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PS3 price will drop soon, predicts MS News
PlayStation 3 News by Ellie Gibson
Microsoft exec Aaron Greenberg has predicted that Sony will cut the price of PlayStation 3 very soon.
"We absolutely expect the PS3 price drop to happen in the next couple of months," he told Edge.
"We're frankly surprised it's taken this long... I would expect they'd have to move on price, sooner than later, for sure."
Right now the 120GB Xbox Elite carries an RRP of GBP 229.99, while the 80GB PS3 is GBP 299.99. At last year's Leipzig Games Convention, SCEE boss David Reeves told us there would be no price cut "this year" - and as it turned out, he wasn't making it up.
But last year's "this year" has since become last year - now this year's "this year" is fully underway, will there be a price cut this year? No idea, still trying to work out what I've just written.
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Kazzahdrane
06/01/09 @ 16:34
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I for one am waiting for a price drop. I've fancied picking one up for a while but have been turned off by the price and there are still only a handfull of games I consider personal "must haves" so have thus far resisted temptation. Could easily see myself buying one in the first half of the year if the price drops by £50 or so and if there are some good bundles going.
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Glennsterwolf
06/01/09 @ 16:35
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My Xbox 360 keeps breaking and Microsoft renewed my Xbox Live subscription even though I told them not to.
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Wait till the price drops
MS will eat their words I didn't like the PS3 at first, hence why I got the gf to purchase mine and I admit that Playstation network is wank But more and more I am playing my PS3 and using to watch stuff I download from the net etc It's not noisy, it does not break down and you play pretty any movie divx, xvid file you throw at it it the must have for the gadget loving individual If the PS3 was the same price as the 360 would be laughing right now I also love how they big up their sales when the wii is wiping the floor with both of them |
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Petulant_Radish
06/01/09 @ 16:49
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I don’t trust anything that Yahoo say, they are the Zionist oppressors and smell of cheese biscuits. Those TUG ones.
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I waited for a price drop when I got interested in Blu Ray and waiting for some game to truly grab me (over time, some like MGS4 and LBP came very close). Then cheap stand alone Blu Ray players with lots of free movies came along. I got one for half the price of a PS3. Which means it will take an even bigger price drop to make the PS3 attractive to me alongside my 360 and my Blu Ray player.
Sony should have moved sooner. But I don't think they could have afforded to. Wendelius |
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quantumsheep
06/01/09 @ 16:50
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"But last year's "this year" has since become last year - now this year's "this year" is fully underway, will there be a price cut this year? No idea, still trying to work out what I've just written."
Genius :) |
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what??? you guy's dont mind paying for live, for a defective console with lots of PHERIFERIALS with no bluray player and with previous gen hardware, a console that have 0 exclusives given the fact that most of them end up in the pc a few months after... but feel robbed when, for a littl bit more, you can buy a PS3 that have so many more features, better reliability, more durability in the long run, better spec, REAL exclusives, multiplayer for free etc...??
some of us dont have quality standards, that's for sure... |
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To be fair, my personal experience of PSN has been fantastic, and equally good to the bits you pay for with Live (onlinr gaming and video chat).
Pity you have to pay significantly more to get that in the first place. The cost of a couple of years live seperates them, if you're just into the games then it's hardly good value for money. @bluem4gic It was sarcasm, I know they've cut those out, and they're still gits for doing so.
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MasterNameless
06/01/09 @ 17:00
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@Apologie
As ever, you have no idea what you're talking about. You still haven't told us why you're back after you swore to never return. And yes, I'll keep linking this for you, as I know it makes you cry a little inside. XD |
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farticusmaximus
06/01/09 @ 17:04
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"People only buy the Xbox 360 because the PS3 is considered too dear and the Wii has shite software. As soon as they drop the price on the PS3 and get some good games on the Wii then it's all over for Msoft."
Nope. People buy the 360 because it has better games. Simple as. |
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Petulant_Radish
06/01/09 @ 17:07
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Why would anyone say it’s all over for Microsoft if Sony drop their prices? Yes it’s all over for the company whose bank balance no doubt dwarfs Sony’s, and I’m sure that the sizeable chunk that they have taken from what was previously Sony’s pie makes them so sad that they just want to end it all and take their toys back. Silly billy.
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GamesConnoisseur
06/01/09 @ 17:14
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That really a glove thrown onto the ground moment from MS to Sony!! Egging them to cut when MS know very well Sony is hardly in position to afford a drastic price cost after the heavy investment, cost of hardware, and currency exchanges!!
Still we know PS3 will sell bit more should there be a reasonable price cut, but leave it too long and get timing wrong is going to be a problem i believe. So Sony really SHOULD cut this year to make better progress or they ll pay!
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I don't think there is anyone here that wouldn't have come to exactly the same conclusion as Aaron.
(edit) Also, I suspect a price drop will fall when there aren't too many *must have* PS3 titles around so the effect on sales might not be huge. Had they been able to get the hardware cost down in time to cut the price in November to go with the glut of excellent titles they'd have been on to a winner. Shame it didn't/couldn't happen really as I suspect they've missed the boat a tad.
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MasterNameless Wrote - The only thing that annoys me with PSN is that I have so many friends playing on Live it really feels that I'm out of the loop, playing games on a lonely island all to myself, when on my PS3. Only a few friends have PS3's, and they don't play that often.
Well get over to the PSN ID list thread and pop a few of us on there you fool. |
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My GF saw one in a cash converters (through the window I swear, we're not chavs) for £175 so we got it as a cheap blu-ray player.
Haven't actually played a game on it yet and will probably only buy a few (LBP and maybe killzone or resistance). I personally would never get a game on PS3 if I could play it on xbox but there are still a lot of non gamers who think playstation is the better console because of the legacy of it's name so I think it will sell when they drop the price. |
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MasterNameless
06/01/09 @ 17:33
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@kj66246
Yah, that may actually be the best route to go! As most of my work/old college friends have 360's they'll never get a PS3 too for a long long time - not as big gamers as I am unfortunately. :( Btw, I deleted that post as it was kind of a response to miiguel, and felt it was going off-topic. Didn't realise anyone had spotted it! :) |
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justanotherdave
06/01/09 @ 17:33
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Is the ps3 really selling that badly? take a look here .. The 360 has sold more, yes beacuse it was released a year eariler.. but as you can clearly see both consoles seem to be shifting units at pretty much the same rate..
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When i got my ps3 for christmas 2007, i was doubting it after a few months but in my opinion it is getting better. I feel it will overleap xbox by the end of the year, especially if there is a price cut. All in all its completely irrelevant though because the wii is sweeping the floor with both of them. I really wish wii had a quality online service.
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MasterNameless
06/01/09 @ 17:38
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@justanotherdave
I think it's more to do with the fact that Sony had complete dominance over the market with the PS2, so in comparison the PS3 is doing terribly. Ignoring the PS2 though, yeah, it is still very competitive with the 360. That alone though is a huge achievement for MS, considering how badly the Xbox sold compared to the PS2. |
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ms is the only company that comes out and talks like this about the competition. honestly they make the whole thing into a soap opera. just because you say it it doesn't mean it won't happen. deep down you know they're not looking forward to it. they only managed to stay level in sales because they dropped price, in some regions twice.
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justanotherdave
06/01/09 @ 17:55
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@justanotherdave
I think it's more to do with the fact that Sony had complete dominance over the market with the PS2, so in comparison the PS3 is doing terribly. Ignoring the PS2 though, yeah, it is still very competitive with the 360. That alone though is a huge achievement for MS, considering how badly the Xbox sold compared to the PS2. If you look at it in that way then the Wii is this gens playstation. |
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citizenHUNTER
06/01/09 @ 17:57
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I do want a PS3 but I'm in no rush, my priority for now, primarily for the games available for it, is getting a new 60GB 360 since I sold my old one to a mate. Since a price drop is inevtiable I'm gonna wait til that happens, and I'd be happy enough if I could pick up a PS3 and a game for £200, maybe about £220 max, no way am I paying £300 for a console I don't feel like I need other than to play Wipeout HD and GT5 whenever that one appears.
My new 360 will keep me very happy up til then and for as little as £150 these days for the 60GB one I'm laughing. |
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