[Nfinity @ Oct 4th 2007 6:08AM]

Here's what I think will happen. 60gb PS3 version gets the boot and gets replaced with $499 40gb version. 80gb version will still be sold for $599.

It has been said by Sony that despite the rumors they will not cut the pricing as there is no content for PS3 and that they will try to push the Blu-ray side of PS3 while the content arrives. This has been said by official Sony executive.

I think that despite all these rumors PS3 will not go down in price.

The only thing that would justify the $399 price would be short-term promotional pricing that would go back to $499 after a while.

We'll see.

[jsn @ Oct 4th 2007 10:55AM]

when you consider how much they're losing per unit already, dropping USB ports, a card reader and Wifi and software ps1/ps2 emulation isn't going to get them in the black per unit. They're still going to be losing a ton of money so dropping the price to $399 makes even less sense.

The comment you posted from Hirai is probably the most intelligent comment from anyone in the PS3 division to date. He knows that dropping the price of a console that doesn't have much content isn't going to make much difference. It's not going to spur sales, so why lose more money on what you are selling?

It still wouldn't surprise me to see a price drop though. They're desperate right now. It's been nothing but negative press since they launched it. Though that's what you get when you enter a market and ignore the changes it has seen since last time.