it's good news all 'round i suppose but they still have to make up a lot of lost ground/cash over the last couple of years so i wouldn't expect to see a PS3 for less than £250 before the year's out. still, £250 with decent game/controller bundles will do well.
personally i think they should ship a copy of LBP with EVERY PS3, and probably another game like KZ2, something that gets the community going. also a slew of platinum games like Uncharted, MGS4 and other older titles would be a good idea!

seems like momentum is building for Sony this year, finally, but things have been pretty poorly managed from the outset so we'll have to wait to see how much of an impact any of this news will make.

personally i believe it being widely reported that a price cut is in the works, there are gonna be few to zero sales until then. also i think the new PSP is gonna backfire, but i'd expect to see sales of the older models pick up.

still waiting...

... we are still paying over £250. Cut, please.. and thank you.

If the rumours of a patent that allows any PS3 to emulate all PS2 games is true you wont see a price cut for a while as they will add the value of having a PS2 into any current price point.

More then anything a price cut at this time of year is pointless as they can go on to assure massive trade for the end of year releases if they cut then as the combination of AAA titles and a price cut are more likely to yank people in as a combination.

The way how Sony are about thinking solely about profit i bet they don't cut the price and aim to make a high profit on each unit sold and bank on there brand name and big new releases scheduled to come out in the coming months as there answer to peoples cries.

They managed 1.1m PS3 sales in Q4, compared to Microsofts 1.2m (100,000 less), however Sony were getting a premium price for the PS3, whilst Microsoft had to price cut.

Whilst there is a media frenzy at the mo about Sonys performance, the PS3 seems to be pretty darn healty

There are a couple of curious statemtns in this story...1st what is meant by"when the product was first unveiled?" Does that mean when it was first demonstrated or when it was first sold or when t was first manufactured in volume? Second, what does cost to manufacture mean? This is very vague and there are many buckets that cost can be assigned to, could it be cost of good sold, could it be transformation cost, could it be cost of goods purchased...all are very different...

no theard any news on the PS2 emulater in a while, good remembering there. i do predict a price cut before the year's out with or without the emulater, and christ on a bike if people listen to Fudge-Pachter, theu should listen to me too. I know about as much as he does! (grand total of squat)

we may see more items hard bundled into a new SKU rather than a price drop this xmas

PS3, official headset, HDMI cable (a good quality one), maybe even the eye cam in prep for the new motion control.

i would think if the "hallowed" firmware 3.00 can deliver new stuff to the PSN and PS3 in general they may have a massive advertising campaign. i can see lots of 30 second ads now.

add one, connect and voice chat with your friends on PSN.
add two, watch the latest music videos on vid zone, only on PSN.
add three, hi definition blu rays and wireless media server built in.
add four, show the latest games coming for the PS3 in this year
add five, if they get the video store up and running boast that aswell.

they need a marketing campaign like no other this year. summit that will say HEY LOOK AT US. but they need the tools on the system to back it up.

Just my opinion.

It a great news that PS3 price will be drop down so that I will buy a new one straight away as soon the price drop down first.
Any idea when it will be in effect?

Kev, at a guess, the end of October this year.

i know quite a few people that refuse to get a playstation 3 mainly because of its OTT pricing and with the Xbox 360 selling for £100 second hand alot of people dont bother with it, this will only realy effect sonys sales if they pass the saving onto the cusumer, somthing no company is willing to do at the moment...

True that last point there, Sony still have loads of money to recoup before they even break even, never mind profit.
i still say Sony will concentrate on the relauch of the PSP, i actually saw an ad on TV for one the other day, i think that's the first i've ever seen lol esp with LBP and GTPSP coming out, also Assasin's Creed, never mind the old PS1 classics and smaller "snack" software they've been talking about a la the Iphone Apps store.

then they'll go "oh, BTW/FYI here's a few quid off the PS3 as well!"

given the amount they must have invested in the GO they're gonna have to push that thing something chronic, don't want it's big brother over shadowing it. although i do think MZ is pretty close to the mark with the October estimate, that's when the GO is out anyway.

They won't drop the price of the PS3 before Christmas, instead they'll add value and keep the price the same!

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