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PS3 Price Drop Coming Soon Despite Sony Stating Otherwise?
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Old 02-01-2009
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PS3 Price Drop Coming Soon Despite Sony Stating Otherwise?

We have all seen the reports of Sony stating that there will be not be a price drop for the PlayStation 3 anytime soon, but do you believe this to be true?

I have a very good feeling that Sony will be announcing a price drop for the PlayStation 3 soon in the upcoming months.

The reason why I say this is because many Web sites like Dell and Amazon have dropped the price of the system on their Web site as seen http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=A1985585&cs=19&c=us&l=en&dgc=CJ&cid=24471&lid=566643&acd=10495476-1260291-.

As you can see, Dell has the PS3 priced at $339.99 and just last week Amazon had it listed for a little over $350.

I believe Sony might have a strategy behind this and is working with companies to determine how much they should drop the price of the PlayStation 3. Think about it, if Amazon has the PS3 listed at a little over $350 and there is not much of a sales spike, Sony would see that dropping the system $50 would not be effective.

Now if Dell has the system at $339.99 and the sales jump drastically, Sony would realize that dropping the system more than $50 would be an effective way to sell more consoles.

The reason Sony is saying they do not plan for a price drop anytime soon is because of business. Think about it, if you are selling something for $399.99 and then announce that it will be much cheaper in a couple of months, would you expect many people to go out and buy your system knowing this? Of course not.

Sony is trying to keep it all behind closed doors and keep from announcing it until the day of the price drop.

So I ask you again: Do you believe Sony when they say that they do not have plans for a price drop anytime soon?

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Price UP!
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Old 02-01-2009
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Thumbs up Price UP!

Yeah you read it right... why all this mumbo jumbo about a price cut??? Well I payed over 500 Euro (That is like 700 $ at the current exchange rate) and I'm happy ... If a price cut will hurt SONY then why do it.. Maybe it should get bold and increase the price... just to show how much value it is over the WII or Xbox! ATM sony looses money right?? Why loose more if sales are low and probably, because of the current state of the world (regarding the financial crysis) will go even lower?!?

C'mon!!! Who's with me?

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