What better year for consumers to see a $199 PS3 than 2011? 3D Televisions have penetrated retailers, Playstation Move peripherals continue their steady sells climb and Sony now appears primed to offer their most impressive year of exclusives to date. For an upcoming year filled with the best the platform has to offer, pursuing the objective of getting the PS3 in as many homes as possible is still a necessity Sony needs to approach with an aggressive strategy.
Despite the strong PS3 sales figures throughout 2010, Microsoft with their Xbox 360 has been at the top of the U.S. consumer spending food chain for home entertainment video game systems consecutively for the last 6 months.
Sony has neither hinted or suggested that a $199 price reduction is on the table. However, Sony has expressed that they have every intention of surpassing the install base of closest rival console manufacturer.
IGN: So you do think that PS3 will overtake Xbox 360 in sales at some point, then?
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Peter Dille: Yeah, we do. I’m confident we’ll be around in 10 years and I can say that because we’ve done it twice. PS3 will be around in 10 years and probably much longer than that. For the full interview
Some industry professionals have the PS3 surpassing the worldwide sales of the Xbox 360 as early as 2012, however, this might not become a reality so soon with the Xbox 360′s current momentum and well positioned $199 console.With the $199 Xbox 360 which comes equipped with a 4GB HDD and built-in wifi, Sony could potentially offer a similar $199 PS3 package with a more attractive offering.
Currently offering both the $299 160GB HDD and $399 320GB HDD versions, Sony could force US spending with the introduction of a 40GB HDD to 60GB HDD model at $199. It would be difficult for consumers to justify spending $199 on the Xbox 360 when the competition offers a significantly larger hard drive, built-in blu-ray and free online service at the same affordable price point.
The simple equation is a PS3 price-reduction plus more consumer spending equating to more games sold putting smiles on the face of developers. At some point should Sony offer a $199 PS3 model, absolutely! Hopefully sooner than later.
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They should drop the 160GB model to $199 that way its more appealing than the 4GB Xbox 360 cuz your getting the larger HDD and Blu Ray player. Then they should drop the 320GB model to $299 along with dropping the PS3 Move Bundle to $349 witch will give Sony the overall better pricing and appeal to even more consumers. Ether way they go your able to upgrade your HDD if needed so its a winning situation for consumers.
They did that !!! xD Ps3 320gb $299 and move $249
I don’t think the PS3 needs a price cut in order for consumers to see it’s clear advantages over the last – gen offerings of the 360. How many 360 exclusives are there next year? There’s Forza 4 – considering what a buggy, bad graphics mess Forza 3 was, not to mention the HIDEOUS AI, terrible damage effects and pathetic, laggy online I don’t see much hope for this game. Forza 3 didn’t come close to touching the sales of a REAL game like Gran turismo 5 and from the evidence so far Forza 4 is on course to be another embarassing flop.
Then there’s Gears Of War 3, a cheap Uncharted rip – off at best with last – gen graphics and crappy mutliplayer. Microsoft were so embarassed by Gears 3′s graphics that they pulled it from the VGA’s the second they heard Uncharted 3 would be there. If Microsoft have so little confidence that this game can take the crown from Uncharted, why should anyone else?
Other than that there’ll probably be another god – forsaken Halo spin – off. Maybe Wars 2? Or how about Halo Smash Tennis? It doesn’t matter what nonsense they come up with, Halo has gotten as stale as Rock Band, if SEGA think Sonic The Hedgehog has gone downhill lately, they can be thankful they don’t have a bunch of uneducated hack developers pouring out the same regurgitated pig spit every year trying to pass it off as a AAA title. ODST was a joke and Reach was just a flat – out embarassment to the videogames industry.
sounds like typical mindless fanboy commentary.
i have nothing against ps3 in fact i am contemplating adding one this new year to compliment my 360.
It would be hard to call Gears of War an Uncharted rip-off as the games are very different aside from a use of a cover system and in that line Uncharted followed Gears of War. You do realize GOW was prior to uncharted right? Have played Uncharted and Uncharted 3 is one of the reasons a ps3 interests me (plus i am making practical excuses cutting back on cable and ditching my rented dvr to stream and use pc as pvr and be able to stream to both main tv’s one via 360 one via ps3). That being said i think GOW was more fun to play especially co-op.
Really haven’t looked into 360′s exclusive lineup for 2011 but they had 2 of the better exclusives (including the best game available for any system in 2011) in ME2..although not technically exclusive because of PC version but still console exclusive to 360. The other being the long awaited but still very enjoyable Alan Wake. One thing that does agitate me is i can see microsoft trying to do what it did with Alan Wake and force it to a true exclusive robbing pc gamers of the me2 experience…..as much as i don’t like the tactic…if the next Mass Effect release is only on 360 i wouldn’t want to be without one.
They are both great system with their own charms….and your comments make you sound as bad as blinded apple fanboy (nothing against apple products either) but their is a segment of people so enthralled they won’t even look at other relevant options to their respective apple vice.
The ps3 exclusives i look most forward to playing when i pick mine up are God of War Series, Uncharted 3, and Heavy Rain.
DUMB ASS! UNCHARTED 3 AINT OUT YET
Your not that smart are you, he’s talking about the first Uncharted! And you call him a Dumb Ass!
I agree with you, above is a mindless headless fanboy. But the PS3 is a good piece of hardware, and you should get one, so you know how much better it is to have both consoles.
However, realize, this fanboy has been tortured and irreparably damaged by years of abuse from “Xbots,” who had constantly contested Sony’s console with complete skepticism to such a point of hatred and distaste. He probably got the $600 60GB PS3 for Christmas thinking he was the coolest kid on the block, only to have friends laugh at him because he spent $600 on a console that doesn’t play Halo 3 or GoW. Nobody cared what Uncharted was, regardless of it’s awesome gameplay and graphics, and regardless of how good MGS2 was, nobody really played it and though millions sold nobody talked about it IRL. All the games were being dev’d on Xbox 360, so all the games became crappy ports (games are better ported from PS3>360 & PC then 360>PS3 & PC like MW2 and Burnout Revenge). So now, now that every Xbot who had insulted him and trolled him over the years about the console that “didn’t” have it all does. They all own the PS3 now–and he’s still not over it. Give him time. Give him patience. I was once one of those mindless trolls. Thank God I’m smart.
Only smart people can break trolldom.
Of course, I must be a fanboy about this… MAC IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WINDOWS! I RUN WINDOWS 7 LIKE A BEAST ON MY AIR BETTER THAN YOUR FUCKING TRASH HAHAHAHAHA!!!
Okay, I’m kidding. But c wut I did thar?
Seriously, get a Mac and YOU WILL KNOW. Of course, you have to pay up the ass for one. Still paying it off…
You are an idiot.
Messi is kool but ps3 is kool and tim isnt cool…. im kewl :E (smiley with buk teeth)
Unfortunately, I don’t think it is the price of the hard-drive that is keeping the price of the PS3 so high. Only once the production costs of the Cell, Blu-Ray drive and graphics card have gone down can they start thinking about that kind of price point, in my opinion.
BINGO!!!
PS3 IS THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE IS PS3
xbl/psn- dylantalon
Worlwide the PS3 may surpass the Xbox, but currently, Xbox is outselling the PS3 month over month in both the U.S. and in Europe. Japan will never embrace MS so the PS3 will continue their dominance there. The Kinect outsold the Move in both shipped to retail numbers and consumer purchases.
Actually, European sales are always in favor of the PS3. Better do a little research next time.
I have to agree with Brad A. I have nothing against the ps3 and I hope to buy one this year, but I wouldn’t even think about purchasing it for $300. I’d love to have a blu-ray player built into my gaming system, but if Sony wants to gain some of the on-the-fence people they need to think realistically. And besides the ps3 has been out for almost five years. The cost of all hardware has come down. You can buy a decent blu-ray player for $100; people who already own an xbox are going to be less inclined to spend the extra $200 for non-exlusive games.
The other aspect that Sony should consider is the fact that the 360 is tapped out in terms of gaming capability. I know, because a lot of the games are having to run 720p as opposed to 1080p just so there aren’t freezing issues etc. What that means is the next xbox is likely coming out in the next couple of years and almost certainly within a few. So, my point is when they do release the Xbox 720 (or w/e it’s moniker maybe) they’ll drop their prices even lower. Sony will have an even harder time convincing people to purchase a ps3 if their entry model is $300.
I think it’s funny how they think they can cut $100 off the price by just using a smaller hard drive. 160 GB hard drives cost next to nothing for OEM’s these days.
I think we may see a $250 PS3 in 2011 but in order to get to $199, they’d have to do another die shrink or combine the CPU/GPU like in the Xbox 360 S.
Gears preceded Uncharted. Microsoft may have less exclusives releasing than sony but historically speaking Xbox exclusives sale FAR MORE copies than Sony exclusives. (Conpare Gears 5+ million copies to God Of War still tryin to make 3 million sales). A price drop would be cool for Sony but a 160GB HDD doesnt seem like much when you understand that the PS3 requires you to install parts of your games (Gran Turismo wants how many GB?) before you can even play. Now add that to game addons and updates and save files and that 160 GB doesnt seem so large anymore. The 250GB XBox DOESNT require game installs so you have 250 GB all for extra stuff PLUS you get a Kinect (THE best gaming peripheral WITH a game) packed in for free. All Sony has is Blu Ray and free online (which I have NOT heard too many good things about from those who OWN PS3s). most of its games DONT support above a 720p resolution (even Killzone 3 check ya boxes) and as far as social gaming despite Xbox charging 6 bucks a month it has done nothing to pull people away from PS3 who crave a better connection and easier team and match making abilities.
On TOP OF THAT: Look at how many developers that started a “PS3 only” stance that are now jumping on to the 360. Square jumped over Sony lost Final Fantasy and now you can add Insomniac to the mix who is bringing both Resistance and the Ratchet and Clank series to the 360.
Look I enjoy my 360 too and would like a PS3 when it drops to $200 but its bitch made nerdy white boy assholes like you that make me embarrassed to even own the same system you fucking xbot fanboy.
why be racist? hate breeds more hate…
man you are the stupidest fuck ive ever met. look mr fanboy. do you the math correctly $60 anual fee. that shit is not $6 a month thats $5 a month. Next, Sony never had exclusive rights to final fantasy. Nintendo had ff 1-6, the cartidge didnt have enough memory so Square moved to ps1 for FF7. oh stupid fuck do you remember FF11, yea that shit was on PC first, then ps2 and 360. Blue ray not all that big of a deal ehh, tell me then why did blue ray win over HD DVD? theres a simple answer. You are trying to make the stupid argument about alot of PS3 exclusive developers are jumping the bandwagon of the 360. Guess what same thing is happening to the 360.
I do not dislike the 360, I just never saw a point in buying one since just about the entire game library is also on PC. 360 max processor is 3 core. and not only that its using an integrated chip for cpu and gpu to decrease power comsumption. PC has i7 (8 core) and directX 11.
I seriously doubt Sony will ever drop the price seeing how they are lossing money at the price they are selling it right now. If anything both 360 and ps3 will cut the price in summer of 2012. why? guess whats coming out in april of 2012. Nintendo new system, and if you remember from 2006-2009 nintendo out shined both sony and microsoft.
we whont to bay aloot of the sony ps3 160gb pal sestem thanks
I’m a Wii owner myself and have wanted to get the PS3 for a little while now. A PS3 price drop to $199 would be excellent. I would go with PS3 over the 360 for the new Team Ico game Last Guardian and for Silent Hill 8.
u guys make me feel smart. i always loved playstation and wanted a ps3 so bad but when it released it came with crap and to this date im still very happy to have my xbox that plays all my favorite games and all in 1080p…sorry sony fans boys not your blockbusters supporting that. ill gladly pay $50 or $60 a yr for XBL shit id pay $100 its always workign perfectly and i love all the content i get. my brother is on his 4th ps3 and his dumbass has shelled out the money cuz sony wont cover it. not to mention he lost all his saves and info multiple times. careful no one steals your CC info on the psn. playstation has some awesome games i truly love and enjoy. but sony fanboys kill me. uncharted is a fave and so is mgs. but i feel let down every day with the crap sony neglects…
my xbox is perfect and its my baby. i am a very hardcore gamer. and ill vouche for never playing a “bugged” or jaggy game on the xbox
i highly doubt that your brother is on his fourth ps3. my 360 got rrd the first time i got it and i got it repaired, but im not going to lie and say it broke down for times like your lying ass. i have both systems but i prefer the ps3. if you get both systems then you would know the real differences and that psn isnt bad, its just that xbl is better. but over all i like my ps3 a little more, but i wouldnt lie and say that my system broke down 3 times. thats just sad
i hate ps3 xbox 360 is 20 times better and b4 you call me a fanboy i own both systems
The 199$ Xbox 360 is NOT only 4 GB. i have one that is 60 GB and know for a fact you can get 60GB for 199$.. someone told me they got one for 199$ with 120GB this christmas, mighta been a sale, but i no the more expensive “elite” is 250GB.. just wanted to correct that, u get more then 4GB u get 60.. and ive played tons of games and am not anywere near even half of my space
hi there i will never buy a ps3 becuase i saw specs on ps3 hdd of no faster then 5,400 rpm hdd wii has faster read write speeds and 4 gb ssd xbox 360 is 4 times faster on halo 3 co-op mode soo with flash being faster at gaming thats all i care for speed speed and more speed soo when will sony offer trillpe 10,000 rpm raptors in a raid of 30,000 rpms for $991 or a 128 gb ssd or hybride ssd/hdd combo drive
The Xbox 4GB is a flash memory, ssd’s are waay to expensive, 5,400 rpm vs 7,200 rpm, that’s a 1,800 rpm difference.
Also the CPU and GPU are all that matters for game performance.
once a legend, always a legend pacman and space invaders rock! stick to the classics and you cant go wrong
on that note sega rally and classic mario are good not all this xbox and ps3 shit
All you dudes are stupid, both the ps3 and the 360 are great consoles to own, I’m still playing my ps2 & gamecube to this day because i can not afford to buy either, got to many bills to pay! but i have played both the ps3 & the 360 offline & online & i gotta tell you i like the ps3 online a heck of alot more, for just one reason! IT’S FREEE!!! & if sony ever dropped the price to $199 i would buy the ps3 right away!
No one want to hear your personal problems. Both systems are great, but microsoft are add on whores online pay. Headset pay etc…. bluetooth n blu ray nuff said. I own both kids play xbox. Boys do what theyy can men do what they want!
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Well it seems 1 thing is missing from this whole debate I bought a brand new xbox 360 14 months later its sittin in the corner with 3 red rings I’ve had the ps3 for 8 months no issues yes the games are better on xbox but if the crappy microsoft hunk of junk doesnt work what good do the great games do me.. I’ll never buy anything from ms again I love my mac and ps3
xbox 360 sucks dick because i buy it with halo reach and xbox live NOTHING WORKED when i put the disk it just told me that it couldnt be read,i send it to get reparired and still didnt work,i tried to return it back but the guy from the store told me that he couldnt accept it,thats why i hate the fucked up xbox,bill gates can suck dick
On 8/31/11 Best Buy offered a 250GB PS3 for $179.99. Is that a nod that the PS3 will soon be offered for sub-$200? I think so.
What will be the Black Friday price this year 2011 does anyone know?
Seriously the xbox Is a piece of shit it has crapy games and it smells like crap they break f fast never buy that shit buy ps3 is best its at the top of its game and who the hell says fanboy now a day stupid geeks oh and bryan a is a stupid dumbass
I Hope Everyone on this article realizes that You’ll prefer the PS3 if you started playing hardcore with sony, If you started with a Xbox then you’ll most likely prefer it, so everybody can stop their cat and mouse between Xbox and PS3, just choose one and dont judge others for the one they wish to play…
Well said!