Awwww crap. Price for PS3?

In a stunning revelation, a Sony representative who forgot the rule about keeping their damn mouth shut said that the PS3 will probably cost between 499 - 599 EUROS.  (LINK HERE  That\'s 600-730 USD, or 660-800 CDN (bleh).  Lets hope this is way high, or just the cost for Europe.  :moped:

This coming after last week\'s revelation (link) that Kutaragi  said the PS3 would be very expensive, not aimed at everyone.

I\'m aware that with all these technologies, the PS3 can\'t be offered at a price that\'s targeted towards households. I think everyone can still buy it if they wanted to," said Kutaragi to a mostly Japanese crowd. "But we\'re aiming for consumers throughout the world. So we\'re going to have to do our best [in containing the price].

Lets all hope is like the $500 USD PSP pre-launch talk, so that when the price is actuallly announced, it is seen as a welcome surprise (even though it\'s expensive).

[Titan]

I wonder if this "price leak" is part of their launch plan to get people hyped or something then release it for a lot less. I dunno.

Agreed. Either way, I\'ve only got one arm and leg left after the 360.
 
-Dan

[Titan]

I have enough money to buy PS3 but I wanted to buy a couple more and sell them. I guess taht\'s not gonna happen with the prices they\'re selling at.

[Viper_Fujax]

600..holy dog shit..

cant help but question getting one..

I doubt it\'s a marketing ploy titan. If anything its false info. I dont see the "hype" in announcing a super expensive console. The only way that would work is make people expect it to be 600, then sell it for 500 er something..but i think that would hurt more because people would buy a 360 thinking the PS3 will be too expensive, then they wont be able to get both.

didn\'t they project a 10 year life cycle for PS3?

If Sony has a smart marketing team (which they do), they\'d casually announce an inflated price, then consumers would be pleasantly surprised to see it on the shelves for $399 - $449.

Just something to think about.

[Viper_Fujax]

already thought about

f*ck i gotta stop skimming sry m8

[Viper_Fujax]

dont worry. were both brilliant so itll take everyone else reading it twice to go "hmmmmm"

Lets all hope is like the $500 USD PSP pre-launch talk, so that when the price is actuallly announced, it is seen as a welcome surprise (even though it\'s expensive).

I can see nobody read to the \'editorial\' part of the post.

[Titan]

already thought about

You did?

Based on past precedent I forsee two possibilities:

1) Based on almost every other system, the price in Europe seems to closely match the price in the US, numerically, not through exchange.  So perhaps it\'ll come in at 499 USD in the US (and if I\'m really lucky 499 CDN here ).  

2) When the PSP was in the equivalent stage of development/launch, the talk and rumors were all over that it was going to be a $500 USD ultimate machine with media and everything, and we all know what it\'s price of release and shortly thereafter was.

I just hope than Sony remembers to focus on the imporant thing with this system, the games.  Second for me is the Blu-ray, cause I would like one, and finally the media/blog/internet aspect to the box.

[Viper_Fujax]

Based on past precedent I forsee two possibilities:

1) Based on almost every other system, the price in Europe seems to closely match the price in the US, numerically, not through exchange.  So perhaps it\'ll come in at 499 USD in the US (and if I\'m really lucky 499 CDN here ).  

If thats true and i was in Europe..id be SOO pissed off,lol

I don\'t see how they can do it that way if it\'s truly region free and supports different outputs as stated.... cause then Euros would just use the wonderfull free market system and order from the cheapest global location....