Behind the price cut: The long, strange saga of the $599 PS3

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If the [Only registered users can see links. ] $100 price cut for the PS3 turns out to be true, it will end the era of one of the most controversial pricing moves in the history of consumer electronics.

The writing was on the wall early on, with former SCE President Ken Kutaragi [Only registered users can see links. ] way back in July 2005 that he hoped gamers would "work more hours to buy [a PS3]." When the price was [Only registered users can see links. ] at [Only registered users can see links. ] the first wave of ridicule was practically [Only registered users can see links. ]. Kutaragi's comment that the price was "[Only registered users can see links. ]" for what consumers were getting just stoked the fires, leading at least [Only registered users can see links. ] to call the company "out of touch." Hey, $599 is pretty cheap if the thing is [Only registered users can see links. ].

Yet by launch time there were some signs that the high price wasn't really a deterrent. Despite some launch window reviews saying the system "[Only registered users can see links. ]," the initial stock of PS3s sold out to [Only registered users can see links. ] who waited in the November cold to drop up to six Benjamins on a game console. Many of those who managed to get one of the [Only registered users can see links. ] put them up on eBay, where some fetched [Only registered users can see links. ]. Maybe $600 was a bargain after all.[Only registered users can see links. ]


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I think I would buy one if I the price cut was $200, I really can't say that the bells and whistles appeal to me anymore. I am not as excited about gaming as I was when I purchased my PS2 and then my Xbox....

The wii got me motivated and excited, but not to the extent of when I was younger. Am I just getting older and have other priorities for my money and life? I don't know but if the price is right I will by the PS3 just to say I have it....