Sony Looks to 'Refine' PS3 Price 182
Via GameDaily a Financial Times interview with with Sir Howard Stringer, Sony's CEO, gives fans the first hope that price cuts may be coming soon. Lauding the Wii's performance in last month's NPD numbers, Stringer says that Sony is looking to 'refine' the PS3's pricepoint. "'Nintendo Wii has been a successful enterprise, and a very good business model, compared with ours . . . because it's cheaper,' Mr Stringer said in a video interview. 'That [price cuts] is what we are studying at the moment. That's what we are trying to refine.' Sir Howard said he expected 'energy [in PS3 sales] by Christmas, and then you will begin to see break-out games'. Sony is launching a virtual-world game called Home this year, and up to 30 other games."
It Needs "Refined"... (Score:5, Funny)
Captain' Obvious (Score:2, Funny)
Wow, this guy needs to win the "Captain Obvious" award of the year!
"..and then you will begin to see break-out games" (Score:4, Funny)
Very good business model.... (Score:3, Funny)
Oh yes the revolutionary business model of selling a product for a reasonable price while still making a profit. Opposed to Sony's excellent method of selling at a staggeringly high price and *still* making a loss on each unit sold. Genius.
Re:oh oh (Score:2, Funny)
2) Hey this sort of thing works for bottled water companies...
I sincerely hope that wasn't deliberate..
Re:"..and then you will begin to see break-out gam (Score:3, Funny)
You learn something new every day (Score:3, Funny)
And here I thought the reason for the Wii's success relative to the PS3 is because the Wii has games that don't suck. What a fool I was.
Re:When will they learn... (Score:3, Funny)