Sony slips PS3 Price

yeah that's a little freaky...$600 for a PS3? They better have some damn good content at launch....and they better have plenty of them so average ebay day 1 price doesn't jump to $6000.

ouch.....

I hope for them they made their market research homework. If they don't reach their forecast, that reason could be a very good scapegoat

I'll probably buy it no matter what it costs, not that I'm very interested in it as it is right now though.

But actually I was expecting it to cost more in Europe, the way Sony is currently going about the PS3 with saying its an entertainment system and not a games console they're certainly trying to get the image of it being all you need in your living room, much like they tried and said with the PS2 back when it was announced (Btw, try and sound more arrogant and stupid Sony, if you possibly can).

No way. 599e is about 4800kr, which is INSANE (Xbox 360 costs like 2500 or 3000).

Nintendo Revolution FTW

yup, Revolution will definetely fall on a soft spot with the PS3 costing this much~

I'm getting more sure by each day that Nintendo is playing this thing right, or maybe thats just because I hope they are D:

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Ill stick with the pc then or get an x box, F sony

one possible theory: Sony realizes they have huge brand clout and may be trying to exploit that. They probably have something good lined up to play at launch (if not, then I give up on Sony) and they may have looked at the 360 launch and saw how much more over the MSRP consoles were going for on the open market. Given that, what if Sony actually was smart about manufacturing and made enough of them so there weren't supply problems like with the 360 launch? Sony could be guessing that the 360 average purchase price for the final user (in the launch period) may have been closer to $500 or $600 or more in the US. So maybe that means that consumers really are willing to pay more for the base console at launch? If they have enough supply on hand, maybe they could match the market demand and charge $500 or $600 MSRP and hopefully the price won't skyrocket due to a market equilibrium.

Just a theory. A pretty shaky one, I admit.

Meanwhile, if Sony really is going to charge that much, and if games cost $50 to $60 instead of $40 to $50, and if PS3 has some kind of permanent storage like a HD or other Flash based memory, it had damn well better ship with at least a few cool free games a la Hexic and Geometry wars and maybe something better to increase the value proposition for the consumer. Top it off, I think they have to have low cost arcade type games available for download similar to Xbox Live Arcade. You have to offer the consumer something more if you are going to charge them that much more. I don't think the prestige of owning a PS3 is going to be great enough to justify purchase if you can't really affort to play anything on it. Gamers sort of learned their lesson with the 360 launch.

Meanwhile again....if Nintendo has great stuff to play at launch and (launch titles and retro games) and has a better value proposition, then I say Nintendo FTW!

I'll probably buy one if it gets some great games and I have the money. In the mean time, I'll just keep on looking forward to getting my 360 after I graduate.

I'll stick to good ole PC gaming like I always have

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A good theory, Izuno, but I really dont think Sony is that smart.

At one point Sony did say they thought PS3 should be a premium console demanding a premuim price...so that's partly where I'm thinking from.

Sony is a strange company. When they commit to serving the customer and offering a way to play great content...it works (Sony Walkman, PS1 / PS2) When they make crazy strategic allience decisions and "market cornering" decisions (Betamax, UMD...Blueray???) they tend to blow it.

Where will the PS3 fall?

The content will be the judge, as I and many have said. Games games and good games and fun stuff to do with the damn thing will decide it's fate.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=15937

Damn frenchies

if it costs that much in Europe it will cost around US$ 1500 here

I _will_ buy a revolution, that is the only console that I consider a suplement to the PC, since it's backwards compatibility, better games and better price and ofc, a much better design.

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...better games...

Think you're jumping the gun a little on that statement I've no doubt there will be great games for the Revolution, but saying it has better games when we've yet to hear about ANY of them strikes me as pure fanboyism.