Ok we know PS3 no piracy and cannot be modded (for now). So why is the price difference?
I'm working in KLCC, so I went to two shops here... 40GB PS3 is like skyhigh and I know that PS3 is around RM13XX.

And btw... why Sony shop must sell so expensive? Isn't that their own product? can sell cheaper right?

If the own product selling cheaper then who will the 'others' sell your product since you can drag all the customer

*If PS3 is officially launch, and minimum import from other region

This post has been edited by blackshirt: Jan 24 2008, 07:48 AM

simple explanation for the simple mind:

why is sony erriccson in Midland more expensive than Sony Erriccsson in Pertama Complex?

Wow! I didn't know that. It's kinda weird how they do business...

So the PS3 is officially available in Sony Style? Which model and from what region?

I think maybe he is confused. I don't think Sony has launched PS3 yet. If then it must be latest news, but I doubt.

Could be he saw the price at Mediaplex, KLCC. I don't know if they are selling PS3 there, but I saw mediaplex at Midvalley Megamall selling at RM1,999/- with one free game. But then they said no warranty, you have to claim it yourself... I almost laughed .

The other small shops selling at RM1,3xx (without game) but at least they can help you claim warranty fr S'pore (that's normally what they promise but you decide whether they really will).

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Added on January 24, 2008, 9:48 amNot wierd lah. That's how business is done by everyone. Assuming the PS3 is launched in Malaysia, whether it's sold by Sony or by their agents, it's still Sony's products. They still make money from the agents' sales. But of course they can't sell cheaper than their agents or else the agents won't be able to sell. Sony instead will provide better service and warranty.

Currently those selling PS3 at RM1,3xx are not authorised agents because they are getting their sets from S'pore and selling over at Malaysia. They have to sell at cheap price because the shop won't give you warranty, they only promise to help you claim warranty from S'pore which might sometimes take a couple of months.

This post has been edited by Ngto: Jan 24 2008, 10:08 AM

hahhaha, i tot sony official bring in liao, no rite?
visva cant tell btwn ori sony shop or not?

Don't know if he is mistaken or not. But if really true then it will be interesting how much they will price the 40GB model.

But I think 90% he is mistaken

This post has been edited by Ngto: Jan 24 2008, 10:13 AM

TQ for those clarify some answers...

Let me digest this... So if I'm buying a PS3 from not authorised agents... I will have problem with warranty although the set is original... unless the seller is willing to helpout send to s'pore and dun know how many weeks it's gonna take.

Reason i want ori bcoz i dun know if PS3 will get yellow lights of death or any kinda death...

I went to 3 sony shops and their sales ppl know nothing about PS3.

yea, i also wanna know as well
very curious abt local pricing and warranty

Last time i checked it will be the Japanese set that will be released by Sony My

alrite.. this thread is misleading. Wadda ya mean "Sony shop sells PS3 more expensive"?

when PS3 is not officially launch in malaysia yet

Your are absolutely right.

The reason why Sony shop ppl know nothing is because the PS3 has not been launched yet. What that simply means is that Sony Malaysia and their agents are currently not selling the PS3 here in Malaysia. And as such they have no means of providing warranty for a product they are not selling over here.

All those shops selling PS3 are buying from S'pore and as such you will have a problem with warranty. But that does not mean you can't take the risk and hope for the best, like so many people have done

there is no non original PS3 sets
only problem is warranty, tats it

because it's very unlikely that the firmware is crackable, it's a better idea to buy PS3 from local Sony if it's made available already.
There was always delay when they bring in PlayStation products

Yes, Visva, do take note. There's no such thing as non-roiginal sets. All PS3 are original.

What you are concerned about is currently all the PS3 in Malaysian market are independently brought over from other countries (mostly S'pore), and if there is any problem, you will have to send it back to where it came from for warranty.

Also if you are worried about the yellow light error (from another thread), it's just an indication that there is a problem with the PS3 Hard Disk (from what I gather) . Common parts like Hard Disk and Lens can be replaced by the shops here locally and need not be sent back to S'pore.


This post has been edited by Ngto: Jan 24 2008, 11:20 AM

U can only worry about non-ori PS3 when the ppl of republic china started to make their own version of PS3 like they did with Wii over there

So far only PSP and PS2 are there at Sony shops.

One time i asked a man in the Sony Style of Pavillion, i had a press meet there for Canon so while waiting i wandered into the Sony shop...

i asked the guy "I have a PS3 so how much you sell your Blu-Ray now?"

the guy said

"The PS3 is not released yet....the one you have... sure fake one... "

LOLOLOL what did u say next? Did you say you bought it at singapore rather than waiting for them to take their sweet time to introduce to malaysia?

This post has been edited by slickz: Jan 24 2008, 11:09 AM

HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA

So PS3 not launch in M'sia... but Sony shop has it. I went to KLCC Sony shop somemore few months back they were like putting it in the middle of the shop like a showcase. If you go now, you can see the white one as well.

they have it, but they DO NOT SELL it

Maybe for show only.

Ah yes.. if the ordinary shop can make basic repairs then I'm ok with it.
So might as well i get it from ordinary shop coz they know better than the Sony guys.

Ceh... I thought Sony stealth launch PS3.

Btw, you can forget about asking sales staff at Sony outlet about gaming stuff, they have no idea. The coolest reply i got? "PS3 is not a Sony product"...

Ah? "PS3 not sony product"?
PS3 from nokia?

PS3 from nintendo

But take note that since there is no warranty from the shops themselves, you will have to pay for the parts replaced and maybe the service too. Not forgetting, once you open the set, your future warranty with Sony S'pore would probably be void.

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Added on January 24, 2008, 12:04 pmP3 from Nintendo, Wii from Microsoft and Xbox360 from Sony. No wonder Sony staff says PS3 not a Sony product

This post has been edited by Ngto: Jan 24 2008, 12:50 PM

if i were their boss, i straightaway fire them

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Added on January 24, 2008, 2:07 pmthey put a board saying "coming soon" next to it
how soon is soon?

This post has been edited by dattebayo: Jan 24 2008, 02:07 PM

Yeah. I felt like I just asked a stupid question....

That coming soon sign has been there for ages, more than half a year I think.

the PS3 at sony style is just for demo - to show the visual quality of the sony plasma tv when connect PS3 using hdmi port.

I just received email from sony malaysia to confirm that:
"As per reference to your email, we are sorry to inform you that Sony Malaysia have not launch PS3.

We do not have the exact date when we will launch PS3. We will make the announcement through our website, press and media.

Should you require further assistance, our friendly agents are ready to assist you daily from 9.00am to 6.00pm (Monday to Friday). Call us at 1300-88-1233 (local call charges), or e-mail us at cic@sony.com.my."

man that suck...how long do we have to wait....

maybe sonystyle.my waiting for MGS4 for local launch? imagine the launch party, promo activities, constest, BD showcase, cosplay, etc. we can always dream~

I said...really ah?

"Got fake PS3s all of a sudden is it, that means all my friends PS3s are also fake?"

Then he said...

"Yes, Malaysia does not have PS3 yet you know....that means the Blu Ray discs you see here cannot play on fake PS3"

i left...laughing inside..

how much did u pay for that ps3??

WTF this is so EPIC!

was it a guy, a girl? a lala chinese or a blurry malay?

damn my wild guess was it was a guy with a orange hair that shaped like ayam using a motorola v3 with a very confidence expression saying .... "Yes, Malaysia does not have PS3 yet you know....that means the Blu Ray discs you see here cannot play on fake PS3"

omfg i almost fell off my chair when reading this!

me using bodolora V3 ler... u pijaking V3 users is it?

it was young Chinese guy, i thought he would know alot bout the PS3 cause he was young..

turns out he was a ill informed...

where got...imagining je, coz seen many chinese lala always use this plywood hp de haha

Hopeless.

LOL...you should be more sarcastic to him by saying

"oh..it seem the PS3 i saw on Sg Wang, Lowyat and other shopping complex is a fake one....but for a fake, the graphic is sure on par with Xbox 360......oh wait, Xbox 360 isnt released yet in malaysia... it seem Xbox 360 in malaysia is also a fake one."




i also send an email to Sony Malaysia regarding PS3 in september 07 and this is their reply




no PS3 marketing direction yet for malaysia

well so apparently we all have fake PS3s which are not sony products that can't play blu ray leh....

epic..... just epic.... I dunno what to say....

does that means all the thing we downloaded from PSN is fake....and the PS Store itself is a fake one?...NOEEEEE!!!!!!!!!






lol....i cant stop laughing now

fact: PS3 has not been launched yet globally. What people bought is a fake imitation of PS2 from China. Sony never made any PS3 laa.

The girl at SonyStyle KLCC told me that it was the government that has not approved the PS3.

She told me, Sony is actually eager to launch since months.

I LOL'ed hard lor
here is not china lah...
if gomen didn't approve PS3, u ll see those sg wang shops has long time been raided by KPDN HEP people alrdy... many merchants would already jump building loh

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Added on January 24, 2008, 10:10 pmimo, there is always some priority regions for PlayStation in Asia, they will focus on TW, HK, then Singapore. We are placed in the place same as thailand, vietnam, philipines and china. Possible reasons, our buying power isn't as strong as other priority countries, and rampant piracy here.

This post has been edited by dattebayo: Jan 24 2008, 10:10 PM

The girl was probably talking out of her ass.

The very fact that customs has cleared thousands of PS3's into our shores for retailers shows that the government probably has no qualms about the PS3. My guess is that low software sales from their PSone and PS2 lineup has caused Sony to ignore the Malaysian market for now. While it may be irrelevant to the consumer, the statistics presented to the higher ups in the corporation are the factors that determine their global marketing strategy.

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Added on January 25, 2008, 8:16 amActually all this while we've been playing the Winner!



This post has been edited by darquarma: Jan 25 2008, 08:19 AM

Yup, softwares sales is the problem. Look at the PSP games, there are RM99 games on display there, and some of the newer title actually matches PA or local stores prices, but still nobody buy it. And every time I told people I actually save up to buy a game for RM170, they shake their head like I have just done something stupid. If people don't buy a RM99 game they will not buy a RM199 PS3 game. Of course Sony My will launch PS3, but that's when Blu-ray awareness is higher here, and I think that's the only think that will push PS3 sales here....

My 2c.

u really think all those ps3 tat come in are custom cleared thru the right channel? if its brought in the proper channel, the 40gb PS3 would @ least cost u 1.6k and above liao

sirim or dunno wat department need to approve this console one, like spore with their IDA to be sold locally. they have to go thru certain channels and declare the console to find out which category of tax category it belongs in

from wat i see, in jaybee , blu rays user not as little as i think, wen to a few AV shops, seems tat many ppl are buyin the bluray player nowadays

Actually i asked Sony KLCC about the way they sold their games...

One guy said that the PSP was good the thing is noone want to buy..


Then i said..."Why not take the effort to make the sale"...everybody in the Sony shop walking like zombies not doing anything remotely helpful..


Best Denki in comparison...have staff who are cheery and helpful...one guy stuck with me and my dad for an hour looking at HDTVs...

Sony in my mind should have a gaming division here in Malaysia...it will probably help their sales from their stores..

yep...it should be Sony Computer Entertainment Malaysia(SCEM).

By gaming division i mean the sales... get volunteers from the community to spread the word and what not..

Sony Malaysia in my opinion is lacking when it comes their sales staff...

ahaha..their staff like to hang out and do nothing rather than approach people in their store.

I still remember then i go and try out MGS2 for the first time at Sony KLCC back in 2001. Their staff just stand at the cashier counter without doing anything. Then, maybe im too good with MGS2(even for a first time), they turn off the tv and act like nothing happen.

Shouldn't they at least approach me and give some offer or explanation about PS2 at that moment?

Sony Malaysia are inept to say the least, they are poorly trained and lets face it...they are about as interesting as a pair of socks...

I honestly cannot believe that Sony would hire these people. I still remember...I played tekken 4 with my friend...

The staff just stood there in front of the doorway and not doing anything...we played that game for about 2 hours without being stopped. the only reason why we left is cause we got bored by the staff...

maybe if we ask about Walkman or Laptop or even Cybershot, they can help up ...but when it come to games division,...they fail miserably. The only impression i have is "they seriously doest take any initiative to learn some of the company product"


oh and one more thing, maybe they WILL approach a customer is he/she looks rich enough . Me only wear plain tshirt with jeans and sandal..too bad they didnt know the amount of money i have in my wallet

Well, with the population of 'pirate' users around what chances will SCEM have?

urrmm...0%? lol

maybe they can focus on PSN title

Sony My is in the business to make profit, and games probably make up only 0.001% of their revenue pie chart. So no chance for SCEM

But if they put gaming stuff on display/sale, at least get somebody who actually knows something about it to station there. Not clueless boys who care only about the SE phones....

or at least someone who have the initiative to seek information about the product station there. I hate the answer "this one is for showcase only" and when we ask further question they say "im sorry, i dont know"

fuiyoh!!! k-end wallet got a lot of marnee!!!

LOL...at that time lor....now kering already



oh wait....today is the salary day

Lucky u, mine is Monday......

mine dunno wen

ps1, ps2 and psp are local favorites only because of piracy. ofcos, SCEH and our local subsidiary knows this. they have to be pragmatic also.

launching & marketing an ori-only ps3 is very risky for local markets. maybe they did their market research and find the potential consumer base non-sustainable.

even if local launch does arrive, i expect at most a quiet affair, expensive "official" hardware +software and only sold at selected shops. they most probably won't spend too much on marketing and promotions.

if ps3 hardware is as reliable as ps2, most ppl here won't really care official or parallel imported, as long as the pricing is close to SGP's or HK's.

"Thank you for your email to Sony Malaysia .

We would like to inform you that we have not launch the PS3. We will announce via our website, press and media once we
launch the product. "

Sony Malaysia

I asked those guys that they should start selling the PS3...so the above is the reply i got...

To be honest with you... i think Sony Malaysia would have better chance with us leading their games division rather than having their current staff

for her sake I hope that ass is fine and smooth.

LOL....ask them to headhunt the new staff in this forum and the chances their games division to have a profit is nearly 100%

if playstation fanboys loyalists are recruited to promote SCEM, might actually frighten potential customers away - LoL. imagine the flamewars that will ignite during roadshows and promo activties

cannot...then their current staff would get angry and throw away the request in rubbish bin

it's a miracle where a japanese corporation could tolerate these 3rd class minded employees

if i not mistaken, last time PS2 was launched only in end of 2002/early 2003, a delay of 1-2 years compare to other major markets. If this theory holds, we might able to see PS3 in Sony.my website by the end of this year.

sooner or later, they will release the PS3 eventually, or else why the hell they put it in Sony store even it's in display case

to show off their LCD TV....not the PS3...

how much is ps3? 60gb 1?

heard from a sony style staff that the official launch of PS3 in Msia is August

Though nothing can be confirmed, i have something that I could put out as a point for u all.

At $399, it should cost us RM1500 minus taxes. Have u guys checked how much the Blu Ray player is? Sony would need to drive that player's price down if they have to bring in PS3. If not, mmg Blu Ray Player might not see the light of being taken of shelves.

I don't think PS3 would cause problem to Blu Ray Player sales. Taking the Bravia as example, Sony has 6 difference series and each got targetted buyers.

For us who're looking for best RoI, of couse we get the best within the budget. But remember there's always people who would go for highend stuffs with regardless of the price tags

the only thing holding back blu ray is lack of piracy, tats the truth

even until today PS3 are still sold at subsidized price, which means Sony is losing some money for every PS3 sold. But then, their investment has seen the payoff, which is the early demise of HD-DVD

the format war could end way earlier than we expected is partly of the PS3 bluray feature, following the soon to be RIP HD-DVD, the industry will turn to solely bluray solution and the cost of manufacture will eventually turn down.

i found out japanese set cheaper ler

Cost of manufacturing PS3 has went down by half the cost of what it was used to. Before Sony had Foxconn to manufacture their PS3, a single PS3 costs $800 USD(80GB) to make, which in turn Sony loses about $200 per PS3 sold. So needless to say, SCE division was solely surving on PS2 and PSP sales. Now as the cost of PS3 being made is about half of what it used to be, Sony is already starting raking in money on hardware sales.

HD-DVD = Dead already.

Sooner or later, I do think that Blu-Ray discs will start to be pirated. Theres the problem with ICT(Image Contraint Token), but many has already found a way around it. Wouldn't be too suprising few years down the line we see Blu-Ray being sold for RM8.

Went to Singapore jst recently and Sony has taken quite an interesting method to cover their losses with every PS3 sold.

Since the hardware is losing money, they have given quite an attractive price of SGD559 and then told consumers that the only way to buy it at that price is that they have to buy two games by Sony's gaming studio. That way, they make the money from the software and hopefully cuts down the losses or even profit from every PS3 sold.

My friend bought it and I have to say it is still a good deal. The games were still cheaper than the local market here and it had some pretty good titles including the PS3 Game of the Year for 2007 (no! not COD4!), Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

lol cant wait for that day

^ Won't we get taxed for bringing in the PS3 back here? the price is at RM1260, which is great.

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Added on February 25, 2008, 6:37 pmWon't we get taxed for bringing in the PS3 back here? the price is at RM1260, which is great.


This post has been edited by Kyoyagami: Feb 25 2008, 06:37 PM

jb onli RM1200

Wow. In 1 year, PS3 price is really too cheap. I remember buying PS2 at Sg Wang, and that costed me 1120 after 2 years. Wow.

Why don't you go ask them?Unless you're asking me if I am a sony producer or something lol...

I remember the game shop at klcc sells the PS3 at a shocking RM 4.4k last time.