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"But Blu-ray's An Amazing Technology… OK, What If We Cut The Price, Let You Pretend To Shoot People And Throw In Spiderman 3?"
Electronics | Oct 18, 07
Sony will reportedly release a $399 PlayStation 3 with a Blu-ray player and, yes, a free copy of the afore-mentioned "Emo-Boy As Arachnid" cinematic masterpiece.
Right now the new 40 GB PlayStation would tie for the least expensive Blu-ray player on the market, selling at the same price as Samsung's BD-P1000. To be sure, it is more expensive than Toshiba's HD-A2 HD-DVD player (at a bit less than $250), but of course neither this unit, the Samsung or other high-def players offer the PlayStation's game functionality (which, incidentally, is said to not include the ability to play PS2 games).
Perhaps as significantly, this brings the cost of a PlayStation into near parity with that of typical Wii system "bundles" (which generally include games and accessories)and in the middle of the Xbox 360 range (indeed, the Microsoft Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Limited Edition System is going for $399.99). Thus, Sony has moved to put serious price pressure on both high-def video players and game consoles, including Nintendo's spectacularly successful offering. To further drive the point home, Sony also dropped the price of its 80 GB PS3 by a hundred bucks, to $499, a price already reflected in the market place by vendors on PriceSCAN.com
This may well be the first shot in a price war that will grip the video game and high-def video player markets throughout the holiday shopping season, which, judging by this move, now begins just after Columbus Day.
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