Sony gives hints on pricing of Playstation 3
November 22nd, 2005 Leave a comment Visited 42 times, 1 so far today
Sony gives hints on pricing of Playstation 3
Sony has for the first time given some genuine hints on possible pricing strategy of their upcoming gaming console Playstation 3. With Microsoft launching their Xbox 360 today, it became important for the entertainment giant to give some hints to the consumers on what they would have to pay for Sony Playstation 3 gaming console due to be launched sometime next year.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer stated in a comment that the Playstation 3 would enter the market at between $300 and $400 when it arrives in mid-2006. He was talking to the FORTUNE magazine when he confirmed that Sony would indeed be shipping the initial deliveries of their Playstation 3 console at massive subsidized rates to get the consumers to their gaming console.
They also want to get their self-developed next generation DVD format, the Blu-Ray disc popular in to the market and are including the drives with their Sony Playstation 3 console. This quashes any rumors in the market which claimed that the Sony Playstation 3 would be significantly expensive than Xbox 360 because of the additional costs of the included Blu-Ray drive.
Stinger however did not reveal any specific launch period for the PS3 though he mentioned that the console would ship with a bundle of games, movies and TV shows. This move is to showcase the capabilities of their new generation console. Microsoft on their part has shown interests in supporting the Blu-Ray competing standard HD DVD being developed by Toshiba. The Xbox 360 units being shipped right now however comes installed with a standard DVD drive.
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November 23rd, 2005 at 03:14 am
bumba cleet star ja done no
November 23rd, 2005 at 08:48 pm
Sorry Sony,
How can I trust a company that releases stealth software that can damage or disable computers?
What ’suprises’ lay in wait for Playstation users?
Sony has broken trust with its consumers, and thus they face the punishment:
A Total Boycott of Sony Playstations, TVs, Radios, DVDs and Music CDs (especially the CDs that infect computers!)
Goodbye Playstation 3 – you’re parent company has abused it’s customers for the last time.
November 24th, 2005 at 10:24 am
all i gotta say is that the new playstation 3 is overrated and xbox 360 rocks my socks and yeah xbox 360 is way better even though it is all sold out you should buy one and yeah so to conclude this playstation as i said before rocks my socks and its better then xbox 360, so buy it when it comes out
November 29th, 2005 at 09:21 pm
they denied this comment the next day, Stringer said nothing about pricing in that interview
January 9th, 2006 at 11:04 am
Can someone email me and tell me when is ps3 is going to come out and i also wanted to know does ps3 come with an online chord?
March 29th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
sony will release ps3 in november this year in europe.
sony is taking there time and i doubt this new console of theres will be ready until late 2007. if i was you i would go out and buy a xbxo 360
June 24th, 2006 at 03:21 pm
[...] Sony is aiming to sell 100 million PlayStation 3 machines in the coming years. This comes despite the massive criticism they received on the high price of this gaming console. [...]