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To: Marc Newman who wrote (10747)	5/10/1999 1:49:00 AM
From: vc21	Respond to of 14266

Marc, I don't think Sony initiates a price cut. They are going to be taking a big bath on initial PSX 2 shipments so they might as well make any money they can on PSX right now. Notice I said initiates. Nintendo has a strategic card to play here that they might play. Since their machine is so far off, they may lower the price to $99 with nothing to lose just to be a thorn in the side of Sony. Sony is waiting to drop the price to $99 on 9-9-99 (how fitting), the day the Dreamcast is introduced to steal some fire. Just think, if you have neither system and you walk into EBX and you see a Dreamcast with 10 games (if that many) for $199 or a PSX with 100 games (per store) at $99, which are you going to buy? If Nintendo drops at E3, I think Sony has to instantly match. Then again, recent PSX price cuts in Japan show that a similar price drop in the states is imminent. FWIW, Vic