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Old 01-24-2008, 12:25 PM   #1 of 31
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Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


Unifying the PS3 to only be the 40GB model and price drop to $299...

Rumor: Best Buy dropping the 80GB PS3, it's going away altogether? - Quarter To Three Forums



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Old 01-24-2008, 01:24 PM   #2 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


Woops, meant to post this in hardware, thanks for the move Crawdaddy.

Engadget has more speculation:
Best Buy quitting the 80GB PS3? - Engadget



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Old 01-24-2008, 01:30 PM   #3 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


If the PS3 drops to $299, I'll just have to break down and get one.


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Old 01-24-2008, 01:42 PM   #4 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


If this does happen.....It'll be hard to pass up but I'll still wait for the BD-50 (if it's fully functional and cheap enough).


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Old 01-24-2008, 02:21 PM   #5 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


Interesting that someone over there mentioned (w/ link) that Sony is looking for engineers to work on emulation for the PS2 (and other PS formats). Maybe my PS3/40GB will eventually have some backward compatibility w/ PS2 games afterall -- not that it matters much to me since I don't have any PS2 games.

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Old 01-24-2008, 06:54 PM   #6 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


I just ordered a 40GB PS3 yesterday. Why does this not surprise me?

I wonder if SonyStyle has a 30-day price guarantee.


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Old 01-24-2008, 07:13 PM   #7 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


BTW, Sam, why didn't you mention PS3 in the thread title?

Unfortunately for me, even if SonyStyle has a 30-day price guarantee, I'll probably just miss the cutoff.

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Old 01-24-2008, 07:47 PM   #8 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


I plan to buy a 40gig tomorrow from BB with a 20% off coupon. Either way, I'll get the price difference being that it will drop within the next month of me buying it if it ends up less then with my coupon.
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Old 01-24-2008, 08:09 PM   #9 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


I got the Sharp player for $300 ... 6 weeks ago.



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Old 01-24-2008, 08:32 PM   #10 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


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I plan to buy a 40gig tomorrow from BB with a 20% off coupon. Either way, I'll get the price difference being that it will drop within the next month of me buying it if it ends up less then with my coupon.

I remember reading elsewhere that the 20% of coupon excludes the PS3. Some have apparently gotten away with it but most not.
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Old 01-25-2008, 12:52 AM   #11 of 31
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th


Not according to the coupon. It only states the Pioneer Elite and the XBox360 as being excluded. The PS3 is listed no where on the coupon and it does say "all" Blu-ray players. There's no grounds printed in black and white saying I can't get the PS3 at 20% off. Yeah, I'll raise hell if I need to.
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