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Old 16-06-2006   #1 (permalink)
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Playstation 3 goes on sale for £550

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Sony's PlayStation 3 has gone on sale for £550 on the Play.com website.

The next-generation games console is available to pre-order, with an expected shipping date of 15 November 2006.

However, in a move that is guaranteed to draw in eager gamers, Play.com is warning customers that there may not be enough consoles to go around.

"Due to an expected European shortage of the PS3, we are unable to guarantee delivery of your PS3 before Christmas," the listing said.

"All pre-orders will be fulfilled on a first come, first served basis and game titles in this package may be changed, subject to availability."

The price quoted on the site is also higher than the expected £425, although Play.com is listing the version with a 60GB hard drive.
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Nice sales tactic, they used that with the Xbox 360. Though the question is have Sony left it too late? Maybe they should try two version and see which sells better. For example all I want is something that plays games, not interested in all the rest I have other things to do that job, I would buy a games console if that's all they did.
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Re: Playstation 3 goes on sale for £550

You could upgrade your PC for that much. I would wait for the price to come down before I would buy a closed system like PS3.
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I garauntee it will still sell out, there are people out there who will pay that much. I know someone who paid over £500 for a coffee machine.
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Re: Playstation 3 goes on sale for £550

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I garauntee it will still sell out, there are people out there who will pay that much. I know someone who paid over £500 for a coffee machine.

for a good espresso maker/latte machine i would certainly pay that much

i think my brother is planning on preordering a ps3, but i'm not sure how much they are over here. The game shop he goes to hasn't started taking preorders yet I don't think...but they're already taking preorders on games and if you preorder games you get the first crack at the preorder for the system...so i guess they're taking pre-preorders in a sense?
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Pah, £550 indeed...I think an Xbox 360 may find it's way into my house when I finally get to upgrade.
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