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Title: I smell a PS3 price drop
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on June 14, 2007, 03:36:33 AM: I haven't heard anything official, but I noticed one store in Tokyo here was selling new ones for about 2000 yen less, and that's the one that comes with the Casino Royale blu-ray. If a store is taking initiative dropping the price... hmm.

I'm actually going to buy a used one this weekend unless they've all disappeared (LOL UNLIKELY) for around 300 USD. I don't see how Sony can possibly hold out on a price drop any longer. Maybe they're waiting for an event to announce it at?
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Post by: nitsu niflheim on June 14, 2007, 03:41:10 AM: the event is the week it sells 0 units. lol
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Post by: oohhboy on June 14, 2007, 03:58:34 AM: Maybe individual retailers are silently dumping the stock off. Giving the PS3 the silent treatment of sorts.
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Post by: Ceric on June 14, 2007, 04:03:05 AM: I was sort of hoping that there be more inventory then demand out there so I could get one for cheap...
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on June 14, 2007, 05:36:22 AM: Well, I imagine those Japanese video game stores are small and don't have much shelf space to begin with, and then you factor in a system like the PS3 which is enormous and it isn't really selling that great. Wouldn't it make sense that they'd want to clear it so they can make more room for more DS games?
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Post by: KDR_11k on June 14, 2007, 06:21:40 AM: Where have you been? There have been reports of stores dropping the PS3 price in Japan a month or two after launch.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 14, 2007, 06:53:29 AM: I thought PS3 was on an open pricing plan in Japan?
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Post by: vudu on June 14, 2007, 07:12:49 AM: Isn't 2,000 Yen like $15? That's not much of a price drop.
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Post by: Arbok on June 14, 2007, 07:28:02 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: vudu
Isn't 2,000 Yen like $15? That's not much of a price drop.

$16 to be exact... but yep, pretty trival price drop considering the price of the system.
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Post by: that Baby guy on June 14, 2007, 10:42:16 AM: Yeah, I though SCEJ has been considering drops there for a long time. At any rate, I'd wait to get one until there is an official drop, or if that doesn't happen, pick up the used one right before you return to Cattank, Montana.
Title: RE:I smell a PS3 price drop
Post by: S-U-P-E-R on June 14, 2007, 12:19:52 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: KDR_11k
Where have you been? There have been reports of stores dropping the PS3 price in Japan a month or two after launch.
Reports, sure, but this is the first time I've seen it with my own eyes.

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Yeah, I though SCEJ has been considering drops there for a long time. At any rate, I'd wait to get one until there is an official drop, or if that doesn't happen, pick up the used one right before you return to Cattank, Montana.
I waited out all of May in case there was going to be a price drop then.
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Post by: ShyGuy on June 14, 2007, 12:39:14 PM: What does it smell like?
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Post by: Shecky on June 14, 2007, 01:31:54 PM: Smells like savings!
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Post by: Flames_of_chaos on June 14, 2007, 04:23:02 PM: At a local indy game store their special is that if you buy a PS3 you can get a free PS3 game of your choice since the management admitted to me the reason why they are doing that is because their distributor sell PS3s to them for $435 dollars (60GB unit) which isn't bad at all since even if the PS3 dropped 100 dollars you wouldn't be saving that much since whats the point of a system if your not getting a game with it?
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Post by: stevey on June 14, 2007, 04:54:18 PM: You may be right...

Sony CEO says they're looking to 'refine' PS3 price

...unless refine mean jack up the price
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Post by: capamerica on June 14, 2007, 06:55:57 PM: Quote
Originally posted by: stevey
You may be right...

Sony CEO says they're looking to 'refine' PS3 price

...unless refine mean jack up the price

I'm betting this is what we'll see as the PS3 price drop:
PS3 60GB model gets the old 20GB price tag and 80GB model gets 60GB price tag.
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Post by: Ghisy on June 15, 2007, 02:22:57 AM: I'd get a PS3 for $69.99. Wait, they're not dropping the price under $70.00?
Oh well...
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Post by: Chozo Ghost on June 15, 2007, 02:46:56 AM: Quote
Originally posted by: ShyGuy
What does it smell like?

I don't know, but we are talking about PS3 price droppings, and if the smell is like most other droppings then we may want to plug our nostrils.
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Post by: Shecky on June 18, 2007, 02:14:35 AM: Looks like they're giving them away now... that *is* a price drop!

Buy a Sony TV + PS3 Game + Sony BlueRay Movie ... get a PS3 FREE! ($600 savings)

This is at Worst Buy

The promotion is for $400, but the ad discounts the TV [read the whole thing] so that it ends up being a $600 "savings" (IF the TV's weren't overpriced to start)
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Post by: Spak-Spang on June 18, 2007, 02:55:05 AM: Wow that just sounds like a horrible deal.

Ok, lets make a deal for people.

Spend $2,100.00 pretax and get a $400.00 off for a game system that costs $599.99 So you are actually still spending $199.99 for the PS3.

So I still am spending 2,299.99 for a nice TV, a crappy movie, a crappy game, and a PS3 that has nothing worth watching on it yet...and will probably get a real price drop within the year.