Sony's $399 PS3 confirmed by Best Buy?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Oct 2nd 2007 4:44AM
posted Oct 2nd 2007 4:44AM
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wonder how many people will actually go buy the ps3 now? they wish to catch xbox360 but they will never suceed lol
oh, so u r from the Mars...
I, for one, welcome our price-cutting Best Buy overloads.
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Well, ok..... but only because you spelled "overlords" incorrectly. ;)
Well, if you insist... *click*
And you are done!
You should have just said "First!" if you wanted to get low ranked.
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"as will you we suspect."
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Dude, maybe you should re-read the article, it actually makes sense!
lol shamrock is right, while there may be clearer ways of composing that sentence, in its present form it does make perfect sense.
I am by no means a grammer expert, but, I believe there shoud be a comma between "you" and "we".
and I believe there should be an l between u and d in "should"
Also, there should be no comma between "but" and "I."
AND you filled an a-hole with an e in "grammar"! Wait that sounded wrong...
Soon to be free at the bottom of cornflakes packet!
I fell for the PS3 hype - my PS3 is now a glorified uPNP player served by Tversity!
Go rent Heavenly Sword. Play it. I bet you would buy it.
Well as legit as it looks (I used to work at Best Buy Canada, I quit 2 weeks ago), theres one discrepancy (unless this is from the US, but the Inventory system RSS is the same used here in Canada)- No where does it show the unique SKU for the product. And RSS WOULD show that because thats the way that BBY tracks products, not thru the Item No. or UPC or Description. But that's an accurate RSS print off from the looks of it
Wrong. Look at where it says Item: 8588584. There's your SKU. I'll check this when I get to work today.
SKU confirmed.
$399 for a PS3, well despite the exchange rate I bet it will between £250 and £300 if this model gets to the UK
Of course it will, but lets not forget this is NOT Sony's fault.
The $399 price is PLUS tax. In the UK, everything in store includes 17.5% VAT, and 10% EU Import duties (for non EU goods like PS3). Take these numbers off any UK price, to see the real difference in price.
400 euros.
Yikes, a 27.5% government price hike? That REALLY blows; you have my sympathy.
It's sad how people thing that 100% of gamers go and post their comments onto either Engadget or Joystiq. We are ony about 3% of the gaming population. PS3 Rules all in thailand here, cos no one gives into stupid hype taht is brought on by major sites like these. I for one will benefit from this price reduction, as i am planning to buy one by year end.
Did you just use lack of hype as a reason FOR the PS3?
I can't believe that nobody has mentioned the "Out-of-Stock" date yet!
It says 10-28-2010, so, at that anticipated rate, this Best Buy must be getting about...
*calculation*
20 units!!!
If Apple made the PS3 Steve Jobs would brick Best Buy.
packaged with a blu-ray movie?!? So now they are selling it as a blu-ray player and not a video game system... screw you sony... Go make some games... 360 will be packaging TWO games this xmas... TWO TWO TWO!!! Forza and Marvel Ultimate Alliance in a holiday bundle... FOR $349!!!
This just shows that Sony is more interested in cornering the blu-ray market instead of the vid game market (which in my opinion will make them a hell of a lot more money than vid games...even though im an hd-dvd fan, this is a good move by sony, touche!!) So with that said... Go ahead and get your semi-blu ray players... Im sure its going to be as watered down as all the other playstations in the past...
Good find, btw, engadget... Shocked to see the news...
And to the kid from Canadia best buy who quit, the sku is clearly there... you must have sucked as an employee lol... Or worked there for 2 months...
How much does the HD DVD player cost for your 360? Think about it... you lose.
@ErrorBorn
ummm $199?? guess i lose... (note to self, this guy is the smrtest ever... i mean smartest... jeez i cant spell...)
They're including Spider-Man 3 because it's being released that week and will boost sales, you brainless twit.
That was one of the more brainless rants I've seen lately. Do you aim for a particular conclusion, or just start typing like you've got a fire hose and figure something is bound to get soaked?
Your attack against the guy who worked at Best Buy sounds a little... well, it sounds like you've made it all the way up to "second from the bottom" at Best Buy and you need to knock someone else down a peg. Enjoy acting as though you have enough world experience to dictate how multinational entertainment companies should operate, and which one product is perfect for everybody.
@Vizion
what are you flaming for dumbss.... Read my post before you talk smack... Whats Spiderman gotta do with xbox and playstation "you brainless twit"?? Why dont you all start being a little more liberal and READ the entire post before flaming...
I applauded sony for this move... F***ing morons...
Are you on crack?
The UPC database shows the above UPC as belonging to SONY. The description field can be altered by anyone but the UPC is definitely SONY's
http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.asp?upc=0711719800606
The problem here is that all UPC codes which start with 711719 are Sony products. Thats the manufacturer half of the UPC code. The other half is the product code (last digit is the check digit).
It's safe to say that the 40GB will not have the B/C chip, correct?
I own many a PS2 game, and I'm still hunting the wild 60GBs...
Yes and no. The 60GB PS3 uses the Emotion Engine chip to play PS1 and PS2 games. The new PS3's (80GB and apparently this 40GB) will use software emulation to play games from the PS1/2. So you can still play all your old games with no problem. It was an area that Sony was looking to save some money in, so they could lower the prices.
The BC is hardly an issue, as most games work for it. How many of your PS2 games don't work according to the list?
semi Blu-Ray? The PS3 has one of the better BR players on the market. I've seen content tested on multiple units and the PS3 has played almost everything tested while other units choke on BD-R's.
Ok Sony, now that you’ve hit the “psychological ceiling” (i.e. the most an average consumer is willing to pay) price point for a console, its time to “SHAKE THAT AZZ, WATCH YOURSELF. SHAKE THAT AZZ, SHOW US WHAT CHU WORKIN WIT”. Now bring on those Mystikal titles that are “worth” of the hardware’s prowess!
This has the same release date as Guitar Hero 3. I think I will go pick up both 3 and a half weeks from now.
confirmed with someone i know at bb... this is legit.
I just checked in with a lawyer friend at SCEA, he says it's extremely likely this info was "intentionally leaked" to catch someone they suspect was leaking info. It's actually a Best Buy thing, but they conferenced with SCEA's legal people just to make sure there weren't any liability concerns.
See? It's easy to write whatever you want on an internet board. Let's not just assume the parent comment is legit, folks. All the letters he used are found on almost all US keyboards.
wow, 400. BR + 40GB. that's a great price point. I hope MS lowers the price on their HD add to make their Xbox360 pro bundle the same price.
I own a PS3 currently. I do look forward to the price cut because I would like to procure another one that I could solely set aside for Folding @ Home. Yeah other console fanboys eat it up... Take pot shots at me and say that is the only thing PS3 can do. But at least it won't give me a red circle o' death and/or a smashed tv screen.
P.S. I own the "other" aforementioned devices also.
ummm $199?? guess i lose... (note to self, this guy is the smrtest ever... i mean smartest... jeez i cant spell...)
That's almost half the price for another 360. So you pay $199 for HD DVD, $99 for Wireless connectivity, and $30? for Play and Charge kit... that's $680 just to be as equal as a PS3 that you could get for $399. And, I forgot to mention that 360 doesn't even give you a big enough hard drive in the Premium edition. Microsoft is a total fucking ripoff.
SKU check updated: CONFIRMS 40GB:
UPC-A 711719800606
EAN/UCC-13 0711719800606
Description SONY PLAYSTATION 3 40GB
Manufacturer SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT OF AMERICA (0711719) more items
Issuer Country United States
Last Modified Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:45:33
Pending Updates 1
http://www.upcdatabase.com/item.asp?upc=711719800606
400 euros != 400 dollars
@joe and @Vizio
Obviously some people are complete keyboard warriors... READ WHAT I TYPE stupid... it says i applauded Sony for their move, but it goes nowhere with the lack of games they are supplying... You can rank my post low, but you two are complete retards... Get some glasses
And as for the Best Buy comment... it was a frickin joke... The kid worked there and couldnt see the sku in front of him... So get off your high horses and stop flaming on a board because it makes you feel good...
You both made absolutly no arguements to what i said... so if you called what i said a rant, then you two need to call your moms and jump off a bridge...
Replay....
1. Bashed Sony for a strange move
2.Backed sony for cornering the market on Blu-Ray because it will make them 100X's more money in the long run instead of PS3, which in my opinion is a logical move...
3. Made fun of the new PS3 that is being released since sony is putting new Minimum Requirements on future players, WHICH THIS WONT HAVE
4. made a rib at the kid from Canada...
Okay, so tell me where i was wrong?? stupid asses...
It was only a couple of years ago that HALF of Sony's net profit came from their video game division(s).
i work at best buy and i just looked it up its real
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Oh dang. Yeah, $400 in the U.S., but what about us Canucks? They'll slap $449 on that hot thing and call it a deal, even though the Canadian dollar has PASSED the American dollar, so we should be paying less.
*sigh* don't remind us Yanks about the sorry state of our currency, please.
Good move, shit-I'll pick one up At $400 as it makes the Elite look like a dumb move. The only thing that is killing me is lack of games, at least I can play Blu Ray movies and cure cancer or something. Microsoft should've gambled on including an HD-DVD player because a $400 PS3 is pushing them in a corner.
Will it have built in wireless and the card readers?
Sony sucks. I dont want a blue-ray dvd player. I wanna PLAY games Hence the name:(PLAYstation NOT DVDstation)
Its about GAMES stupid...
Whatever. The PS2 did well initially at least in part due to the fact that is was one of the cheaper dvd players on the market at that time. History repeats itself. BluRay will be one of the biggest boones to the PS3.
But even if you don't like the BR player---$399 is a good price for a next gen hd system. How much is the wifi-enabled 360? Around the same price if I'm not mistaken.
Sony packaging Spider-Man 3 with new 40GB PS3s just proves that they have no good games to pack w/ it. Sony's price is ripping everybody off, too! The 40GB PS3 is a desperate attempt to increase sales. Removing backwards compatibility and lowering the number of USB ports is gonna turn off customers even more. In terms of the console video-game war, Sony has lost to Nintendo and Microsoft. The 360 has awesome games such as Halo 3, Gears of War, Lost Planet, the Call of Duty series, and many upcoming hits such as Call of Duty 4, Resident Evil 5, and Halo Wars. The Wii has the most innovative gameplay ever for a console. Don't believe me? Check out the new Yahoo article: There's a shortage of Wiis this Christmas cuz their selling super-fast. Backed by games like Metroid Prime 3, Mario Party 8, Pokemon Battle Revolution, and Call of Duty 3, the Wii already has a better game line-up than the PS3 would ever dream to achieve. Upcoming titles such as Super Mario Galaxy and Super Smash Bros. Browl will pwn the PS3 even more. The 360 and Wii have both hit 10 million in sales, while the PS3 hasn't even hit 5 million.
Face it, Sony fans: the PS3 has lost, and it will never catch Nintendo or Microsoft. Ever.
I work for BBY and can tell you that it is indeed a legit document. Got the same screen myself.