If Sony PS3 Price Cut in 2009, Will Xbox 360 be crushed?
Filed under: Gaming | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: December 4, 2008 | 57 Comments
There are so many of you out there who wish that they could own a Sony PS3, but there is one thing getting in their way, the price. It is no secret that the reason why sales of the PlayStation 3 have been lower than expected is because of that high price.
The most important thing that Sony can do to help kick start PS3 sales is to introduce a price cut, but the company has always insisted that they will not reduce the price of their third-gen console. Microsoft are not stupid, they know to help keep the Xbox 360 popular is to offer a price cut.
Over the past year the Xbox 360 has seen a number of price cuts across the range, and it is that which has helped to revive the consoles strong sales figures. If Sony were to offer more prices cuts for their PS3, will the Xbox 360 be crushed?
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SONY, If you are reading these people’s pleads, Please LOWER YOUR PRICES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!
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To answer your articles question, NO the PS3 will have to be content in third place. Another thing to mention is that when you ask “IF Sony cuts PS3 price in 2009?”, it is a huge “IF” when you consider the massive profit loss for Sony there has been this year, which is down 95%. (Last I heard it was something like 1.1 billion dollars) So how is a company already in financial trouble going to swallow that much more of a loss from PS3 manufacturing? They are still losing close to $300 on each PS3 made at the current price. They really don’t even have that option at this time, if they want to avoid all their shareholders unloading their stock.
I almost feel bad for the company considering how hard they tried this holiday season only to still be coming up short behind MS, and Nintendo. They have already splurged almost all their mentionable exclusives(minus God of War 3), and they sold even less consoles then last holiday when they barely had any premium titles. Sony threw a hail mary only to have it intercepted.
Another big problem is that they were relying on being the economy Blu-Ray player as a lifeline, but now you can get a decent one at half the price of a PS3. There are quite a few problems building for Sony, and unless they start really hustling things are going to get bleak. However, what do you expect from a company that was up until now mainly surviving off the PS2. Nintendo has won back the casual gaming market, while MS is picking up the Hardcore gamers who feel betrayed.
As a company Sony will survive, they might be lost, but they aren’t complete fools. I think if things keep up this way they will need a massive reboot, returning to their roots in home electronics. It is their own fault for becoming so reliant on the videogame market, while not keeping their ears to the ground. However, the PS3 might be their last console for quite a while. Them speculating on a “10 year lifespan” was not solely because they believed the technology would last, but also because they realized it would be that long before they could afford another console launch.
I keep coming across rather humorous comments blabbering about the PS4 being in the “pipe line”, but I think the better term is “pipe dream”. It’s funny when misguided fanboys say stuff like that when on the same site there are articles about how hard Sony is being hit financially right now. It’s crazy how drastically the console market has changed over the past 5 years, but anyone paying attention most likely recognized the signs. Obviously Sony did not realize, or even speculate that consumers’ budgets would be so tight for the foreseeable future. By not planning ahead, and releasing a beast of a console with the highest price tag they asked for it. Lying about the system specs, non-user friendly developer kits, and contradictory hardware did not help either.
Look guys do yourselves, and your bank accounts a favor, if you really want a PS3 buy one used.
Honestly, i don’t think the playstation 3 should go any lower on the price. I recently bought a brand new 80gb playstation 3 from Dell online because i know that they will not get a price cut for atleast another 1 year to 1.5 years.
Honestly, i don\’t think ps3 should have a price cut. I recently bought a brand new ps3 80gb from dell online because i know sony will not cut the price simply because the system itself is at its actual value. The technology that the system consists of is incredible, and no doubt it is faster than 90% of all home computers and also it has blu-ray. I am feeling right now that even 400$ is quite cheap for such a system. If the price goes down then PSN will be filled with a bunch of retarded 10 year olds just like on xbox live.
In a way i agree with ‘guy’ in the not caring about bluray players, I have so many DVD’s putting the cost of them together could buy me a PS3. they should cut the price because i only know three people with PS3’s and seven people with xbox’s and most of the people with xbox’s also have wii’s which are also beating down PS3. i think that the only reason that wii and 360 are selling well are because of PS3 price, playstation is a classic, every one liked the PS2 and for playstationto go out of business would be extremely bad. Also the credit crunch isn’t exactly helping playstation in sales, PS3 40gb is 299.99 and 360 20gb is 109.99, HUGE difference,and the with expansion packs of GTA IV on 360 is showing that 360 can afford to do a exclusive thing with RockStar it is showing that it is kicking ass in sales. i personly think that plsystation should cut by £50 or even £100 if things get tough.
I know I’m late here, but that’s not entirely true. I love playstation and that’s the bottom line but I bought my kids an Xbox. The graphics and the online play was so powerful I’m considering one for myself. Wii is a whole different monster as it is attacking from the family mid-section (exercise-strong interaction). I think Playstation (my fav) has a big fight on their hands and a price cut would only help them mantain in a dying market. Sure it would concrete their stay if it is big enough but by no means will it crush the other two. The high price tag allowed the other two to creep into 3’s fan base only to find that these machines are strong competitors. Xbox with the best graphics and Wii with the most appeal.
Dun really think that PS3 price is going down anytime soon.Though PS3 do have the potential ,i am sad to say that in its current state and is unable to surpass Xbox360.Price,less variety of games and late releasing of games might be factors to its downfall.At this rate not even blueray is going to salvage the situation and its exclusive games might turn their backs on PS3 and go to xbox360 instead(game developers have no loyalty mind u only profits).
The thing is, PS3 exclusives coming out are first party games (Made by Sony) so Sony won’t hop the boat on it’s own product.
As for the price cut, it will probably come around holidays to up sales and then follow through into next year.
Considering how the PS3 is doing right now, it’s actually quite good considering the Xbox 360 sales 2-3 years into it’s release.
its like a new game called mag coming out so people might just buy a ps3 for that game,
Pricecut or not fact still remains ps3 still blows compared to 360, xbox owned ps2 and 360 has already taken the ps3 down. Jus accept it
Fishy, in know that ps3 is way better than 360 but some games like ben 10 alien force vilgax attacks is not going to release in ps3 but im ps3 fan and wish ps3 price cuts down.
It’s funny how Sony just did the pirce cut.