Sorry guys, the last PS3 "price cut" was a real one...

[NeoRatt]

HappySqurriel said:

kber81 said:

Hmm, I wonder where are all people who were bitching that 80 gb sku won't be cheaper when 60 gb is phased out. All these quotes of Kaz Hirai etc. It was marketing all the way - I was talking about it from the very beginning. Seriously I can't believe people expect manufactures to confirm further price drops...

I didn't ever say that Sony wouldn't drop the price, but I did argue that they could choose not to because it could look bad if they had multiple price cuts in a given year ...

NeoRatt said:

Wierd...

I just went to Best Buy Canada...

80Gb ($499) is now cheaper then the 60 Gb ($549)...

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/subclass.asp?logon=&langid=EN&catid=24376

This will help Canadian sales...

Well, at the current exchange rate it should be $490 and many analysts believe that in the near future our dollar could be high enough that the correct exchange would be $475 or possibly $450 ...

I'm not complaining, it is understandable that all companies want to be (somewhat) conservative and Sony is (at the moment) the company that is ripping Canadians off the Least ... ($10 PS3, $55 XBox 360, $25 Wii)

Just for the record, Sony was ripping off Canadian consumers the most until today.  360's received an extra price drop in August because of the Canadian dollar rise.  In July when the dollar had already risen Sony did not do anything extra for Canadians.  Nintendo hasn't changed a thing.