ps3 question

No idea when but I really doubt if it will go down in price anytime soon. You can probably expect for its price reduction a few months after the release of great titles like Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, GTA, etc.

Sony officially unveiled the PlayStation 3 to the public on May 16, 2005 during an E3 conference. A functional version of the console was not present at E3 2005 nor the Tokyo Game Show in September 2005, although at both events demonstrations were held on devkits (e.g. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) and comparable PC hardware, and video footage based on the predicted PS3 specifications was also shown (e.g. Mobile Suit Gundam).[9] It was not until E3 2006 that games were shown on actual PlayStation 3 systems. At E3 2005, Sony claimed the PlayStation 3 would have two HDMI and three Ethernet ports, which were later reduced to one of each; the memory speed of the GPU was reduced from 700 MHz to 650 MHz, the network ports cut from three to one; the USB ports cut from six to four; and the support to games running at 120 fps (frames per second) is nowhere to be found. However, it has many more functions than its two main competitors, the Wii and Xbox 360, which do not have built-in next-gen disc players or HDMI ports at all. 120 fps is expected to come with later versions, once costs have been cut. [10] The reductions in the numbers of HDMI and Ethernet ports were most likely done to cut costs.[11] In preparation for launch, Sony demonstrated 27 playable PS3 titles during the Tokyo Game Show in September 2006 on final hardware