Sony price cuts - PS3 $249, PSP €99 (Europe)

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snakenobi on 16 August 2011

Sony has just announced the following new price points:

PS3:
$249
£199
249 Euro
24,999 Yen

PSP, new model:
99 Euros (only Europe confirmed at present)

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/87603/sony-cuts-ps3-price-to-250-25k-yen-249-euros/
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/87604/99-euro-psp-sans-wi-fi-coming-to-europe-this-fall/

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klaudkil on 16 August 2011

you beat me 2 it.
nice move by sony.

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legend92(3) on 16 August 2011

As of today did he say?

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BenVTrigger on 16 August 2011

Gotta say I'm surprised. I really thought they would cut early next year so they could try to recoup their massive debt from the PS3's first couple years and R&D costs. They must have really brought down how much it costs to make the console.

Well that means a X360 cut is imminent now. There goes that prediction i had

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Troll_Whisperer on 16 August 2011

Can't wait to see the effect on weekly sales.

I wish it had been 199 though, but after Sony's prediction of 15m units sold this fiscal year, I expected it to be 249.

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