Microsoft expects PS3 price drop 'in the next couple of
months'

post from Joystiq on 07 January 2009 01:53:00 PM. © Joystiq

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Business

Now that the PS3 costs less to make, shouldn't Sony be passing on its savings to you? That's what Xbox 360 product manager, Aaron Greenberg, expects will happen via a price cut before summer.
Speaking to Edge Online, Greenberg said that, "We [Microsoft] absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months," adding, "We're frankly surprised it's taken this long." Sony isn't surprised; it's poised to turn a profit on the system for the first time ... in the next couple of months. SCEI president Kaz Hirai very much wants this to happen -- no doubt even more so given the fine mess Sony currently sees itself in -- but the pleasing of stockholders just might have to take back seat to making sure PS3 stands a fighting chance with consumers.

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