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Sony (SNE) is finally cutting the price of its PlayStation3 videogame console. The new price, $299, is not particularly aggressive, but will help Sony in its battle versus Microsoft and Nintendo.

Credit Kmart.com for breaking the news: The site has a banner up advertising a "New Exciting Playstation3" available for pre-order at $299.99. The site provides no image of the console, but says the "PS3 SLIM" will be released on August 24, 2009.

Sony (SNE) has not yet made an official announcement, but is expected to at a press event in New York City today, says CNET.

The 25% price cut is long overdue, but it still places the PS3 as the highest priced console - the Wii costs $249 and the Xbox costs $199. The PS3's advantage is that it includes Blu-ray movie playback.

And Sony really needs a boost: In July, Sony's PS3 unit sales dropped 46% year-over-year, the Wii's fell 55%, and the Xbox 360's dropped 1%.

 

[D4Danger]

$299 = £181.

£181 + VAT (£27) + unknown mandatory UK rip-off tax = £269

 

[DMeisterJ]

The new price, $299, is not particularly aggressive

Fuck?

 

[lowrider007]

Fuck?

Exactly what I was thinking when I read that.

 

[Snowden]

Fuck?

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

 

[Nonoriri]

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

Free or bust.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

Sony has kept PS3 Slim as a secret? seriously? :lol

Not 100% confirmed like their E3 pressers for the last few years, up till an hour or so ago you couldnt 100% say there was a PS3 Slim.

Fuck?

It begins

$599? i will wait till $499
$499? i will wait till $399
$399? i will wait till $299
$299? i will wait till $199
$199? i will wait till ......

 

[FrankT]

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

It begins heh. Anyhow what press event in NYC is Cnet referring to?

 

[dogmaan]

sooo very tired, I have been up for 24 hours now

must sleep...

 

[Game2Death]

Sony has kept PS3 Slim as a secret? seriously? :lol

Well really GAF here brought the slim out before Sony...:lol

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

I was planning on buying an Iphone, fuck that shit! PS3 here I come

 

[Loudninja]

It begins heh. Anyhow what press event in NYC is Cnet referring to?

I woudl like to know this as well.

 

[Grooski]

Sears in on the act

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05896012000P?adCell=W2

 

[cyberheater]

$299 = £181.

£181 + VAT (£27) + unknown mandatory UK rip-off tax = £269

Unfortunately you're probably right. I'm hoping it's going to be £249.99 with a bundle. That should shake things up.

 

[noah111]

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

And here we fucking go again...

I still remember the days when people said "$400 or bust", it'll never bloody end.

 

[Lord Error]

If the price is really $300, as it seems like it will be, that's pretty nutty. I really never imagined Sony would be able to reach the pricing parity with X360. Much less have a smaller, and more feature packed machine at the same price. Perhaps now they finally have something. But who knows if its all too late.

 

[Eric WK]

It's not aggressive. $299 is precisely where Sony should be cutting the price. It's a great, sound decision.

 

[alternade]

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

$249 and ill bite

 

[dolemite]

Sears in on the act

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05896012000P?adCell=W2

Hmmm, so why is Sears' model called PRESELL 1 and KMart's model is PRESELL 2?

 

[cakefoo]

I emailed Kmart customer service a url of my mockup and some articles that have used it.

/crosses fingers :lol

 

[demosthenes]

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

No. You're a troll and will never get a PS3. :lol :lol

 

[jmdajr]

sooo very tired, I have been up for 24 hours now

must sleep...

work? school? insomnia? ps3 slim news?

 

[SmokyDave]

$249 and ill bite

£425 and I'm in!

...

 

[Loudninja]

I emailed Kmart customer service a url of my mockup and some articles that have used it.

/crosses fingers :lol

Really what is the point at this time?

 

[Cowie]

... I finally get to play mgs4 T_T

it's been a hell of a ride, thread.

 

[kever0nicas]

$299USD is great.

$299USD = $365AUD.

But we Aussies all know that we'll all have to pay $500+

 

[Snowden]

And here we fucking go again...

That's the joke.

I bought mine for $599. ;-)

 

[Ettie]

Sears in on the act

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_05896012000P?adCell=W2

Old. Kmart=Sears.

 

[BattleMonkey]

$299 is not enough! $99 bitches!

It will never end

 

[Dragon]

Hmmm, so why is Sears' model called PRESELL 1 and KMart's model is PRESELL 2?

Kmart owns Sears for the upteenth time

 

[noah111]

I think people forget all that's being packed in the PS3 to begin with, no price will be cheap enough or 'fair' at this point.

 

[demosthenes]

I emailed Kmart customer service a url of my mockup and some articles that have used it.

/crosses fingers :lol

:lol

And here we fucking go again...

I still remember the days when people said "$400 or bust", it'll never bloody end.

Exactly.

 

[lowrider007]

Personally, I'm waiting for $199.

.

Unless one falls out of my Frosties box in the morning I'm not interested.

 

[badcrumble]

I'm waiting for $2 with Deep Blue emulation

 

[intheinbetween]

No. You're a troll and will never get a PS3. :lol :lol

so waiting for a $199 price tag is being a troll? oh god..

 

[Violater]

Told a friend of mine about the "confirmed" price drop,

his response was " hasnt it always been that or for a while now?"
:lol
:/ 199 or bust

 

[XanatharDeath]

It begins

$599? i will wait till $499
$499? i will wait till $399
$399? i will wait till $299
$299? i will wait till $199
$199? i will wait till ......

:lol

So true !

 

[spwolf]

$249 and ill bite

oh cmn, you know you would get it for $289.99

 

[noah111]

I'm waiting for $2 with Deep Blue emulation

 

[alr1ght]

Free with 8 cereal box tops. 5.99 for shipping/handling.

 

[cw_sasuke]

:lol @ppl still bitching about the price

 

[twinturbo2]

Why are you comparing the Wii to the PS3? That has nothing to do with what we're talking about. The two situations are not even remotely close.

?

I'm talking about backwards compatibility...

 

[Snowden]

:lol @ppl still bitching about the price

No, see, that's the best part. The real bitching is people bitching about bitching about the price.

Isn't it great!

 

[PetriP-TNT]

PS3 Slim or how Sony won the console war for the 3rd generation in the row (as told by neogaf).

If everyone that said that they will buy the damn console when its $299 / a slim version comes out keep their promises, Sony will sell tens of millions of consoles in couple of months.

 

[ItAintEasyBeinCheesy]

$299USD is great.

$299USD = $365AUD.

But we Aussies all know that we'll all have to pay $500+

If Sony where good to us it would be $399-$450.......... $499 at a streatch, but i doubt it.

 

[Lion Heart]

I'll buy at $298.97. No more, no less.

 

[Gamecocks625]

....I want a price cut, too (eyes PSPgo preorder receipt)

 

[yurinka]

For all current PS3 owners:

Do you think 120 GB is enough hard drive space or would it be better to just upgrade to something bigger from the get go? How easy or even possible is it to transfer data from an old PS3 drive to a new one when upgrading size?

If possible, to something bigger.
Like in a PC, a HD is never too big. With years (or months), you always needs more space.

 

[BigAT]

Free with 8 cereal box tops. 5.99 for shipping/handling.

Personally, I'm waiting for 6 box tops.

 

[demosthenes]

If Sony where good to us it would be $399-$450.......... $499 at a streatch, but i doubt it.

Isn't the minimum wage much higher in AUS?