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When is the price drop coming?
- Thread starter Abe Froeman
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twelve
I'm not dead
Stand alone bluray players are cheaper now. And have the added bonus of a remote and HDMI cable out of the box.
If Sony really want to sell the PS3 as a bluray player then they should do a bundle with the remote and an HDMI cable included (in fact HDMI should be included regardless of what bundle it is).
But if you were to market it as a blu-ray player, those customers wont then go on and buy video games for it, as they bought it for movies. So sony wouldn't be making that money back, right?
I think the reason they dont bundle HDMI cables in, is because HDTV owners are still a minority. So by bundling it, your having to put both cables, for whatever TV they might have.
Personally, everyone that i know that has a PS3 and a HDTV, went and got a HDMI cable immediately. Especially as stores like GAME have been putting them in bundles.
user friendly
New Member
The PS3 is no longer the cheapest BD player on the market but IMO it still is the best buy, especially if you want it for gaming as well. People aren't jumping on this because it's too damn expensive for the general public. The % of people that want BD is way too small, it's growing but not fast enough to impact sales numbers yet.
The digital switch might help. People may buy new HDTV's but about 10% - 30% are going to buy a BD player or even upgrade to HD cable. There are still people out there that have their HD sources hooked up with composite cables. Point is, not enough HD awareness to have any impact on PS3 sales.
How many 11 year old gamers do you know?
Shooting games are by far the most played in this age group.
Slasher
Suck It
Most of parenting in general has pretty much gone down the shittube lately. Parents don't care about mature games anymore lol
Isn't Sony losing money right now on every PS3 sold. I wouldn't expect more then a 50 dollar price reduction.
Joey
New Member
Yeah, and Sony as a company isn't doing so hot (as one would expect during a recession, from a company that makes luxury items).
twelve
I'm not dead
Microsoft only started turning a profit on 360 consoles last year. It's the norm for a console to be sold at a loss because the software is where they make the money.
Sony don't seem to realise that if they lowered the price so more people could buy the console they'd have more people buying the games that actually make them some money. Or maybe they do realise but they've fallen out with money or something.
Seth
MD Party Room
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They will definitely post a huge loss for the last quarter, no question. They took a huge risk with forcing Blu-ray on gamers but it definitely helped win the format war, which is probably more important to them than the Playstation brand.
In two years, they have already lost what they made in period of 8
In two years, they have already lost what they made in period of 8
You could get 12 analysts together and have them each make an argument for a sequential month and one of them will look like a genius.
It's going to happen, only a matter of time.
It's going to happen, only a matter of time.
Adiuvo
Active Member
Analysts don't mean anything at all anymore. If they have had a string of correct predictions, then they're just lucky. Look at Michael Patcher. He was right for a long time, and now people generally say whatever he predicts, the opposite will come true.