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scottie on 01 July 2008

Wow, Sony's second big PS3 with TV giveaway in Aust in a short time



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heruamon on 01 July 2008

ROFLOL...anything to get people to buy into the hype...that $1.5 Bln Sony is expecting to lose in 2008 is looking to get bigger by the day.



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Coca-Cola on 01 July 2008

@BKK2
it will sell their T.V.s
Maybe Microsoft can pay Samsung millions of dollars to do this.
they pay everyone else it seems.



FilaBrasileiro on 01 July 2008
Coca-Cola said:
@BKK2
it will sell their T.V.s
Maybe Microsoft can pay Samsung millions of dollars to do this.
they pay everyone else it seems.

 

Now that would make more sense than Samsung just giving it away with their TVs, maybe a deal between Microsoft and Samsung could get this done.



FilaBrasileiro on 01 July 2008
heruamon said:
ROFLOL...anything to get people to buy into the hype...that $1.5 Bln Sony is expecting to lose in 2008 is looking to get bigger by the day.

If this promotion comes at a loss, you can rest assured it won't go in the gaming division.

 

 



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BKK2 on 01 July 2008
Coca-Cola said:
@BKK2
it will sell their T.V.s
Maybe Microsoft can pay Samsung millions of dollars to do this.
they pay everyone else it seems.

The point of the promotion is to promote "Full HD" ie 1080p TV sales. Most 1080p content is on Blu-ray, now that HD-DVD has been discontinued there would be little point bundling a 360 as the only 1080p content it has is a handful of games.

Why would Microsoft pay Samsung millions of dollars to give away their consoles? That's just silly.

 



MontanaHatchet on 01 July 2008

I was so excited until I read "Australia"   .



 

 

starcraft on 01 July 2008
SpartanFX said:
420 have been claimed,,,I m guessing ps3 sales number will be high in july in Austrailia.

No they won't.  It took Sony MONTHS to get the last batch of free promotional PS3's out there and to my knowledge they are not all in the hands of customers yet.

 



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BKK2 on 01 July 2008

FilaBrasileiro said:

If this promotion comes at a loss, you can rest assured it won't go in the gaming division.


Yeah, it's not an SCE Australia promotion. SCE Australia MD Michael Ephraim:

GS AU: Recently we've heard anecdotal evidence of consumers waiting months after the purchase of a BRAVIA or mobile-phone deal for their promotional console to be delivered. Do you have any insight into the issue?

ME: That's something you'd need to talk to Sony about, but I think now that core issue has been resolved. The take-up was bigger than expected, and the take-up at retail [for PS3] is also growing, and I don't want to comment too much because it's not my promotion. We were the added value, but I can say that we have now delivered all the stock to fulfill all the prizes, and it was unfortunate, and again it wasn't my promotion, but the sheer uptake was beyond everyone's expectations. We have fulfilled every unit requirement now for the BRAVIA offer, and there are no shortages for any phone or broadband deals or anything of that nature.


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starcraft said:

No they won't. It took Sony MONTHS to get the last batch of free promotional PS3's out there and to my knowledge they are not all in the hands of customers yet.


That was actually a subtle joke, but the problem before was that the promotion exceeded their expectations. This time they have limited the number, so they shouldn't have that problem this time. I don't think there is anyone still waiting from the last bundle.



Zucas on 01 July 2008

But if Sony gives it away then they didn't sell it. So that doesn't count in sales. Just saying right. Because a retailer isn't selling it to a consumer it wouldn't be tracked by our guys nor it should. Will show up in shipment numbers maybe because Sony has to include it in their finance report.