PS3 pricing

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Just read an article about the PS3 pricing.
According to this article, the 60 GB PS3 in US will sell for $499 and a new 80GB version bundeled with game will cost $599.
In an interview with Sony it is mentioned that the 60 GB version will disappear!!!
So if you want to buy a "cheap" PS3 then do it now.

The 80 GB version will not be introduced in EU. In EU there will be a new bundel: 60 GB PS3 with 1 extra controller and 2 games.

here is the article:

E3: No more 60GB PlayStation 3 in US after July, says Reeves

'All they're doing is taking their stock and marking the price down'
SCEE president David Reeves has told GamesIndustry.biz that the 60GB PlayStation 3 will no longer be available in the US after stock sells out - which he predicts will occur by the end of the month.
Reeves was speaking at an E3 event to announce the introduction of a new PS3 bundle in Europe. When asked about possible criticisms over whether SCEE should have given consumers the option to pay a lower price, as SCEA has done, he replied, "Well, they're not really are they, because what the US are offering from the 1st of August is a USD 599 version with one game.
"All they're doing is taking their stock in trade that they've got at the moment of the 60GB model, marking the price down and it will all be gone by the end of July."
When asked to clarify if this will mean the end of the 60GB model, Reeves answered, "In America, yes."
SCEA announced a USD 100 price cut for PlayStation 3 earlier this week. A new 80GB model will come bundled with a copy of Motorstorm and will retail for USD 599.
The full interview with Reeves is now on GamesIndustry.biz.
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#1 Maverick, Jul 13, 2007
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lol it would probably disappear when another price drop hits it, but probably not gonna be a while lol, it's just another marketing scheme... seriously wouldn't get one until it has some exclusive games cause now i still want to play that halo 3 lols.

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Updated the thread with original article

#3 Maverick, Jul 13, 2007
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ok lol still sorta a marketing scheme to get the people not to wait and buy all their 60gb models, so ps3 is gonna keep a steady pricing, next thing you know they would introduce a 100gb bundle, drop the price on the 80 and sell all that in a month and the 100gb would be $599 lol, that kinda gives you the urge to not wait lol, but kinda rip-off adding 20gb on a hard drive doesn't cost 100 bucks lols.

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NewAzNSensation said: ↑

ok lol still sorta a marketing scheme to get the people not to wait and buy all their 60gb models, so ps3 is gonna keep a steady pricing, next thing you know they would introduce a 100gb bundle, drop the price on the 80 and sell all that in a month and the 100gb would be $599 lol, that kinda gives you the urge to not wait lol, but kinda rip-off adding 20gb on a hard drive doesn't cost 100 bucks lols.
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20 GB extra + 1 Game. That is appr. $100

#5 Maverick, Jul 13, 2007
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us europeans are still getting screwed paying the same price, a pair of rumble less controller and forced to get 2 games

guess i wont be getting a ps3 this year

#6 Logy, Jul 13, 2007
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Yep, we Europeans are always being screwed hard. Not only is the PS3 more expensive than anywhere on the rock. We also get less. Since the PAL version lack an emulation chip. Which means that we don't have hardware supported emulation for the PS1 and PS2 games!!! But there is still hope that Sony will come to their senses during X-mas.
If they don't cut price, we just choose Nintendo or even Xbox360

#7 Maverick, Jul 13, 2007
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Just read some more info in US PS3 80 GB version.
This version is like the EU version without Emotion Engine chip.
Which means that PS1 and PS2 games are emulated by software!!!

#8 Maverick, Jul 13, 2007
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July 13, 2007 - Ever since Sony announced it was dropping the price of the 60GB model by $100 to $499 earlier this week, there has been rampant speculation as to whether or not it would be a permanent price cut or a temporary one until supply of the model runs out. Today GamesIndustry.biz received confirmation from David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, that the 60GB model will not be continued in Europe. But what about North America?

Senior Public Relations Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment America, Patrick Seybold, has substantiated this news to IGN: the 60GB will not be continued in North America, either. In effect, this means the $100 price drop is only temporary.

"The 60GB PS3 will be available in North America for $499 until supplies of that unit are depleted," Seybold said. "We have ample inventory to meet the immediate needs of consumers in this territory for several months to come. We won't be making any further announcements regarding our PS3 model hardware strategy in North America until the 60GB model is exhausted and market conditions are evaluated."

Seybold also shed some light on the company's plans for the older PSP model now that a redesign has been announced. Will it be phased out as well? Or receive its own price drop?

"The newly designed PSP will replace the original PSP design starting in September with the $169.99 PSP Core Pack and the $199.99 Daxter PSP Entertainment Pack."
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and then there was 1

#9 khaotic, Jul 13, 2007
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it began with a 499 20 gig ps3 and a 599 60 gig ps3 in the US.

they discontinued the 20 gig and now there is a 499 60 gig ps3 and a 599 80 gig ps3.

they discontinue the 60 gig ps3 and we are left with a 599 80 gig ps3?

does anyone else see a pattern?

#10 fearless_fx, Jul 14, 2007
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With sony its like ONE step forward TWO steps back with everything they do

#11 Logy, Jul 14, 2007
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Yet another article about PS3:

The vanishing PS3 price drop: soon only one $600 PS3 remains

By Ken Fisher | Published: July 13, 2007 - 09:26AM CT
The Great PS3 Price Drop of 2007 isn't much of a price drop after all, not when Sony's moves are looked at in aggregate. When all is said and done, Sony will have one PS3 available throughout North America, and it will be the upgraded/downgraded 80GB PS3.

Sony surprised everyone with a pre-E3 price cut announcement, announcing both a "new" 80GB unit at $599 and lowering the price of the 60GB PS3 to $499—a savings of $100. The price drops were effective immediately.
As it turns out, Sony is rapidly phasing out the 60GB PlayStation 3 in favor of the 80GB unit and will no longer be manufacturing the newly minted $499 PS3 for the North American market. That $499 price is less a price cut and more a sale tag, in other words. SCEE president David Reeves has told GamesIndustry.biz that he expects the 60GB model of the PS3 to be sold out by the end of this month throughout North America, and Sony won't be making more of them.

Cell, err Shell game

The move is a brilliant one for Sony, for it allows them to streamline their offerings in the US while finally importing the hardware revision Sony is using almost everywhere else. The European PlayStation 3 launch revealed that Sony had removed dedicated hardware aimed at ensuring wide PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility. The new units have software aimed at providing backwards compatibility, which helped Sony cut manufacturing costs. The "downgrade" had been much lamented online, but we heard few reports from gamers who run into compatibility problems, although they are out there.
The upgrade to 80GB of storage offsets some of that potential bitterness, and Sony can pull the switcheroo while still saving plenty of money on manufacturing. According to Reeves, the cost difference stemming from the 60GB to 80GB hard drive upgrade is "just Euro cents" (a.k.a., pennies).
The end result is that it costs less for Sony to make the upgraded 80GB unit than the existing 60GB unit. The Motorstorm bundle might shave a few bucks off those savings, but they're there. Whether or not you see this as brilliant product management or evil trickery will likely depend on how you view Sony, but one thing is clear: if you want dedicated hardware for backwards compatibility support, the 60GB unit is your only option, and supplies are limited.

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In the hours since the story broke, Sony has been working hard to assure gamers that the 60GB PS3 isn't about to disappear from store shelves. Sony's senior director of corporate communications David Karraker recently posted a clarification on PlayStation.Blog. "As we announced this week, SCEA’s product offering in North America consists of a 80GB PS3 available in August and a 60GB PS3 available now for $499," wrote Karraker. "We will have ample supplies of both models to meet the needs of consumers for the foreseeable future." (Emphasis ours.)
That highlighted bit is key. The foreseeable future is a different animal from the indefinite future, meaning that the 60GB model is available while it lasts, and that the 80GB model is the future of the PS3 for the reasons outlined above. Kaz Hirai further muddied the waters with a statement to Scandinavian network VGTV: "[Sony doesn't] have a two SKU strategy in the US; we learned very quickly customers respond better to having one SKU than two," Hirai told the network. "We dropped the price on the 60GB model, as you know that model is no longer in production, once it's no longer on store shelves it will just be the $600 SKU."
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#12 Maverick, Jul 15, 2007
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Aud $$ 999

#13 vnflame, Jul 16, 2007
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pick up a 60 gig for 499 quick lol

#14 fearless_fx, Jul 16, 2007
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Buy now and get a PS3 with Emotion Engine Chip (EEC) for 499 USD
Buy later you will get a PS3 without EEC for 599 USD!!!
Guess this is a no brainer -bigsmile

#15 Maverick, Jul 16, 2007
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Just hope that this analyst is telliing the truth.

Sony will drop 80Gb PS3 price to $499, reckons analyst

Monday 16-Jul-2007 2:35 PM Once remaining stock of 60Gb machines hits zero, Sony will reduce the cost of 80Gb pack

Sony will drop the price of the recently announced 80Gb PS3 package in the US once remaining stock of the 60Gb model has been reduced to zero, an industry analyst reckons.

Michael Pachter, Wedbush Morgan analyst, believes the 80Gb model will be cut $100 down to $499, Next-Gen.biz reports.

"In our view, the Sony entry level price of USD 499 is here to stay," Patcher said in his latest report.

"We believe that there are presently 2 - 3 million 60GB PS3s produced and not yet sold, and expect the entire supply to be diverted to the US to honor the new lower price point.

"Once these units are sold through, we expect the company to lower the price of its 80GB model to USD 499 on a standalone basis."

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe confirmed with CVG last week that the 60Gb PS3 is being phased out in the US, leaving the 80Gb model, at $599, as the only option for punters over the pond.

Patcher went on to say in his report that, due to the 80Gb PS3 emulating through software rather than hardware, production costs may well be lowered with the knock on effect of a further price cut in early 2008.

"We expect the USD 499 price cut to be maintained until early next year, when the 80GB model will likely be cut again to USD 399".
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#16 Maverick, Jul 16, 2007
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and then we'll see a 100GB model at 599.99 while the 80GB will be discontinued O_O

#17 khaotic, Jul 16, 2007
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-rolleyesNope, a Rumble enabled controller first as new feature for a higher price-rolleyes

#18 Maverick, Jul 16, 2007
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then they will get a few changes and charge more just like how they did with the PS2 by switching it to a smaller version...

#19 vampire1986, Jul 18, 2007
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Yeah the new PS3 pricing was supposedly introduced for E3. I think it might be a market scheme, but it is working... Hopefully, because PS3 sales are way below that of Wii or 360

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