Deadly Joker
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opticalmace said:
50.0 million as of the end of March 2011.
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MCV: PS3 Price Drop Coming in August (Gamescom)
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50.0 million as of the end of March 2011.
BoobPhysics101
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What does this mean? MS and Sony secretly making Wii U?Luckyman said:
Or did you mean 'they can truly fuck up' or 'truly fuck with'?
Also, I see this happening when Wii U releases in late 2012:
Microsoft drops the Xbox 360 to $99.99 from wherever it's at (probably $150 at that time)
Sony drops the PS3 to either $99.99 to match Microsoft or $149.99 to maintain their Sony-ness.
Both of those price drops will keep PS3 and 360 selling strong.
Speedymanic
Banned
I'm all for price cuts, but surely the smarter move would be to have some kind of value bundle alongside the Vita release instead of a price cut now.
$399.99 nets you a Vita and PS3 160gb, makes sense given the connectivity between the two and might help Vita sales.
$399.99 nets you a Vita and PS3 160gb, makes sense given the connectivity between the two and might help Vita sales.
BackwardsSuggestions
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£199? I bought that bad-boy at £400-500.
BoobPhysics101
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If MS doesn't drop to $150 when Sony drops to $199, can anyone else see the PS3 sales spiking and pulling hard past Xbox 360? I really see $199 as the magical price point that'll put the PS3 into a lot of homes, especially since it doubles as a very solid, well-updated Blu-Ray player.
Kagari said:
I dunno. Historically $299->$199 has seen volumes spike in a big way...right? At least I've always been under that impression.
But they would now see that 'just' giving them 700k more units over the previous fiscal year?
To me that expectation smells more of a smaller drop and value-adds. Could be wrong of course.
Lagspike_exe
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15m forecast clearly indicates $249. If they drop to $199 six months before FY ending I believe they can sell up to 18m.
Not surprised. The entire UK games retail front has shat itself as of late. The games retailers desperately need something other than overly fussy parents buying Kinects to get their fat spoiled kids off their arses and give them some exercise for a change so that the council don't put them in a home to drive games sales.
This...might do it, but I sincerely doubt it will have much of an effect, to be honest. People simply have far higher priorities in these difficult economic times, like paying the ever-rising price of food and rent, to worry about another box under the telly they're still making payments on, thanks to the banks fucking us all over.
This...might do it, but I sincerely doubt it will have much of an effect, to be honest. People simply have far higher priorities in these difficult economic times, like paying the ever-rising price of food and rent, to worry about another box under the telly they're still making payments on, thanks to the banks fucking us all over.
pseudocaesar
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A PS3 price drop will do more to boost hardware than a 360 price drop.
radioheadrule83
Banned
This'll make it 50 / £30 cheaper than Vita, £50 cheaper if UK retailers really do sell them at £179.99... that could have interesting implications, they should look at Nintendo and realise that Sony products *can* compete with Sony products.
My fat PS3 died, so I may be interested in picking up a slim, provided I can get a good deal.
My fat PS3 died, so I may be interested in picking up a slim, provided I can get a good deal.
test_account
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£199 to £179 sounds more like $299 to $249 to me, but we'll see =)
Deadly Joker
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test_account said:
You might want to read the article again. That's not what it's saying.
radioheadrule83
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Mr_Brit said:
Going on previous launch prices of gaming hardware in the UK where the equivalent prices were $250 / 250, it'd be an educated guess to say around £230 for the wifi model and £250-279 for the 3G model. A £199 or £179 PS3 would definitely be below Vita's UK launch price.
test_account
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Ah ok, thanks for pointing that out°°ToMmY°° said:
Then it is sounds like a $100 price drop indeed.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's been £199 since about April.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Even if Sony drops the price on the PS3 I really don't see the 360 dropping in price any time soon, would seem foolish considering how well they are doing atm.
Not rrp though, if it hits £199 rrp then that means we'll most probably be paying around £179 like it says in the original post or even less tbh.
cjelly said:
Not rrp though, if it hits £199 rrp then that means we'll most probably be paying around £179 like it says in the original post or even less tbh.
zomgbbqftw
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Kinec sales news was conspicuous by its absence at E3. I get the feeling that Kinect sales have slowed down since March because of the complete lack of new software, or wouldn't surprise me if Move sales overtake Kinect sales worldwide before the end of this year.PSFan said:
Graphics Horse
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PSFan said:
In April I think they said the worldwide sales of Kinect Sports and Dance Central added up to 5 million, which... struck me as rather low to be honest. Perhaps everyone else is building killer robots with them. They'll take over the world one way or another.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
What has this got to do with a potential PS3 price cut? Seems like spouting nonsense for the sake of it.PSFan said:
Graphics Horse
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cjelly said:
Competition innit.
zomgbbqftw
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cjelly said:
It's all related really. The state of competing devices is very important to PS3 sales potential...