Activision Threatens To Stop Supporting PS3

Probably the main thing that makes the PS3 so expensive is the Blu-Ray player. Soon, the Xbox is going to get the Zune marketplace with eliminates the need for discs as everything will be streaming in full 1080p HD. Really, I never thought the Ps3 would do good. I don't even believe it had a "good start" from launch and I doubt it's going to end very nicely.

A price drop would make me happy as I'm going to end up getting a Ps3 for a few exclusives. Uncharted, God of War 3. Maybe a few others.

With this, it shows that a price drop for the Ps3 and the Wii could be a high possibility for this coming holiday season.

[Xbox 360 Arcade ($200) -> Nintendo Wii ($250) -> Xbox 360 Pro ($300) -> Xbox 360 Elite ($400)/Playstation 3 ($400)]

Executives at major retailer GameStop have weighed in with their console predictions for the remainder of 2009, expecting both PlayStation and Wii to receive a meaningful price cut before the year is out.

That's according to a research note from analyst Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee, following a meeting with key GameStop executives. As reported by Gamasutra, GameStop cites the slowing of sales for both Nintendo and Sony's consoles, with PlayStation 3 in most urgent need of attention.

Previously, Bhatia has predicted that PS3 might lose up to 100 USD of its current price point alongside the release of EA's Madden NFL 10 in August.

With growing pressure from the games industry to slash the price of the PlayStation 3 - most recently from Activision CEO Bobby Kotick who questioned his company's continued support of Sony's machine in the light of a probable attach rate tumble - we doubt we've heard the last of the issue yet.