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davery22
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Interested as to how quickly people reckon PS3 will drop to $600??? i've got my money on it, that by christmas this year, it'll be at the sweet six hundred mark
28/03/2007
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Mario128
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Maybe next week at the rate sony is selling their products! No actually i think sony will leave it at that price for as long as they can, and try to get the most money they can.But a price drop might occur so that average people can buy it.
28/03/2007
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davery22
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LOL, it's sold alot better than everyone makes out....I mean sure, worldwide it's been the poorest performer SO FAR of all three next gen consoles.....but remember that the PS2 took a while to be the firm favourite for most people
28/03/2007
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Zhaz
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Mario128 is right on the money. IF a price drop does occur this year, it will not be by much. Until the cost of manufacturing PS3s goes down, there will be no significant price drop. Sony are already losing too much money producing the consoles.

If you are a salesperson, and you know the cost price of a PS3 and how much GP% (gross profit) it makes, you will understand why Sony can't afford a big drop. I felt guilty buying my PS3 below cost price. The salesperson gave me a death stare lol!
28/03/2007
Cham-balam
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yeh but it doesn't have the wii up against

PS3 will not have a drop for a while as sony are already losing 200-300 dollars every console sold, bluray has only been recently introduced and might take a while to get rolling.

Sony always aim for the long run, Nintendo should learn this and take advantage of it

if sony drops the price any time soon they will be shooting themselves in the foot

think, if a BD player costs say $1200+ and a PS3 is $1000 plus the games and etc (you know what i mean) how can sony afford to go any lower
28/03/2007
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me_is_fred
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I reckon it'll be at least a year and a half bfore we see any sort of price drop at all
28/03/2007
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JackAz
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360 has stayed at about the smae price for over a year.
I don't think it will drop for a long time, untill Sony actually turn a profit, and get parts cheaper.

The first drop will be to $800. And not untill Mid Next year.
28/03/2007
Victoria
Winnie
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$900 by mid year, $750 by Christmas.
28/03/2007
Melbourne
alicia69
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i dont think it will drop till next year, well thats wat my brother said.
28/03/2007
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zfishes
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davery22 said: Interested as to how quickly people reckon PS3 will drop to $600??? i've got my money on it, that by christmas this year, it'll be at the sweet six hundred mark



No way that will happen
29/03/2007
Sydney, Australia
mostpsp
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It will drop when Sony announces their "Going out of business" sale.
29/03/2007
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RerunWii
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davery22 said: LOL, it's sold alot better than everyone makes out....I mean sure, worldwide it's been the poorest performer SO FAR of all three next gen consoles.....but remember that the PS2 took a while to be the firm favourite for most people



Exactly, people WILL buy it and in my opinion it's a great console, I'm getting one eventually and jusging by the PS2's extremely slow price drop it won't be down 400 big ones by Christmas...
29/03/2007
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chaoshadow
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i hate the ps3 anyway rumer is it messed up so much they stops trying to make it better and just started building the ps4 rumered to be out next cristman
29/03/2007
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RebelYell
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next christmas, pffftt, as if.......that would be the worst business mistake ever!!!
29/03/2007
Sydney
hainaku
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The price drop for the PS3 will only happen when the manufacturing costs go down.


It doesn't really matter if the PS3 overtakes the Wii in sales (which will probably be in next year or two), the Wii is already a success.

Nintendo has sold millions of Wii consoles, and has made millions of profit already. They have made a profit for each Wii sold. Sony on the other hand is losing money for each PS3.

Sony may sell more consoles in the long run, but their profit margins won't be as high as Nintendo's. So who's the real winner then?

Right?
29/03/2007
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leeman34
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illd give it at least a year from release before ig oes down a small amount then maybe 2/3 after that it might drop more
29/03/2007
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kojiro
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i heard that sony is already working on smaller CELL processors to produce a slim Ps3, meaning that the production cost of the large one is likely to be smaller (eventually)

but my prediction is no price drop at all this year, maybe mid next year like Jack said.

As for 600... good luck my friend
29/03/2007
Perth, WA
hainaku
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I think after 3-4 years we may see it go to $600. I'm sure once Blue-Ray players become cheaper, so will the PS3.

29/03/2007
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texinick
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davery22 said: LOL, it's sold alot better than everyone makes out....I mean sure, worldwide it's been the poorest performer SO FAR of all three next gen consoles.....but remember that the PS2 took a while to be the firm favourite for most people



hmm... Up until yesterday, Target in Coffs Harbour had sold ONE PS3 and Harvey Norman had sold 5 on launch day.. that ain't that good is it! Fair enough that it's only two stores... but compare that to other console launches, it's pretty poor.
29/03/2007
jon-500
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Well in hobart EB they had around 40 preorders i think, maybe a few more. So it doesnt seem to be doing to bad down here.

I can bet that sony arent losing money on every console, you guys keep on believing that crap if you must. Its not worthwhile for anyone to bring out a product that will lose out hundreds of dollars with every unit sold. I think its just a tactic for people to feel sorry for them, or to make people think that it could have been more expensive if they werent losing out, so its not a bad price.

It will come down the way hardware gets developed. Not by a substantial margain such as $400 by the year end.

It will start with a bundle for $999 with a free game, then it will drop $100 rrp. Doubtful though by the end of the year as they dont have anything to drop for, the competition has already been released.

Also on the pricing of BD players, look at what DVD players were at the time of the PS2 launch.....the reason that was cheap was because the dvd player was cheap crap.

Has anyone compared the drive in the ps3 compared to say a stand alond player?
29/03/2007
Hobart, Tasmania
paulmc
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No discount till next year, I reckon.

The PS3 Blu-Ray is supposed to be good.

However all current Blu-Ray players may fall short as the Blu Ray Disc Association has upgraded the required specs:

www.movieweb.com/

Given that the PS3 has a significant amount of processing power there's probably more chance that it will be upgradeable than stand alone players.
29/03/2007
Sydney
Rhapsody
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Sony are filthy rich
think of all the products they produce, not just consoles.
29/03/2007
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Eruntalon
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My two cents of spam: Mid Next year it will drop in price between 100-200 of our dollars.
30/03/2007
Bendigo, Victoria
syndicate
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people have taken the ps3 apart and looked at the parts and sony IS losing money on each console sold. if you think its not tactically sane for them to release something that they lose money on then your not looking at the right tactic. they aren't going to make money on the hardware but the software is where the money will come from and they are hoping that it will be enough to cover the loss of the hardware itself.

as for price drop, they may pull a suprise for the holidays but nothing before then.
30/03/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
kojiro
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xbox sold at a loss for a long time. Sony can handle it.
Eruntalon is on the right track. Xbox 360 has been out for a year and now we begin to see some good game bundles.
Sony will go for something like that, I think, and then a price drop. Although at the rate at which development progresses, it should become cheaper to produce PS3s, and I think sony realise a need to lower the price before too many people buy a 360
30/03/2007
Perth, WA
 
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