PS3 price cuts appear in print, must be real (update: 'new exciting Playstation 3')
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Aug 18th 2009 4:20AM
posted Aug 18th 2009 4:20AM
Update: Kmart is now in on the action with a front-page ad (pictured above) that says the "rumors are reality" and then promises linked details about "new low price and a new exciting Playstation 3." Unfortunately, the link isn't populated with the new prices or the new model yet but we'll keep digging.
[Thanks, Jeremy23j and Daniel]
Read -- FYE poster
Read -- Kmart ad
Read -- Kmart home page (wait for ad to cycle)
It's already 299$ in too many places, the question is where is the PS3 SLIM!
where would it be $299?
Too many, for example look at this ad from kmart http://c.kmart.com/081320/ue/home/Kmart-HP_081809_liq_SL1.jpg
They even say NEW PS3 in the ad + lowered price
Engadget is too slow ;p i posted the ad before them lol but as i said price drop is coming
Sony have a conference today too I'm sure that they will reveal slim+price drop on it
look i'm the one who inform the engadget
Watch them not advertise this price drop. Seriously Sony needs to fire their marketing team, it sucks!
it sounds like there's probably not enough units left to sell for it to be financially viable to advertise it.
also the fact that they're already making a loss on every PS3 sold, so paying for marketing would cost more.
the retailers will advertise it anyways...
They're not selling it at a loss.. look here:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/31/ps3-manufacturing-costs-down-70-percent-strange-it-doesnt-fee/
Well, maybe it's time to have one lol
yeah I know about that, but I don't reckon they've been building them at that cost for very long and there's still probably ones on the shelf built at a loss.
besides, there'd probably be way more PS3's built at a loss than ones built at a profit.
Looks like I mite be picking up a PS3 soon... Only $50 more than the PSP GO
PSP go is a joke. Looks like Sony isn't trying to compete with Nintendo or Apple. Apple already has some awesome games on the iPhone/iPopd and more coming to it. Games like MGS RE4 and many more too bad Nintendo is still trying to please grandma. Wii could of had those game on the DS/DSi!
Here ya go..
the moment some of you guys are waiting for.
See you guys in PSN soon I guess ?
;)
hopefully with all those new PS3's out there, PSN will be able to keep up with the demand.
I don't get it. Why would someone not buy the PS3 slim over the phat PS3, if the rumors are true and both are $299?
1. The slim will obviously be priced at something like $399 or more.
2. Some if not most people ain't loving the rumored PS3 Slim chasis.
3. 'Slim' doesn't exactly mean it'll be better. Look at the PS2. ;)
Anyway, we still have no idea on what's new on the PS3 Slim, so..
;)
Well, I do agree that slim isn't always better. I actually love the way my awesome, behemoth, beast PS3 is. But I don't see why it would be more expensive, unless it has the elusive backwards compatibility.
OH YEAH! FINALLY!
i just hope is not too little to late for sony ps3 slim or not
Its probably too late for the slim, no point for a slim ps3 unless the price is cheaper
I found a advert on kmart.com website and sent it to kotaku they verified it and put it on their website so engadget check it out, it mentions the rumors being true and a new exciting ps3 but clicking it just takes you to the old ones at the old prices.
I really hope this price drop happens. If it does I'm buying a PS3, if not all the money goes to bills.
Bills? Pussy
Why are you people still up, it's 3 in the morning???
I could ask you the same thing.
US =/= Whole World.
;)
@xValentine
Nice I agree completely :)
moreover, LA is not NY, ATX is not ATL, etc....
lol
http://c.kmart.com/081320/ue/home/Kmart-HP_081809_liq_SL1.jpg
But the pic is of the phatty ps3
wow, i'm really interested with this ...
bundle it in with uncharted 2 when it drops and i'll be interested. only ps3 exclusive game worth mentioning if u a 360 goon
@Davedrastic My mother doesn't want me to get a PS3. She's the anti everything technology type of person. I made a deal with her that if it goes down, I'm going to buy the PS3, and if it doesn't I'll pay off my cars insurance for a couple months. It sucks.
Yeah I was only kidding. I'm on a very tight budget but if there is a Slim and a price drop i'll be throwing caution to the wind myself
Maybe it's just psychological for me, but it seems really early to be announcing a PS3 Slim when they haven't even gotten the original PS3 down to a viable price point for most people. If the PS3 Slim doesn't come with a price cut equal to ... well, this, it will be a missed opportunity.
Yeah it doesn't seem a foregone conclusion that we'll see a Slim and a price cut, still we can but hope. It does look like a price cut is here for the US at least, and the Slim surely can't be that far off, after all the evidence we've seen of it so far. Perhaps Sony will announce it now but not due to release for a while, or perhaps will keep the same price. I reckon announce the Slim now for imminent release at the same price is quite likely.
This has been out for a week already. It's a nice price drop but it puts the prospect of a cheaper slim PS3 in doubt. Come tomorrow Sony will anounce something.
tomorrow?? how about today?? lol
It's really annoying: people whine for months for a $100 price cut and then go on a shopping spree, spending several hundreds of dollars in lousy software.
uh what
if the slim gets any new features I might trade my current ps3 for it, like wireless n , backward compatibility ,
Seeing this has me a little concerned.. The price drop for the 80gb PS3 will be $299, but it seems more likely that the PS3 Slim will be $399....
will this just happen so all the ps3 enthusiasts will finally stop saying "when the price cuts come, the ps3 will outsell the 360." I just want it to happen so i can enjoy my 360 in peace and in wait for the 720...
i'm pretty interested to see how much sales boost tho, i can't really imagine there is THAT big of a crowd that has been waiting for a $100 price decrease (i mean really, what is $100 if you really want a ps3 that bad?), but i could be totally wrong...
I really have been seeing around many blogs, news sites etc, many people saying that if this price drop is real, they will put out and buy a PS3. You have to see that 100€/100 $ is nice to save on a console like this.
Many parent migth actually consider buying the PS3 now for their kids. I've heard from a friend who works in retailer FNAC that, in many stores, parents with little kids are coming to the counters asking when will the PS3 price drop. This was about 2 weeks ago. Seeing this migth actually turn the tables for Sony.
I was going to buy a PS3 at the end of the month, but now im just waiting to see where this leads
its an ASSLOAD of people....watch the floodgates open and the PS3 outsell the 360 until MS cuts their price as well
But Microsoft already have announced that Elite Price will drop from 399$ to 299$ starting August 31
ummmm where the link for that?? I know I seen the scans or whatever.....but not an official confirmation....hell why would they announce a cut a week ahead of time hurting sells??
I wish they would just cut the shit and announce the PS3 Slim and 'better late than never' price cuts already.
It isn't like they'd be missing out on a lot of sales right now by letting people know about it. The damned thing isn't exactly flying off shelves as is.
Anybody that *would* be buying it now knows something is up and a price cut at the very least is imminent.
Hmmm. I work at a Kmart as the Electronics DM. We still have the 80 at 399 and the 160 at 499. Maybe I'm behind on my price corrections..... Orrrrr they just haven't let us in on the secret yet..
it's ok man...we feel your pain
just do yourself a favor though and when you go to pick up on the ladies lie to them and tell them that you're a doctor or something...that way you have a small chance of scoring
At last. My desire of "when I see it selling in Kmart..." is here as verification on a product at Engadget.
Everyone knows Kmart means business, and if it's in Kmart it's not in some hobbyist's or PR speaking of future prospects. Pah to future and yah to now!
Kmart means business.
Now bring on the PS3 slim - with verification pictures of it selling in Kmart :)
I think there could be a very big demand for a $100 price cut.For some that extra $100 could be a weeks worth of groversy or gas etc.For others it could be some just don't want to pay the extra $100.
Cool, I guess. But I just paid the $500 for a PS3 a couple months ago. It kinda makes me miss the days when companies would only make one version of their consoles. Anyway, if this new slim PS3 turns out to be backwards compatible with PS2 games, then I'll really be cheesed off.
Where'd you buy it from? Package it up and return it if possible.
I would love to know the opinion of some "experts" about this:
The PS3 Slim has less USB ports, the eject buttons is just a "press" button, not like the actual PS and not sure if anything else was changed. I would like to buy it, but I'm not sure which one I should buy, I don't care about 100$, I would like to buy a nice console, and not a "slimmed" with lack of features.
Thanks for your help, to all!
I wouldn't care if it had two less USB ports. It might even have backwards compatibility. If most of the rumors are right, it should a $100 dollars less. And if your going to miss the sd card readers, just buy one (they are really cheap, starting around ten bucks) and plug it in.
And I don't care if the eject "button" is now an actual "horrid" button. And last but not least I want you make a video of you flushing a hundred dollars down the toilet.
@Kehyu
0 USB ports?
after so much time since ps3 came out, i'm thinking in buying one for the first time... if someone added a modchip to the deal and I don't think twice
i hope they wont do the same thing as what microsoft did with the 360 elite... straight after i got my Pro they lowered the price of the elite and the elite is more powerful! Still, im growing out of games, so im not interested
[erect flame sheild]
Eh, I'm still gonna get a Xbox 360, first. Not many games I want on the PS3 that's not already on the 360.