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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drothgery" data-source="post: 3685280" data-attributes="member: 360">My guess was MS felt they needed to do a price cut mostly for buzz, so they did the smallest one they could think would have a noticeable impact. Halo 3 and the rest of the fall lineup are going to drive a ton of 360 sales regardless, but they'd rather keep the percieved PS3/360 price gap at over $150. I don't think the current pricing scheme ($449 Elite / $399 Halo 3 Special / $349 Premium / $279 Core) makes much sense. It increases the price gap between the Premium and the Elite; it can't cost $50 more to make an Elite, let alone $100. And it reduces the price gap between the Premium and the Core, which doesn't make sense unless they're planning on discontinuing the Core (which they've said they're not), and haven't bundled in a memory unit with the Core or dropped its price to match the $249 Wii.Dave's quick projections1. Sony will start selling 80GB PS3s without MotorStorm for $499 when the 60GB models run out, surprising no one. This will be the second consecutive PS3 'price cut' that didn't actually reduce the price of the cheapest PS3.2. MS will have another round of price cuts later this fall (probably October/November-ish) after the 65nm 'Falcon' 360 internals have completely ramped up. This one will be to $399 Elite / $349 Halo 3 Special / $329 Premium (Closeout) / $249 Core (also packing Viva Pinata or some other kid-oriented or party game and a memory unit in the box).3. By fall 2008, there will be a $399 PS3 model and a $299 Xbox 360 model with an HDMI output and a hard drive.</blockquote>

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