The PlayStation 3 Strikes Back

[C-Game]

Simple economics says that when you bring the price of something down, as long as the demand is there, more people will buy it, and that's been proven true by Sony as sales of the PlayStation 3 have jumped after a price cut on the console last week.

On 10 October Sony introduced the £299 40 GB PS3 and simultaneously dropped the price of the 60 GB model to £349. Almost immediately sales rose, by nearly 178 per cent according to figures from Chart reported by MCV.

The influx of new PS3 owners had an effect on game sales too, with three exclusive games - Heavenly Sword, MotorStorm and Resistance: Fall Of Man - storming back up the charts.

More PS3 were sold last week than at any time since two weeks after launch, MCV said. That's quite a turnaround for a console that a month ago had its worst sales week ever.

Exactly which of the two versions of the hardware is responsible for the biggest part of the sales rise is unclear and Sony did not comment on the matter

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i might get a ps3 in da near future too
waits till it goes to 199 pounds

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the £299 one cant play ps2 games and is less powerful speed wise you also dont get any games with it

i was looking up coz my mums getting me one for xmas, and i decided to say to her just to get the 60gb one coz for round about £420 you getting a proper PS3 with 2 games, and if you bought the watered down one you would be spending around £80-£100 on 2 new games if you wanted them so it ends up working out about the same price..


funny thing is 178 percent up and it still isnt near the xbox sales, but no doubt PS3 will do this xmas what wii did last one

[C-Game]

wat did wii did last tym?

and fuck.. didnt knew abt da toned down ps3.. dam dats bad..

[Deadishot]

Sony has just made a great move, Ratchet and Clank is coming early. They had previously announced Ratchet and Clank as coming out on October 30th, however, the production facilities moved quicker than expected and most retailers will be getting it early. You won't even have to bribe your local EB games employ with Nintendo fan-fic to get it. Sony has given the okay to ignore the street date and allow retailers to sell it when they get it. The official statement:

"As frequent Playstation.Blog readers will remember, about two weeks back we announced Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction had gone gold and would ship to stores Oct 30th. Well, due to some unexpected quickness at the factory, a vast majority of retailers have already received the game. With that, some retailers are choosing to release the game next week instead of waiting until the 30th, which we are all too happy to allow .

Official launch date remains October 30, but for those who can’t wait to use your trigger fingers on the Tornado Launcher (or any other weapon in Ratchet’s arsenal), check with your local game retailer next week."

Ever since the stories of the uproar caused by Bioshock being sold early, I've been questioning this idea of street dates. Originally they were given to help the retailers know when they should expect the game by, now they are being held as some unbreakable rule for no logical reason. Kudos to Sony for realizing that releasing the game early just means more time before Christmas to sell units.

For those who dont like reading..

you can get ratchet n clank earlier than the offical date, just check in with your stores, they are allowed to sell them early.

PS3 welcome to the console war

[$0 R3@L]

wat did wii did last tym?

and fuck.. didnt knew abt da toned down ps3.. dam dats bad..

299 package doesnt play ps2 games and has no silver trim,also only 2 usb ports but thats the only difference.Performance wise each and every ps3 sku offers the same abilities.And to be honest i bought a ps3 to play ps3 not ps2

[Slimm]

i got the 60gb one with the silver trim knowwhatimsayin?

[$0 R3@L]

i got the 60gb one with the silver trim knowwhatimsayin?

same ere

wordtoyamommas

[C-Game]

wat did wii did last tym?

and fuck.. didnt knew abt da toned down ps3.. dam dats bad..

299 package doesnt play ps2 games and has no silver trim,also only 2 usb ports but thats the only difference.Performance wise each and every ps3 sku offers the same abilities.And to be honest i bought a ps3 to play ps3 not ps2

oh thats fair enuf.. i wouldnt be playin ps2 games in da ps3 too

so wat do yall think da least it will go down to..

199 pounds.. ??

imma wait till it goes below da 50K price here..
which is about 240 pounds..

any idea how much a game is... and are there pirate copies goin around ??

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^ i doubt it will go that cheap for...well about 2-3 years

[shady4life!]

Pfffttt thats nuthin. The question is...How low can they go? How low can the price of the console drop before it even starts to compete with the other consoles. Cuz if u had read my Sales Topic then u wud know that the ps3 is completely being thrashed by the other two consoles so even with the price drop....i really doubt it will make much of a difference, honestly. If sales continue to increase and stay where they r there is a good chance sony will eventually in a long time overtake microsoft's Xbox 360 which is currently selling lower than it, but Microsoft wud probably also make a sales drop to or do somethin aswell to increase sales. So... u know.

But in short, PS3's chances of winnin r still slim, they need a huge turn over if they r gonna win.


And plzzzzz nobody get angry and insult me for wat i said.

[$0 R3@L]

ps3 is completely being thrashed by the other two consoles

sony will eventually in a long time overtake microsoft's Xbox 360 which is currently selling lower than it

just pointing out yet another contradictive 'statement' in your posts.

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ps3 is completely being thrashed by the other two consoles

sony will eventually in a long time overtake microsoft's Xbox 360 which is currently selling lower than it

just pointing out yet another contradictive 'statement' in your posts.

lmao, i didnt even see his post coz hes on my ignore list but dam, shady4lyfe you just get better and better at this stuff dont ya

who bets now he makes a big post about how we are all childish and trying to "beef" with him and how this is the internet and in real life he would slap us ?

[shady4life!]

ps3 is completely being thrashed by the other two consoles

sony will eventually in a long time overtake microsoft's Xbox 360 which is currently selling lower than it

just pointing out yet another contradictive 'statement' in your posts.

wat r u talking about??? Sony has sold in TOTAL less than half of the Xbox 360 and Wii....u dont believe me go to the link on my other topic. But sony is CURRENTLY selling more than the Xbox 360 therefore in the long run at this rate it will EVENTUALLY overtake it but it still is completely being thrashed in TOTAL SALES....

Fuck am i speaking another language here? or are people too slow just to understand simple english?

[shady4life!]

ps3 is completely being thrashed by the other two consoles

sony will eventually in a long time overtake microsoft's Xbox 360 which is currently selling lower than it

just pointing out yet another contradictive 'statement' in your posts.

lmao, i didnt even see his post coz hes on my ignore list but dam, shady4lyfe you just get better and better at this stuff dont ya

who bets now he makes a big post about how we are all childish and trying to "beef" with him and how this is the internet and?

First off truthfully speaking a lot of u guys do act childish i dont want to make any examples cuz i know some people will run outta nowhere and try to crusify but its the truth. I hav been tryin not to insult people or start beefs on this site but even tho i try there is always those people who come and starts talkin shit and get mad over stupid things like small children . This is a good example. Since soreal was so desparate to catch me, he cut out two statements i made without properly readin my whole post and accused me of contradictin myself when i wasnt...that just shows u how determined this punk is to catch me on somethin i said wrong even if its so small.

in real life he would slap us?

i never said if it was real life i wud slap anyone...whats the point of lying?

[Slimm]

playstation 3 is outselling 360 by far, with the starterpack resistance and motorstorm are even outselling halo 3 here. in a long run the 360 will get old (already gets old with its dvd) while the PS3 can go on for 7 years and even beyond that.

I dont care who wins the childish 'console war', cus its a fact the better console is the ps3.