the hit sony is takin on ps3...

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found this at gamespy,..it\'s a small article stating how much of a loss sony is takin\' on their console..it\'s kinda astronomical....


http://ps2.gamespy.com/articles/710/710710p1.html

$715 huh..  I wonder how much the 360 is estimated out out of the factory.

Hope Sony does well in the PS3, they should really just stick to electronics.

Merrill Lynch predicted a 900$ price tag too
:rolleyes:

Then there\'s the R&D and marketing costs to make up, too.

Merrill Lynch predicted a 900$ price tag too
:rolleyes:

Difference is Sony has made its own estimations as well and we are talking about nearly a billion of loss

and after they sell 100+ million of them?

Im buying the PS3 and all, but I know for a fact there aren\'t 100 million others that would pay the same price I would for a PS3 ($600)

and after they sell 100+ million of them?

Thats a different subject and needs a deeper discussion

[Bobs_Hardware]

Im buying the PS3 and all, but I know for a fact there aren\'t 100 million others that would pay the same price I would for a PS3 ($600)

I assume that somewhere over the next 10 years the price may drop a little bit.

Im buying the PS3 and all, but I know for a fact there aren\'t 100 million others that would pay the same price I would for a PS3 ($600)

but the mass majority of PS2 owners and PSX owners never paid launch price for their consoles either.

Add in the fact that ebay will have PS3\'s for sale at 2x\'s - 3x\'s the launch price you can understand why Sony isn\'t sweating their launch release price much. If system scalpers can make huge profits at launch, then obvioulsy Sony should be able to cash in on this as well.

Once supply catches up with demand Sony will be getting ready for a price break. Sony\'s #1 goal is still the same as last gen and the gen before that. Get systems into the hands of as many people you can as fast as you can and then make your profits through software, licensing, periphials, and in the case of the PS3, blu-ray, downloadable content etc...


I personally see Sony having at least a $100 price reduction by Xmas 2007. Still spendy, but there will be games ready by 2007 that many will fork over big bucks for as well as get a blu-ray player in the process.

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I personally see Sony having at least a $100 price reduction by Xmas 2007. Still spendy, but there will be games ready by 2007 that many will fork over big bucks for as well as get a blu-ray player in the process.

just found this,...if microsoft does this, combined with the already projected lower price of the wii, this christmas season will be very interesting for sony...
i believe they will still get the sales, but i\'m not so sure if they will get them from the average consumer....of course nothing is set in stone just yet,..this is after all still a rumor,..but ms has pockets deep enough to do it...


http://www.cgno.com/news/1038.html

Kutaragi said the PS3 will follow the PSP model in price cuts.  That is, there won\'t be very many, or they won\'t happen as frequently.

Merrill Lynch predicted a 900$ price tag too

That was before the correction.  I think it ended up at $800.  Pretty close.

just found this,...if microsoft does this, combined with the already projected lower price of the wii, this christmas season will be very interesting for sony...
i believe they will still get the sales, but i\'m not so sure if they will get them from the average consumer....of course nothing is set in stone just yet,..this is after all still a rumor,..but ms has pockets deep enough to do it...

Wow. $100.  Do they really need to do that given that the PS3 is already more expensive?  I wouldn\'t put it past them, because as you said they have the money to do it.  That and they need to get as many 360\'s into homes as possible if they want to give Sony a run for their money.

A $300 premium...with Viva Pinata, Gears of War, and Forza 2 coming this Fall...yummy.

[Titan]

I dont\' think they will be selling at a loss if you think about it. They own the sole license to blu-ray (I believe they are the largest investor). They are getting money from every blu-ray disk sold, movie, game, etc. They will make up the loss of the PS3 to the blu-ray and their own hardware and shit.

Wii want Sony to fail.

[Titan]

Wii want Sony to fail.

Cute.