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Sony cuts PS3 prices to boost sales

article published on 16 August, 2011

PlayStation-maker seeks boost in sales to regain ground on Xbox 360. Sony announced that it will cut the price of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles to push up sales and prepare for the holiday season. The announcement comes on the eve of GamesCon, the biggest gaming trade show held in Europe. From Tuesday, the price of a 160GB PS3 model will drop to $249 from $299 in the United States, ... [ read the full article ]

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Oner
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_ 		16. August 2011 @ 20:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sony has also confirmed a PS3 price cut to £199 in the UK.
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_ 		16. August 2011 @ 21:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They need to stop charging $50 more to upgrade the $20 hard drive to a $30 model if they are worried about being a rip-off.
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_ 		17. August 2011 @ 00:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
great price in the UK for a 320gig PS3 should see a bump in sales over xmas. if any one is ripping people of it is Xbox with there 4gig model. killerbug for a company you hate you sure do spend a lot of time reading about them.
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_ 		17. August 2011 @ 04:47 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by brockie:
 great price in the UK for a 320gig PS3 should see a bump in sales over xmas. if any one is ripping people of it is Xbox with there 4gig model. killerbug for a company you hate you sure do spend a lot of time reading about them.
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_ 		17. August 2011 @ 10:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by brockie:
 if any one is ripping people of it is Xbox with there 4gig model.
Why?

It has been selling @ Tesco for £119 - and there's a £5 off code you take off of that too.

A Western digital drive is no big deal on top of that (£30?).

Soon the 320gb WD drives will be identified & we can use them too.


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kikzm33z
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_ 		17. August 2011 @ 11:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
£199 for a PS3... That's incredibly cheap.
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