Rumor: PS3 price cut this week?

[tinman]

Rumor: PS3 price cut this week?

Reports surface of PS3 dropping $100

 

[Ewie]

Not going to happen.

for sony to drop the price of the ps3, the Yen vs dollar need to be better, as the yen lost about 30% already from September to now, the price drop is already in effect.

 

[PDonut]

Not going to happen.

for sony to drop the price of the ps3, the Yen vs dollar need to be better, as the yen lost about 30% already from September to now, the price drop is already in effect.

From about September to Feb the Yen was actually one of the strongest performers and gained on the Dollar. If you talking about a 30% loss thats more likely their stock exchange but i dont believe the yen/dollar rate would have any bearing.

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Would be nice seeing a price-cut. I'm in the market for a Blu-Ray player!

 

[Ewie]

From about September to Feb the Yen was actually one of the strongest performers and gained on the Dollar. If you talking about a 30% loss thats more likely their stock exchange but i dont believe the yen/dollar rate would have any bearing.

No yen vs dollar. If you look at sony they manufacture in Japan - yen dominated. So September the yen was at 125 or 130 vs dollar.

Now it have gained against the dollar and trade 95 - 100.

So Sony get 25 % less for the same console sold in the US / uk euro
as they did a few months ago.

Same with nintendo - they just increased the price in Pounds because the pound now trade 20 % less than a few months ago.


Take our rand as an example, we were at 7.5 to the dollar and now are at 10 to the dollar, So the xbox went from R1800 to R2400 in price.

 

[diabolus]

Well this all started with publishers [of all people] complaining about the PS3 being too expensive , and suddenly it's now a rumour....i wouldn't be surprised if the intention is actually to achieve exactly this:

After all, if word gets out that the PS3 is due for a price reduction, consumers will immediately stop buying the console until it happens.

...good way to pressure sony....