Comments on: Sony Gearing Up For Price Cut

By: Mitch Cumstein

Mitch Cumstein — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:31:21 +0000

LOL @ “back to school shopping season”.

I was lucky to get some of those fancy click pencils and a G.I. Joe Trapper Keeper.

By: SPD55

SPD55 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:30:34 +0000

Price drop??? Hell don’t be surprised to see a new model come out with the new price. Didn’t this happen last year at E-3 in July they announced a new 80gb model that replaced the 40gb model at the same price, this was a price drop since you got a larger size HDD for the same price of the 40gb. So most price drops may happen in late August??? And the new model came out in early Sept.

Don’t be surprised to see the slim coming out in October(??) or at least announced at Tokyo Game Show.

By: Mitch Cumstein

Mitch Cumstein — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:23:06 +0000

Most, and I stress MOST stores do honor a “good faith” deal, in which case a customer has 30 days from purchase date to return for a refunded difference in price if product were to drop in price. That covers sales, suggested retail price drops etc.. The length in days varies from business to business but usually is between 2-4 weeks.

By: Jeneric

Jeneric — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:34:12 +0000

@MakaiOokami
yeah i just the 16gb iphone saturday and they released a new one monday… im going to go get the new one and $100 back.. pretty hype about it… but im only bringing this up because yeah… if you go buy a ps3 and then a week later there is a price cut most companies are going to give you your money back. you should definitely go buy a ps3 today!

By: MakaiOokami

MakaiOokami — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:29:00 +0000

@Smokey it’s been going on since BEFORE GDC. People have been talking about it since the arcade went lower in price than the Wii.

There does need to be a price drop for the new PSP though. They need to have it out at 200 dollars cause Iphones new 16GB model is 200 dollars and has a built in 30 fps 3mpixel camera.

Sony stated that the PSP Go! is competing against the iphone, and Michael Patcher doesn’t think that the 16GB addition costs more to produce than the UMD drive that’s missing. If that is indeed the case they do need the price to be around 200 for the PSP Go!

Question though… Why is “All the kids are going back to school,” the perfect time to release a price drop? Is it because it’s that much closer to the holidays? Cause… all the kids will be in school… Kids like video games… Bananas are tasty…

By: shadowjin

shadowjin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:52:24 +0000

@ smokey_vols

i know how you feel.. its annoying as hell. its also dumb when its not official just rumor mill.

By: smokey_vols

smokey_vols — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:06:23 +0000

Can we stop it with all this price drop drama? It’s been going on since GDC this year and i’m getting tired of hearing about it. Let’s just wait until it’s official and stop reporting on these analyst who clearly don’t know what they are talking about.

By: VanilaGorila-x-

VanilaGorila-x- — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:50:57 +0000

I was going to buy another PS3 for my son next week, but if there is indeed a price drop on the way, I can wait until August.

Peace,
VG

By: SolidCake_

SolidCake_ — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:44:47 +0000

$100.00?

By: Hus90

Hus90 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:41:59 +0000

This is definitely good news