syfodyas said:
Sell out pretty quick? For how long? It wont make a damn bit of difference. And as for memory card readers and 40gb more space - the mass market doesnt care! This is what Sony fail to understand, the PS3 is failing because the 100m+ PS2 audience just want a reasonably priced next gen games machine with their favourite titles, they dont care about the bells and whistles, gigabytes and memory - they want something affordable that plays their favourite games.
I dont know, thats why i asked
I remember seeing people saying that they couldnt find the 20GB in retail not too long after launch, which means it must have been sold out. After this there was only one option and that was $599. Now you have a $499 option again.
I know that many people doesnt care about it since they dont know what all these features does or mean, or that they dont want or need them, but it doesnt change the fact that you get more stuff now cheaper. Its one step in the right direction.
I think Sony (and everyone else) understand that people want the console to be as cheap as possible, but its not possible to lower the price like crazy. The more they lower the price the more they have to sell. If they dropped it with $200 instead of $100 more people would buy it, no doubt about that, but its not sure that enough people would buy it so they would make more money with a $200 pricedrop instead of a $100 pricedrop. Possibly they could make more money with a $200 pricedrop, but its a big gamble.