Poll: PS3 price drop
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The problem is that the PS3 costs what it's worth. The technology in it isn't cheap. So they'd probably lose money by selling something for less than it's worth when they're already paying for the hardware. But they could then make more profit on the actual games that few people buys cause few people have the console.
Yeah as a package you are getting similar for the price of both 360 and PS3. People forget you have to buy the rechargeable batteries, live and the wireless dongle (if needed) to bring it up to spec.
Its still one of the cheapest bluray players on the market. Very good value just for that.
Its still one of the cheapest bluray players on the market. Very good value just for that.
Well, the way I understand it, companies rarely make a profit on consoles, but instead rely on software sales for the majority of their profits. A $50 price cut would probably increase PS3 sales by 10-15%, which would in turn increase software sales. Would that be a net gain? I have no idea.
My reason for not owning a PS3 has much less to do with the price and a whole lot more to do with that god awful brick of a controller that should have been done away with after the first Playstation, much less the 3rd.
My reason for not owning a PS3 has much less to do with the price and a whole lot more to do with that god awful brick of a controller that should have been done away with after the first Playstation, much less the 3rd.
Most definetly, the thing holding me back from buying a PS3 is the price. It's safe to say that I'd buy one if a significant price change came about, but I can't vouch for every other customer out there.
From what I've heard they don't plan on dropping PS3 prices majorly until Blu-Ray prices drop. Basically what I was told, you're paying for the Blu-Ray and not the PS3. That's what a guy told me.
Actually, I think Sony should suspend production of the PS3 for a couple of years. By then the developers would have mastered the system and the few PS3s in circulation would start to be sold on ebay for much the same money that they cost (supply & demand), just like the Wii.
When they relaunched the machine everyone would find it affordable (due to the components falling in price), with a decent line-up of games which the 360 couldn't attempt to do versions of as they relied on the increased storage capacity of the Blu-ray discs. Gamers would be also pleased to discover that Sony had seen the error of their ways and made it backwards-compatible with the PS2 and PS1 through hardware. It would also ship with a long HDMI cable and controllers that rumbled. Oh, yes and by then the recession would be over.
Remember, they said they had a 10-year lifespan planned for it.
When they relaunched the machine everyone would find it affordable (due to the components falling in price), with a decent line-up of games which the 360 couldn't attempt to do versions of as they relied on the increased storage capacity of the Blu-ray discs. Gamers would be also pleased to discover that Sony had seen the error of their ways and made it backwards-compatible with the PS2 and PS1 through hardware. It would also ship with a long HDMI cable and controllers that rumbled. Oh, yes and by then the recession would be over.
Remember, they said they had a 10-year lifespan planned for it.
At this rate, the PS3 giveaways in Australia from the Sydney Morning Herald competition must be costing Sony a fair bit, but increasing game sales, so... if I won my PS3 for free in the SMH competition and I bought 8 games for it so far (2 games came free with it), and it's $99 per game in AUS prices, that adds up to about 700 dollars, which is about how much the PS3 costs down under.Gamer137 said:
So I ended up paying the amount I would have paid for my system had I not won it in a competition in games costs.
cheers for that we were actually thinking if they could make it smaller for example when there was the leaked pics of the ps3 slim. However, they turned out to be false but the notion may still be in production. Who knows but yes sony should sell more games and GT5 has to come out sooner otherwise it will like duke nukem forever.
Come live in Europe or Australia, supposedly they're making a profit here. Everyone in the multimedia sector does.
Last year the cost to make a PS3 was supposedly $400
In Europe 1 PS3 costs ?400
Since the PS3 is a luxury item, it has a tax of 19-25% depending on the country.
The money that's not going to our government would be ?320-?330
Which translates to: $440-$460
Therefore they should be making a profit of about $40-$60 per PS3 in Europe. Possibly more in Australia. If they still have to pay $400 themselves to make a PS3. That could have changed this year to a higher profit.
Got to love the entertainment sector, bunch of continentist bastards.
Last year the cost to make a PS3 was supposedly $400
In Europe 1 PS3 costs ?400
Since the PS3 is a luxury item, it has a tax of 19-25% depending on the country.
The money that's not going to our government would be ?320-?330
Which translates to: $440-$460
Therefore they should be making a profit of about $40-$60 per PS3 in Europe. Possibly more in Australia. If they still have to pay $400 themselves to make a PS3. That could have changed this year to a higher profit.
Got to love the entertainment sector, bunch of continentist bastards.
I'm not sure. Us consumers would love it, and many of us who have been holding out for the long awaited price drop would swarm over it, but apparently console price cuts only give a short sales boost and then they quickly return to the same rate. I reckon it will be a good idea when the console has more of the big-selling games released (God of War, Final Fantasy etc.).