PS3 Drops 80 GIG to $299 gamestop.com

[Saint]

Holy shit! Ps3 price drop? Was anyone else aware?

[Sakumo]

Holy shit! Ps3 price drop? Was anyone else aware?

I was, I figure the PS3 Slim means lower prices for current systems, and to continue to earn money, gamestop had to lower prices to continue to get people buying or they will have like 100s of old PS3 no one would want. Also, the old 80Gb is now $300 too, used of course. And the 20GB is now $280. PS2 compatibility for all!

[ncyphe]

I was, I figure the PS3 Slim means lower prices for current systems, and to continue to earn money, gamestop had to lower prices to continue to get people buying or they will have like 100s of old PS3 no one would want. Also, the old 80Gb is now $300 too, used of course. And the 20GB is now $280. PS2 compatibility for all!

Did any of y'all even watch the Sony Press Release?!?!

All of the 80GB PS3's got price dropped to $299. . . everywhere. The 160 GB is $399. $280 for a 20 GB??? Here at Fry's, we've, been selling 40 GB's for $270.




Also, Sony discontinued the PS# originals weeks ago, hell, my store finally ran out of stock today.


Also, Gamestop is a horrible store, horribly ripping you off. My store sells everything they have for much cheaper, sometime even the price of used games.

edit: Saint was being sarcastic. This thread needs to be locked as there already is another thread.

edit2: http://www.onrpg.com/boards/138640.html

wow r u serious i just bought my ps3 2 weeks ago for $400.>

Go to the store you purchased it at. Some stores have "low price guarantee" policies, where if they drop the price in 30 days (length of return policy) they will give you the new lower price. Not everywhere (cough GameStop cough) though.

[Sakumo]

All of the 80GB PS3's got price dropped to $299. . . everywhere. The 160 GB is $399. $280 for a 20 GB??? Here at Fry's, we've, been selling 40 GB's for $270.

Do you even understand why the 20GB is still so much? Because it has BACKWARD compatibility! Does the 40GB have that no, why else is it lower? I bet you're thinking, well you can get the PS2, well for one, you won't pay for two systems plugged, two, it takes up less space and three, it cost less.

[ncyphe]

Do you even understand why the 20GB is still so much? Because it has BACKWARD compatibility! Does the 40GB have that no, why else is it lower? I bet you're thinking, well you can get the PS2, well for one, you won't pay for two systems plugged, two, it takes up less space and three, it cost less.

Yeah, I realized that after I posted. Sometime I speak before thinking . . . very bad habit.

But still, it seems like everyon thinks GameStop has this special deal going on that no other store is doing. It irks me to think that GameStop has that much influence on people.

[Sakumo]

Yeah, I realized that after I posted. Sometime I speak before thinking . . . very bad habit.

But still, it seems like everyon thinks GameStop has this special deal going on that no other store is doing. It irks me to think that GameStop has that much influence on people.

Personally I prefer Fry's WAY, WAY,WAY over GameStop, it just that Fry's tries to keep it on current stuff, like after they got rid of the 60GB, like a month later, my brother decides to go to see if the closest Fry's have it, since Gamestop was still selling it for $500+ used, and it didn't. Anyway..I hate GameStop unless I'm going to get a console or console game. I HATE their PC selection. It's like CoD series, WoW, Guild Wars, and a bunch of crappy games. Fry's is like 4 few meters sections for games.

[FireRage]

Isn't Frys a grocery market? Because I looked at mines and thats all the have lol.. thats where my dad gets all the fruits n stuff :O! (I live in Arizona)

[Imperidal]

Announced today at Sony 2009 Gamescom in Germany, Sony's revamped console; the PS3 Slim comes with a 120GB hard drive and is 33% smaller and 36% lighter. Other altered specs include a BRAVIA sync function where you can control the PS3's main menu using the television's remote, the removal of the manual install OS feature and 2 USB ports.

The PS3 Slim will be available in the first week of September and will retail in the US for US$299/NZ$442.76, in Japan: 29980 Yen/NZ$458.61 and in Europe: 299 Euros/NZ$479.50.

Unfortunately for us we'll be paying much more for the new console than the rest of the world as an article on NZGamer states that the regular retail price (RRP) for the PS3 Slim in New Zealand is NZ$629.95. If you got family or friends in the US then import away as Playstation 3 games are not region coded.

Soddin' hell...

[Mr. First Name Basis]

So, is it just me or do most people on here care way too much about backwards compatibility? Like I don't think the average gamer cares that much but everyone here seems to make a huge deal out of it.

[Danuve]

So, is it just me or do most people on here care way too much about backwards compatibility? Like I don't think the average gamer cares that much but everyone here seems to make a huge deal out of it.

There always needs to be a reason to complain.