299.99
Xbox 360 250GB w/ Kinect current price: $399.99
Microsoft makes a profit on 360 hardware now. The Kinect is speculated to cost around $57 to produce. Microsoft clearly can respond immediately to price drops from their competitors. Would it make sense to? They are riding high right now, would it make better business sense to withhold dropping the price until the Fall?
On the subject of price drops, let's get some Sales-Age speculation going.
Nintendo DS Lite current price: $129.99
Nintendo DSi current price: $149.99
Nintendo DSi XL current price: $169.99
Does it make sense for a price drop around the 3DS launch? The DS still sells great and the 3DS is relatively expensive (to average consumers, not hardcore early adopters), so I could see the current pricing working out at least until the holidays.
Nintendo Wii current price: $199.99
Rather than a price drop last year Nintendo choose to perform a "value add" to the console buy throwing in Wii Sports resort and Motion+ functionality. Since December it seems like every other week the Wii is only sale for $179.99 at US retailers. Surely that's a sign a $20 permanent price drop is around the corner...right?
PlayStation 2 current price: $99.99
The Wal-Marts, Targets, and Best Buys around me have all clearanced out all their controllers, memory cards, and other accessories. All they have now are systems and shovelware. Has production officially stopped for the PS2? Are we just months away from a final blowout sale?
PlayStation 3 160GB current price: $299.99
PlayStation 3 320GB current price: $349.99
PlayStation 3 320GB w/ Move current price: $399.99
Since November I've been seeing tons of deals where you get a $50 gift card when you buy a PS3. Is a $50 price drop across all the PS3 hardware imminent? The GT5 160GB bundle is currently $349.99, while the Killzone 3 160GB bundle that just released Tuesday is only $299.99. Is a pack-in strategy good enough until Fall or do they need a real price drop?
Xbox 360 4GB current price: $199.99
Xbox 360 4GB w/ Kinect current price: $299.99
Xbox 360 250GB current price: $299.99
Xbox 360 250GB w/ Kinect current price: $399.99
Microsoft makes a profit on 360 hardware now. The Kinect is speculated to cost around $57 to produce. Microsoft clearly can respond immediately to price drops from their competitors. Would it make sense to? They are riding high right now, would it make better business sense to withhold dropping the price until the Fall?