jovherye
CAGiversary!
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/03/20/analyst-expects-ps3-price-cut-of-100-this-october/
Possible? Will it happen?
Possible? Will it happen?
Honestly though, I'd pick a 60GB PS3 up for $450 - $500, IMO it's more reasonable than $600.The newer PlayStation 3 models that will go on sale in Europe and Australia in a couple of days are already cheaper to make (due to replacing the hardware emulation of PS2 games with lacking software emulation), and the current PS3 microprocessor chips will also be replaced with cheaper ones in the near future. We don't expect Sony to announce a price cut just yet, though; but one can always hope...
Fujimori sees simplification of design aiding PS3's profitability as well, noting Sony's original PS began with 700 components and concluded with 200, while the PS2 started with 2,000 parts and finished with 600. The PS3 prototype had 4,000 components but now a shift to around 2,000 is in the pipeline.