11th October 2003, 7:19 PM
I'm not sure about this one.
For one thing, I've not received any promotional material, or any information at all, regarding any price drop, though our Sony rep comes in this Wednesday...
That aside, I can almost believe it might happen, as doing so would essentially destroy Xbox and GC sales for the holidays, and PS2 has a large enough lead for them to take that chance (and hell, the profits come from the games anyway).
But on the flip side, Sony would probably be eating at least $60 per console if they did drop the price, therefore I can't help but wonder, if the rumor has any credibility at all, if Sony would consider it worth the risk to sell tons of software... that $60 would be recouped with about three sales of $50 games, so it isn't entirely unplausible...
We'll just have to see.
For one thing, I've not received any promotional material, or any information at all, regarding any price drop, though our Sony rep comes in this Wednesday...
That aside, I can almost believe it might happen, as doing so would essentially destroy Xbox and GC sales for the holidays, and PS2 has a large enough lead for them to take that chance (and hell, the profits come from the games anyway).
But on the flip side, Sony would probably be eating at least $60 per console if they did drop the price, therefore I can't help but wonder, if the rumor has any credibility at all, if Sony would consider it worth the risk to sell tons of software... that $60 would be recouped with about three sales of $50 games, so it isn't entirely unplausible...
We'll just have to see.
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