“We believe Sony could cut the price for its 160GB system by $100 to $399 and then introduce a new, and cheaper, PS3 Slim (despite the company’s insistence it has no plans for a redesigned PS3), while discontinuing the 80GB system… If Sony is going to have the 160GB PS3 at $399 (and assuming they bundle a game with it) which is the same price at the Xbox 360 Elite machine with 120GB I think a $50 price cut makes sense… I think Microsoft wants to sustain its momentum and continue to give consumers a reason not to buy the PS3.” – Eric Handler, MKM analyst
“In order to hit its full-year Wii shipment forecast, we expect Nintendo to cut the price of the Wii before [the] holiday, likely to $199.99.” – Michael Pachter, Wedbush Morgan
I think the PS3 Slim is real but I’m not so sure we will see price cuts this deep, espically the $100 price cut from Sony.
-Justin
[...] and Nintendo may very well decided to drop their prices before Christmas as many analysts have predicted. The point of this editorial is not to predict price cuts, but to point out one possible reason [...]