1st ..cool, i wonder if it will be another 100$ price cut...if so they will really fly of the shelves at $299..

price cut + highly anticipated titles being released + Dualshock 3 controller + win of blu-ray

2008 is going to be a very big year for Sony

If cutting the price means attracting a lot more users which means developers should start supporting PS3 first instead of last - then I suppose its a good thing.

It doesn't seem logical. As Blu-Ray has won (or is atleast in the upper hand) this wouldn't be smart for a business. They know the PS3 will sell now due to the end of the HD-format war, cause people want a cheap player and the PS3 fits into that category.

dude if they cut the price that and having all of the great features and games theres no doubt in my mind that it could surpass the wii

I think the Blu-ray sales boost really has yet to explode (though sales have kicked up big time).  People are waiting for the $300 player (especially the former HD-DVD owner).  I am also looking at the prospect of the 2nd PS3 for my household.  We've come to depend on a lot of it's extra features (along with the PSP's too...can we get internet radio for the PS3 as well?).

Consoles are always sold on the razor principle, i.e. you sell the initial product cheap, either at cost or at a loss to get the punters through the door and then sting 'em with razor blade sales. It makes sense for Sony to lower the price of there product as much as they can because their business model is based on making money out of software sales. The more consoles in people homes the more customers they have for the software. Its a no brainer. They've reduced the costs of a number of fairly important components recently including the Cell going to 45nm fabrication, RSX going to 65nm fabrication and of course the cost reduction in producing the blue laser diode required for Blu-Ray drives. It'd be a smart move to do this mid year just after the MGS4 sales spike to keep brand momentum going into the Autum/winter period and the primary gift giving window (That's Christmas to none marketing people)

Hey mustang your sisters play ps3? Cool you should give me their psn id.

@ bigd0g - Your not cool becuase you posted first. Nor does anyone think you are.

@ Deusthousand - LOL

I think a $100 price cut will come sometime in 08, no doubt about that. I have a 60 gig model and would love to pick up a 40 gig model just to play PS3 games and blu-rays. I want to keep my 60 gig model safe for when I want to play PS2 games in HD. I worry about what if something happens to my 60 and I can no longer get a system with the Emotion chip which plays all my PS2 games perfectly in HD. The 80 gig uses software emulation, and Im assuming any new hi end SKUs will also.

Interesting but i already own a Wii and a PS3. Wii 3 FTW!!!

sure there is, but only after the release of MGS4 because they already announced the bundle at $499

psn id: gingo... yeah i predict a little price cut just before christmas this year to up the sales for christmas

wow. it's looking like a good year for the ps3. mgs4 is coming out and GTAIV is also. these are the two games that i really can't wait for and GT5. next year after this price cut, it looks like it iwll be almost down to the ps2 launch price 200 bucks. but, doubt it will go that low.

I really doubt Sony will make anither hundred bucks cut. They will first cut just $50 an add the DS3 with it. It because they know it is selling very well at the current price and also because besides GoW2 on X360 theres no oder competiton. Blu Ray players still over $400 so they dont need it yet. Hope they make but wont wait for that atleast till november

I dont trust any product or company with a lower-case "i" in the front of their name.....

I had expected that Sony would drop the price on the PS3 sometime this year as well. It will probably drop around Black Friday. I really don't think that a full $100 dollar price cut is coming... I'm thinking at least a $50 dollar price drop on both PS3 models. The 40GB PS3 at $299 would be way too cheap... it shouldn't drop that low until sometime in 2009.

Those predictions mean nothing, all of us could have come up with that conclusion. They might drop it by $50 before X-mas OR they might be forced to drop the price if M$ does it after they release their big guns. Come on guys, if Gears of War 2 is gonna be WAY better then the original, we are in for a struggle. No matter how good MGS4 is. So if M$ cuts prices then Sony is gonna have to do the same. Home, LBP, Killzone 2 and MGS4 all have to be GREAT or else they are all gonna be failures. If home woulda came out last year then not so much, it could have been just "alright" from the beginning, but NOW it really has to be better then XBL.

I am sure Sony will have another price cut by Christmas. Sony is riding a successful year with the win of the format war and a price drop would be the icing on this already sweet cake.

more like special bundles then a price cut. >_> Besides seeing is believing right? Wait at your own discretion, analysts are always going to predict this sort of thing even if it seems highly unlikely.

i think its ok like its now but i don't really think it will be a BIG discount i think 4 the 40gb a $349 or even a $299 but 349 is more likely to be expected the 80 gb can be a $100 discount = $400

I really hope Sony drops the price again because this dildo wasn't shoved far enough up my ***.  Hope you bring out a 320GB PS3 for $499 Sony.  I wasn't ****ed over enough paying $600 for my 60GB and drop the price a few months later for a bigger model.  You'd have a he!! of a time without early adopters.  How about you throw us a ****in' bone here?  Maybe a DS3?  Too hopeful...

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I don't want anyone to think I'm mad paying for the 60GB.  I love it.  The BC is awesome.  I'm just angry that a larger model came out $100 cheaper only a few months after launch.  What did we get for buying a console with 1 title at launch? NOTHING.  Only true fans are going to pay $500-600 for a console with 1 decent title at launch. And we got boned. Hard.

Some sort of analyst she is,GT5 won't even release this year/

Now i feel bad 'cause I bought mine in '06 at the original $600