This is great news...If Microsoft follows suit, the 360 will be almost as cheap as the Wii! Of course that means Nintendo would probably drop the Wii to $199...so it's a win-win for gamers all around
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Report: PS3 $499 on July 12
Although Sony has yet to confirm a price drop officially, GameDaily BIZ has received confirmation from the retail sector that the PS3 will be dropped to $499 next week. Sony itself recently talked about "refining" the PS3 price. Now it appears to be happening.
A PS3 price cut rumor spread like wildfire across the Internet this afternoon when several sites spotted a new advertisement from Circuit City. The ad as seen on Kotaku lists the PS3 console at $499.99, $100 less than its current price.
It wasn't clear at first if this ad was a special deal specific to the electronics retailer or if it's indeed a retail-wide price cut instituted by Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). As it turns out, a merchandising manager (who wished to remain anonymous) at one of the world's biggest retailers has confirmed to GameDaily BIZ that the price drop is indeed retail-wide and it's scheduled to take place on July 12, although the first wave of ads to promote the PS3's new price won't kick in until Sunday, July 15.
Many analysts have speculated that Sony would drop the price on the expensive console this year, and some even predicted that it could happen this summer. It's starting to look like they were right. We're sure to find out much more next week when Sony holds its press conference at E3.
SCEA when contacted for confirmation declined to comment.
As a bonus-- The Blu Ray Association now has a promotion for anyone that buys a Blu-Ray player (including a PS3) between now and the end of September will get to choose 5 free movies from this list:
The Guardian
Babel
Invincible
Chicken Little
Corpse Bride
Blazing Saddles
Kiss of the Dragon
The Phantom of the Opera
The Devil's Rejects
The Italian Job
The Last Waltz
The Omen (2006)
Stealth
Invincible
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Species
Hart's War
Stir of Echoes
Underworld: Evolution
So you end up with a PS3 and 5 movies that cost $20 a pop at stores. It's a total value of $700 today...but will only cost you $500 next week.
w00t!
Jul-06-2007 07:38
biznology
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wow thats quite a list of terrible movies, albeit a few, which have to business needing to be ultra hi res|
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Jul-06-2007 08:06
exstasie
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Quite a good deal for those looking for a cheap BD Player, or even a PS3.
As for the movie selection, it does kind of suck, but hey, it's 5 free BD Movies which is better than nothing! I'm sure they could try and trade them in somewhere or seomthing.
The only movie on there that I want is Underworld, just for Kate Beckinsale in HD though :P
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Jul-06-2007 12:21
Capitalizt
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I haven't seen the movie "Stealth" but hear it looks quite good in HD.
Jessica Biel in 1080P...mmmmmmmm...
Jul-06-2007 13:09
RJT
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For the record, Nintendo has publically stated there will be no price drop for Wii before the Holiday 07 season, and I doubt Microsoft will drop either.
This is a good move for Sony, but there's a good chance it will be too little, too late for a lot of MSoft and Nintendo installed users.
If they dropped it $200 I'd consider buying one just to have all three, but $500 is still too much for a system without any kind of "killer app."
Nintendo has no need to drop the price of the Wii...why that article mentions that is beyond me. There outselling PS3's 8 to 1 and the 360 4 to 1 or something close to that. The demand is still way to high to merit a price drop. The 360...possibly.
Jul-06-2007 15:24
Yan
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Wano
As RJT mentioned, Microsoft has NO reason to drop the price on their consoles.
Jul-06-2007 17:41
TweeK
What About The Future
Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Underground Pirate Station [JSRF]
Imma be the first in this thread to go ahead and laugh at Sony.
Never know i might actually pick one up.
gg.
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Jul-06-2007 18:05
RJT
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Registered: Oct 2004
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Originally posted by nfekted
bad news, looks like it was all a fake.
