Sony Reveals PS3 Slim, Drops PS3 Prices to $299
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$299 USD in the U.S maybe.
PS3 slim here in Europe is 360 Euros - which equals around $500 USD.
As always - we Europeans get fucked hard in the arse by the videogame industry.
PS3 slim here in Europe is 360 Euros - which equals around $500 USD.
As always - we Europeans get fucked hard in the arse by the videogame industry.
I'd be more impressed if Sony announced some exclusive AAA games that were actually worth playing.
Sweet. Once I get a job (I'm working on it), I am so buying one.
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...Dude, it's the same price as a Wii and a game. Stop being so greedy. Seriously, considering they are dropping prices about $100-$200, you should be grateful, not tell them to drop it even more.dorm41baggins said:
So, who smells a plane crash...(I know...bad joke)
But yeah, nice screw-up by Sony...never would've seen it coming.
But yeah, nice screw-up by Sony...never would've seen it coming.
for Australian residents
Has anyone actually noticed the price cut here? i mean aside from retailers advertising slims at $499 AUD ($414 USD), but nobody seems to have cut the prices of 80gbs at all on older models to the new price cut $361 AUD (299 USD), too soon to tell? mind you i've only browsed a couple of online stores, I figured retailers would have already gotten the hint on this so they could cut prices asap. I guess the aftermath hasn't arrived quite yet.
I should have waited, since i only bought one a month ago, and i even have a Bravia to take advantage of the sync. QQ...
Has anyone actually noticed the price cut here? i mean aside from retailers advertising slims at $499 AUD ($414 USD), but nobody seems to have cut the prices of 80gbs at all on older models to the new price cut $361 AUD (299 USD), too soon to tell? mind you i've only browsed a couple of online stores, I figured retailers would have already gotten the hint on this so they could cut prices asap. I guess the aftermath hasn't arrived quite yet.
Doesn't seem as quite as bad here.CyberAkuma said:
I should have waited, since i only bought one a month ago, and i even have a Bravia to take advantage of the sync. QQ...
Ew. Worst time to release this ever. College is fucking expensive, and they want me to buy an ugly new system within a week of having to fork over years of my life for debt as is? And since I don't have a Bravia TV, and rather like the options of a custom OS, the good old fashioned version at the same price looks really appealing. Er..maybe in October-November, when I have a few dollars laying around...but not right now. Good lords no, not with all the crap I have to pay for now. What the hell is a 'recreation' fee, anyway? My recreation has nothing to do with your campus! And why do I have to pay 'international education' fees? I'm a resident! The hell is that? Do they pay for someone else's nationality to go to school? No? Then THE HELL???
If you can't tell, I'm a bit perturbed about costs right now. I have to pay $20 for a fucking printer paper fee. And I have my own printer! Grrrrr...
If you can't tell, I'm a bit perturbed about costs right now. I have to pay $20 for a fucking printer paper fee. And I have my own printer! Grrrrr...
right, people have been saying that this new model is really really ugly, and I initially agreed with them, but... the more and more I look at this thing the more attractive it seems... look at the disk socket, for example - looking now at the 'fat' PS3, it looks ugly and square and boxed up - with the new one, it features sexy curves and that matte finish actually looks pretty neat; at the very least you won't notice dust or fingerprints on it. You know what? This Slim version is like mature cheese in my opinion - its grown on me.
Interesting, a friend of mine just linked me this [http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?message.uid=42798489], a pretty old post about rumoured PS3 Slim specs. Now it's announced, I just want to know 1 thing: is this all true? If so, I'll just go for a regular PS3. It's just as expensive anyway, and if the above link is true, it has better quality hardware.
Dang, that thing is fug. It may have cost a lot more, but I'm happy with my 160 gig one:
It's already matte, so no fingerprints or smudges, plus it's pretty.
It's already matte, so no fingerprints or smudges, plus it's pretty.
Um because I get paid monthly, and have put aside a little as it came along for something I want to buy down the road? It's called planning, and saving--you should look into it, apparently. Just because I have other concerns doesn't mean I don't relish the idea of saving a hundred bucks when I do buy it. And I could buy it right now, but in good conscious I can't drop 350 when I just dropped a few grand. I've been gaming for years, and no amount of college costs is going to deter me from doing so, since I know how to budget. I worked extra during the summer so that tuition wouldn't put me so deep in debt, and being able to say that despite all the extra costs each semester I can still pick up a shiny new system to have fun with some friends or by myself--It's pretty much a big 'ole plus.Jumplion said:
And besides--It was gaming first in the first place.
You must have misunderstood me, why are you concerning yourself with the price when you have other things to worry about?BehattedWanderer said:
Save up, go ahead, I don't care, more power to you for being able to squable some extra cash in your situation. I saved up for a launch $600 PS3 plus games, so I know how hard it can be to save up money.
But you're moaning to Sony that their console is still a little too expensive for you.....because you're in college? Well no duh! You're in college, you have other things to worry about besides luxury items, do you think they give the slightest of a hoot that because you're in college they should cater to you?
And yet, you say that you're working and saving up and putting aside money for your purchase. If that's the case, what's the problem in the first place? [small]I'll fully admit I may have overreacted a bit >_>;[/small]
I wonder how the in the name of holy fuckness they translated 299 US Dollars to 299 Euros. NORMALLY, they should at least try. 290 USD = 212 EU. So, that means that we had to pay 700 dollars, when the ps3 was first released. Oh my, I just noticed that :S
Actually, last time I checked, the Slim has no BC at all, not even the PS BC in the previous versions. Which makes me a sad panda.Onmi said:
The lack of BC is all that holds me back now: the price is right, there are actually games out now, it's just the lack of BC that holds me back.
My problem's not the price--it's the timing. Christmas, mid summer, spring, dead middle of fall, all fine. But right here, at the beginning of fall, it's not a very smart move. Most families will have just dropped a fair chunk of change for school, whether elementary or college, and everything in between. That's all stuff that lasts pretty much all year, so consumers tend to buy a lot more right now, which means they don't have as much cash to spend on fun. And if it's not school, it's vacation--the last few weeks of summer always seem to have quite a few spontaneous vacations, I've noticed, which means there went all the spare change for a few months. A month later, and the market would be happy to hear about it, but right now, the focus is School or Work, and I'll go ahead and say that it's mostly the former, given the largest demographic of gamers are still in school of some form or other. Most families/indivuals are disinclined to spend money on a bit of fun right now, since they just had to drop a few on all the junk schools ask us to buy, clubs we join, pincipal's 40k office that just got renovated and needs to be paid off...It's just not the best time. A month from now, the systems will sell better, since they can be picked up for right now, or put on layaway for Christmas. All that releasing it now does is make people long and spend recklessly, which I'm sure Sony doesn't mind, but their profit shows for September won't be nearly as high a launch score as they might be hoping for.Jumplion said:
Thanks for your concern, though. School comes easy enough for me, and work isn't all that hard, it's just a matter of working to pay for it as it's going on, and keeping enough left over for shennanigans on the side. If I was to worry exclusively about all of that, I'd be bored off my skull and stressed out more than the alloy samples that I'm testing. I've allocated funds for gaming all my life so far, so it's nothing new. It just requires patience at times, and control. Because first it's the system and a game or two and a second controller, then it's more of either controllers or games until the former maxes out or you run out of intersting games. The cost I don't mind, hell, I would have still paid the $399, but I sure as hell won't complain about a hundred dollar price drop, since it means the amount I was originally saving up now translates as an extra game or so, which is not a bad thing.
And oddly enough, the things we worry about the most are our luxury items. The little things we love, but cost a teensy bit more. A specific brand, a certain size, a certain quality, it all adds up. Once you have established a safe place for shelter and stocked it with food and some comfy sheets on a bed, everything else is pretty much a luxury. We don't need posters, computers, toys, electronics, 600 count sheets or whatever, but we do love to have those little things, because once we have those, we become more content--causing us to worry less about the bigger stuff that we have to deal with. If the little stuff throws us off, then the big stuff seems catastrophic, but when the little stuff is going fantastic, then, well, things are looking up, and we realize we have the power to deal with the big stuff over time.