Amazon Cuts the Price of the PS3

[JMcEntegart]

While PlayStation fans tirelessly await an announcement from Sony regarding a price cut for the PS3, Amazon has gone ahead and cut the price of the console.

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[Aoster87]

Still overpriced methinks =/

 

[trevorvdw]

Correct

 

[acecombat]

Cheaper at half the price!

 

[Dave_69]

Knock it down to $250 - $300 and I'll buy one. Otherwise it's just an over-glorified GPU without decent I/O devices.

 

[matt87_50]

[citation][nom]Dave_69[/nom]Knock it down to $250 - $300 and I'll buy one. Otherwise it's just an over-glorified GPU without decent I/O devices.[/citation]

Actually the GPU is the LEAST impressive part of the PS3, and whats wrong with its I/O? Hdmi/hdmi audio, gigabit, wireless, support for 3rd party peripherals, eyetoy, bluray/DVD, media streaming...
The only thing i can think your saying is that its only useful as a supercomputer, and in this regard, i'll think you'll find its a bargain.


I don't think its overpriced, i think its just too expensive for a games console.

 

[megamanx00]

If it came in at $399 I think people would see that first "3" and think it's not too bad (even though it would be over $400 with tax). Shoppers often decide their price range by the first digit and thus something will sell significantly better at $399 than say $401. Still a $50 price cut is progress but I don't think it's enough to spur the kinda sales that Sony needs.

 

[duckmanx88]

you could just buy the 80GB version and replace the HDD yourself or even use an external hard drive for saves and downloads and media. unlike a certain other company that thinks charging $70 for 60GB is nice.

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

[citation][nom]duckmanx88[/nom]you could just buy the 80GB version and replace the HDD yourself or even use an external hard drive for saves and downloads and media. unlike a certain other company that thinks charging $70 for 60GB is nice.[/citation]

That's why you build your own 120 gig drive for the 360 for like 50 bucks.

 

[rooket]

hmm 450 for outdated hardware..let's see.....yes still bad.

 

[largeprint48]

[citation][nom]false_dmitry_ii[/nom]That's why you build your own 120 gig drive for the 360 for like 50 bucks.[/citation]

How I was wanting to do this a while ago but could not find info on it is 120 gb the max??

 

[CR0W M@GN3T]

Luckily I got my PS3 used for a measly $300 bucks since I agree that a brand new ps3 is grossly overpriced. Didn't Sony just say that the price of producing a PS3 fall my 70%? If you ask me cut the price dramatically and live with the smaller profit margin since when it was launched there was no profit was there?

 

[Dave_69]

I agree with Cr0w. If they managed to cut 30% of the cost of making/distributing this thing, then they should have some additional padding on the bottom line to flood the market with them.

And yes, its I/O sucks. Would you pay $60 for a mediocre keyboard? I wouldn't.

 

[CChick]

err ... thats not news.

newegg has been selling the Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for 450 for a long ass time. and if you just want the PS3 itself, its 360 bux shipped.

wow ... time to update your news Tomshardware 😉

 

[Dave_69]

Actually the GPU is the LEAST impressive part of the PS3

Hence why I said it was over-glorified.

 

[CChick]

For those who said PS3 is "overpriced"

I want you to build me a computer for 500 bucks that can play Blu-Ray, Media Center, High Def Games on a 1080p TV without lagging with all legal software and be able to boot up in less than 10 seconds.

If you can't please stfu cheap fucks.

 

[Guest]

seems that ATi has AWSOME luck with Console clients ....Wii(most successful console) is ATi GPU and PS2(greatest console ever made)..overtook Xbox(Nv gpu)...was an ATi gpu...now Xbox 360 now switched to Ati and they best PS3 by both, games and price...seems that Ait's "more value less pickpocketing" console GPU pricing pays off...

 

[Flying Sq]

Newegg.com, been 449 with exact same bundle since the bundle retailed for 499.

 

[megabuster]

[citation]CChick 08/05/2009 4:48 AM[/citation]

For those who said PS3 is "overpriced"

I want you to build me a computer for 500 bucks that can play Blu-Ray, Media Center, High Def Games on a 1080p TV without lagging with all legal software and be able to boot up in less than 10 seconds.

If you can't please stfu cheap fucks.

Easily done!!! Newegg parts as listed
Item #: N82E16811162037 Case w/ 600w P/S $49.99
Item #: N82E16822145233 1TB HDD $74.99
Item #: N82E16813157160 AMD Mobo $54.99
Item #: N82E16814131140 Radeon HD 4870 $126.99 w/o $10 MIR
Item #: N82E16820227195 OCZ 2x2GB RAM $44.99
Item #: N82E16819103694 Phenom II X2 3.0Ghz $89.99
Item #: N82E16827106325 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Player $59.99
Total: ~$500

Now you provide me with custom OS which will fully take advanage of this hardware then we'll talk about which system is faster PS3 or $500 PC
As far as 60fps without lag, you might be in denial if you think games on PS3 don't dip below 60 fps during intense fight scenes.

 

[NuclearShadow]

Yeah the whole argument that a good PC for around the same price of the console can't be done is dead. PC hardware has not only advanced quite well these last few years but the prices are great as well.

What's even better is the fact that we can buy dirt cheap blu-ray drives as well and just hook our PC to our TVs and enjoy the movies. Of course we are also not limited to just games or movies like the consoles.

The cost of each console keeps increasing with every generation while PC hardware is getting cheaper and is still superior. Lets not forget when a new console comes out the old consoles cannot play the new games. PC's on the other hand can just on lower settings making it no rush to go out to play the games. Upgrading at your own convince and still being able to play the games beats being forced to buy a new console to play the new game at all.