lacerz
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One thing we know for certain, as this is common for all console launches, Sony will be taking a loss on each console sold. When the Xbox 360 was released, Microsoft ate $126 for each 360 sold. Sony ate an astounding $307 for each 20GB sold and $246 for each 60GB sold.
I really can't see the next playstation starting at more than $400... at least not for the base version. Sony made two mistakes with the PS3... letting the 360 launch a year before the PS3 and giving the PS3 a starting price point that people were unwilling to pay. Being a corporate environment, I'm sure these were major topics discussed during the "lessons learned" stage of the project cycle. We already know they won't be repeating the first mistake. Hopefully they've learned from the second.
Now, that doesn't mean that all is fine and well. Microsoft showed us that you can sell your console at a lower price, but then recoup that money through subscription based online access. A year ago, Microsoft announced that they had 40 million active subscribers to Xbox Live. Assuming a year long subscription at the discounted rate of $35 that can be had from time to time, we're talking about additional yearly revenue of $1.4 billion. Billion. Microsoft has proven that people will pay this fee, so who in their right mind would walk away from that?
I really can't see the next playstation starting at more than $400... at least not for the base version. Sony made two mistakes with the PS3... letting the 360 launch a year before the PS3 and giving the PS3 a starting price point that people were unwilling to pay. Being a corporate environment, I'm sure these were major topics discussed during the "lessons learned" stage of the project cycle. We already know they won't be repeating the first mistake. Hopefully they've learned from the second.
Now, that doesn't mean that all is fine and well. Microsoft showed us that you can sell your console at a lower price, but then recoup that money through subscription based online access. A year ago, Microsoft announced that they had 40 million active subscribers to Xbox Live. Assuming a year long subscription at the discounted rate of $35 that can be had from time to time, we're talking about additional yearly revenue of $1.4 billion. Billion. Microsoft has proven that people will pay this fee, so who in their right mind would walk away from that?
