U.K. supermarket chain, ASDA, has slashed the price of the 80GB PlayStation 3 console across all of its stores.
Speaking to our local store, an ASDA representative confirmed that the 80GB PS3 is now £240, which includes two selected games from the following titles: LittleBigPlanet & Ghostbusters, Killzone 2 & Resistance 2 or Terminator Salvation & inFamous. Most other retailers are still selling the PS3 at around £279.99.
The price cut comes ahead of Gamescon in Germany later this week, where it's rumoured that Sony may reveal a PS3 slim model. Is ASDA trying to shift old stock in preparation for the new model?
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While there are 360 price cuts on the horizon in the US market, in Britain, consumers don't have things as easy, because instead of price cuts, Microsoft have instead announced an impending price increase.
According to a report on Eurogamer - who spoke with ShopTo and another "corroborating independent retail chain source" - Microsoft sent an email to stores this morning that the recommended retail price of an Xbox 360 Arcade unit will be raised from £130 to £160 (USD$210 to $260).
The price of first-party accessories and peripherals will also go up, though in this case only by "one or two pounds". The price of the Elite was not mentioned (though interestingly, the Pro model wasn't mentioned at all, lending further credence to the rumours of its imminent demise).
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Great news! Also, lurvely graphics on our twitter page - thanks Tone. I like it!
ReplyDeleteglad you like, the icon is just a place holder until i figure something beyawesome out :)
ReplyDeletesure i've seen a twitter page though where the posts appear in their own speech bubbles, but that was like a year ago, maybe it was some experimental beta feature :|
btw: quite a few shops are starting to cut the PS3 price, and, conspiracy theory hat on, does the PSN being closed for maintenence at exactly the same time as Sony makes their Gamescon anouncements mean anything? i guess a live Home video stream is out then :)
There's an interesting advert on the front of kmart.com! (well it was on the front this morning - if it's not there you can see it here).
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ReplyDeleteI think they are still having problems streaming live video into Home. Sure I saw a comment about it on the forum/blog.
Wishful thinking, but I hope they fix it for the Tokyo Gameshow (complete with subtitles - how awesome would that be).
The internetz is speculating that the PSN downtown is in preparation for the EU video store going up. They could actually be right on this one, as the US store launched shortly after the keynote announcement.
I'm hoping ours will be as good as I hear the US store is, but will have to see how things are priced. Hope they have rentals too.
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That piccy seems to suggest a bundle with 2 dualshox. Shirley not?
Ah but that doesn't seem new and exciting enough :) Well not long to wait now before we find out eh.
ReplyDeleteDid you see that seers.com lists a new PS3 model as being released on 24th August for 299 USD? Seers and k-mart are the same company.
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ReplyDeletemy bad - $299 is actually a smidge over £180.
ReplyDelete£199 would be an awesome price for Sony, especially with the Xbox Arcade going up.
I don't know why I am so excited, I already have mine!! :)
You know it will cost something like £250 here if it's $300 in US as we always end up paying more.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean - I'm also excited about the slim but I have no need for it!