Apparently, Bob Sony has finally received the message. The PS3 is wayyyy too expensive.
CNet has just posted a pic apparently taken from an upcoming K-Mart ad, showing a “new low” Playstation price. 
(Credit: Kmart.com)
Speculation has been rife that Sony would be slashing $100 off the list price, dropping it down to $299, making it competitive with the XBox Elite and only $50 higher than the Wii.
In my opinion, this move should’ve happened at least 6 months ago. Sony seemed to be trying to do everything in its power to make their system irrelevant.
Granted, they basically had the market cornered back in the day with the PS2. In fact PS2 games still sell incredibly well today.
I wouldn’t have thought Bob Sony would be the type to rest on his laurels, but that sure seems to have been the case.
Aside from the multi-platform games, what has the PS3 offered? A Blu-Ray player? Yes, that was a genius move, but prices for mainstream Blu-Ray players have dropped considerably. By all accounts, their user interface, named “Home”, is a piece of junk. The PS3’s proprietary game library is a joke. They’ve been threatened by game companies (EA in particular) that unless they dropped their price point, they’d consider ending development of games for the system (it would appear that Sony has blinked).
Bottom line? Not only is the PS3 third on the video game totem pole, but they’re not even close enough to look up Nintendo and Microsoft’s skirts.
