Sony has now dropped the price of the base version of it's PS3 to $249. That's a nice deal for a game machine and good Blu-Ray player.
Beleaguered by an embarrassing hacking incident and drooping console sales, Sony is dropping the price of the PlayStation 3, its flagship console. Beginning this week, the 160 GB version of the PS3 will retail for $249, down from $299. Meanwhile, the price tag on the king-sized 320 GB PS3 will be sliced from $349 to $299, putting the machine more on less on parity with the Xbox 360. (The 250 GB version of the Microsoft console goes for $299.)......
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http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0817/PlayStation-3-price-drop-Enough-to-bolster-Sony-sales (http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0817/PlayStation-3-price-drop-Enough-to-bolster-Sony-sales)
i might just need to look into that.... sounds like a good time to get into PS3s.
I think we might even see them down to $200 by the holidays too.
Quote from: Rico on August 23, 2011, 08:37:38 AM
I think we might even see them down to $200 by the holidays too.
Or after the next batch of hacking. ;)
At 200 I might consider it!
Those hackers have moved on now to new targets. Hacking the PS3 is so early summer. :)