Price For Sony 60 GB PS3 Dropped $100

[BeerIsGood!]

Now don't the people who waited in line for two days to spend $600 for the thing feel stupid (if they didn't already)...


VIDEO GAME NEWS
Sony drops the price of the PS3
The company knocks $100 off the 60 GB model and introduces a new 80 GB version

Ending weeks of speculation, Sony officially announced a new $499 retail price for their 60 GB Playstation 3 on Sunday, effective immediately. They also introduced a larger 80 GB model at the $599 price point, which will come packaged with the racing game Motorstorm and will be available to North American consumers this August.

"As we move into the next phase of PS3, it's important that we continue to evaluate our product line, offering consumers the technology and features that meet their growing needs for new forms of media and the way in which it is delivered," explained SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton.


"The introduction of the 80GB PS3, the new pricing for the current 60GB model, the availability of more than 100 new software titles this fiscal year and, finally, the expansion of services for PlayStation Network, will provide even more options for users and will help bring new consumers into the PS3 fold."

The company also stated that 120 PS3 titles are slated to hit shelves before the end of the fiscal year, including third-party heavy hitters like Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4.

More information is expected to be announced at this week's E3 2007 expo.



Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070709/lf_afp/entertainmentlifestylejapanusgamesony_070709071407 )

[jaffies]

on top of that, you get 5 free blu-ray movies. there not the greatest movies of all time, but they're free.

[OldDirtMcGirt]

Still happy with my 360.

[possessed]

I prefer my 360, my PS3 gathers dust. I'd say there is some buyer's remorse for paying $600 for the damn thing. The only game I've played is Resistance, which is fun online. The other game I bought, Dark Kingdom, I've played once since I bought it some 6 or 7 months ago. :lol

[sabar]

Aka "We are dead last in console sales and are trying to salvage the PS3's future".

Too bad the 360 does the same thing for cheaper and the Wii is significantly cheaper. Plus both have better games at the moment.

[Xolotl]

The PS3 is in serious trouble IMO they lost the console exclusive Assassins Creed now due out on the 360, they might've had Army of Two as a console exclusive too and lost it (but I can't remember so could just be me being dumb). as the and then this story just came out today which if it happens will be one less reason to buy the PS3

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6311&Itemid=2

Senior Konami executive Kazumi Kitaue has questioned whether the recent PS3 price cut will have the desired impact on sales. He went on to hint that Metal Gear Solid 4, long expected to be a PS3 exclusive and potential system seller, may also end up on the Xbox 360.

ImageSpeaking to Reuters, Kitaue, head of Konami's North American and European operations, said that the PlayStation 3, even at a reduced price of $499, was still comparatively expensive.

"I wonder if Sony can win back user support by the price cut of just $100," said Kitaue.

"I don't expect a substantial impact. With $500, you can buy a personal computer."

The PS3 is still double the price of Nintendo’s Wii, currently the fastest selling of the three next generation home consoles, and $100 more expensive than Microsoft’s premium Xbox 360.

Kitaue also indicated that while Konami would like to keep the latest Metal Gear Solid title a PlayStation 3 exclusive, a desire to see a return on large development costs coupled with a smaller than anticipated PS3 user base could see the game headed for Xbox 360 too.

"Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps," Kitaue said.

If the title does go multiplatform it would be the latest in a long line of once PlayStation only titles to do so, and would represent a major blow to the platform holder.

Kitaue also said he expects Konami’s gaming division profit to grow in the next fiscal year in synch with the expansion of the next generation console user base. He went on to target EA’s FIFA soccer crown, claiming that Konami could encroach on the publisher’s share of the North American market by selling more copies of its Pro Evolution Soccer franchise than previously.

[ATRAIN]

Yeah im a xbox guy myself now.

[Mixability]

Yeah, PS3 lost, but at least they're Blockbuster compatible. :lol

[Viva Las Espuelas]

I'm still going to buy a Wii before I get the PS3. It looks like Blue-Ray might win the format war, so for me the PS3 will be a souped up Blue-Ray player. I wonder if they have stopped or will stop production on the 20 gig version.

[PM5K]

Why would they feel stupid, the PS3 came out eight months ago?

"Gee I wish I had waited eight months instead of buying it now so I could get it 100.00 cheaper"

You could pretty much say that about any piece of electronics because pretty much everythin either drops in price or gets upgraded..

[possessed]

The PS3 is in serious trouble IMO they lost the console exclusive Assassins Creed now due out on the 360, they might've had Army of Two as a console exclusive too and lost it (but I can't remember so could just be me being dumb). as the and then this story just came out today which if it happens will be one less reason to buy the PS3

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6311&Itemid=2

Senior Konami executive Kazumi Kitaue has questioned whether the recent PS3 price cut will have the desired impact on sales. He went on to hint that Metal Gear Solid 4, long expected to be a PS3 exclusive and potential system seller, may also end up on the Xbox 360.

ImageSpeaking to Reuters, Kitaue, head of Konami's North American and European operations, said that the PlayStation 3, even at a reduced price of $499, was still comparatively expensive.

"I wonder if Sony can win back user support by the price cut of just $100," said Kitaue.

"I don't expect a substantial impact. With $500, you can buy a personal computer."

The PS3 is still double the price of Nintendo’s Wii, currently the fastest selling of the three next generation home consoles, and $100 more expensive than Microsoft’s premium Xbox 360.

Kitaue also indicated that while Konami would like to keep the latest Metal Gear Solid title a PlayStation 3 exclusive, a desire to see a return on large development costs coupled with a smaller than anticipated PS3 user base could see the game headed for Xbox 360 too.

"Since Metal Gear Solid was born for the PlayStation, we would like to keep it a PlayStation game. But we might have to take some steps," Kitaue said.

If the title does go multiplatform it would be the latest in a long line of once PlayStation only titles to do so, and would represent a major blow to the platform holder.

Kitaue also said he expects Konami’s gaming division profit to grow in the next fiscal year in synch with the expansion of the next generation console user base. He went on to target EA’s FIFA soccer crown, claiming that Konami could encroach on the publisher’s share of the North American market by selling more copies of its Pro Evolution Soccer franchise than previously.
Konami would be silly to keep a game like Metal Gear PlayStation exclusive. You'd be cutting out most of the customers willing to buy the game by doing so. Why not shoot for the highest potential sales possible?

[Mixability]

I'm still going to buy a Wii before I get the PS3. It looks like Blue-Ray might win the format war, so for me the PS3 will be a souped up Blue-Ray player. I wonder if they have stopped or will stop production on the 20 gig version.

Microsoft had said that they wouldn't be against producing an add-on BlueRay player for the 360, like they did with the HD-DVD add-on. Seems Microsoft was smart not putting a next gen player in the system itself.

[maxpower]

Why would they feel stupid, the PS3 came out eight months ago?

"Gee I wish I had waited eight months instead of buying it now so I could get it 100.00 cheaper"

You could pretty much say that about any piece of electronics because pretty much everythin either drops in price or gets upgraded..

Historically consoles do not drop price within the first year.
Until this announcement, I cannot say I ever remember something like this happening.

[DarkReign]

Until its $399 or less, Ill never own one.

Remember NeoGeo? History repeats itself.

[maxpower]

Until its $399 or less, Ill never own one.

Remember NeoGeo? History repeats itself.

More like ...remember 3DO?

That was the first $500 console I remember.

What a massive failure.

actually it was $700 :oops

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

http://www.cuhkacs.org/~benng/Bo-Blog/up/bailing-animated.gif

The problem for Sony is game development costs are so high, companies have to port their new games to all the consoles (or at least to the 360) to make their money back.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Yeah, PS3 lost, but at least they're Blockbuster compatible. :lol

:lmao

360 has been out for over a year with no price drop, PS3 is already making a price cut 7 months after its release.

[Mixability]

:lmao

360 has been out for over a year with no price drop, PS3 is already making a price cut 7 months after its release.

The price drop still won't help them with their lack of software.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

PS3 Sucks.

[L.I.T]

The PS3 is a continuing money-losing proposition for Sony. Hell, didn't it single-handedly destroy their quarterly earnings (1st or 2nd I forget)?

Like another poster mentioned, what really drove their phenomenal sales in the last generation were their exclusives: something they can no longer really claim. No matter how they spin it, losing Assassin's Creed was huge. That's been tipped for a while now as the next gen game.

[DarkReign]

I consider myself a videogame slappy. I buy anything just to try it.

But Im not paying PS3 price for a console that doesnt have any games to actually, you now, play!

I am not a fanboi of any one particular company, but Sony seems to have completely misjudged the market entirely.

[Mixability]

Sony is acting like a guy with a flea market booth. If you walk away, he'll lower the price and throw in a few free things.

[Thunder Dan]

I still play my PS2, I feel old

[Mixability]

I still play my PS2, I feel old

at least there's shit to play on PS2

[florige]

I still play my PS2, I feel old


Me too! I am currently playing NBA2k7 pretty much. I was contemplating buying a PS3. But I wasn't about to stand and wait overnight for no daggone game system. On top of that the only games I normally play are basketball and John Madden football. I played the basketball game NBA 07 they had on display, and it didn't warrant me spending 600 dollars for that. But the thing that topped it off for me was Madden. I like to play the franchise mode on Madden and I heard that they were missing alot of the key features in the franchise mode setting. And also not to mention all the negative reviews I keep hearing about the thing. I will have to see how all the new fall games look for the PS3 before I consider buying one. But for now I'm completly happy with my PS2.

[dallaskd]

if it falls to 400 ill buy one.

[Thunder Dan]

I'm getting NCAA07 on Ps2 next week too. I won't care its not state of the art, I still like my PS2

[dallaskd]

I'm getting NCAA07 on Ps2 next week too. I won't care its not state of the art, I still like my PS2

why not '08?

[Thunder Dan]

why not '08?

haha actually now I feel old. I mean 2008. The one with the Boise St. QB on it for whatever reason

[Viva Las Espuelas]

More like ...remember 3DO?

That was the first $500 console I remember.

What a massive failure.

actually it was $700 :oopsthat had some cool games on it for the time. my friend bought it. Captain Quazar rocked. too bad it didn't make it.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

:lmao

360 has been out for over a year with no price drop, PS3 is already making a price cut 7 months after its release.MIcrosoft can't. They've lost $1B on repairs alone. You heard that, right?

[maxpower]

I heard a there might be something announced later tonight at E3.


if it falls to 400 ill buy one.
Give it another 7 months.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Man that's so sad that sony fucked this up. Now I will play a ps2 until my death bed it looks like.

No way in hell I will buy a microsoft developed game system. NEVER. It's like mookie watching lord of the rings.
Also, I cannot, on principle, bring myself to buy a game system that is called a "wii". Too lame.

Now, even if i had the duckets, I wouldn't buy this horrible ps3 abomination cuz its been out over half a year and not one good game has come out and you hardly hear anything about bluray like you did a few months ago.

sad

[possessed]

Now, even if i had the duckets, I wouldn't buy this horrible ps3 abomination cuz its been out over half a year and not one good game has come out and you hardly hear anything about bluray like you did a few months ago.

sad
Playing Resistance online is every bit as fun as Halo or Gears of War IMO. Unfortunately, that is it.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

MIcrosoft can't. They've lost $1B on repairs alone. You heard that, right?

Yes, I've heard about that, however MS still has money to spare, and they're not hemorrhaging money like Sony is right now.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Playing Resistance online is every bit as fun as Halo or Gears of War IMO. Unfortunately, that is it.

You should spend $500 on the console for one game. Because we make a great product [/Sony]

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Man that's so sad that sony fucked this up. Now I will play a ps2 until my death bed it looks like.

No way in hell I will buy a microsoft developed game system. NEVER. It's like mookie watching lord of the rings.
Also, I cannot, on principle, bring myself to buy a game system that is called a "wii". Too lame.

Now, even if i had the duckets, I wouldn't buy this horrible ps3 abomination cuz its been out over half a year and not one good game has come out and you hardly hear anything about bluray like you did a few months ago.

sad

Too "lame" to enjoy the Wii? Sucks for you, I guess.

What happened when Mookie saw the Tahoe Hybrid on the ASG broadcast? Did his head explode?

[NASpurs]

Man that's so sad that sony fucked this up. Now I will play a ps2 until my death bed it looks like.

No way in hell I will buy a microsoft developed game system. NEVER. It's like mookie watching lord of the rings.
Also, I cannot, on principle, bring myself to buy a game system that is called a "wii". Too lame.

Now, even if i had the duckets, I wouldn't buy this horrible ps3 abomination cuz its been out over half a year and not one good game has come out and you hardly hear anything about bluray like you did a few months ago.

sadYou play with your wii all the time I bet and that hasn't stopped you.

Anyway if the name is too stupid for you to buy the system, that's a pretty stupid reason to not play it. Probably shouldn't be playing games at all.

[NASpurs]

Oh yeah, Microsoft's conference is today. We'll see if they announce a price cut or not in a few hours.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Too "lame" to enjoy the Wii? Sucks for you, I guess.

What happened when Mookie saw the Tahoe Hybrid on the ASG broadcast? Did his head explode?


I'm really not sure. That seems a viable possibility.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

You play with your wii all the time I bet and that hasn't stopped you.

Anyway if the name is too stupid for you to buy the system, that's a pretty stupid reason to not play it. Probably shouldn't be playing games at all.


I won't buy a hooker named LaWanda but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be into hookers either.

[NASpurs]

I won't buy a hooker named LaWanda but that doesn't mean I shouldn't be into hookers either.I bet you use Google even though it's a pretty stupid name. I know it's free but I bet you still use it.

[SpursWoman]

The Wii is fun ... and there's really good games for it. Granted, the only one's I know are for children though. That's about as far as me & video games get. :oops :lol

[spyder]

screw the X-box 360 and PS3...PS2 rules!!!

[Avitus1]

Well they dropped the price, still think they'll have to drop it more to increase sales, and also...... put out games worth playing! At 60 bucks a game I'm not going to be buying crap that has 8 hours of playing time.

[BeerIsGood!]

I really like the Wii. I had a lot of doubts going into it, but I got it at a discount so I gave it a try and it's really fun. What I really like is buying the old school games that I used to play as a kid and getting into them all over again. I still love Techmo Bowl with Bernie Kosar throwing bombs to Willie Gault. Classic. Also, my other fav. is Ice Hockey - the generic hockey game that is probably the most fun hockey game ever made. 8 bit graphics but tons of gameplay excitement - man those were fun games to throw down on with your boys.

[DarkReign]

No way in hell I will buy a microsoft developed game system. NEVER. It's like mookie watching lord of the rings.
Also, I cannot, on principle, bring myself to buy a game system that is called a "wii". Too lame.

Do you post here on a Mac? Do you use Windows? How about Office?

X360 is the best console since PS2. Too bad youre fanboi-ism cant let you see that.

I dont care who makes what, if its worth the $$, I buy it. Screw allegiances.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

I bet you use Google even though it's a pretty stupid name. I know it's free but I bet you still use it.


Tru, Tru. I first heard of google sophmore year of high school, and I scoffed the shit outta the guy using it cuz it was called google. I was a yahoo kid back then. Then as the yahoo page added 200 megabytes worth of crap that took forever to download i took the road more often travelled and started to google. But I didnt consistently use it until like 6 years after it came out at least, so if the "Wii" stays around that long maybe i will buy it



Do you post here on a Mac? Do you use Windows? How about Office?

X360 is the best console since PS2. Too bad youre fanboi-ism cant let you see that.

I dont care who makes what, if its worth the $$, I buy it. Screw allegiances.
the 100000th time someone has said that after i talk shit about microsoft. The answer lies in your question, yes i use that crap therefore i dont want to buy an xbox even more.

I'm not being fanboi, i'm flat out sayin the ps3 obviously sucks so im just being a hater.

:wakeup

[NASpurs]

I just bought a 360 with Gears of War. Pretty awesome!

[dirk4mvp]

Sony showed the Killzone 2 trailer at that conference thingy. And damn it was hot! Also Metal Gear Solid is a ps3 exclusive still at least for now. I'm getting a ps3 whenever these games come out in '08

[DarkReign]

the 100000th time someone has said that after i talk shit about microsoft. The answer lies in your question, yes i use that crap therefore i dont want to buy an xbox even more.

I'm not being fanboi, i'm flat out sayin the ps3 obviously sucks so im just being a hater.

Sorry then. Thought you were being a Sony slappy or a Nintendo slappy or any other Slappy for that matter.

Truth is, you should get 360. It rocks.

[possessed]

Sony showed the Killzone 2 trailer at that conference thingy. And damn it was hot! Also Metal Gear Solid is a ps3 exclusive still at least for now. I'm getting a ps3 whenever these games come out in '08
Yeah, I'm getting Killzone 2. Looks outstanding.

[baseline bum]

I still play my PS2, I feel old

I'm actually going to go out an buy one I think, for Onami and the two God of Wars. There's no way I'm buying PS3 with GTA4 coming out for 360 with add-on levels that PS3 won't have.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I didn't see this posted yet.

Apparently, SCEA will not be replenishing the 60GB model once they are all sold, leaving the new 80GB bundle at the price the 60GB model was at.

http://gamepolitics.com/2007/07/13/is-ps3-price-cut-a-sham/

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=26704