Future is here

you know, in one thing I do agree:

RE4\'s art >>>>>>> anything epic\'s ever put out

True that.But I would have agreed with him if we were discussing about the art dirtection of the game.

Originally posted by DeAnna
Are PS3\'s going to end up costing like 400 dollars??

Hell yes it\'s gonna cost that much... Ok PS1 was 300 when it was first released, PS2 was 300 when it was first released and now the PS3 will be released with a shitload better graphics etc. etc.

One thing I learned "especially from the PSP" is that sony will milk this SOB for everything it\'s got. It\'s gonna be $400-500 off the bat.

no reason to worry about I believe.Always the high launch cost is something only Japanese face.
It will be around $600-700 in Japan and until it reaches the US release it will be around $350.
That was the case with PS2 as well.And it was one hell of an expensive piece of hardware.I remember Sony losing millions when the first PS2s were sold without enough games sold to cover the high cost of production of the hardware.

Sony has losses in their plan agenda already.They are targeting a launch price that is up to consumer standards compared to previous product releases even if they lose money for some period of time

They all do in the beginning right?

[Bobs_Hardware]

Why so confident about the price? There\'s going to be 3 major consoles all launching around the same time.. if the PS3 is $100-200+ more expensive than the competition, that\'s suicide.

I can see maybe $400, but with some major game/accessory bundles.

Originally posted by Jah
They all do in the beginning right?

the point is that no matter the cost of production they will target a competitive price

Originally posted by Unicron!
the point is that no matter the cost of production they will target a competitive price

They will find a competitive price but the cost of production determines that price.  Sony can\'t just piss PS3\'s into the wind.

[Evi]

Sony can\'t just piss PS3\'s into the wind.

What about piss? Can they piss piss into the wind?

I\'m sure Sony will lose money on their first few million consoles until production costs go down. It takes money to make money.

Originally posted by Ginko
They will find a competitive price but the cost of production determines that price.  Sony can\'t just piss PS3\'s into the wind.

what Evi said.Manufacturing costs will go down later

Jesus christ, we already had this discussion in the debate forum...

There is no way that Sony, or anyone else for that matter, can throw whatever they want into the PS3 and sell it at $300.  They, like all the other console makers, must find a balance of cost and performance.

Nobody said that.But since they have some control over their hardware most likely it will be modified for lest manufacturing costs.
Launch in Japan is usually $600
And as I said before they are probably trying to find alternative solutions to effective hardware that need less manufacturing cocts to get produced.
This balance isnt based just in the present.They take into consideration long term results as well.
If the hardware is bound to get cheaper sooner they wont mind producing a more expensive piece of hardware now.
Especially if demand is excesively high then this will set a higher but balanced price.

What was the last major Ameican release that saw consoles priced over 300$? Seriously, they know what they are getting into more or less. I highly doubt we\'ll see prices higher than 4 big ones.