I don't think it's sensible to reduce prices now if people are paying 50 BTC per Blade. Wait until demand has dried out at that price and adjust prices quickly and aggressively.
You assume that lowering the price will result in the same amount of sales. In reality lowering price usually increases sales as demand and supply match again after changes. Selling 200 blades at 30BTC is more than 100 blades at 50BTC. Another point here is better ROI for buyers, as they are more likely to buy more hardware in the future if they manage to make some BTC. At current prices it's very likely some buyers may not get back their investment which will be disappointing for them and will kill the desire to buy more hardware in the future.
Lowering price in steps dynamically can increase total revenues as opposed to waiting for demand to "dry out". In case of waiting for it to dry out total revenues may plunge to a point where only a handful of blades are sold per week.
Taking into account that producing hardware costs very little, lowering price dynamically in steps according to competition and price trends results in better total revenues.
I'm not saying when and what should be done, I believe they at AM know what to do, this is just a comment for thread readers who speculate AM strategies.
I agree with this. I corrected myself in a subsequent post. ASICMiner should definitely try to maximize profits from hardware sales by executing auctions at regular intervals, to gauge the market price.
But this also depends on how many Blades they can actually manufacture.
In any case, I have faith in friedcat and his team, and that they are aware of this.