Thread: PS3 $500 - July 12th

Originally Posted by Mr. Irreverent

Last I heard was that Microsoft had NO plans to reduce price of the 360. That said, I HIGHLY doubt that they will reduce to price of the ELITE (black) model at any point...

Not after that billion dollar hit they're taking.

IGN news is reporting:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/801/801981p1.html



"We haven't made any announcements on pricing changes regarding PS3," stated a SCEA spokesman. Looks like you'll have to save up your pennies for quite a bit longer, kids. It's not coming down in price anytime soon.

Originally Posted by Mr. Irreverent

IGN news is reporting:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/801/801981p1.html



"We haven't made any announcements on pricing changes regarding PS3," stated a SCEA spokesman. Looks like you'll have to save up your pennies for quite a bit longer, kids. It's not coming down in price anytime soon.

This could al change at E3, however. All it says is that haven't made an annoucement. I don't get the "quite a bit longer" tagged onto that.

It's certainly interesting that the expected price drop comes the day after Sony's official E3 press conference, which will be at 11AM PST on July 11th. I'll guess we'll know right afterwards.

It's official. $499.99 for the 60GB PS3 and $599.99 for 80GB PS3. There is no mention if the "new" 60GB is just the 20GB model with a larger hard drive. If both the 60 and the 80 are identical (including memory card slots and WiFi) with exception to their respective storage capacity, it makes Sony's pricing of the 80GB model curious.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...ipo&refer=home

And don't forget the PS 3 is eligible for the 5 free Blu-ray movies deal!

http://www.bluraysavings.com/

Originally Posted by Unfiltered

It's official. $499.99 for the 60GB PS3 and $599.99 for 80GB PS3.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p...ipo&refer=home

an extra hundy for 20gb? Screw that.

Originally Posted by OrangePuck

an extra hundy for 20gb? Screw that.

I agree. You quoted me before I finished editing my post.

According to this article, MotorStorm is included with the 80gb.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...la-home-center

Originally Posted by NastiMarvasti

According to this article, MotorStorm is included with the 80gb.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...la-home-center

Oh, yeah. I forgot that part.

Anyway, it's the 60GB model that will move.

Originally Posted by Unfiltered

Oh, yeah. I forgot that part.

Anyway, it's the 60GB model that will move.

I don't see Sony at this point spending the resource to retool and release newer models with old specs, so I fully expect the 60GB units to be the same as we have now, with the 80GB being a new response to the Elite. I guess if someone was going to buy Motostorm anyway, then maybe the extra $40 is worth the extra 20GB.

You're right . . . this is designed to push the 60GB.