PS 3 Price Drop

[gweenpea]

I didn't find this article refered to anywhere so I thought I would post it.

Is Sony going back on the $600 price tag? First Japan price drop? Next US price drop?

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2370536,00.html

"What might have been a day of triumph at the Tokyo Game Show saw yet another heavy blow for Sony when the troubled electronics giant said it would be slashing the Japanese launch price of the Playstation3 by around 20 per cent to yen 50,000 (£250). . .

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS99/60922004

This one is from Detroit Free Press.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/afx/2006/09/22/afx3037140.html

Here's another story from forbes

 

[phutu]

i don't understand why this would be a humiliation for sony. It might've been their strategy all along, now this will get ppl hyped up about the "big sale", and really, isn't this good news for all us gamers?

 

[Mr Durand Pierre]

No price drop in the US. There is at least some good news though. Check it out:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=67835

 

[daphatty]

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=108920