When will the price drop?

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#1 Battlehead90
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Hi, does anyone know or can give a rough prediction when the PS3 will go down in price? I really want to get one but I don't want to pay $600 for it. All of the stores I go to (Best Buy, Target, Wal Mart, Circuit City) the PS3s both 20 and 60GB are laying in abundence with 5 to 10 per store showing ther aren't selling. Any help is appreciated.

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#2 gayguy
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baaaa....I still cant find one at Shopco
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#3 Alpha2
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Probably not untill early 2008 if at all. They might just give an added pack in incentive rather than drop the price like they did with PSP,
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#4 Gamer443
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well the price will drop probably in 2009 because for every PS3 that sony sells they are losing about $300 so it will take some time for the price will drop.
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#5 Pixelgen
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Hi, does anyone know or can give a rough prediction when the PS3 will go down in price? I really want to get one but I don't want to pay $600 for it. All of the stores I go to (Best Buy, Target, Wal Mart, Circuit City) the PS3s both 20 and 60GB are laying in abundence with 5 to 10 per store showing ther aren't selling. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Battlehead90
$600 is nothing mate, we have to pay around $800 in the UK.
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#6 jwat4
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[QUOTE="Battlehead90"]

Hi, does anyone know or can give a rough prediction when the PS3 will go down in price? I really want to get one but I don't want to pay $600 for it. All of the stores I go to (Best Buy, Target, Wal Mart, Circuit City) the PS3s both 20 and 60GB are laying in abundence with 5 to 10 per store showing ther aren't selling. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

Pixelgen
$600 is nothing mate, we have to pay around $800 in the UK.

The price is relavitve to the region... And I dont see any price drops in the near future...also the 20GB version is $500...so you wouldnt be spending $600 on the console itself...and by the time the price drop comes you could have saved atleast $500...hopefully...
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#7 DoggySpew
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Pricing is relative indeed:

Althought you must pay more dollar wise for a EuroPS3, compared to the average wages in the US, it really is not very different in price.

Meaning, althought we pay more in Europe, we also get paid more in Europe.

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#8 Kevntoby
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The PS3 came out only a few months ago-there won't be a price drop anytime soon...just because you can find them in your local stores does not mean that they are not selling at all-it just means that they are not selling in your imediate area
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#9 JordanKid
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Since they are making the 65mm nano thingys i believe so instead of the 85 or w.e the heat will be reduced(not that there was heating issues),size, and costs by like 75 dollars so they will put that into effect 2008 or 2009 but i dont know if you live on your own little island but where i am no PS3s to be found
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#10 Just_Desert
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Its hard to say when Sony will drop the price point on the PS3.  They could drop the price for the 08 holiday season., the only reason they would do that is if they are in the same sorry state their in now.  I doubt you'll see a price drop for a year or two atleast.  I think reports said that it costs Sony and estimated 800 or so dollars for them to manufacter a 60gig PS3.  There losing 200 or so dollars on every 60gig PS3 sold.  It all depends when Sony feels like it will be best time, hell they could do it tomorrow if they were able to stomach the losses.  All you can do is wait.