This may be the first holiday season in a long time that Sony is looking forward to. Some 440,000 PS3s were sold last week (compared to 550,000 Nintendo Wiis), and Sony says demand for the system was at “an all-time high.” Good thing for that price cut and re-design, right?
Sony told Gamasutra, which I’m putting here for your convenience:
In today’s economy, consumers are drawn to items that offer the most value for their money, making the PS3 an ideal choice for those who want a comprehensive gaming and entertainment system all in one package.
That’s a fair point. Three-hundred dollars gets you a Blu-ray-playing, online game-ing, Netflix-streaming… you know the deal. The PS3 at $300 is so much more attractive than, what, the $500 Sony wanted for so many years?
Besides, for $500, or a little more, you can build a reasonable gaming PC. It won’t blow you away, no, but a proper PC is so much more versatile than a static consoles.
So now we wait for Microsoft’s numbers.
Did any of y’all take advantage of any Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Awesome Tuesday deals? I saw a few PS3 bundles here and there, but I spent a few dollars on Steam buying Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, and Mirror’s Edge. Steam makes it too easy to spend money!
I picked up Left 4 Dead 2 at gamestop for $30 but I am not really feeling it as much as the original. The new ones seems bloated and just not balanced enough. I miss my high hunter pounces.
I just love this day that’s all, Many people are really rushing-in to department stores and retail shops to avail of big discounts this coming cyber monday.
This 400k Sold PS3 is just one of the many proofs
http://bit.ly/Amazon-store-promo
http://bit.ly/target-store-sales
Picked up the Bundle from Wal-Mart. Came with two games, and the Dark Knight Blu Ray movie.
Stoked, just need to get some descent games.
http://bit.ly/1jwwSm
“Good thing for that price cut and re-design, right?” …and maybe the boo koo amounts of TV advertising…guess it worked.
I think you are forgetting that the USD$300 purchase price is a one off of the life of a console ~5 years. A PC will be required to be upgraded during life time to keep uptodate to be able to play any of the latest games.
BTW a PS3 can do more than just play games, play movies (media based or downloaded) browse the internet etc
Yep, and 200,000+ probably don’t realize that the new “slim” model doesn’t play their old PS2 games. Some probably also traded their PS2 for a better deal or more games, which now they really regret.
My friend was all ready to go run out to trade in his old PS2 and buy the new PS3 slim, until I told him that fact. That changed his mind pretty quick.