Another PS3 Price Cut + Infamous 2 Bundle

[Malacite]

PS3 price cut to $250, 320 GB model goes to $300 [update] | Joystiq






Well, this is certainly surprising. Sony closed out its Gamescom 2011 keynote with the startling announcement that the PlayStation 3 (presumably the standard, 160GB model) has had its price cut across the globe: It's now $249.99 in the U.S., €249.99 in Europe and ¥24,980 in Japan. According to Sony's Andrew House, this new price point is available immediately. As in, right now. This hot second.

The $50 trimming of the system's MSRP comes nearly two years to the day after its original reduction to $299.99. We suppose that goes to show you: If you're planning on purchasing a Sony console, you should probably do so after the Ides of August.

[Update: Sony is rolling our another deal today, according to its official blog: A new Infamous 2 PS3 bundle is now available that includes the game and the 320 GB PS3 for $300.]

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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I'd be mad about the drop, but I got the CoD Blops bundle and just gave back the game sealed as a return to take $60 off.

Well that and the "Welcome back" campaign was in full swing, so I got inFamous and LBP for free. Still really haven't played either of those, I have a hard time remembering I have DLC games on consoles than I do handhelds.

Though now people are gonna be like "Vita costs as much as a PS3."

[DakAttack]

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At first glance, sure, they cost the same. The PS3 does require a television to play on, which adds to the price. Even more so if you're interested in HD. Add a Move controller if that's your thing. The Vita will pretty much be all these things, though not as powerful.

[cidbahamut]

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If it still had backwards compatibility this might actually have been enough of an incentive to purchase one. Oh well.

[Malacite]

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Still no PS2 titles for the store either

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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At first glance, sure, they cost the same. The PS3 does require a television to play on, which adds to the price. Even more so if you're interested in HD. Add a Move controller if that's your thing. The Vita will pretty much be all these things, though not as powerful.

They need to price drop Move, too. The full price for all three parts is well over a hundred dollars and no, I'm not half-holding my Dual Shock just to substitute the left hand function - its awkward even if it saves you a little cash. If i'm going for motion control, I want it like I have it on the Wii.

That's the problem with Move though, its not close to being a standard for PS3. Hardly any games I buy use it, most developers don't even bother to support it and when they do, it gets in the way of developing other things. Had it been part of PS3 from day one it wouldn't have been much of an issue. You can patch it into the system and games, sure, but you can't patch the habits of players and developers.

I'd rather just save my money for a Vita and keep using my Wiimote on the Wii instead.

Anyway, I don't really see this price drop getting Sony any gains. Nintendo and MS had stronger drops welll before this and PS3 is still left as the most expensive console, though cheaper by leaps and bounds as opposed to this time three years ago.

Going into the holidy you have Nintendo DS, 3DS and Wii, 360 was competitively priced to Wii at one point and now PS3 is $250. I will say it at least doesn't have the illusion of value like 360 does, given this version has a real HDD and all.

[Cheezeman3000]

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Sony... just re-add your backwards compatability, sell it at $50 more (or whatever it would take) and I will buy it in a heartbeat. My old 60gig is starting to scare me. Any day now I'll be seeing that yellow light...

[Fliegar]

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Why must the European version always be the same as America? That's the equivalent of about $360 for the European buyers is it not?

[Kailea]

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Sony... just re-add your backwards compatability, sell it at $50 more (or whatever it would take) and I will buy it in a heartbeat. My old 60gig is starting to scare me. Any day now I'll be seeing that yellow light...

my PS3 is used, but it came from that Metal Gear bundle, so it has backwards compatibility....but guess what it is all software, no hardware, and it seems to run fine (although they could work on the up scaling)

they could add the emulator in PSN, charge 20-25$ and still make coin

[cidbahamut]

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my PS3 is used, but it came from that Metal Gear bundle, so it has backwards compatibility....but guess what it is all software, no hardware, and it seems to run fine (although they could work on the up scaling)

they could add the emulator in PSN, charge 20-25$ and still make coin

Or they could just include it as a courtesy to their customers, if it is indeed 100% software based.

[DakAttack]

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Or you could stop complaining and use all your new found free time to get a job, make some money, and buy a PS2.

[cidbahamut]

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Fuck you Dak.

[DakAttack]

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I know.

[Icemage]

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Or they could just include it as a courtesy to their customers, if it is indeed 100% software based.

PS2 compatibility on the PS3 was never all software-based. The 40GB and 80GB units that got released with "partial" compatibility still had some PS2 hardware in them.


Icemage

[cidbahamut]

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PS2 compatibility on the PS3 was never all software-based. The 40GB and 80GB units that got released with "partial" compatibility still had some PS2 hardware in them.


Icemage

That's a horse of a different color then.