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Retailers Doing Their Best to Move PS3 Supply: Price Drop Incoming?

Posted on Tuesday, May 10 @ 08:59:33 Eastern by


The PlayStation 3 has been without one of its biggest selling points, the PlayStation Network, for a total of 3 weeks now. Online gaming is commonly a key focus for many current generation titles, and with the PlayStation Network down, a lot of the PS3's value and appeal goes right out the window. That, along with the fear many consumers are feeling after personal information was compromised on Sony's network, could be having a negative impact on PS3 sales.

Due to this, retailers have been offering special deals on PlayStation 3 consoles to try and get them out the door. GameStop is offering $100 off the purchase of a PlayStation 3 for select PowerUp Rewards members. At Amazon.com, they're giving you an extra free Dualshock 3 with every 160GB PS3 sold. Best Buy has the 320GB PlayStation Move Bundle on sale for $50 off.

This could be a sign of things to come. With talk of the PlayStation Network's services possibly not being entirely restored until the end of May, Sony is going to have to pull out all the stops at their E3 press conference this June. Part of that, and one that would be a huge boost to PlayStation 3 sales, could be a price drop.

The last time the PlayStation 3 saw a price reduction was back in September of 2009 when the slimmer model PS3 released. Almost 2 years have gone by and a lot has changed. The Wii is now half the price of the PS3. The Xbox 360 is picking up more steam than ever thanks to Kinect. The PS3 -- while having the strongest first-party lineup of games in 2011 and beyond -- is still struggling. This recent PSN outage and security fiasco sure aren't helping their cause. At this point, it may be necessary for Sony to drop the price of the PS3 to remain competitive and continue to drive sales, especially since newer, more powerful consoles are in the pipeline.

We'll be live-blogging from Sony's E3 Press Conference and we'll be sure to let you the second such announcement is made (if it is made), and anything else coming out of the event. Stick with GR for all your E3 coverage.
Tags:   Sony, PS3, E3


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  • ---------25
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    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 10th, 2011 at 11:54 am
    WHY THE HECK WOULD SONY LOWER THE PRICE OF THE PS3!!! Why are they going to reward the people who weren't affected or owned a PS3 at the time of this catastrophe by lowering the PS3 price? They need to better reward the CURRENT PS3 owners not future owners. They didn't experience this PSN depression, reward the ones who did. Yeah were getting 30 PS Plus and the music service for a month........psh, that's it. Yeah we don't pay for the PSN service and were not entitled for anything and thats what it feels that we got, NOTHING, but because SONY chose to be so cheap and outdated with their hardware and not take into consideration the safety and privacy of the peoples information, this disaster occurred. It's actually a good thing that those hackers went into the PSN and showed SONYs true colors by letting the whole world know just how inconsiderate SONY is with their customers information.
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    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 10th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
    With all the PS3 owners information out their and hackers threating to release it, 30 day PS Plus and the music service for a month is the least SONY can do for ALL the PS3 owners. Like I said since we don;t pay to access the PSN service we aren't entitled for a compensation, but since this happened and all of the information that can be released, we are entitled for a compensation. SONY has lost their honor and has brought shame to the PS3 brand.
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  • DaVillain
    DaVillain
    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: May 10th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
    They are also giving away 4 free games via download. 2 downloads for the ps3 and 2 for the psp. just sayin'
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  • ArgyleSocks
    ArgyleSocks
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: May 10th, 2011 at 12:34 pm
    ...which has only been verified for European PSN accounts. just sayin'
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  • Blazin13
    Blazin13
    Joined: Dec 2010
    Posted: May 10th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
    Why wouldn't they lower the price? The folks that are on the fence between the 360 or the PS3 or getting rid of their Wii's need to have a system that can give them online capabilities and as of now the PS3's system has been compromised. A price drop would be a reasonable way to catch the majority of consumers who place price as their main deciding factor in purchases. This is an article about gaming as a business and marketplace and the need to drive sales not a rant about it being unfair that people who purchase now are getting the best deal. It's usually just an accepted fact that the later models of a system are more technologically sound (just think about 360's) and cheaper for the average consumer.
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  • DarthDiggler
    DarthDiggler
    Joined: Mar 2011
    Posted: May 11th, 2011 at 9:51 am
    @---------25

    Sony isn't dropping the price GameStop and other retailers are.
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  • DarthDiggler
    DarthDiggler
    Joined: Mar 2011
    Posted: May 11th, 2011 at 9:53 am
    Jesus some of your PSN guys have to turn in your man cards. I think you have sprouted a vagina.
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