[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']But see, by advertising the price drop info in advance and the media coverage it suddenly received, it may have HURT sales of PS3s @ the $599.99 pricetag. And really, to some another $100 may not be much, but multiply that by the multitudes of potential sales which may have been put off till the price cut(more like a clearance actually) and you have quite a significant number.
So, from CC and Sony's perspective, I can kinda see why they wouldn't have wanted that info posted early. Mind ya, I dislike CC as it is and only grab clearance titles from them or cheap DVDs when I DO shop there, but if it's a choice of making or losing millions, I can see their point behind NOT wanting this info leaked early.[/quote]Theoretically a sound point, but when they're only selling 80,000 systems a month (~20,000 a week), the tiny fraction of the potential buyers at the $599 price point in that two week period who would have been privy to the advance notice, thereby delaying their purchase would probably have numbered in, I don't know, triple digits? Subtract from that number those who would have pricematched their purchase following the actual announcement of the price drop (not sure whose pocket the money for a pricematch based on a reduced MSRP comes out of), and you're really looking at pretty insignificant numbers.