$499 PlayStation 3 Confirmed

Gamespot is reporting that the rumoured price drop from earlier this week is a reality. Starting on July 10th, the current 60GB model will sell for $499. Coming to US shores in August is the 80GB version only available in South Korea at the moment, which will retail for $599. They're bundling that unit with Motorstorm, so it's not just another 20 gigs for $100. "The price drop further indicates that, after a slow start, Sony is now aggressively trying to expand its customer base in the US. The move comes none too soon. According to the latest figures from industry-research firm the NPD Group, the PS3 only sold 82,000 units in the US in May, compared to the Xbox 360's 155,000 units and the Wii's 338,000 units." So, is this it? Will this price drop make you buy a PS3, or are you still holding off for the big games this fall?

Comments

Re:"aggressively"?

[laffer1]

Yes, but the xbox 360 only works for 3 years. Once it's out of warranty, you must buy a new one. It will break. A PS3 may last beyond the 3 years. If you count buying two xbox 360s before we will probably see the next generation, that's $800 unless MS drops the price a lot in the mean time. The reliability issues have scared me off from ever buying an xbox console again. I can't trust Microsoft with game consoles now. The difference between a PC and a game console is that I expect to be able to play the same games 10 years from now when I buy a console. It's not like vista or OS 10.5 that may (or did) break my PC games. I also buy different types of titles for PCs, but the real advantage to consoles is that they are supposed to last with the same gaming experience always. I can go to my living room and run my sega genesis or snes and play the same titles I could at 16 years old. That is a very nice thing. The only game console I expect to break is the original xbox I have. So far it works good, but when it goes i will not replace it. I'm going to sell the games off and buy more wii stuff (or whatever).

Every generation, I buy two consoles. This time it's the wii and probably the ps3 if/when they drop the price a little more. I am willing to buy it at $399 presuming it looks like blueray is going to "win". $399 for a game console and video player is more than OK with me. I can't imagine I'd use it more than my wii. My wii logs 2-6 hours a day between my wife and I. Considering we do not have a lot of time, that is significant. I haven't played games this much on a console since I was a teen. I look at buying game consoles as an equation of entertainment value. I haven't owned my wii very long, but it already has cost me less than buying a DVD in per hour time. At the current PS3 price after this announcement, it would take me a lot of hours to beat the wii.

So it's still at $499/$599?

[White Flame]

Yeah, that worked really well the last time around, Sony. :rolleyes:

Re:Blu-Ray

[Mister Whirly]

And your post is any more worthwhile how?? At least the GP brought up valid points, and didn't just insult someone they didn't agree with. Who the heck cares about stupid posts from insulting Anonymous Cowards?? You should re-address your own diatribe to yourself and give it a good read...