Wagram said:
richardhutnik said:
Wagram said:
BenVTrigger said:
Wagram said:
I actually helped a woman buy a PS3 today at my local Gamestop. I pissed the sales clerk off bad. He was trying to sell her a used 60GB PS3 for like 350 bucks. She wanted backwards compatability but I talked her into a new PS3 for 299.99. I could never work at Gamestop, that business is horrible.
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Really Gamestop is horrible? I'm a district manager for Gamestop and I can tell you straight up we are far from horrible.
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I have just had bad experience with that business for a very long time. Ranging from over pricing used games. Trying to sell used games as new ones. A new sticker with a scratched game IS NOT NEW. How can you sell a USED 60GB PS3 for 300-350 dollars? Hopefully you are an exception.
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How? Because, outside of harddrive size, it is superior to the newer PS3 models that have less features, particularly a lack of backwards compatibility. Like, how many USB ports does the newer PS3 model have? My 60GB model has 4. With that, I can hook up Move, a USB keyboard, and have room for two controllers.
Anyhow, I would speak about your comments about Gamestop in general. They are what they are. They managed to be able to sell videogames and specialize in that area being able to be operated by fanboys the way that McDonalds is able to be operated by teenagers.
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I'm not stating that it is wrong to buy the Backwards compatible PS3. I'm just saying when you see a new 160GB PS3 for 299.99 and you have a store trying to sell you a USED PS3 that you can get on eBay for NEW at around the same price. Why would you waste your money. The woman agreed with me obviously as she bought the new one for $299.99
I own a backwards compatible PS3 btw.
ANYWAYS: If you guys would like to discuss this further, put it on my wall so we don't derail this thread. :)
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backwards ps3's are in heavy demand hence the huge price. As they are as rare as the dreamcast (if not more so) so most of the time as soon as they appear they go.
You may be able to buy a 160gb new ps3 for 299 but that doesnt have backwards compatibility so people will pay more for that feature. I would for example.
