Analyst: Don't expect a PS3 price cut this year

The MGS4 bundle is essentially a sub-$400 80gb system. Doesn't that kind of count as a price cut?

I think the first post nailed it: "most gamers...just want a solid game system with a respectable library of games."
399 was the price for the 360 at launch, with shitty hardware, no free multiplayer, no real AAA exclusive until Gears (almost one year away, and that too an incomplete version of the PC title) and just 4-5 really good games overall for 18 months until mid-07
Compare that versus the PS3 now (even if you totally ignore the Blu-ray) and its an awesome deal.

Of course at launch it was another matter - 599, with a feeble library, and enormous negative publicity. Selling 8-9 million on that in the first year was impressive.

But I would still say that a cut to 299 just before christmas is a must - simply because the 360 is likely to cut another 50 by that time.

You can count me as one of the folk that'll pick up a ps3 this year. $399 is worth it IMHO. It's the only current system I don't have, and there are definitely games I want to play.

Blu-ray players are still $399. Expecting a further price cut on the PS3 is completely unreasonable.

they should make the price cut to 300$ around the time Little Big Planet comes out, its a family friendly fun loving platformer, which should draw in a lot of "casual" players, people who don't care about wifi or hi def necessarily, and 300$ will be easy for them to swallow

Thats too bad that the price isn't dropping, cause that's one way I'd buy one. The other way is if they finally come out with more than a few exclusive games that I would play. I have the money, it's just not worth it to me at this point.

Thats too bad that the price isn't dropping, cause that's one way I'd buy one. The other way is if they finally come out with more than a few exclusive games that I would play. I have the money, it's just not worth it to me at this point.

Sony really should have gimped the system to make it cheap, then charged for every little tiny add-on like rechargeable battery packs, wi-fi, HD player, and made PSN a charge-based system.

They would have made soooo much more money that way instead of having all your costs up front.

I call BS, I'm pretty sure they'll be a price cut by Christmas. It would be the prefect move...