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Forums - Gaming Discussion - Amazon Customers Vote - $79 Wii, $139 PS3, $99 360

Legend11 on 18 November 2007

If you have an amazon.com account you should check out the current contest/promotion they're having. 

Basically Amazon has taken different competing products and pitted them against each other.  Customers then vote for which deal they want and after the contest is over 1000 people are chosen from each category and allowed to buy the product they voted for at either the winning price or runner-up price (depending on if the product won the vote or not).

Here's how it works for the videogame system category:

 WinningRunner-up
 PricePrice
Wii$79 $199
PS3 (40Gig)$139 $319
360 (Arcade)$99

$219

If say you voted for the Wii and it wins the vote and your name is drawn you can buy a Wii for $79.  If instead you voted for a Wii and the PS3 wins and your name is drawn you can buy a Wii for $199.

Anyways this is just a heads up and good luck to everyone that takes part :)



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loadedstatement on 18 November 2007

Link: http://promotions.amazon.com/gp/holiday/amazon-customers-vote



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Dolla Dolla on 18 November 2007

Current rankings:

Nintendo Wii - 55%
Playstation 3 - 31%
Xbox 360 - 14%

I voted for the PS3. Who wouldn't want a PS3 for $139 bucks?



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MontanaHatchet on 18 November 2007

I could understand more demand for the Wii than the PS3, but the Wii is already cheap, I want to be able to buy a PS3 for the price of a PS2.



 

 

famousringo on 18 November 2007
Dolla Dolla said:
Current rankings:

Nintendo Wii - 55%
Playstation 3 - 31%
Xbox 360 - 14%

I voted for the PS3. Who wouldn't want a PS3 for $139 bucks?

 Trouble is, your choice has to win the vote.

 Looks like you might get one for $319, though.



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z64dan on 18 November 2007
famousringo said:
Dolla Dolla said:
Current rankings:

Nintendo Wii - 55%
Playstation 3 - 31%
Xbox 360 - 14%

I voted for the PS3. Who wouldn't want a PS3 for $139 bucks?

 Trouble is, your choice has to win the vote.

 Looks like you might get one for $319, though.


The rarity of Wii wins out in this one. Atleast you would be guaranteed a Wii for christmas, as opposed to PS3 which you are already guaranteed (just walk into any electronics store).



whatever on 18 November 2007

If it were the 80 GB PS3, I think it might have ALOT more votes.



leo-j on 18 November 2007

When is this? I would buy a wii faster than you can say we.



 

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Garcian Smith on 18 November 2007

Voted PS3, since $139 is about the price that would actually induce me to buy one. =P



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whatever on 18 November 2007
leo-j said:
When is this? I would buy a wii faster than you can say we.

Go here to vote.

http://promotions.amazon.com/gp/holiday/amazon-customers-vote

There are actually 6 round with all sorts of amazing deals.  There is an HD round with a blu-ray/HD DVD/HD Tivo also (interestingly, the HD DVD player is currently winning).

There is a calendar that shows all the deadline information:

http://promotions.amazon.com/gp/holiday/amazon-customers-vote-calendar/ref=amb_link_5635672_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1EA71N79HP818D1C7K47&pf_rd_t=2001&pf_rd_p=330415901&pf_rd_i=amazon-customers-vote