40 gb PS3 onsale on Italian website

http://www.bitpower.it/oscom/catalog/playstation340gb-p-2168.html

Its in Italian, but the rough translation is this.

available they give: 10 Wednesdays October, 2007
The arrival dates are always indicative and can vary of some days.

The indicative price for the shipment of this article (1 piece) without mark e' of 9.00 EUR, to verify however during the confirmation order





Although two various configurations of the system exist, the base characteristics are common to both: riproduttore of Blue Disc for films to high definition, processore Cell for a power of unparalleled, Giga-bit Ethernet for one logon to Internet to high speed and always active calculation, one logon HDMI for optimal performances on the televisori to high definition (HDTV) and a fixed disc from 20, 40 or 60 pre-installed GB. Beyond to these extraordinary functionalities, the version with fixed disc from 40 multiple GB includes the support for dispositi you of memorization external and connettività wireless.

http://www.bitpower.it/oscom/catalog/images/1729-b5.jpg

How much is the 40gb in USD?

How much is the 40gb in USD?

whitetiger3521

Rumored $399

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"]

How much is the 40gb in USD?

Dilrod

Rumored $399

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

kingtito

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

A $200 price drop 10 months into the PS3 lifecycle. Wow.

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

If you are trully a PlayStation fan, you better buy a PS3 during this last-ditch attempt to salvage the console...or else this might be the last SKU Sony ever releases.

A $200 price drop 10 months into the PS3 lifecycle. Wow.

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

If you are trully a PlayStation fan, you better buy a PS3 during this last-ditch attempt to salvage the console...or else this might be the last SKU Sony ever releases.

Pimpshigity21

[QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"]

A $200 price drop 10 months into the PS3 lifecycle. Wow.

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

If you are trully a PlayStation fan, you better buy a PS3 during this last-ditch attempt to salvage the console...or else this might be the last SKU Sony ever releases.

AfterShafter

[QUOTE="kingtito"]

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

Dilrod

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

Funny how it would be on an Italian website BEFORE it's even released. Yeah that's sounds real plausible.

Answer this....has Sony announced the RUMORED 40g PS3 yet? And no FCC filings is NOT conisdered official.

how is sony being desperate by dropping the price??

imo they're just stopping the nonsence.

i dont get fanboys who bash a console for a high price, then bash the pricedrops.springz300

It's desperate because IF the PS3 were selling well you wouldn't see a price drop for some time. Not only are they rumored to drop it again but they're going to do it twice in less than a year. No console in the history of gaming has EVER had 2 price drops in a single year... at least not from a franchise as big as the playstation.

If that doesn't have a smell of deperation then I don't know what does.

[QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"]

A $200 price drop 10 months into the PS3 lifecycle. Wow.

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

If you are trully a PlayStation fan, you better buy a PS3 during this last-ditch attempt to salvage the console...or else this might be the last SKU Sony ever releases.

AfterShafter

It is just Sony's way of showing their appreciation to their fans, right?

"Hey, Fan #1, thanks for buying our $600 console that has no good games"

10 months later...

"Hey, Fan X, thanks for buying our $400 console that has no good games. The price reduction was our way of thanking all our supporters, such as Fan #1."

Fan #1 utters a curse as he tries to control his little dragon with his rumble-less controller.

[QUOTE="springz300"]how is sony being desperate by dropping the price??

imo they're just stopping the nonsence.

i dont get fanboys who bash a console for a high price, then bash the pricedrops.kingtito

It's desperate because IF the PS3 were selling well you wouldn't see a price drop for some time. Not only are they rumored to drop it again but they're going to do it twice in less than a year. No console in the history of gaming has EVER had 2 price drops in a single year... at least not from a franchise as big as the playstation.

If that doesn't have a smell of deperation then I don't know what does.

oh my gawd. No wifi + no shinyness = no ps3 for me.xooco

[QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"]

A $200 price drop 10 months into the PS3 lifecycle. Wow.

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

If you are trully a PlayStation fan, you better buy a PS3 during this last-ditch attempt to salvage the console...or else this might be the last SKU Sony ever releases.

AfterShafter

Is that Sarcasm in the face of adversity or are you mad cow diease serious? :|

Sony discontinues the launch 20GB because they said there was little demand, right? People wanted the higher-capacity, more feature-rich version, according to them.

What is their excuse for re-introducing a new inferior SKU? Oh, nevermind. It's just desperation.

[QUOTE="xooco"]oh my gawd. No wifi + no shinyness = no ps3 for me.springz300

yeah...I guess. But no wi-fi. I didn't wanted an xbox because I had to buy a wi-fi dongle for it, bleh I'll buy a new graphic card for my PC and keep my Wii.

It may happen before the end of the year. Sony is going to lose even more millions if they do bring out a $400 PS3 before the holidays. They would be better off annoucing this price drop at nest year's E3. They would definitely lose a lot less money if they did. I'll wait for the 80GB to drop to $400 before getting a PS3.

This version doesn't have Wi-Fi, Card Reader or the nice chrome. I'll pass. If they had dropped the 60GB down to $400 I probably would have bought one. That's all I was waiting for, but it didn't happen.

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"]

How much is the 40gb in USD?

Dilrod

Rumored $399

It must not include wifi then?

Sony discontinues the launch 20GB because they said there was little demand, right? People wanted the higher-capacity, more feature-rich version, according to them.

What is their excuse for re-introducing a new inferior SKU? Oh, nevermind. It's just desperation.

gromit007

[QUOTE="springz300"][QUOTE="xooco"]oh my gawd. No wifi + no shinyness = no ps3 for me.xooco

yeah...I guess. But no wi-fi. I didn't wanted an xbox because I had to buy a wi-fi dongle for it, bleh I'll buy a new graphic card for my PC and keep my Wii.

[QUOTE="xooco"]oh my gawd. No wifi + no shinyness = no ps3 for me.springz300

Yeah less fringerprints on it might be nice, and my router is about 3 meters from my game consoles, so its fine, as long as it has USB its fine.

[QUOTE="gromit007"]

Sony discontinues the launch 20GB because they said there was little demand, right? People wanted the higher-capacity, more feature-rich version, according to them.

What is their excuse for re-introducing a new inferior SKU? Oh, nevermind. It's just desperation.

springz300

I don't care and I'm sure most consumers won't anyways. Sony's stock holders and business partners will care though. This isn't a win-win situation for Sony. Even at $400, the competition's systems are still lower. So what do you think consumers will do?

[QUOTE="springz300"][QUOTE="xooco"]oh my gawd. No wifi + no shinyness = no ps3 for me.ZanuffC

Yeah less fringerprints on it might be nice, and my router is about 3 meters from my game consoles, so its fine, as long as it has USB its fine.

My router is 2 rooms away from my gaming center also, it kinda doesn't make sense for them to release a barebones version again. It's practically the same thing as the 20gb which they discontinue. -_- it doesnt make sense.

call it desperation, but

they're giving the people what the want. reasonable prices.


springz300

I thought people wanted good games. Hmm.

Perhaps people want both, right?

Well, in that case they can pick up a 360. Many have already done so. Pay less than $400 and play great games.

[QUOTE="springz300"]
call it desperation, but

they're giving the people what the want. reasonable prices.


Pimpshigity21

I thought people wanted good games. Hmm.

Perhaps people want both, right?

Well, in that case they can pick up a 360. Many have already done so. Pay less than $400 and play great games.

I think the consumers will shell out $50 more for the better system that comes with blu ray. This will also get many tech people over to the blu side because it will be the cheapers or one of the cheapest blu ray players.Chutebox

Everybody already know that Sony's October Big Bang announcement will be this new 40 gig PS3 SKU. :| Everybody knows that they are scrambling and are desperate and they're trying out any and everything to make a "big bang" with their PS3s. Somebody posted, most likely a cow, that they're just giving the consumers what they want. If that was the case, they would've kept the 20 gig, and who knows, that would've been $299 by now. Now consumers would've been more tempted to purchase a $299 PS3.

The fact is Sony is desperate. The $499 20 gig wasn't selling as they hoped, so they killed it, replaced the $599 60 gig with the $499 price, and introduced a $599 80 gig, and when or ifthe $499 60 gigs are killed and gone, the $599 80 gig will replace that and become $499.

Its kinda sad because Sony is going backwards. They're stripping their PS3s and making inferior. Why would consumers want an inferior gaming console with no games and still is the most expensive video gaming console in the market.

[QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"]

[QUOTE="springz300"]
call it desperation, but

they're giving the people what the want. reasonable prices.


springz300

I thought people wanted good games. Hmm.

Perhaps people want both, right?

Well, in that case they can pick up a 360. Many have already done so. Pay less than $400 and play great games.

I wasn't trying to prove a point. All I did was state a reality.

The fact that you paid $600 to play great games proves that you were swindled.

And now that the new Sony SKUs are coming, it is probably too late for you to sell your PS3 on ebay. We told you guys to sell them while they still had some value....but NOOOO. Oh well.

Better luck next gen, I suppose.

[QUOTE="springz300"][QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"]

[QUOTE="springz300"]
call it desperation, but

they're giving the people what the want. reasonable prices.


Pimpshigity21

I thought people wanted good games. Hmm.

Perhaps people want both, right?

Well, in that case they can pick up a 360. Many have already done so. Pay less than $400 and play great games.

I wasn't trying to prove a point. All I did was state a reality.

The fact that you paid $600 to play great games proves that you were swindled.

And now that the new Sony SKUs are coming, it is probably too late for you to sell your PS3 on ebay. We told you guys to sell them while they still had some value....but NOOOO. Oh well.

Better luck next gen, I suppose.

Yes, I'd rather spend $400 on a system that I have to turn in to Microsoft because it can't play games every 6 months. Be realistic shall we?

[QUOTE="kingtito"]

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

Dilrod

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

lmao, powned. Hahaha!

I honestly prefer the sexy finish with the chrome, i also needed wi-fi. Bluetooth is not necessary unless you need it for the controllers which i think you might. Pal versions came with out the emotion though.

:(

[QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"][QUOTE="springz300"]

and i paid $600 to play great games.
your point proves nothingChutebox

I wasn't trying to prove a point. All I did was state a reality.

The fact that you paid $600 to play great games proves that you were swindled.

And now that the new Sony SKUs are coming, it is probably too late for you to sell your PS3 on ebay. We told you guys to sell them while they still had some value....but NOOOO. Oh well.

Better luck next gen, I suppose.

Yes, I'd rather spend $400 on a system that I have to turn in to Microsoft because it can't play games every 6 months. Be realistic shall we?

LMFAO

I knew some Cow was going to use this argument sooner or later.

Do you Cows realize that MSG4 and RROD is all you have left? Once the Falcon chips come out and the news that MSG4 is going to the 360 is anounced, you guys will have absolutely no valid arguments left to use.

I know some of you might invent new lies...and others will continue to use some of the tired old arguments until they are completely ignored...but the fact remains that the end is year for you.

The end of the Years of the Cow is upon us.

Go ahead, use the RROD argument while you can. People don't care anyway - consumers are buying up 360s like there is no tomorrow since Halo3 came out. Nobody listens to you guys anymore (well, except the other Cows, of course).

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"][QUOTE="springz300"]

and i paid $600 to play great games.
your point proves nothingPimpshigity21

I wasn't trying to prove a point. All I did was state a reality.

The fact that you paid $600 to play great games proves that you were swindled.

And now that the new Sony SKUs are coming, it is probably too late for you to sell your PS3 on ebay. We told you guys to sell them while they still had some value....but NOOOO. Oh well.

Better luck next gen, I suppose.

Yes, I'd rather spend $400 on a system that I have to turn in to Microsoft because it can't play games every 6 months. Be realistic shall we?

LMFAO

I knew some Cow was going to use this argument sooner or later.

Do you Cows realize that MSG4 and RROD is all you have left? Once the Falcon chips come out and the news that MSG4 is going to the 360 is anounced, you guys will have absolutely no valid arguments left to use.

I know some of you might invent new lies...and others will continue to use some of the tired old arguments until they are completely ignored...but the fact remains that the end is year for you.

The end of the Years of the Cow is upon us.

Go ahead, use the RROD argument while you can. People don't care anyway - consumers are buying up 360s like there is no tomorrow since Halo3 came out. Nobody listens to you guys anymore (well, except the other Cows, of course).

[QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"][QUOTE="springz300"]

and i paid $600 to play great games.
your point proves nothingPimpshigity21

I wasn't trying to prove a point. All I did was state a reality.

The fact that you paid $600 to play great games proves that you were swindled.

And now that the new Sony SKUs are coming, it is probably too late for you to sell your PS3 on ebay. We told you guys to sell them while they still had some value....but NOOOO. Oh well.

Better luck next gen, I suppose.

Yes, I'd rather spend $400 on a system that I have to turn in to Microsoft because it can't play games every 6 months. Be realistic shall we?

LMFAO

I knew some Cow was going to use this argument sooner or later.

Do you Cows realize that MSG4 and RROD is all you have left? Once the the Falcon chips come out and the news that MSG4 is going to the 360 you guys will have absolutely no valid arguments left to use.

I know some of you might invent new lies...and others will continue to use some of the tired old arguments until they are completely ignored...but the fact remains that the end is year for you.

The end of the Years of the Cow is upon us.

Go ahead, use the RROD argument while you can. People don't care anyway - consumers are buying up 360s like there is no tomorrow since Halo3 came out. Nobody listens to you guys anymore (well, except the other Cows, of course).

Also the cows are slowly getting slaughtered and reincarnated to lemmings, sheeps, and/or hermits. They're finally realizing that the 360 and/or other systems are giving gamers more to offer than what the PS3 has to offer. Jump in.

[QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"][QUOTE="Chutebox"][QUOTE="Pimpshigity21"][QUOTE="springz300"]

and i paid $600 to play great games.
your point proves nothingReverseCycology

I wasn't trying to prove a point. All I did was state a reality.

The fact that you paid $600 to play great games proves that you were swindled.

And now that the new Sony SKUs are coming, it is probably too late for you to sell your PS3 on ebay. We told you guys to sell them while they still had some value....but NOOOO. Oh well.

Better luck next gen, I suppose.

Yes, I'd rather spend $400 on a system that I have to turn in to Microsoft because it can't play games every 6 months. Be realistic shall we?

LMFAO

I knew some Cow was going to use this argument sooner or later.

Do you Cows realize that MSG4 and RROD is all you have left? Once the the Falcon chips come out and the news that MSG4 is going to the 360 you guys will have absolutely no valid arguments left to use.

I know some of you might invent new lies...and others will continue to use some of the tired old arguments until they are completely ignored...but the fact remains that the end is year for you.

The end of the Years of the Cow is upon us.

Go ahead, use the RROD argument while you can. People don't care anyway - consumers are buying up 360s like there is no tomorrow since Halo3 came out. Nobody listens to you guys anymore (well, except the other Cows, of course).

Also the cows are slowly getting slaughtered and reincarnated to lemmings, sheeps, and/or hermits. They're finally realizing that the 360 and/or other systems are giving gamers more to offer than what the PS3 has to offer. Jump in.

[QUOTE="Dilrod"][QUOTE="kingtito"]

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

WSP87

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

lmao, powned. Hahaha!

Funny how he didn't prove it was an official 40g PS3. Oh wait let me guess, no one could possibly modify a PS3 and throw in a 40g and call it the "official 40g PS3"!!

Wow YOU /fail

[QUOTE="WSP87"][QUOTE="Dilrod"][QUOTE="kingtito"]

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

kingtito

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

lmao, powned. Hahaha!

Funny how he didn't prove it was an official 40g PS3. Oh wait let me guess, no one could possibly modify a PS3 and throw in a 40g and call it the "official 40g PS3"!!

Wow YOU /fail

kingtito has a hard time accepting this I think. Maybe he is scared the 40 gb PS3 will help Sony catch up to M$. Why are you so quick to dismiss?

Why would a major website want to BUY 40 gig hard drives themselves and put it in more expensive consoles and then sell it for a lower price? That is freaking ludacris. Kingtito.. without using fanboy goggles, look back at what you said and realistically view how silly it is that someone would do that. This is a major website, not a single users blog.

[QUOTE="kingtito"][QUOTE="WSP87"][QUOTE="Dilrod"][QUOTE="kingtito"]

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

mmirza23

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

lmao, powned. Hahaha!

Funny how he didn't prove it was an official 40g PS3. Oh wait let me guess, no one could possibly modify a PS3 and throw in a 40g and call it the "official 40g PS3"!!

Wow YOU /fail

Funny how not even Sony's website lists this "official 40g PS3"!! Nor do they have any articles and or press releases of this "official 40g PS3".

I'm not saying the 40g isn't coming out. What I AM saying is that 40g PS3 that someone is selling on that Italian website ISN'T a real 40g model.

w00t. :D

http://www.engadget.com/photos/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/422216/

[QUOTE="mmirza23"][QUOTE="kingtito"][QUOTE="WSP87"][QUOTE="Dilrod"][QUOTE="kingtito"]

So let's get this straight. Sony hasn't officially announced the 40g PS3 and yet we're supposed to believe that one is for sale on an Italian website??

Are you serious with this?? Did you ever stop to think that maybe someone just installed a 40g HDD and is trying to pass it off as the new ,unoffcial unrelease, 40g PS3.

kingtito

So your telling me that a major website is stripping all the chrome off ps3's, installing 40 gig hard drives and trying to pass them off as new? LOL

Also the new model that Sony filed with the fcc is listed on the official blu ray website as one of the players that qualify for 5 free blu ray movies.

Then there is reports of best buy getting order forms from Sony for a 40gb ps3 bundle with Spiderman 3 blu ray movie.

http://gaming.engadget.com/2007/10/02/sonys-399-ps3-confirmed-by-best-buy/

So yeah.. to answer your question.. I think someone is just putting 40 gig hard drives in ps3s and trying to sell them cheaper. /sarcasm.

lmao, powned. Hahaha!

Funny how he didn't prove it was an official 40g PS3. Oh wait let me guess, no one could possibly modify a PS3 and throw in a 40g and call it the "official 40g PS3"!!

Wow YOU /fail

Funny how not even Sony's website lists this "official 40g PS3"!! Nor do they have any articles and or press releases of this "official 40g PS3".

I'm not saying the 40g isn't coming out. What I AM saying is that 40g PS3 that someone is selling on that Italian website ISN'T a real 40g model.

Its not on Sony's official website yet because this is probably their Oct. 12th "big bang" announcement. If you look it says that its not available yet. Kind of how you can PRE ORDER GAMES AND STUFF. Heck I have seen plenty of things ready for pre-order that arent coming out (MGS4 for 360 ring a bell?) but considering the fcc filing, all the information I have given and what is out there if you do research, this "rumor" is all but confirmed.