PS3 Enjoys Retail-Wide Sales Spike After Price Cut

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday August 18, 2011 @05:03PM from the gamers-have-short-memories dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "Sony, after nearly two years on standing firm on PS3's price, dropped the console to $249, and it's been having an immediate impact. GameStop has already noted a 'significant' increase in PS3 sales, while big box retailer Target confirmed an 'immediate lift' in sales and recommended PS3 as a 'great option' for its customers. Not only that, but leading e-tailer Amazon saw PS3 sales explode by 400% in the days after the price cut. All told, in the months ahead, analysts are expecting Sony to see as much as a 30% sales bump for PS3 this holiday season."

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Re:I have personally been waiting for this day by indeterminator · 2011-08-18 21:04 · Score: 3, Insightful

Heh, I have to pay the MS tax every time I buy a laptop, even if the first thing i do is to wipe Windows off the hard drive. So why should I give them even more money?
At least all the money I've used for buying Sony stuff (not much more than a PS3 + games really) is based on a voluntary decision.