i guess Sony is trying to hammer it home...$399.00 PLAYSTATION 3

[joeorc]

RELEASE OCT 12TH PLAYSTATION 3 FOR $399.00

Released 12th October 2007

The new 40GB PLAYSTATION®3 makes High Definition gaming and entertainment even more accessible.
Features:

* State-of-the-art Blu-ray Disc technology
* True 1080p high definition and HDMI support
* Motion-sensitive SIXAXIS® Wireless Controller
* Upgradeable HDD storage for photos, movies, music, games and downloads
* Connect with other devices using Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
* Access a world of online entertainment from your living room
* Unique inter-connectivity with PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable)

Cat No. YG2327
Category: Sony PlayStation PS3 Console

COST :
NZ$799 incl GST

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...ct/View/YG2327

AND TO BOOT:
IF TRUE ALSO:

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Sony will announce tomorrow that has bowed to consumer pressure by not only reducing the price of its 60GB console, but also creating a 40GB version priced at £299 to go up against the Xbox 360 Elite.

Confirmed by multiple sources in the games industry in the UK, Pocket-lint has learned that Sony Europe will officially drop the price in the UK of the games console by £56 to £369 in an attempt to boost sales ahead of the Christmas rush.

"We are currently under strict NDA, however that NDA runs out in the next 48 hours," a retail source told Pocket-lint.

"Sony is clearly hoping to make a comeback against the Nintendo Wii, which is currently outselling the PS3 four to one," an industry insider told Pocket-lint.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/newthread....newthread&f=33

[SS316SRV]

Maybe just maybe I will buy one now

[FiReBiRd95]

i might get a second one. So i can actually start playin my games again, ever since i showed my fiance and 2 year old daughter they played br dvds. I can't play it anymore cuz all they do is watch movies all the time. I can't blame them though. But i will get one so they can have a br player too and i can have a back up system just incase. (knock on wood.) No my 2 year old don't touch my ps3 she's knows its off limits to her. Thank God she listens. LOL!

[Blu Blur]

You know I will have to eat my words if they bring this out, I really just did not see it as a possibility this soon. Though this will help sales big time this season, so heres to hoping it's true.

[partridge]

If true, this is great news! PS3 needs to start selling in far bigger numbers, and the run up to Christmas is the perfect time to start!

[tiger roach]

Released 12th October 2007

Are we in a time warp?

[Blu Titan]

It is Coming Baby! I would get one for my bedroom (have one in the living room) , but my wife is known to fall asleep and leave the players on the whole night Thus, I need to get a standalone for my bedroom (Christmas). This is great news for all PS3/Blu-ray fans

[phranctoast]

Thsis is great news. The more people playing online, the better. I really dont care that I paid $200 more last year! The amount that I use it for a upscaling ps2 player, an upscaling dvd player, a blu ray player, media center, and of course a PS3 gaming machine makes it totally worth it!!!!

[Xerious]

Originally Posted by phranctoast

Thsis is great news. The more people playing online, the better. I really dont care that I paid $200 more last year! The amount that I use it for a upscaling ps2 player, an upscaling dvd player, a blu ray player, media center, and of course a PS3 gaming machine makes it totally worth it!!!!

you paid $200 bucks for the memory card readers, 2x usb ports, and hardware backwards compatability... eh, and to be the coolest person on your block with the only bd player

[phranctoast]

you paid $200 bucks for the memory card readers, 2x usb ports, and hardware backwards compatability... eh, and to be the coolest person on your block with the only bd player

I do feel rather cool..thank you!

This version doesnt at least have Software emulation to replicate the Backward compatibility?

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by Xerious

you paid $200 bucks for the memory card readers, 2x usb ports, and hardware backwards compatability... eh, and to be the coolest person on your block with the only bd player

and a larger HARD DRIVE AND BETTER BACKWARD COMPATABILITY...BUT THROUGH TIME THAT BACKWARD COMPATABILITY FOR THOSE SYSTEMS WITH NO EEchip can get a updates to get more backward compatability

[Luis_A51]

Originally Posted by phranctoast

Thsis is great news. The more people playing online, the better. I really dont care that I paid $200 more last year! The amount that I use it for a upscaling ps2 player, an upscaling dvd player, a blu ray player, media center, and of course a PS3 gaming machine makes it totally worth it!!!!

Agreed. Sure I paid a lot more last year, but ive gone through 10 whole games and 24 bluray movies worth of enjoyment. Wouldnt have had it any other way. Im just glad this will get more people into PS3 gaming and bluray.

And unlike those iphone crybabies, I knew that was part of the electronics world.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by phranctoast

I do feel rather cool..thank you!

This version doesnt at least have Software emulation to replicate the Backward compatibility?

i very much doubt that..i in fact . I think the software emulation is the same as the 80 GB...., ONE OF THE BIG COST OF THE PLAYSTATION 3 IN ITS BREAKDOWN ON A PART BY PART BASIS WOULD BE THE COST IN HARDDRIVES..sony does not make HARDDRIVES they get charged a premium for them that is PROB. in my experience why they have been eliminating SKU's and bringing in new ones the cost is cheaper because the HARDDRIVE's are bought in bulk but since SONY does not have a production line for the production of HARDDRIVE they have to buy them off of someone else...

example (seagate)..
by the way . the playstation 3 60 GB used SEAGATE HardDrives

[WickyWoo]

i very much doubt that..i in fact . I think the software emulation is the same as the 80 GB...., ONE OF THE BIG COST OF THE PLAYSTATION 3 IN ITS BREAKDOWN ON A PART BY PART BASIS WOULD BE THE COST IN HARDDRIVES..sony does not make HARDDRIVES they get charged a premium for them

The cost difference between the 40 and the 80 GB HDs is probably about $5-10 in the quanity they're buying them

Seriously, it's a very llittle factor.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

The cost difference between the 40 and the 80 GB HDs is probably about $5-10 in the quanity they're buying them

Seriously, it's a very llittle factor.

FOR THE CONSUMER YES for over the counter purchase..take the 20 GB harddrive for the xbox360 as a great example. both MICROSOFT and SONY has to pay a premium on the HARDDRIVES. the production lines for HARDDRIVES CHANGE..HOW MANY COMPANIES ARE MAKEING LESS THAN 120 GB HARDDRIVES now for their production line's and how many production lines do they have open for those lesser GB HARDDRIVES...what they produced last year the HARDDRIVE production lines for like example maxtor, or WD may have reduced their lines for those lesser GB harddrives that the new LARGER GB drives are set with more production lines open than the lesser GB production lines because most of the time they are switched over to the larger GB production HARDDRIVE. both SONY and Microsoft requesting those lesser GB drives for production in large quantity's is a lesser cost you are right but its still more

of a premium for them because they don't make them. AND THE Company that makes those drives will charge them more for the lesser GB because of the operating cost in produceing those lesser GB drives compared to their larger GB drives that are currently their production standard for most if not all their PRODUCTION LINES.

trust me on this one i work in the PARTS AND COMPONENT INSERP. TYPE of IT industry been in the industry for over 12 an a half years. its cheaper for the consumer to upgrade their OWN HARDDRIVE than it is for Microsoft and SONY to ship HARDDRIVES IN THEIR SYSTEMS.THEY HAVE TO HUNT DOWN DEALS ON THE drives.

[mikesoba]

I have absolutely no idea about the features for any of the ps3.

Would someone be kind enough to let me know if the newer models will have any additional features beyond what is available for the current 80?

I'm considering a pruchase, but don't wnat to be left in the cold with a model lacking newer features.

Thanks.

[joeorc]

Originally Posted by mikesoba

I have absolutely no idea about the features for any of the ps3.

Would someone be kind enough to let me know if the newer models will have any additional features beyond what is available for the current 80?

I'm considering a pruchase, but don't wnat to be left in the cold with a model lacking newer features.

Thanks.

currently the 60 GB and 80GB both have the same functionality except the 60GB has a lower harddrive size but that realy is not much of a problem because the system's harddrive can be upgraded by the consumer without breaking their Wnty.

now the main thing is we do not know what the 40 GB playstation 3 has or does not have compared to the other 2 playstation 3 systems. but in average they would be around the same functionality.

There is some "RUMOR" THAT "BACKWARD COMPATABILITY " with PLAYSTATION 2 and PLAYSTATION 1 games on this new 40 GB playstation 3 system the rumor is

"the backward compatability function" has been completely removed and it will not play playstation 1, playstation 2 software and only playstation 3 software is able to play ON THIS NEW PLAYSTATION 3 40 GB sku.

Which for ME in my OPINION with the past SUPPORT that Sony has PUT on every playstation system that does not make sense. at all here is why.

since even now playstation 2 has new released software is still being made and put on the market why eliminate software that can be sold and still played on the new playstation when that means more sales of software for SONY and their developers SINCE THE PLAYSTATION 2 HAS SOLD 120,000,000
INSTALL BASE..now would that be smart to keep the playstation 3 compatable not only can they sell that new release to the current playstation 2 user but also the current playstation 3 user also..two platforms compared to one.

It does not make sense. the playstation 3's OPTICAL DRIVE STILL IS BACKWARED COMPATABLE WITH CD, and DVD it makes no sense what so ever to remove the ability of the playstation 3 to play playstation 2 and playstation 1 software when they can keep selling that playstation 2 software to playstation 3 owners. its all about selling that software. its more money for SONY. some playstation 3 users buy new and old playstation 2 games for their playstation 3.

from a money makeing idea it makes no sense to cut off that stream of income. but we will see stranger things have happened..

[Musashi]

I can all but guarentee that the 40GB PS3 will have partial backwards compatibility with PS1/2 via software emulation.

I've been hearing that there won't be too many more BC updates for awhile as Sony's developers will concentrate on new content.

I'm still making a prediciton that down the road there will be a compacted version of the PS3 that has the heardware BC put back in, possibly including a PS1 R3000 chip in addition to the PS2 EE.

[mcy_999]

Besides the price drop, Sony needs to beef up the marketing efforts by emphasizing the BD player feature in the PS3. They should use the slogans such as: "When You Pay $399 for the HD Game Console, You Get a BD Player for Free" or "When You Pay $399 for a BD Player, You Get a HD Game Console for Free". It would make the BD player feature to stand out and let consumers realize the values they are getting. PS3 is a multifunction media center for home rather than just a game console being frequently compared with Wii or xbox 360.

[Luis_A51]

Originally Posted by mcy_999

Besides the price drop, Sony needs to beef up the marketing efforts by emphasizing the BD player feature in the PS3. They should use the slogans such as: "When You Pay $399 for the HD Game Console, You Get a BD Player for Free" or "When You Pay $399 for a BD Player, You Get a HD Game Console for Free". It would make the BD player feature to stand out and let consumers realize the values they are getting. PS3 is a multifunction media center for home rather than just a game console being frequently compared with Wii or xbox 360.

They will never use the "When You Pay $399 for a BD Player, You Get a HD Game Console for Free" slogan. Ever. It completely downplays the gaming factor.

Its not a moviestation 3. its a playstation 3.

But yes they should emphasize the BD player, and it seems they did from the original post add.