When will the Ps3 drop in price?

[Justin-tiffany]

how long does it ususally take a game system to drop down to something more reasonable?

 

[sevenABs]

The first price drop will take at least a year, probably 18 months.

 

[brookieou]

3 years

 

[Twox2]

next christmas if not not the march after that

 

[Proud Dad AKA Seth]

tomorrow

 

[my name is what?]

.

 

[seprough]

probably next week

Sony is on crack

 

[RWPossum]

It will be a long time. The 20 gig PS3 costs $805 to manufacture, while the 60gig one costs $845. In other words, Sony is losing big fucking money on each unit sold.

Don't look for a price drop for at least a few years.

 

[Denis L]

so how will it drop by?

 

[pupucashu]

Probably longer in this case since Europe don't get theirs till Smarch.

 

[ska sweetie]

The Blu-Ray player in the PS3 is the main reason it costs so damn much to manufacture. The drive alone costs $350.



So, if Sony sells 2 million units by year end worldwide, with an average loss of $250-300 per unit, you are talking about them losing $500-600 million.

Sony is going to be fucked next year when MS drops the price of 360 by $100 after going to the new 65nm manufacturing process (Feb-March 07). Sony simply can't drop the price of PS3 for a long time. They put too many expensive parts into it.