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Sony Plans Deposit Scheme for PS3 in UK?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pointy-hair-just-getting-pointier dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sony is reportedly in talks to introduce a new £150 per PS3 deposit scheme across retailers in the UK. The proposed scheme aims to help improve resource allocation as well as reduce the 'eBay phenomenon' which was evident with the 360's launch, deposits were secured from as little as £5 and crafty sellers would sell the console way above its retail price."

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  1. Goodwill and tie-ins by SuperKendall · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would say it's likley that a retailer would be more likley to see people who bought a console at a particular store come back to same store to buy games.

    Let's say a Gamestop in Podunk, Iowa sells thirty consoles and 20 of them go off via eBay to the coast. That Gamestop may (stupidly) be stocking games for thirty people with only ten customers can be had, and is going to have a rough go of it.

    Basically, getting a real customer to buy from a store instead of a middleman generates a lot of goodwill which is good for a store.

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  2. The human factor... by Cryptnotic · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a feeling that this is so that people won't feel like they're paying $600 for a game system if they're actually only shelling out $400 for the system when they paid a $200 deposit 6 months earlier. It's a little trick, sort of like promising rebates, to get people to feel like they're paying less.

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  3. Re:150 UKP Deposit? by Aceticon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I reckon this is just yet another lame PR tactic - trying to give the impression that the console is going to be so successful that they have to have a really high reserve price.

    Next up will be some article about Sony having to turn away game development companies that want to develope games for the PS3 so as to avoid having too many titles when the PS3 comes out ...