TGS 2007: Sony says no to PS3 price cut, promises more games |
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President and Group Chief Operating Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. Kazuo Hirai has announced that there will be no price cuts for the PlayStation 3 at his keynote speech in this year's Tokyo Game Show. It should be noted that not a few analysts have said that a price-cut or an added value bundle will be announced at the event, but it appears they were wrong.
Hirai pointed out that "Price is a very important aspect, but at the same time the urgent matter is to what extent we can further enrich the software titles." Their recent moves, including the purchase of Evolution and Bigbig studios as well as their promise to help out PS3 and PSP developers seem to support this decision.
While we didn't get the price reduction that we were hoping for, Hirai did note that the price of the console is also important. Could this mean that once Sony is done beefing up the library of games for the PS3, they will drop the price for the system?
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Sony would never announce a price cut yet. I personally think the rumours about the price cut in December are correct, but Sony really wouldn't announce that in mid September.
If they had done so, many gamers would have waited on that and even more importantly, the focus of the press would be on that instead of the games and new rumble sixaxis.
Everyone is expecting a price cut when the 60GB stocks are close to extinction. Obviously they aren't. Sales are going to be pretty bad for Sony in September and if they 60GB does become hard to find the NPD numbers might drop under 100k again. I think Sony's main concern is HD DVD and that they need to more as maybe Blu-Ray players as possible this holiday season to ensure they stay on top HD DVD standalone players. S I don't think they'll be able to hold off till December to make the price cut. I would expect an announcement in October as long as the 40GB models have been rolled off the production lines ready to distrubution.
hate their money...The value of the system is inline with the value of the games. If they price cut, they actually rip you off if the game prices stay the same. Also, the longer you wait, the more you're going to get ripped off.
This is a long-term POV btw. Those of you who money to burn nevermind.
This makes alot of sense, i understand that games are more important at this moment, so beefing up the library and lowering to price later is a great plan in my eye. Its practically genius........lets hope if it comes to reality.