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Euphoria14 said:

Maybe we look at it differently but for me it doesn't matter if "X" decided it was justified or if "X" person decided to pay $100 for no reason or if one was more readily available than the other.

All I see is that PS3 did in fact start off as a 2 SKU show and it still remains as a 2 SKU show. The prices between the 2 SKUs in comparison to their launch date counterparts is still only $100.

 

But that's just a PR theorycrafting approach. That's what car makers do: they advertise the car for 15.000$, restrict the availability of the cheaper version and use it as a hook to bait customers so the dealers can upsell them the 17.500$ version.

The truth is the vast majority paid 600$/€ for their ps3 at launch and after the introduction of the 40GB the vast majority paid 400$/€. And the sales numbers reflect that: before the cut the ps3 was trailing behind the biggest failures in the industry, after the huge 33% effective pricecut it reached a higher plateau.

You can argue semantics to support your argument but at retail, which is where it matters, the ps3 went from 600$/€ to 400$/€.

Also, how come you don't own Vesperia? Goddamn, they sell the game in your territory and pass on it... jrpg distribution in Europe, sigh.