when did sony release a $400 ps3?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

saw it at walmart today

 

[Schadenfroh]

The Best Buy salesperson that I was speaking to today said that they released it today, but I thought it was supposed to launch Friday.

 

[DaveSimmons]

FYI, that model does not run any PS2 games, just PS3 and PS1.

It still plays blu-ray movies and includes wifi networking though.

 

[RandomFool]

I saw someone in EB today asking about the $400 ps3 they saw advertised. I was kind of curious whether the the sales clerk would mention that it wasn't backwards compatible with PS2 games and try to sell them the more expensive one.

 

[herkulease]

It was released on Friday 11/2.

Frys had a pallet of them on the floor.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: herkulease
It was released on Friday 11/2.

Frys had a pallet of them on the floor.

Next to the other pallet full of PS3s? 😀 j/k

 

[bucwylde23]

They were in my Wal-mart last Tuesday for sale... actually it may have been Monday. I can't remember which.

 

[Engraver]

$400 PS3 now, $99 PS2 later?

 

[BladeVenom]

Or a $129 PS2 now, and a $199 PS3 later, maybe much later.

 

[MrPickins]

Originally posted by: XZeroII

Originally posted by: herkulease
It was released on Friday 11/2.

Frys had a pallet of them on the floor.

Next to the other pallet full of PS3s? 😀 j/k

Within one day after they announced the price cut on the 80gb model, my local Fry's sold a pallet load, and only had a few 60gb's left.

 

[randay]

holy crap, they made a third playstation??

 

[gorcorps]

Originally posted by: randay
holy crap, they made a third playstation??

No, it's just a large blu-ray player

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

unless you want to consolidate your consoles, not playing ps2 games is not a big deal.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

what caused the price drop other than the obvious smaller hard drive?
is the cost of the ps2 backwards compatibility (chip) that expensive?
or bluray going down in price? if it were this, wouldn't the 80gb drop in price too?

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: randay
holy crap, they made a third playstation??

No, it's just a large blu-ray player

That runs folding@home.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
what caused the price drop other than the obvious smaller hard drive?

Low sales.

is the cost of the ps2 backwards compatibility (chip) that expensive?
or bluray going down in price? if it were this, wouldn't the 80gb drop in price too?

The 80GB did drop $100, from $600 down to $500.