Originally posted by Adan
I´m pleased because European market will grow a lot with the new ps2 price, but I can´t understand why the hell Sony is not dropping the price of its system in America and Asia for the moment. Any suggestion?
umm i\'ll answer this..
what was the price of the PS2 in EURO in USD before the drop of price? about $400USD+ when you do the currency exchange rate ? and what is it now ? $293USD
what is the price of the japanese ps2\'s ? about $280USD
and how much is the PS2 in the USofA ? $299USD.
that right there brings ALL the systems to close range of being the same amount. so why drop the price of the US anymore ? if you drop the price of the PS2 in the US to $249, where do you think people will go to to buy their PS2. the US because its cheaper and what about japans and euros ps2 ? no one will buy it as much because the US\'s PS2 is cheaper.
i work for EB, and i have customers from the UK coming to my store to pick up PS2s before the price drop. and now i got lil europeans coming into my store to pick up the system now. the only place i believe that still charges like $450+ for the system and $70-100 for the games is i think Greece