Amazon, known for its excellent year-round sales, has just begun a new promotion for the Sony PlayStation 3 which I feel is great if you were on the fence about buying one.
For a limited time, consumers can purchase the newer PlayStation 3 80GB model, bundled with the blockbuster hit The Dark Knight on Blu-ray, along with the new game Resistance 2: Collector's Edition , all for $400 USD, ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by atomicxl: Not bad, but I think alot of people woulda preferred getting $85 of the price and nothing additional rather than $85 worth of extra stuff for free.
I agree somewhat with atomixl, where it would be nice if the console was initially cheaper. But that would never happen. By bundling, they can guaranteee that a game or movie is "sold". The profit division is tracked. The movie industry and game dev will get a portion of the $85 value. If they just drop the price by $85, someone can buy $85 worth of used games, and the devs and movie industry will not see a profit at all.
At least with bundling, everyone sees some money and the customer does get a good value. If one is not a fan of the bundled game or movie, one can always sell it and get a couple of used games.
i think more ps2's have to start breaking before more ps3's will really sell. the ps2 was an awesome console, heralded as the center of family entertainment. the xbox couldn't compete with that, but they made sure the 360 could, by offering a better version of everything the ps2 had. then the ps3 came along with a ton of features i don't believe anyone cares about.
oh, and in the late 90's when the ps2 came out, everyone had tons of surplus money in their pockets. now we're facing recession and the ps3 can't drop it's price fast enough.
