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Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

post #1 of 31
1/24/08 at 9:25am
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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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post #2 of 31
1/24/08 at 10:24am
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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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post #3 of 31
1/24/08 at 10:30am

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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post #4 of 31
1/24/08 at 10:42am

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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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post #5 of 31
1/24/08 at 11:21am

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.

_Man_
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post #6 of 31
1/24/08 at 3:54pm

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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post #7 of 31
1/24/08 at 4:13pm

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.

_Man_
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post #8 of 31
1/24/08 at 4:47pm

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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post #9 of 31
1/24/08 at 5:09pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

I got the Sharp player for $300 ... 6 weeks ago.
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post #10 of 31
1/24/08 at 5:32pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

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Originally Posted by Ron-P
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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post #11 of 31
1/24/08 at 9:52pm

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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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post #12 of 31
1/25/08 at 11:17am

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

I tried and tried, went all the way to the top BB guy this morning, no dice. Oh well, I still bought one. If the price cut happens I'll just bring in my receipt and get the difference. I picked up Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for my first game to play.

After talking with my bro at BB he said he's read the rumors on the price drop but nothing offical from BB. The only thing he showed me is that the free movies / games that come with the PS3's are getting pulled out.
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post #13 of 31
1/25/08 at 12:42pm

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It was worth a shot but videogame console margins are pretty low (probably $15-$30) so ain't no way they were going to lose $80 on a 40GB PS3.
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post #14 of 31
1/26/08 at 5:46am
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Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

its official that they dropped the eighty but no word on the price drop yet. Monday should be interesting!
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post #15 of 31
1/26/08 at 2:18pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

Sony, right now, is having a wonderful time. It used the Trojan Horse strategy to put millions of Blu-ray players into homes by riding on the wave of their new gaming system. Now it is reversed. The PS3 is the least expensive full profile Blu-ray player on the market and probably will be for the next 6 to 12 months. Their getting their gaming machine into peoples homes because it is the best bang-for-your-buck Blu-ray player. It's two for one for Sony.
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post #16 of 31
1/26/08 at 3:16pm

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Originally Posted by Ron-P
I tried and tried, went all the way to the top BB guy this morning, no dice. Oh well, I still bought one. If the price cut happens I'll just bring in my receipt and get the difference. I picked up Uncharted: Drake's Fortune for my first game to play.

Is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune really that much fun (and is it 1080i/p)? I think Crawdaddy(?) or some other mod mentioned it before as the only game he plays on his PS3. Maybe I'll actually give it a try at some point. I only bought the PotC 3 game for my son as sort of a token (1080i/p) game for our PS3 -- the family still mainly plays the old XBox in general though I rarely touch it myself.

_Man_
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post #17 of 31
1/26/08 at 4:10pm

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It was worth a shot but videogame console margins are pretty low (probably $15-$30) so ain't no way they were going to lose $80 on a 40GB PS3.

Lower than that. They sell them for no (or next to no) profit since they make the $$ on games and accessories.
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post #18 of 31
1/26/08 at 4:16pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

I know the 40 gig PS3 doesn't have the PS2 hardware chip like the 60 gig did, but what about software emulation for PS2 games?
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post #19 of 31
1/26/08 at 6:11pm

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Originally Posted by Adam Gregorich
I know the 40 gig PS3 doesn't have the PS2 hardware chip like the 60 gig did, but what about software emulation for PS2 games?

The original PS3s essentially had PS2s built into them. They had both the PS2's processor and graphics chip for backwards compatibility. The current BC models dropped the processor and made up for it with software emulation, but they still have the graphics chip. The 40gig has neither pieces of hardware.

It's suggested that Sony could emulate both for full software compatibility, but it would very difficult. Anything is possible though, and it is known that Sony is currently hiring "Compatibility Engineers" for the PS3--whatever that means.
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post #20 of 31
1/26/08 at 8:18pm
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BTW, Sam, why didn't you mention PS3 in the thread title?

I actually wanted to put 'The Best' BluRay Deck in the title but figured that would stir things up more than my amusement was worth =)
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post #21 of 31
1/26/08 at 8:57pm

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Originally Posted by Man-Fai Wong
Is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune really that much fun (and is it 1080i/p)? I think Crawdaddy(?) or some other mod mentioned it before as the only game he plays on his PS3.
I have been playing 'Uncharted: Drake's Fortune', these last few days and it really is a lot of fun. Another game you might want to check out, which is really fun for the whole family, is 'Rachet & Clank: Tools Of Destruction'.
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post #22 of 31
1/28/08 at 4:59pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

Well, it's the 28th. My local BB did not drop the price.
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post #23 of 31
1/28/08 at 6:40pm

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Sony will do anything to get the gaming machine in homes whether people want it or not. Trojan Horse in reverse, Sony got Blu-ray into homes off the momentum of a new gaming machine, now it's the most Robust Blu-ray player and will be for the next 12 months. It's not like Sony could not deliver a Blu-ray player like the PS3 striped of all gaming expense like the hard drive and even maybe make a profit. Blu-ray S/A players might be artificially high to allow PS3 saturation in homes.
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post #24 of 31
1/28/08 at 7:35pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

I bought my Samsung 1400 for $299 and it's fantastic.
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post #25 of 31
1/28/08 at 7:35pm

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

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Originally Posted by Ron-P
Well, it's the 28th. My local BB did not drop the price.

The rumour did not come from a credible source & no "reliable" gaming rumour sites had anything to back it up either. Cheap Ass Gamer even posted scans of BB/CC adverts showing no price drop for this week & next week too.
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post #26 of 31
1/28/08 at 8:29pm

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If it's not credible I sure wish people wouldn't post it.
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post #27 of 31
1/29/08 at 1:01am

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

If Sony wants to keep their alliance with Warner, they better stick to the conditions. Lowering the price of the PS3 was supposed to be one of them, so it's bound to happen, I'd say.

But perhaps some old retailer's stock needs to be moved first?


Cees
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post #28 of 31
1/29/08 at 5:59am

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

Maybe they're waiting until the replacement for the 80GB model is ready, and they've cleared out all of the 40GB models that come packed with Spider-Man 3. Who knows?
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post #29 of 31
1/29/08 at 6:03am

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

Was it lowering the price of the PS3 specifically or lowering the prices in general of Blu-ray players?
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post #30 of 31
1/29/08 at 6:09am

Re: Rumor: BluRay deck to be $299 on Jan 28th

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Originally Posted by BrianB
The rumour did not come from a credible source & no "reliable" gaming rumour sites had anything to back it up either. Cheap Ass Gamer even posted scans of BB/CC adverts showing no price drop for this week & next week too.

The rumor started on a blog and was pure speculation because the Best Buy the blogs' owner worked at was clearing out their 80GB inventory. That's when people with nothing better to do started the rumors of Sony dropping the price to $299 as a condition of the BDA's agreement with Warner. The truth came out yesterday - the 80GB model is to be replaced with either a 120GB or 160GB later this year. The price points will remain the same: $399 40GB, $499 120/160GB
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