Is there a chance that PS3 might be dropping in price? Someone posted this (60 units of ps3 sitting at US' top electronic shop, Best Buy)

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Bad sign? .. JUST two months after its Launch, PS3 price has been slashed by 20% atleast in Japan. Cant imagine whats going on the mind of the guy who got shot in trying to grab the low supply PS3.

http://ps3center.net/story-205.html

The price of the Sony PlayStation 3 which just two months out in the market has been reduced well atleast in Japan.

There is a bit of a catch to this story though and that it is only pertaining to the 20GB model and only happening in . The price is being cut by 20% which will knock about $82 off the price of the 20GB model in that country.

This is due to a very low demand for the console in its native country as sales of the next-generation console from Sony have completely come to a standstill.

Consoles have been sitting on shelves as gamers have been patiently waiting for a price drop or a big game; basically a reason to shell out the cash and own the powerful next-generation machine.

Retailers have begun getting impatient as well as they are selling used PlayStation 3 consoles at far lower prices than they would normally as the prices are way under the sticker price.

If things continue here in the as it did in could this mean that we could be seeing a price drop in North America as well? Only time will tell but with retailers having more than enough stock of systems sitting on the shelves and impatience setting in as money is lost on the retailers end as well as Sony's end at some point something is going to have to budge to try and get this next-generation machine into the homes of consumers here as well as Japan.



This post has been edited by g5sim: Jan 23 2007, 03:25 PM

Very unlikely the price will drop now as Sony is heavily subsudizing these machines.

then they would have to pump out more and better PS3 titles .. where is the latest final fantasy oredi !!!

heard a rumour going around that there's an oversupply of PS3's in malaysia...

apparently our shops imported too many units and there aren't that many ppl buying yet...

just a rumour tho, i can't confirm the accuracy

I'll definitely get 1 unit but I am still waiting for the price to be just right.

This post has been edited by Thrust: Jan 19 2007, 11:31 AM

Waiting for it to be released in OZ!!

I guess the price will defitnely drop in the long-run. But if in the short-term, is hard 2predict since its a tough competition btwn other current sold console..Right now the price is still expensive. I'm waiting the price to drop till a reasonable price

Wait until Square Enix release their FF 13 demo......

yo honestly...we all waiting the ahemahem lah

my friend, he staying in HK bought PS3 60Gb RM1600++ (HK3200) shit...!!!..ask him to buy for him..he said come here first...double shit..

This post has been edited by Microsuck_360: Jan 19 2007, 01:22 PM

not everyone lar. if everyone support ahem.. i tell u they wont even make games anymore .. and in the end, no more ahem also.

homebrew sells console

after the global launch on march.. im sure its will be reduce.
they suppose realease it on march but too much demand from the US want to give it for xmas present.. so the sony launch it earlier.. so they pay the price then..

anyway... a confirm HDMI port for the March realease.



hope they settle the NON VIbrate wireless SIXAXIS thingy.

This post has been edited by DeLarafi: Jan 19 2007, 02:01 PM

wait till the *ahem* released.....

jesus....come microsuck let's go HK...

or better yet, go ask alkt go buy..lol

I thought there will be no *ahem* release because there's a Anti-Piracy software in the BD or PS3...

i think even cd and dvd also have such program but what is the result?

I hope the price of HDTV will be dropped ...so damned expensive

i heard end of this year, the price would drop tremendously, dunno whether it is true or not though.

cd = 1 way protection
dvd = 2 way
bd = 3 way... so u think u can ehem a server that checked the title?

i wish PS3 also put the self destruct code for the hardware if the server found any ehem in the medium.

without ehem.. we can hear a quality type of comment.. coz ehem user critic too much.