joystiq.com — An interview with SCEA chief Jack Tretton in the latest Game Informer revealed some troubling news for consumers waiting for a cheaper PS3. When asked point blank whether price drops for the PS3 will be "as soon or as drastic as they were for the PlayStation 2," Tretton responded with a curt, "No." The PS2 price dropped $100 after 565 days.
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sgagnonJan 23, 2007
"as for the 360 I don't see it dropping in price either"gxcdesign, not me, I see the 360 drop in price within a few months. Already the 360 premium is sold at profit. It was unexpected that early and Microsoft already said they would like an annual price drop. Since the PS3 was hard to find and MS met their target of 10 millions (which moved a bit mind you), they didn't have an incentive to do so yet. If the 360 drops by $50-$100 a few week before their European launch (can't lower the price close after that launch otherwise it would look as if they are panicking) that would put a blow to Sony's effort.
gomezfreakJan 23, 2007
It proves that sometimes s**t can sell. In OPM's final volume (Jan 07) the Gundam game in question was rated like 3/10. Thats not very impressive. The graphics in said Gundam game look like a 1st gen PS2 game. It is been beaten to death that the Japanese and American markets have a different taste for games. We like big tough guys and sexy chicks slaughtering s**t.They like leather bound fem-boys dancing around the next incarnation of FF. Come to think of it, maybe the soy is making them gay. ("Not that there's anything wrong with that.")
sgagnonJan 23, 2007
angelp, keep in mind that if those 500,000 360 would have shipped to NA instead of Europe, they would have sold easily, beating the PS3 by 50%.
Closed AccountJan 23, 2007
Me USA: PS3 will be "difficult to cost afford"
darkjcJan 24, 2007
@n3rrdBeing in Canada like me, you'd know the PS3 is only 50 bucks more. That's not a huge difference. (Although the fact that the 360 comes with a pack in game or two does)
igotdugoutJan 24, 2007
Still waiting for 90% of their exclusives to get released before I even THINK of purchasing a PS3.
strayJan 24, 2007
When Sony is losing ~$300 on each 60GB unit sold, it's pretty hard to justify a price drop.