Undoubtedly, there are quite a few gamers out there who would love to see Sony drop the price of the PlayStation 3, if only to prove that analysts can still make solid predictions every now and then. Well, it seems gamers aren't the only ones hoping Sony's heart (as well as its install base) grows three sizes sometime soon.
In a recent interview with CVG, publisher Tecmo Koei's CEO Kenji Matsubara reveals that he's been consistently pressing Sony for a "welcomed" PS3 price drop for some time now.
However, Matsubara explains that while a price cut would obviously expand the PS3 market, "It's Sony's strategy, and I don't know their cost structure. Sony introduced cutting-edge technology in the PS3, that's why people in the industry accept that the PS3 cost is so high, but we'd welcome a price cut."
Matsubara's is an unsurprising position, but it's also one that reflects the feelings of most gamers who have yet to make the PS3 plunge strictly because of its price point. A price drop is coming sooner rather than later, so now it's really just a waiting game to see when exactly Sony wants its hardware sales to skyrocket.
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mornelithe
Posted by mornelithe - Monday, July 6, 2009 12:15 PM
@ Raymond - What, are you stupid? Seriously? You're asking why? Considering all the posts people have put up indicating exactly what they're talking about? Catch a clue man. Christ, kids these days are idiots
I saw you deleted this, thankfully, I copied it and saved it. You're still a moron Raymond Padilla.
komradkyle
Matsubara first choice for my son's middle name if i ever make one lol
ProjektX13
@L33t
nothing will...... every.
360_Mafia_Godfather
@ l33t360
Agreed!
l33t360
i don't think a price cut will save the ps3 at this point
Drop_Six
If they really want to make more money on software they need to drop the price by $10. And G4 needs to stop printing the article every time some company says they think the PS3 needs a price cut. Every game company is gonna say this because they want more people to be able to purchase the console so that they have more potential buyers for their software. So G4 stop printing this s##t and find something else that doesn't cause a flame war among lame a$$ fanboys.
SlickyFats
@ddf
No games for the PS3?? I have 42 disc games and 20 downloaded games. Hmmm. Sounds like games to me. Maybe your friend is picky though.
wtfisthat
I honestly can say that if the PS3 was at least $100 cheaper I would be able to afford a PS3. Seriously $100 would make that much of a difference. I want a PS3 but The PS3's present price point kills my chances of convincing my conservator to write that fateful check to Walmart (or Game Stop whatever). Sony NEEDS a price cut to move units out of the stores into homes like mine. btw stop with the wifi and accessories make the Xbox 360 price point worse than the PS3 As a single man living a small apartment I had no need for the extra controllers or wifi. Oh and a fraction of decent paycheck more than paid for the Xbox Live and Xbox live was worth every penny.
ddf
they wait too long made game for the ps3 like 2 year without game that kill them my friend have ps3 and he was mad saying there is not game for the ps3
down311
LOL at the face smashing, that was more like a girl fight with hair pulling and open hand shoulder punches.
360 and PS3 are both better than the other in different way's. Get over your console please, both of you !
Vesipham
Pardon me, I have a face to smash.
@ RiceBunny15
Let me get this straight. You're saying my PS3, which is fully capable of backwards compatibility, playing blu-ray movies and video games, free internet access, music and photo sharing, and an online store full of excellent content to choose from...is a piece of crap? I think your horrific judgement just gave me a brain tumor.
"Sony and PS3 just fails. Why do companies still support it?"
Maybe because you're obviously wrong in every way conceivable. Just a thought.
r_pad
@ViolinistHDL How? An executive said he wants a price cut on the PS3. It would increase the installed base and help the company sell more games for that platform.
ViolinistHDL
@Ricebunny
oh wait, doesnt the XBOX 360 burn out after a month? oh yeah, i can see how Sony makes the worst hardware, because it is technilogically advanced or lasts longer? Seriously, are you 12?
ViolinistHDL
ah G4, so biased.
spicypooptastic
Id own a PS3 if someone gave me one for free, or if I won one from a contest. But other then that I don't but sony products. Its mainly since they over hype everything they make, I don't remember any ps2 games having toy story 2 graphics. Also I don't see how PS3 has such great graphics. I mean the difference between then Xbox and PS2 was something you could actually see.
mornelithe
@ Yamato101/MahBoiTaarec10/RiceB unny - Possibly because your confidence in the hardware you chose, is so tiny, that you have to go to a website that is heavily biased towards your hardware? Amazing how rats huddle together on a sinking ship. Enjoy the piece of crap 360, that you could only afford. I'll enjoy my PS3, and gaming PC, that outperforms the 360 (and my PS3 for that matter). In every way. Oh, by the way, Games For Windows Live, which is Xbox Live for the PC, is free. So are the patches, and updates ;) enjoy your dumbed down experience.
r_pad
@makaveli29 It's a blog genius. It's supposed to be opinionated. It's also supposed to have idiotic comments, so thank you for yours.
IcemanMX
At this point, I would only be surprised if someone outside Sony thinks that the PS3 should maintain its current price or (dare I say) increase the price.
-M
Tmidiman
Why are people acting like sony has only sold 100 systems? there are millions of PS3 systems out there that have been purchased. So what if it hasn't sold the most? And yes even though there are no games that I like on the system there are more than 20 million people who are happy with it and over 100k that buy a new one every month. All this crying and fighting over numbers. The bashers and the whinners need to chill out.
The system could be sold for $1 and it still is what it is.
KharismaKid
@ Ricebunny
People like you are the reason I still like this website!!
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