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Panama on 02 January 2012
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RolStoppable said:
Panama said:

I live in Australia which is regarded as PAL in the gaming world. It was a $200 drop, yet it initially went from $1000 to $800 which is a lower percentage than $250-170 or $350AUD-250. I want to see actual figures in Europe of the official drop of the 60GB SKU only, and not your conjecture about 20GB and 40GB SKUs which doesn't apply due to the cessation one of those SKUs.

Also I didn't just limit it to third party. You said the people are aware of what they're buying. I pointed out third party software because third party figures seem to say otherwise. That and MK Wiis attachment rate is higher than MK7s which is why I said wait a few weeks or months, it's to the 3DS's advantage. I'm not attacking anything, I'm stating fact, which is why I want to see the actual European price drop of the 60GB SKU.

The PS3 was a very troubled console, so there is a lot to go through in terms of SKUs and pricing. It's all summed up here and I'll copy-paste the relevant entries.

On March 23, 2007, the PlayStation 3 was launched in Europe, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and New Zealand, with only a 60 GB model available.

On July 12, 2007, SCEE announced a Starter Pack bundle in Europe, including a second SIXAXIS controller and two first-party titles from a given selection, to sell at the same price as the standalone model. SCEE stated that there were no plans to introduce an 80 GB model or to drop the price for the 60 GB model in Europe.[8] Around this time SCEE President David Reeves and Sony Computer Entertainment, Incorporated President Kaz Hirai clarified that the North American "price drop" was in fact a clearance sale intended to eliminate stock of the 60 GB unit, the production of which had actually been halted at the time of the price drop announcement. After all 60 GB units were sold, only the 80 GB unit would remain in stores in North America.

On October 10, 2007, the 40 GB PlayStation 3 model was released in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In Europe, the 40 GB model had a price of €399.99. The 60 GB Starter Pack received a reduction in price to €499[13] except in Britain, where the Starter Pack will be replaced by a £349 Value Pack with two first party games (Motorstormand Resistance: Fall of Man) and one SIXAXIS controller (as opposed to two controllers in the £425 Starter Pack).[14] Once stocks of 60 GB PAL region model are exhausted, the 40 GB model will be the only one available in the SCEE territories.

In a timespan of six and a half months, the PS3 price was reduced from €599 to €399, a drop of 33 %. After less than four months Sony had already introduced a starter pack which added two games and a controller, but was sold for the same price as the initial 60GB SKU for €599. While the entry price remained the same, the consumer could save more than €150 as opposed to purchasing the console, two games (€60 each) and an additional controller (at least €40) separately. These starter packs were phased out with the launch of the 40GB SKUs in October, so the €399 PS3 became the only one you could buy a short while later.

The separation of first and third party software is irrelevant for your initial point that consumers are confusing the 3DS with DS models. If they buy 3DS games with their 3DSes (and they do), then the case is already closed and you are wrong.

Interesting. I apologize then. Perhaps I should have said unprecedented for a handheld.