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CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« on: August 18, 2009, 04:52:49 PM »
`Bout f***ing time.

Sony unveils $299 PlayStation 3 Slim

It's a rumor no longer -- Sony is dropping the price on its PlayStation 3 console.

Available September 1, a slimmer version of the PS3 will hit retail for $299. Sony will also drop the prices of the current 80GB and 160GB models to $299 and $399 respectively.



A side-by-side comparison of the original PlayStation 3, left, and the PS3 Slim.


Why is this the right time for a price reduction?
Tretton: "In terms of timing, it is very consistent with what have done in past. We have reached production efficiencies and we have been able to pass those savings onto consumers through previous generations. From the debut at $599 to $499, then $399 and now $299, it is kind of part of the product life cycle for us on each subsequent generation. And even the new form factor, it is consistent with what we did with the original PlayStation and PlayStation 2. We came out with the slimmer lighter PSOne in year four, the same with the slimmer lighter PS2. Now we are doing it with PlayStation 3 as it approaches its third anniversary in October of this year."

So the current 80 GB and 160 GB models will go away?
Tretton: Right now there is an 80GB PS3 on shelf and 160 GB/Uncharted bundle currently on shelf. Quantities of both models are extremely low. In anticipation of the new introduction, we ran our inventories down to a very low level. We have some residual inventory (but) the de facto model will be the 120GB PlayStation 3. That will literally take care of itself over the course of this week. We expect a flood of consumers to hit retail. They have been waiting for this price announcement and I think a lot of people will go out and grab one.

Will the new slim PS3 be have backward compatibility with PS2 games?
Tretton: No. We are three years into the PlayStation 3 life cycle. The library for PlayStation 3, both disc-based and network-based, is extensive. The consumer is playing PS3 games on the PS3. And given the fact that we have got a 140 million PS2s out there and it is currently available at $99, we really feel the PS2 serves the consumer who wants to play PS2 games. The PS3 is all about the PlayStation 3 experience.


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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2009, 06:08:55 PM »
`Bout f***ing time.



you took the words right out of my mouth

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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2009, 07:47:17 PM »


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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2009, 09:43:42 AM »
I need a new clothes washer/dryer.  I also need a new car since mine is falling apart.

Sadly, the PS3 will probably be my next purchase. 



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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2009, 06:40:56 AM »
They don't show you the power adaptor though, that could be twice as big as a house for all we know.

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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2009, 03:47:41 PM »
Sony reveal the secret weapon that may finally tip the next-gen console war in their favour  ;D



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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2009, 04:14:51 PM »
Sony reveal the secret weapon that may finally tip the next-gen console war in their favour  ;D



If that meant the the PSN was going to begin releasing the Dreamcast catalog for download, that would be a hell of a weapon.  SOLD!   ;D


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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2009, 04:21:55 PM »
'Slim' PS3 - fat free PS3 more like...helps remove excess fat from food:




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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #8 on: August 21, 2009, 12:17:51 PM »
PS3 with a built in Dreamcast and it cooks sausage.... genius!

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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #9 on: August 21, 2009, 12:41:32 PM »
PS3 with a built in Dreamcast and it cooks sausage.... genius!


BEST CONSOLE EVER  ;D


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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2009, 05:36:55 AM »
PS3 with a built in Dreamcast and it cooks sausage.... genius!


BEST CONSOLE EVER  ;D

only if i got achievements too (trophies don't count).

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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2009, 07:27:31 AM »
PS3 sales rocket 1000% on Slim release

Sales of the PlayStation 3 have rocketed 999 per cent over the past week, GamesIndustry.biz reports.

Sony introduced the new, slimmer SKU last Tuesday, and although Chart-Track does not reveal actual sales numbers, Dorian Bloch, director of the firm called the growth "a huge increase".

"The uplift on week 36 on week 35 is plus 999 per cent," revealed Bloch. "We don't give out the hardware numbers, but never-the-less it's a very large increase."

The boost in sales will be a pleasing early start to the Christmas season for Sony, which told GamesIndustry.bizlast month that it expected the redesign to pull in new consumers.

"I think what I've heard anecdotally is that this is the point people were waiting for - a redesigned model and, in Euros, a significant price reduction," said Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. "That's people's cue to jump into the business."

The PlayStation 3 has been remodelled earlier in the its lifecycle than the PlayStation 2. The PS2 slim, released in the 24th week of 2004, helped sales jump 310 per cent.

The news follows a climb in Xbox 360 sales of 43 per cent last week, due to the price cut for the Elite model to GBP 199.

This week, sales for the Elite were still up in the region, said Chart-Track, an increase of 29 per cent over last week's growth.


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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2009, 02:54:53 PM »
INstead of selling 3 they've sold 2,997

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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2009, 03:51:52 AM »
INstead of selling 3 they've sold 2,997

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Re: CONFIRMED: PS3 'Slim" - $299
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2009, 10:41:37 AM »
INstead of selling 3 they've sold 2,997

My thought exactly.   :D



 

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