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Kenology on 19 September 2012

This would probably be more appropriate here than in the original SLIM thread. From GAF:

Wii U White - ¥25,000
PS3 White - ¥24,980
Wii U Black - ¥30,000
PS3 Black 500 GB - ¥29,980

The prices shown at the top (for Wii U) is the price with tax, so I'm going to include the tax-less price.

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Sony going right up against Wii U in Japan with this pricing.  Oh, boy.



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Ajescent on 19 September 2012
kowenicki said:
zumnupy10 said:

Good Point. 

People are complaining about the $229 price of the new 12GB model in Europe, but i think we will see this model being sold for $200 in most stores during holiday.

This European exclusive model is perfect for a Fifa 13 bundle.

$229?

You mean 229 Euros obviously.  Which is $297

Haven't you heard? Euros and dollars are totally the same thing and pound does not exist anymore.



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Lusche on 19 September 2012
Ajescent said:

Haven't you heard? Euros and dollars are totally the same thing and pound does not exist anymore.


Wasnt the UK MS territory ? so why even bother ;)

But yeah its strange since the UK market is the largest one in the EU :(



hunter_alien on 19 September 2012

Isnt the 12 GB model an SSD model?



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zumnupy10 on 19 September 2012

I may be wrong. But in all videogame websites I visited,they said the $269 price is for the UC3+Dust 514 bundle.

There were no mentions of the standard 250GB model.

Is there any comfirmation of price for the standard 250gb version ?



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Lusche on 19 September 2012

is it really a ssd ? or is it just a slow version of it ?
so like 300MB/s read and write ? or more like the speed of an usb-drive ?



fillet on 19 September 2012
Lusche said:
is it really a ssd ? or is it just a slow version of it ?
so like 300MB/s read and write ? or more like the speed of an usb-drive ?


It won't be an SSD.

 

It will be just an increased size NAND, same as with Xbox 360 4GB Corona model.



smbu2000 on 19 September 2012
legend92(3) said:

The new PS3 "Slim" was announced today and the pricing may have shocked some people. I believe I have figured out why the pricing is so different in different regions.

First of all they are releasing 3 models 12GB, 250GB and 500GB. In the USA they are releasing the 250GB at 269 USD a $20 increase on the old model. 12GB Model is being released only in Europe/PAL regions at 229 Euros. Japan is also getting the 250GB as their cheapest at 24,900 YEN.

I believe exchange rates play a major role in the new prices. Here is what the prices convert into:

USA: 250GB model at 269 USD converts to 21,300 YEN

PAL/Europe 12GB model at 229 converts to 23,700 YEN

Both of these prices are lower than the Japanese price of almost 25,000 YEN. If Sony where to cut the price to 229 in the USA they would be getting 18,000 YEN per console which is almost a 25% drop from the Japanese price.

Thoughts?

The JP price already includes 5% tax in the price. The US model price does not include tax (which varies depending on where you buy it.)




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o_O.Q on 19 September 2012

imo its funny that when sony did the last price drop many people were saying they were crazy to do so in their financial situation
now that they appear to be compensating they're saying the opposite
thats pretty funny



Ajescent on 19 September 2012
o_O.Q said:
imo its funny that when sony did the last price drop many people were saying they were crazy to do so in their financial situation
now that they appear to be compensating they're saying the opposite
thats pretty funny

That's actually so true! I remember that.

People are never happy. I still say they could give it away for free and some will still complain. (I draw your attention to folks who complain about Vita versions coming free with ps3 ones)



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