160 gb PS3 Bundle: The Dumbest decision Sony could make

So, a lot of potential PS3 buyers have been waiting for a price cut, or at least some kind of great bundle offer for the holiday season. Meanwhile M$ packages a barebones 360 (which the average consumer won't know) at $200. What does Sony do..... introduce a new SKU, for a whopping $500. Most people will have a tough time filling 80gb, let alone 160gb. This isnt really a selling point. Meanwhile Uncharted, while a great game, is no system seller and is a year old to boot. It doesnt offer PS2 BC like the MGS4 bundle did either.

Average person is debating between a PS3 and a 360. Sees a 360 for $300 less!! Of course theyre gonna pass. Honestly, wtf was Sony thinking?!?!?!

They should release a gimped PS3. With a 20gb HDD, sixaxis controller and no wifi support at $300. Throw in a free blu ray movie. This would sell.

the 160gb bundle is a really bad deal

So, a lot of potential PS3 buyers have been waiting for a price cut, or at least some kind of great bundle offer for the holiday season. Meanwhile M$ packages a barebones 360 (which the average consumer won't know) at $200. What does Sony do..... introduce a new SKU, for a whopping $500. Most people will have a tough time filling 80gb, let alone 160gb. This isnt really a selling point. Meanwhile Uncharted, while a great game, is no system seller and is a year old to boot. It doesnt offer PS2 BC like the MGS4 bundle did either.

Average person is debating between a PS3 and a 360. Sees a 360 for $300 less!! Of course theyre gonna pass. Honestly, wtf was Sony thinking?!?!?!

They should release a gimped PS3. With a 20gb HDD, sixaxis controller and no wifi support at $300. Throw in a free blu ray movie. This would sell.

the 160gb bundle is a really bad deal

signore

Average person is debating between a PS3 and a 360. Sees a 360 for $300 less!! Of course theyre gonna pass. Honestly, wtf was Sony thinking?!?!?!
signore

They need to put out a 20GB PS3 for like 300, then it would sell a lot more I think-Sniper99-

Yeah maybe a cheaper 20gb console would be nice for business, to be competitive like the arcade 360. But as everyone said, 20gb would fill up fast.

That doesn't make the 160gb one bad.

The biggest mistake was to stop making PS2 backwards compatibility....

Yeah maybe a cheaper 20gb console would be nice for business, to be competitive like the arcade 360. But as everyone said, 20gb would fill up fast.

That doesn't make the 160gb one bad.

The biggest mistake was to stop making PS2 backwards compatibility....

BaraChat

Well with the $150 off by applying for a Playstation card my parent got my 80GB for $250.-Concrete-

So what can you do with the card? if you use it do you get money to use in the PS store? Do you apply online and have to buy the PS3 online? For $250 and bonuses like that I think I could use another PS3.

They couldn't cut price obviously , and this looks like a financial decision. They were likely able to get much better margains at retail on each sku sold over the 80 by giving away one of their games. And at the same time they give the people who do buy it the room to buy their online junk later. The 160 bundles will likely be limited and gone by early next year.

I wouldn't worry too much about this system wars stuff and they'll drop price as as they can do it. A gimped product would probably lose them more money.

So, a lot of potential PS3 buyers have been waiting for a price cut, or at least some kind of great bundle offer for the holiday season. Meanwhile M$ packages a barebones 360 (which the average consumer won't know) at $200. What does Sony do..... introduce a new SKU, for a whopping $500. Most people will have a tough time filling 80gb, let alone 160gb. This isnt really a selling point. Meanwhile Uncharted, while a great game, is no system seller and is a year old to boot. It doesnt offer PS2 BC like the MGS4 bundle did either.

Average person is debating between a PS3 and a 360. Sees a 360 for $300 less!! Of course theyre gonna pass. Honestly, wtf was Sony thinking?!?!?!

They should release a gimped PS3. With a 20gb HDD, sixaxis controller and no wifi support at $300. Throw in a free blu ray movie. This would sell.

the 160gb bundle is a really bad deal

signore

I am still trying to figure out why Sony keeps making all of these different versions of their console.I thought the whole point of Getting rid of the 20/60/original 80 gig was because of cost to make the extra features and keep B/C.But doesn't it cost more to make a brand new console ever few months?K1LLR3175