May be seeing more 360/PS3 price cuts...

Mofogo · 05-16-2008

well this is according to an analyst, so its not like its official or anything. It also appears dependent on how well May sales do. To me it would seem like console sales wouldn't really be seen until everyone that finally decided to pull the trigger to get GTA did it in May. But hey, I'm not paid thousands of dollars to give my two cents.

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Yesterday's release of April sales figures for US retailers contained a contradiction of sorts that raised a number of eyebrows. Despite the massive launch success of Grand Theft Auto IV, the Rockstar game didn't appear to be a "system seller," as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 hardware sales were actually down significantly from the previous month.
In a brief on the NPD figures today, Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich said the results strengthened an assessment he made last month that Sony and Microsoft's latest consoles have saturated the possible market at their current price points. At the time, Divnich pointed to stagnant hardware sales of the two systems despite banner debuts for Army of Two and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 as evidence that prices would need to come down on the systems.
Divnich pointed out that April was the first time Xbox 360 sales dipped below an average of 50,000 a week since last July, and that dip was followed the very next month by a price cut for the hardware.
"Of course, it might be a little too soon to speculate that we can expect a price drop in the coming weeks or additional hardware SKUs (an Xbox 360 with Blu-Ray capability) in the coming month," Divnich said, "but if May's hardware sales drop below the 50,000 units sold a week threshold, we can definitely expect something in terms of a change in strategy from both Microsoft and Sony."

pulled from Gamespot

F3AR ChaRLie · 05-16-2008

It would be nice if the PS3 dropped in price. I do want to get one for Resistance 2 and for Blu-Ray use.

FIFƷ · 05-16-2008

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Originally Posted by F3AR ChaRLie

It would be nice if the PS3 dropped in price. I do want to get one for Resistance 2 and for Blu-Ray use.

I too would like to see a price drop for the PS3, it may not be another $100 price-cut, but it's better than no price-cut.

F3AR ChaRLie · 05-16-2008

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Originally Posted by FIFƷ

I too would like to see a price drop for the PS3, it may not be another $100 price-cut, but it's better than no price-cut.

Indeed. If i get the government stimulus check (which i qualify for and should recieve it in july) i will be getting a new TAT and a PS3

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Even a $50 price cut would be very nice!

darkwill · 05-17-2008

Hmm... that's completely contradictory to what an analyst was saying on joystiq.com yesterday.

SerbianExile · 05-30-2008

If PS3 drops i'd love to buy Metal Gear Solid 4
i wish it was out for 360

WAN73D · 05-30-2008

I'm surprised that people find this surprising. As the life of a system progresses, each "system seller" game will become less and less effective because relative audiences overlap. Basically, a huge portion of people that would have bought the 360 for GTA bought it beforehand because of H3, and a huge portion of people who would have bought one just for H3 were first attracted by GoW.

I'm glad another PS3 price cut seems to be in order. I probably still won't buy one for another 6-12 months, but I want to pay as little as possible when I do.