Sony drops price of current 60 GB PlayStation 3 console by $ 100 in U.S. PS3 still costs twice that of Nintendo 's best - selling Wii console , which is $ 250 . and Wii have outsold the PS3 by several times in the crucial U.S. market , leaving Sony , whose PlayStation 2 dominated the last console generation , in the unfamiliar position of playing catch up . Some expect Microsoft to continue with its first price cut on the Xbox 360 . Sony to revise PS3 console with bigger 80 GB hard drive .
Sony drops price of current 60 GB PlayStation 3 console by $ 100 in U.S. PS3 still costs twice that of Nintendo 's best - selling Wii console , which is $ 250 . Some expect Microsoft to continue with its first price cut on the Xbox 360 . Sony to revise PS3 console with bigger 80 GB hard drive .