60GB PS3 disappearing soon, no price cut for Europe
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jul 13th 2007 11:16AM
posted Jul 13th 2007 11:16AM
It looks like those wanting to get in on that $100 price cut for the 60GB PS3 had better act fast, as it seems that it's going to be a case of once they're gone they're gone. That's according to SCEE President David Reeves, who told GamesIndustry.biz that Sony would no longer be offering the 60GB PS3 in the US once the existing stock runs out -- something he expects to happen "by the end of July." What's more, Sony also revealed that the 60GB PS3 would not be getting a price cut in Europe, but would be getting a new bundle with two games and two controllers for no added cost -- still no word on an 80GB PS3 for Europe though.
Update: Turns out it was all a misunderstanding, and Sony is indeed going to keep the $499 60 gigger going in the US.
Read - GamesIndustry.biz, "No more 60GB PlayStation 3 in US after July, says Reeves"
Read - BBC News, "No price cut for Europe"
Update: Turns out it was all a misunderstanding, and Sony is indeed going to keep the $499 60 gigger going in the US.
Read - GamesIndustry.biz, "No more 60GB PlayStation 3 in US after July, says Reeves"
Read - BBC News, "No price cut for Europe"
HAHA what a fake ass Price cut .. They just scammed everyone into buying a 80GB one for $599 ... thinking it was such a great deal because they are gettin 20 GB for FREE !! ... so the whole $499 price point is just a means to make that happen faster ..
Sounds like they are having a fire sale. $599 for a base system after the 60GB sells out is just too much.
The big reason Sony wants to Dump the 60GB SKU is that it contains the Emotion Engine chipset from the PS2, and the 80 GB SKU won't, it will be pure emulation. Therefore you won't be able to play all your old PS2 games on the new 80GB one. Better buy the 60 GB one now if you ever plan to dump your PS2 for the PS3 in the future. Plus, you can buy a replacement 160GB 2.5in SATA HDD from Newegg for $100.
wow your a genius huh? cause a fire sale is when the company is going bankrupt or their about to be bankrupt so they sell everything really cheap.
This is one of two things from sony, either very cleaver or very stupid. Im inclined to go with the former however.
The PS3 has been static on store shelves, it has had a very simmilar startup to the original Xbox with slow sales to start due to its price above the rest of the competition. The pricecut intices in new customers who have been waiting a month or two for such a change in price. This in itself is a good move for any company, it makes the consumer feel like they "got one over" on the company as they have been "forced" to slash the price by consumers such as themselves refusing to buy at the launch price. It increases sales and is positive for the company, but even then there are still PS3's sitting around gathering dust, so how do you increase sales even more when you have already cut your price? Well, you use the oldest sales trick in the book "there in limited supply, if you dont buy now you may miss out".
Now for those of you who dont take my point i'll put it in a nutshell. By saying the console is in limited supply you increase sales, come the end of the stock sony can then say "Due to high demand for the 60GB SKU we have decided to keep it in production for the moment". The outcome? Sony sell their current stock as fast as possible and make the most money inthe shortest time. Restart production the second you sell out and you never lose out.
I may be wrong and sony may be idiots, but if they arent its a skillful lie, im just wondering how many times sony cancrywolf before people stop trusting them.
Here is the reality. Sony is very smart. They aren't cutting the price of anything really. They will take their loss to get the 60 GB version out the door and replace it with... a console for 599 that costs them basically nothing more to make. The key word should be SALE, not price cut. The extra 20 GB of disk space is so inexpensive its ridiculous. Add to that Motorstorm, a Sony title that wasn't selling good in the first place and viola you have the perfect price cut that won't end up costing much at all.
It is genius, they are pulling a fast one on everyone! Now there are two groups of people that have an outdated PS3.
=o
wait a second, is sony pulling a fast one on us? they claim a price cut, but then discontinue the discounted product? once all the 60gb are gone we'll just be left with another permanent $600 PS3 except this time it has a game and 20gb more, right?
Very sweet Euro deal. It equates to bundling of £110 worth of goodies ($200).
And before the idiots try and tell me that the PS3 is more expensive in the UK, I will give them some math to chew over...
UK Price £425 Inc Tax & EU Import Duties
US Price $499 + Tax + other US taxes (both vary state to state, which I why it's never mentioned)
Take VAT off = £361
Take Eu duty off = £324
Take Motorstorm/Resistance/SixAxis price off = $234
"Like For Like" UK Price = $470 ( $30/£15 less)
Except you DO have to pay the extra taxes and such that those in the US don't. I think a better comparison would be to look at final costs for equal systems:
US = $499 + $160 for games and controllers + 5% sales tax (in general, you don't have to pay anything but sales tax in the US, and 5% is a common tax rate. Of course, if you buy through an online retailer you don't pay taxes at all.)
Total is ~$692
Using you starting number for the UK of 425 pounds, you get roughly $850.
So its still more expensive abroad. If the games bundled are what you want though, it doesn't seem like a terrible sale.
No he is right, you should be comparing the pre-tax and duties UK price to the pre-tax and duties US price. Why should any electronics manufacturer have to absorb a european tarriff as part of their product cost and not pass it on to the consumer ? Sorry but if you have an issue with import tarrifs then that is something that needs to be taken up with european politicians.
Europe is a high tax and tarriff society, by choice. Don't blame foreign manufacturers for the resulting higher cost of living.
A store in Finland is starting sale of the 60GB units tmrw (July 14th) for 699euro packaged with Resistance and MotorStorm and extra controller.....but IMO, best place on earth to get these is still in HK!!!
Wow, what a shady move. I'm never buying another Sony product again, even if they do eventually solve their quality problems. Bunch of snakes.
oh no, without your business, sony is finished. i guess it was a big mistake for them to make a move that you disapproved of :-(
I think it's more than just him disapproving of the fake price cut.
Never buy a SONY product again ? ... Guess you do not want to best HDTVs made , SXRD is amazing
Not to mention that his sentiments are shared among quite a few unspoken consumers.
From day one, blu-ray has only weighed against my decision. I barely collect regular lo-def DVDs as it is. Why would I spend an extra 300 on what should be a game system to be able to play the discs I'll never buy?
Not only that, but an extra 20GB should've only tacked on $10 to the lower end model, so that included game definitely isn't free.
Is everyone here either an idiot or a troll?
Read the Sony E3 transcript... the focus was clearly on the 80GB model, the 60gb discounted model was played down.
Nothing unusual here. If you want a PS3 for $100 less, then get in there quick...
about the sxrd comment, JVC also makes lcos tvs which is what sxrd is.
Nah, no idiots or trolls.. Just people with an honest opinion that want to love Sony, but they're making it hard for us.
@TECHHEAD
No, the problem is when a price cut is announced, people expect a price cut. Traditionally an announced price cut on a console system means a permanant price reduction on a console that's gonna stay in production for some time to come (even years). All sony did was a clearance on a model they are gonna phase out in a month and announced it as a "Price cut on PS3!!!!!!" Then turn around and make the replacment model the exact same price as the original. All smoke and mirrors and a poor move by sony in my opinion. Also, it seems you have a history in this thread of calling anyone who doesn't agree with you a "troll"....whatever.
to the IDIOT saying no to blu ray:
Guess you like the idea of 10 DVDs for a single game, right? because i can tell you, there is more than 4.7 (and even 9.4) gigabytes being used on those GAME discs. I am so sock and tired of that "I dont want the extra cost of blu ray" argument.
if you dont want blu ray, go back to wolfenstein 3D with your 6 floppies. DVD was expensive too, you must not have wanted that either. you would have rather had to put in the 13 CDs to play GTA:SA right?
i got mine yesterday.
overall im very impressed!!!! what other OS can i install??? i notice theres an option to partition for one. if you did, i guess the OS takes adavantage of all 8cores for a super dooper fast computer??
im not buying any games, i will just rent them.
Linux, Fedora, Gentoo, Yellowdog or Ubuntu.
Take your choice.
Right. Enjoy limited supply of 60GB PS3 until the end of July, then get screwed over when they make the new SKU $499 as soon as they run out. Excellent strategy, Sony. I'm going to go play Wii sports.
may be the current 60GB will never sell out, so this price cut is permanent.
"On August 1st Sony will return to selling only 1 SKU of the PS3 in the U.S. (the 80GB version for $599)." - Joystiq
I bet the red light on the controller is fake too!
Even with the "price cut" my local Target hasn't sold the 4 units that they've had for the past 3 or 4 months.
I smell a troll.
1. how do you know it's the same 4 units? Have you somehow marked all 4 of them?
2. Is your store different to all the others? as most stores are selling $499 PS3's is massive quantities since the price cut..
1. I shop there at least once a week and always stroll by the gaming department. The PS3 boxes even have a thin layer of dust and the section is always empty (no one there - everyone is at the Wii/360 section). Who knows, they might sell out every week and just keep stockin' em by the time I make it back there the following week, and somehow the boxes always have dust on them but I'm going to go ahead and assume that they are the same PS3 boxes from a few months back.
2.I can't remember the last time I saw a PS3 out of stock, no matter where I go, fake price cuts or not.
I smell a fan boy.
I smell a sitcom pilot.
The Troll and the Fanboy, coming soon to a Youtube near you.
Clearly announced after Jack Trenton did his rounds on CNN and G4 to avoid answering "Why is Sony such a peice of shit? Are you really that concerned that Nintendo posted higher profits than your entire company, all divisions? No? This has nothing to do with that? Maybe it should."
Say goodnight Sony. After this debacle I'm very, very close to trading in my PS3 for an actual Blu-Ray player.
You do realize that blu-ray is a Sony technology? So you'd still be supporting Sony, so even if you don't support the PS3 end of things, you are still tossing your money at them.
I think I'm done with Sony products at this point
Niiice. The one move Sony could have made to help their PS3 sales was doing a permanent price cut, and they can't even do that right. Microsoft may or may not be cutting 360 prices in the relatively near future, which would boost their already-significant lead over Sony in the next-gen department, and the Wii is already far cheaper and better-selling than either the 360 or PS3.
I had faith that Sony was going to pull ahead with this, especially considering the Wii's continual "sold out" status, but they just buried themselves with this announcement, at least for this year.
For such a successful company Sony sure is run by a bunch of IDIOTS!!!!! Your showing at E3 was great, good games are in the pipeline, the price drop is pushing units...and you kill it all with this.
They probably could've gotten away with shaftin' us and sellin' off the 60gb PS3 and only having the 80 gb available and pulled a Nintendo saying..."production issues aren't allowin us to produce enough 60gb to meet demand." Now thanks to Oprah here that won't be happening.
How long you guys think this guy is keepin his job. He probably just cost these guys MILLIONS!
Woot good for us comsumers though! :-)
Frick and I just started to love Sony again. *cocks gun* all right, who told them they were making people happy?!?! You know how Sony hates that! *runs to grab a 60gig*
Bachus: "once all the 60gb are gone we'll just be left with another permanent $600 PS3 except this time it has a game and 20gb more, right?"
You left out reduced backwards compatibility due to the removal of the emotion engine.
So Sony flushes out remaining sticks of a product that was not selling and that they could not afford to keep making, replaces it with a cheaper-to-make product with a key functional downgrade at the same old price, and receives widespread coverage calling it a major price cut. Quite a PR coup.
Very good point!
Someone needs to make a timeline of some sort showing the ups and downs PS3 pricing and bundles, and compare it to Nintendo (flat line) and Microsoft (waggly weird line with new SKUS randomly)
Amen.
Wow, what a stupid move.
sweet sony put on the worlds most talked about blue light clearance special.
I would bet that after the 60GB's sell out at $599, the 80GB w/game will be priced at $599.
umm, the 60gb ones are selling for $499, the 80gb for $599 as it stands
The PS3 debuted at $499. After they sell out the 60gig units, people will only be able to purchase the PS3 for $599. Disregarding the "extras" they force you to buy, this is actually a $100 INCREASE in price.
The 20GB PS3 debuted at $499 and the 60GB at $599. Then they stopped selling the 20GB version. Then the 60GB version was cut to $499 with the 80GB coming in at $599. So essentially, the price of the PS3's elite version has consistently stayed at $599. So unless you're talking about the increase from the bottom version to the top, then there hasn't been a price increase at all. In fact with the inclusions it comes out to be more bang for your buck.
Now, that's a smart comment, if I ever heard one...
by the way, that was in a sarcastic tone, if you couldn't tell...
What? No it didn't. They just cut it last week to $499.
Look when the PS3 first came out, you could buy it for $499. Once they sell out of the $499 60gig units, and all thats left is the $599 SKU, the least you can spend to buy a PS3 will be $599.
It's not complicated.
Last year if I wanted a PS3 I could have one for $499.
Come "the end of July", I will have to spend $599 a PS3.
See?
And talking about "more bang for your buck" is ridiculous. With the $599 SKU, you are losing hardware PS2 emulation, so there wont be full compatibility with all the PS2 games. You get 60gigs more hard drive space, wow, the retail rate for a 400 gig hard drive is under $100, and and a bundled game that you may or may not want. If you think this is a deal you're an idiot. Sony is charging you more and giving you less for your money.
You people are a bunch of numb nuts. A price cut is a price cut. You're getting the current system for $100 less. If Sony chooses to discontinue the 60gb model, then for $599 you're still getting more than you did before.
Stop whining about the price. Gadgets are expensive, and if you can't afford it you shouldn't be on gadget blogs in the first place.
You're off the point. Most of us bitching here WANT Sony to be good again, so we can go back to buying the great products they used to make. Their quality may have improved again back to what it was, but their consumer relations is still foundering.
I have plenty of money to buy one to go with the rest of my toys, but like so many others here, I'm annoyed by what I believe to be a insulting marketing ploy by Sony. Had they said something like "We're discontinuing the 60GB model, and lowering the prices on the ones already in the pipeline." Then, they would have appeared honest, and that would have not have annoyed all of us. Sony's on some well deserved shaky ground thanks to that rook-kit business, so they should err on the side of more honesty than less. IMHO, that would have the same sales boosting effect that this poor marketing decision was designed to generate.
Lol, god you're all a bunch of whinging little pussies. Don't like it? Okay so what -- tell your grandma.
weirdo
Ah yes, I remember another popular electronic device's 60 gig model being phased out in favor of a replacement 80 gig drive. Do you remember which one?
First, it's not like Apple discontinued all the cheaper iPods except for the 80gb version.
Second, since when is the PS3 a "popular electronic device"?
But that product with a 60GB HDD didn't have a $100 price cut did it?
Hmmmm.........
iPod?????
Well we know how successful that is.....
So are we all going to buy 60GB versions and keep them unopened as collectors items?
Sony is not going to phase out the 60 GB according to this report.
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6427&Itemid=2
I hope this is just euorpe talking crap
Seriously.. a 20GB hard drive and a game that probably cost ~$2 to press. Turning $12 into $100 is quite a marketing feat. It just makes me wonder how much cheaper the rest of the components became since launch that they're "making up development costs" with.
They wouldn't need to compensate for development costs if they had just stick with making a game system instead of some mega device I'll need two jobs to afford and never have time to play. It's cool I guess, for that much cash the thing better play with itself - so long as it doesn't mess on my rug.
It really makes me ponder if this will be sony's strategy for the next 2-3 years: release a "better" model with about $15 of upgrades (minus the steadily declining cost of parts) to keep the $600 price point, eventually making windfall profits after a year or two because they're selling us a $200 worth of parts for three times the price.
I wish Sony loved themselves more than their arrogance makes them appear to.
They should've pulled a Steve Jobs and announced replaced the 60GB with the 80GB overnight and kept the same $599.00 price or reduced it to $549.99 or something. They should've performed a magical dissappearing act on the 60GB like Apple has done with it's many products when it introduces new ones. No discount, no sale. Just get them out of the stores immediately. This would've looked a lot better and at least they wouldn't have been the first ones to pull a stunt like that. But no! Announce a price drop on your top end model, then discontinue it. Do all this within one work week? What assholes! I hope they would at least lower the price of the 80GB model because right now +20GB and an old-ass game should not be helping people decide whether or not to buy the PS3 for the same price as always. Or, they could include a more recent game like Transformers or whatever else Sony has that's recent. Or even, what about two games, also throw in that Ninja Gaiden or something else or even an extra controller.
Throwing Motorstorm in now seems like if the Wii had never released wii sports with the console, and suddenly bundled it in later, and called it free.
Or, if the Wii suddenly came packaged with excite truck and an SD card but cost $350
Somehow 20GB and Motorstorm does not equal $100 to me.
Well I guess that makes my decision for buying a console for GTA IV easier.
Thanks again Sony!
Someone quick grab that noose from So... oops... too late. Goodbye cruel Sony.
Denied by SCEA already:
http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6427&Itemid=2
What the heck is everyone crying about. If you want a Ps3 here's your chance!! They are providing you an incentive to get the emotion engine version of the Ps3 for a Benjamin less. Looks like it has definitely spurred sales because the Ps3 console is now outselling the Wii since the announcement was made. A blow to all these fake Microsoft employees posing as engadget posters. Ps3 on the rise!!!!
@TECHHEAD
No, the problem is when a price cut is announced, people expect a price cut. Traditionally an announced price cut on a console system means a permanant price reduction on a console that's gonna stay in production for some time to come (even years). All sony did was a clearance on a model they are gonna phase out in a month and announced it as a "Price cut on PS3!!!!!!" Then turn around and make the replacment model the exact same price as the original. All smoke and mirrors and a poor move by sony in my opinion. Also, it seems you have a history in this thread of calling anyone who doesn't agree with you a "troll"....whatever.
You're a troll!!
(Sorry, just beating him to the punch.)
Well there is another way this can be interpreted.
We will no longer have any 60GB 95nm units available.
If I could I would underline the 95nm.
They would have to have two units out at least, maybe they will release a 120GB model and reduce the price on the 80GB?
Lets watch and see.
Hey check this out Xbox 360 is getting a $100 price cut on ALL SKUs (RUMOR)! This is real pressure for Sony so I really doubt theyre stupid enough to keep the ps3 at $600 so my guess is they will sell the 80GB for $499 once the 60GB is phased out or this is just europe bullshit.
Its $499 or nothing sony... and maybe another price cut by end of the year.
Heres the Rumor Link:
http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=18915
Wait a second...
Ahahahahahahahahaha
Ok, now that I got that out of the way, does Sony REALLY think we, the customers, are that stupid? They must be if they go through with this.
If they actually do get rid of the 60 GB version that would have to be among the fastest of any 'successful'game system to have its launch SKU's no longer available.
End of July? I guess you people think Sony will sell 500k of these in 1 month. hahahah. I expect there to be 60gb ps3s through September.
Seems all this talk of the 60GB PS3 going anywhere sometime soon, is total BS straight from the gutter press misquotes handbook.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/
"One quick thing before I head to the show for the last day. I just wanted to clarify something. I’ve seen a lot of posts this morning related to the 60GB SKU and the comments by SCEE President David Reeves. As we announced this week, SCEA’s product offering in North America consists of a 80GB PS3 available in August and a 60GB PS3 available now for $499. We will have ample supplies of both models to meet the needs of consumers for the foreseeable future."
Either way, if you want one, go buy one for $499, as according to the Xbots, there are "loads sitting on the shelves gathering dust" if not, STFU...
they have supply, he never did deny that they were discontinuing production. So like the exec said, once they are gone... they are gone. That statement had vauge terms all over it and does not deny anything. Something's fishy....
this isnt really a shady move on sony its a smart move cause the basic units are still gonna be 100 of and so are the 80gb units looking at the numbers with out the price cut i could have seen sony charging like at least maybe $700 for the 80gb and do you realize how much cash sony is losing on every ps3 and selling an 80gb PS3 for $600 isnt gonna help their trying to get more ps3 out to the people so they might start making money on them because most the money will come from the game sales and accessorys seeing that sony is losing a boat load on the consoles them selves
But, how long can those parts stay at $800 if our technological advances are exponential? Last year, laptop ads in the paper dropped to half their price - what's to say that the parts that make a ps3 don't as well. Especially since they're much of the same.
They cut out $100 from production, throw $15 back on, and charge $100.
But, there's still figures we don't know. For all we know, the actual cost of parts might have dropped to $600 by this time and they're breaking even. It could cost $400 to pull together parts that would seem lame by late 2008 standards (8-core processor? 1TB drive standard?). And I bet you Sony will still have a $600 model - probably with a 100GB drive that costs them the same amount, if not less, than the cost of a 60GB today.
Losing money on consoles is a starting strategy analogous to Walmart buying massive quantities of wholesale goods so that they can price the same value below competitors - you take a risk in the hopes that people will pony up and pay off your debt. But, assuming they do, by round two you'll be well off. Sony's doing this, but inverse, they stack value hoping people pay the price. The problem, is conflicting values it seems.
However, Sony is lucky in the sense that even if people don't buy it immediately, the cost of manufacturing drops consistently. Which, is likely why they have a two system, 10-year life cycle. By the time, Ps3 is in Ps2's old age, they'll be whipping em out for $89/unit and charging at least $249.
This is rather low of Sony to do. And, also, isn't this considered a "bait-and-switch" tactic? Lure consumers into buying the lower priced 60 GB model then stop production on it completely? Then, when there are no more 60 GB models, consumers will have no other choice but to pony up another $100 USD for the 80 GB model sans the hardware compatibility for PS2. It is a shady and deceitful tactic by Sony. And, many consumers were hoping that there would truly be a price reduction on this system, but there truly isn't after this July.
What has Sony brought upon themselves?
http://atvs.vg.no/player/?id=10235
Watch the interview 60gig no longer in production.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/13/sony-says-60gb-is-not-over-in-us/
Hey can you guys finally admit, that you love to hate sony? geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!!! Yeah, they've made stupid errors.. but you guys are RIDICULOUS!! They make quality products (imo) and i buy them. You guys (whether you are or not) sound like fanboys on a smear campaign. A papparazzi with your mouse ready to copy and paste the very next juicy something to spread the word on how effed up sony is. Granted they made mistakes, and you can question their strategy if you like. I feel that they have the best console of the generation, and in time we will all remember that its a playstation world. Remember, sony already controlled our living rooms :-P
Yeah, and look at Atrac-3, overpriced memory sticks, beta? I grew up in a VHS world with an NES long before your 'playstation world' came along.
I don't think most people are here to smear Sony because they are fanboys of other systems. I think Sony is just dissapointing their past customers (I own and play a PS2 system) by the pricing on their new system, the bad decisions made regarding "Price cuts", etc. I think more are voicing out of frustration than anything. I'm not gonna buy a 60gb PS3 right now because of the lack of quality games, however, 6 months to a year from now when good games are hitting the shelves I want there to be a lower price alternative ps3 product. I refuse to spend more than 400 on a console system....I can afford to , but I'm just not going to.....it's just a personal limit I have set.
@Emceay, I am afraid I do not really follow your point, other than you think im young. All I had meant was that while the verdict is still out for this current generation of consoles, I still consider sony the front runner. They've gotten off to quite a rocky start, but the fight has just begun.
@jd, very intelligent post. Again, the Ps3 IS expensive, and rightfully so. It offers so much more than the competition there is no comparison. Having said that... should Sony have a) put out a product of lesser quality. or b) waited even longer to release its system so our pockets and lusts could catch up with its vision? A tough one indeed. As a person who is neither financial comfortable, nor poor, I can understand what people say as they moan and complain about the price of the system. As a geeky, technical gadget guy, I dont understand why people are complaining for getting a deal on the technology bundle they get (YES ITS A DEAL)
Anyhoo, my point really was "wow look at all these people jump on a post and blast the hell out of sony for no apparent reason as the post wasnt even true."
@mo
I understand what you're saying....and yes, the ps3 is a "ferrari" of the console systems (speed and price comparison). But right now it just feels like a ferrari that can only sit in your driveway (lack of good games). I guess the bottom line is I'm not willing to pay the "price of admission" so to speak for the ps3 at 500 bucks.
I am wrong that they stopped selling the 20 GB model as well. Does that only leave the 80GB
this story was debunked hours ago.
According to this it's true
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26704
You have any links stating otherwise? Not being a jerk just wondered if you have seen any official info saying the 60gb is not going away.
anyone want to buy a 3do?
Goldstar or Panasonic?
WTF? Why would they take the $500 60GB away!? It's the reason the ps3 has been selling so freaking well in the past few days (sold out on amazon) If they do that, the sales will just return to what they've been in the past 2 months! Instantly!
But we should wait till some guy from SCEA confirms it as well...
Dylan, I think you are totally right. I feel compelled to buy a 60GB PS3 now because I want to be able to know that my PS1/PS2 games will play and save $100. But right now I don't have the $499 to spend and that make me sad. I've seen many similarities with what Sony is doing now and what Apple has been doing for a while. They continue to make their products better and have to price to be competative without going broke. Sony is bleeding money on the PS3 like a mortal wound while Microsoft has so much money that the same amount is like a papercut. The market is very competative, and I think Sony is doing the smart thing.
Now I bet Microsoft is breathing a sigh of relief, I'm sure the announcement that Sony was cutting its price for the PS3 had them really worried about their market position, but now Microsoft has plenty of time to get its house back in order and come in with a price cut directly before/after the release of Halo 3 of which they are putting their entire focus on at the moment.
Its really too bad for Sony, they could have really changed their fortunes by kicking microsoft when they're down with all this controversy over broken systems/scratched disks.Unfortunately they are too focused on their blu-ray business model.
TBH if I was to make a product I am goin to sell it at whatever price I want..and ill cut prices or discontinue models whenever I want, too. I see it like this if you want a product then buy it. If u bought it and dont like it u can always return it or sell it. If u feel like ur gettin jipped then dont spend ur money on it and go buy the competitors product. So I think all the negative comments on Sony for their latest action is uncalled for and immature. I mean honestly unless u r the CFO for SCEA how do u even kno if its a stupid move or not when u dont even have all of the facts???
No suprise. I thought the end of July was a bit soon but I knew they would be gone well before the holiday season starts. If you do manage to get a PS3 with the emotion engine like I did, it will definately be a collectors item. Even more so once the 80GB non EE has long since gone and they start producing a flimsy slimline version out of matte plastic with a flip top Blu-Ray drive.
What a bargain! I just grabbed a 250G WD 5400RPM sata notebook drive and replaced my 60GB one. Try that on a 360 (gee, you is limited to 120GB).
Terrible, looks ugly too, why have I had such bad experience with sony?? I don't know, I hate the TV's as I bought one then had it replaced with a new one because it gave me problems the second time again, then sony said we will repair it, i said i want a new one, but they insisted on repairing it? are they stupid? I played the ps3 too, I see nothing special about it, got a 360 now, no problems here and a Samsung Tv both working fine. Forget Sony alot hype and promises. stop making rubbish.
It sounds like a lot of people are just angry they got burnt for spending $600 for the PS3 in the first place. I think the price cut is a great way to move a product. People just weren't buying after the initial launch. While I do admit that the titles are a bit stale and most of the games are just beginning to tap into the potential the PS3 has to offer. Upcoming games should make the system worth the dollars. I myself was excited to hear about the price drop seeing as how my wife said I couldn't get one until the price dropped. 1 Week later the price dropped. Yeah for ME!!!