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Slim PS3 ...good fake or...
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Audioboxer4
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If Sony are going to price the Slim at $399 you'd expect it with the more expensive finish.
Yes they want profit, but reducing the size of the console and going 45nm would easily turn profit on a current PS3 at $399 with the touch buttons and what not. I mean they must cost like an extra $1-2 over mechanical?
I'll be pretty peeved if the Slim is as "cheap" looking as the leak and launches at $399. I love those touch buttons :lol Plastic mechanical buttons can GTFO.
Yes they want profit, but reducing the size of the console and going 45nm would easily turn profit on a current PS3 at $399 with the touch buttons and what not. I mean they must cost like an extra $1-2 over mechanical?
I'll be pretty peeved if the Slim is as "cheap" looking as the leak and launches at $399. I love those touch buttons :lol Plastic mechanical buttons can GTFO.
Audioboxer said:
Here's what I think will happen...
LAUNCH
PS3 slim $399 bundled with 1 or 2 pieces of software (different bundles in different regions)
PS3 Fat $299-$349 bundled with software (different bundles in different regions)
ONCE FAT SUPPLY RUNS LOW
PS3 slim $299-349 not bundled with software or bundled with 1 piece of software (different bundles in different regions)
PS3 Fat $249-299 bundled with 1 or 2 pieces of software (different bundles in different regions)
The_Reckoning
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399 for the slim seems completely counter productive, although that seems to be how Sony works lately. I am looking for another PS3, I will bite on a slim for 349 max, and preferably with a bundle of some sort. If not, I'll gladly buy another fattie for 299.
Sentry said:
Not sure about this. The Ars mole seemed to suggest that 160GB might be around for the foreseeable future, and Zellers seemed to corroborate the Ars info.
I think it will be Slim + 160GB fat, with the 80GBs getting scarce...if Ars is correct. In which case I'm not sure how $299 for 160GB and $399 for 120GB Slim stacks up.
Who knows though, there are many many possibilities.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
This $300+ talk is crazy! They can keep it at that price. They need something to combat the $199 360.
Furthermore, I really don't want to have to pay for storage since I can slide in my own laptop HDD. Sony just doesn't get it anymore.
Furthermore, I really don't want to have to pay for storage since I can slide in my own laptop HDD. Sony just doesn't get it anymore.
Baloonatic
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msdstc said:
Probably the same thing here. I've had the money for a PS3 set aside since these rumours began it seems :lol I'm not expecting it to be cheaper than the phat obviously, but I think £350 will be my absolute limit. Even then, you can get 60GB models on ebay for under £300 so I may have to just go for one of those.
expy said:
I guess it's possible; considering we've seen the box, it'd have to be the sticker-kind of bundle.
Personally I'd much rather see 350$ without any software.. It'd make me feel better.
Isn't that more standard procedure with the launch of new SKUs, unbundled? I'm not really sure.
Exactly, because a new model was introduced.. a slim comes out at said price, and a few months later (possibly even in the same FY?) they drop the price? At what merit, since there they probably will not introduce yet another model that soon after a slim debut.Kagari said:
Exactly, it would be very odd to have only two PS3 models, both being high-end in their storage capacity, and yet price them so far apart even though the HDDs are so near..gofreak said:
It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out, though.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
Beowulf28 said:
Sony must think that as the larger HDD always = higher price. Last I checked anyway.
Also... Wouldn't this be the first slim iteration that costs the same/more than the OG unit?
onken said:
Its not that easy.
They need to change packaging and re-pack re-inspect. And there are of course different FCC numbers for all the skus and they all have different specs so new serial numbers, new FCC labels....
And shipping fees for those things would be enormous. Its probably cheaper to discount than to recall from shelves.
DaCocoBrova said:
They do manipulate value perception via storage size, as with 360 also. They define their tiers often by storage and that lets them easily/cheaply manipulate the value perception.
But the actual cost is a different matter. Cutting out the HDD wouldn't save them much.
DaCocoBrova said:
Can't remember with the PSTwo... it was $149. Was that the same price as the PS2 fat at the time?
Historical comparisons are a bit pointless anyway...these are very different circumstances, a very different cost/financial situation and at a earlier point in the cycle than previous slims.
gofreak said:
there absolutely has to be a price cut on a mainstream model for Sony to meet their stated goals this year. I wonder how well the bundles are selling and if Sony will try to milk them for as long as possible (if they are selling well) or do they have a set time and date for the price cut
RadarScope1
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Slightly off topic but - where do you speculators think this puts the 360 price drop predicted by the Ars mole? In the past 2 years I believe MS has dropped on or around Labor Day weekend.
DaCocoBrova
Finally bought a new PSP, but then pushed the demon onto someone else. Jesus.
The fat is too fat. So fat that the allure of BC isn't as strong as it should be. I'm getting a slim, but not for no $400. I'll just continue to wait.
Sentry said:
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter.
People are always looking for "something" different from the PS3.
I remember so many people saying $300 was the magic number. If it was "only" that price they would jump.
Then dell shows up with a $300 system (temporarily), someone posts it on GAF and 5 people reply. Maybe 6.
Now that there is a good sign we will get the $300 system, people say the fat is too fat and they want the slim.
It goes on and on.
CrushDance
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:lol I want the slim so bad!Slaylock said:
Insane Metal
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Makes sense, good post.expy said:
KittenMaster
Member
I'm kind of ticked that it uses a sleek, curvy design. I want to set other game consoles on top of it.
alternade said:
i doubt there will be phats by the time slim releases, at most it will be very short supply. I still think that Sony will have $300 PS3 during holidays.
also, keep in mind that Slim is cheaper to produce than Phat. And Sony wants to sell consoles. Those two are important.
Kazuma Kiryu
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TTP said:
a position fit for a KING!
spwolf said:
Its cheap to make which is way they probably would like to pull a nice profit off of it. A $349 slim ps3 with or without a AAA game would sell like hotcakes. I just dont see a $300 ps3 til the Q2/Q3 2010. As a company Sony can't afford to not take every dime at every corner.
Captain Tuttle
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I agree completely. If they haven't been willing to increase their loss on the fat, why is it assumed they'll take a loss (or break even) on a Slim? Are the manufacturing cost reduced that much?alternade said:
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