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Seems DVD.co.uk are trying to undercut their rivals already! (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://dvddeals.at/thedvdforums?DURL=http://www.dvd.co.uk/product_PSP360GB.asp)
rbullivant
25-03-2007, 18:44
Wow £15 off RRP already, it seems that a lot of retailers have over ordered after wrongly expecting the demand level to be higher!
Decent price two days after launch though!
R
Please do not bypass the auto sensor
carlito8
26-03-2007, 08:19
Not meant to mention them on here mate.
I didn't do any bypassing I just typed it in ?
Also I didn't know you couldn't mention them, how about when the rules change they get emailed to users ?
lennylenny
26-03-2007, 15:58
Haha - it's almost amusing how much of a whimper the PS3 launch went with, and now the prices are tumbling without the manufacturer cutting RRP. Wonder what Sony are going to do to get people buying the PS3?
MetalGearAl
26-03-2007, 16:09
It's odd that dvd.co.uk (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://dvddeals.at/thedvdforums) also show an Amazon.co.uk (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=thedvdforums-21&site=dvd) affiliate link on their website, I wonder if they make much that way.
399.99 is a bargain, thought it was 15 quid postage too, but thats just outside the UK, 399.99 inc! gutted if you paid 425 a couple of days ago!
Gonna wait on this. If it's £25 cheaper so soon there'll be some good deals coming soon. think this launch has been a bit dissapointing for Sony
ShakeyJake
26-03-2007, 17:07
I wonder how much the retailer is actually paying for the consoles
I heard it was ironically about 360 quid, but cant be sure. If so seems about right as itll cost 20 quid to ship, thats 380 and the dvds affiliate scheme is about 5%, making it roughly 360, so i doubt on 399.99 there making any profit (Apart from a couple of quid maybe unless games and HDMI are bought with it)
It seems to me there's been very little fuss in stores about the PS3 launch, Gamestation and Game had hardly anything up except the usual displays yesterday.
Jungle Ted
26-03-2007, 18:44
£399.99 now
My God! Just think that the Sega Saturn retailed for this at launch. Looking at it like this almost allows me to justify a purchase. Think I'll wait till i get an HDTV (sound of money box being emptied) ;) :(
I think someone mentioned that Virgin Megastore was offering 10% off to students, making it £380 !
rbullivant
26-03-2007, 19:02
Yes Virgin were massively advertising the student 10% off a PS3 in the window in Nottingham, normally consoles are excempt from such offers.
GameStation had a bundle offer for £454.99, included a Game and XMen3 on BluRay. Not as good as this offer but early adopters are looking like they're getting punished (exception: the ones that got a LCD tv with theirs)
R
springer
26-03-2007, 19:03
Wonder what Sony are going to do to get people buying the PS3?
I shall accept nothing less than a free £2.5k Sony LCD screen to play it on.
Yes Virgin were massively advertising the student 10% off a PS3 in the window in Nottingham, normally consoles are excempt from such offers.
GameStation had a bundle offer for £454.99, included a Game and XMen3 on BluRay. Not as good as this offer but early adopters are looking like they're getting punished (exception: the ones that got a LCD tv with theirs)
R
No you was right the first time, the early adopters are getting screwed, its just the Sony employees and tipped off journalists that arnt :D
think this launch has been a bit dissapointing for SonyActually the PS3 had the most successful launch in history here in Europe, with 165,000 consoles sold. Of course, there's never been so many of any other console available at launch...
JamesThomson
26-03-2007, 23:16
Must resist until Christmas.
Scottola
26-03-2007, 23:25
I wonder how much the retailer is actually paying for the consoles
My local Indie makes £6 profit per PS3, he looked like he was going to cry when he told me.
neilalford
27-03-2007, 07:44
Actually the PS3 had the most successful launch in history here in Europe, with 165,000 consoles sold. Of course, there's never been so many of any other console available at launch...
Is that right? I thought MS shipped 330,000 360's at the European launch and they seemed to sell out completely (judging by how hard they were to find for weeks)
ShakeyJake
27-03-2007, 08:00
My local Indie makes £6 profit per PS3, he looked like he was going to cry when he told me.
That's a big investment for such a small profit. Think I'd just stick to selling the games and peripherals.
this price at aria too now
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/newsletter?operation=shoppingCartAdd&productId=26741&context=superSpecial
Is that right? I thought MS shipped 330,000 360's at the European launch and they seemed to sell out completely (judging by how hard they were to find for weeks )
sony shipped 1 million for day 1 in europe (about the same that Japan has sold in over 4 months :thinking: ).
The sales above are just UK figures, supposedly. But with the huge piles of stock everywhere I find it very hard to believe that about 80% has been sold.
It's odd that dvd.co.uk (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://dvddeals.at/thedvdforums) also show an Amazon.co.uk (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/redirect-home?tag=thedvdforums-21&site=dvd) affiliate link on their website, I wonder if they make much that way.
They sell over on the Marketplace so that's probably why! Seems a little weird though!
Is that right? I thought MS shipped 330,000 360's at the European launch and they seemed to sell out completely (judging by how hard they were to find for weeks)That's across the whole of Europe though. Sony had 220,000 available in the UK alone (there were around 70,000 360s available here at launch).
HugoMorse
27-03-2007, 11:35
That's 2x retailers now under £400. I may wait for a short while to see what other offers come up :D
Actually the PS3 had the most successful launch in history here in Europe, with 165,000 consoles sold. Of course, there's never been so many of any other console available at launch...
Hmm...
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/
UK:R jumped the shark a long time ago. The last time it raised a smile from me was around the launch of the PS2.
tony hutton
27-03-2007, 11:51
This might have something to do with these quick price reductions...
(Taken from Brand republic site)
PS3: hit by cancellations
Sony PS3 hit by £10m in cancellations
by Gareth Jones Marketing 27-Mar-07, 08:30
LONDON - The long-awaited UK launch of Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console has been marred by the cancellation of more than £10m worth of orders from retailers and consumers.
Retail industry sources claim the electronics giant has had as many as 20,000 pre-orders of the £425 console cancelled in the run-up to its delayed launch last Friday.
GAmbrose
27-03-2007, 12:02
Ebayers...
Gary A
Fatbloke
27-03-2007, 12:19
Hmm...
http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/
:lol: I didn't realise the depth of feelings out there!!
neilalford
27-03-2007, 12:19
That's across the whole of Europe though. Sony had 220,000 available in the UK alone (there were around 70,000 360s available here at launch).
That makes more sense, your original post said they'd had a succesful European launch with 165,000 sold, so I'd assume dthat was the figure for the whole of Europe, which is why it didn't make much sense.
sony shipped 1 million for day 1 in europe (about the same that Japan has sold in over 4 months :thinking: ).
The sales above are just UK figures, supposedly. But with the huge piles of stock everywhere I find it very hard to believe that about 80% has been sold.
Those numbers are from ChartTrack, not Sony, so they should be accurate.
kiran_mk2
27-03-2007, 12:49
I remember with the handheld figures, Sony always quoted units shipped and Nintendo quoted units sold so Sony claimed a lot of units, but most of them were sitting in warehouses rather than people's homes. To be honest I am expecting a lot of returns/cancellations as people see there is no market on eBay or even honest people who've been let down before at console launches and simply preordered from several places to be sure of getting one.
BulletProofPoet
28-03-2007, 19:44
What's the PS2 support like though? I believe that they've removed the Emotion Engine from the hardware. :mad:
Rich
What's the PS2 support like though? I believe that they've removed the Emotion Engine from the hardware. :mad:
Rich
They did, but given there's two PS2's in our house, that wasn't a priority for us. That said, had my wife not bought me one for my 40th at the weekend, I was prepared to hang out for a significant price drop.
Actually the PS3 had the most successful launch in history here in Europe, with 165,000 consoles sold. Of course, there's never been so many of any other console available at launch...
Only because they had the most consoles available. Isn't this the first console launch in history where stock is left lying on shelves at the end of the first day's sale?
thevogon
29-03-2007, 08:50
"Clearly the only reason to buy a PS3 is if you want the included BluRay drive." Said Mr B. Tamax.....
There is no other reason. The 360 has better everything else. Price, Games, Graphics, online functionality, publisher support, market share, appearance...
The PS3 launch has not surprisingly been a total flop.
douglasb
29-03-2007, 08:50
People can't have it both ways. All those screwed up faces when people couldn't get a 360 HD player on the day of release.
Agreed. People would have put a negative spin on it if Sony hadn't shipped enough consoles and now they're putting a negative spin on it after they were able to more than meet demand. Fulfilling all pre-orders, having one of the most successful launches at the price the PS3 is and still having plenty of stock on shelves is great going.
Only because they had the most consoles available. Isn't this the first console launch in history where stock is left lying on shelves at the end of the first day's sale?I don't see how that's a negative thing though. Whether there's stock left or not, the lauch was still a huge success for Sony after so much negativity about the midnight lauch turnout.
mufflator
29-03-2007, 10:43
At £399 the retailer is losing about £10-15 per console, after shipping and card processing costs are factored in, so I doubt the deals will get much better than this.
It is a good way for a retailer to boost their Sony account performance, though. For them to appear to be shifting hundreds of consoles when everyone else is stuck with slow-moving stock they bought weeks ago will certainly put them on Sony's Christmas card list! And future stock allocations are usually based on monetary turnover.
neilalford
29-03-2007, 12:19
I don't see how that's a negative thing though. Whether there's stock left or not, the lauch was still a huge success for Sony after so much negativity about the midnight lauch turnout.
I don't think we'll really know how it went for a month or so, yep, they sold 165k consoles, about twice what the 360 sold but by that point the 360 was sold out, it comes down to how many more people would have bought a 360 at launch if they could. More interesting figures will come later when the effects of stock issues no longer apply.
There really did seem to be a lack of interest in the launch, maybe it was just because people weren't worried about them selling out, but the turnout was hardly huge for the launch even after Sony started tipping people off about the free TV's, and before that there were only a handful of people queuing.
hookbeak
29-03-2007, 13:16
I don't think we'll really know how it went for a month or so, yep, they sold 165k consoles, about twice what the 360 sold but by that point the 360 was sold out, it comes down to how many more people would have bought a 360 at launch if they could. More interesting figures will come later when the effects of stock issues no longer apply.
There really did seem to be a lack of interest in the launch, maybe it was just because people weren't worried about them selling out, but the turnout was hardly huge for the launch even after Sony started tipping people off about the free TV's, and before that there were only a handful of people queuing.
the thing is we don't really know how many it has sold at all, only what Sony tell us they sold. if 220k machines made it in the country, and 165k sold, then why does no one i know seem to have one ? (when i know lots of people who always buy new toys) and why does every single retailer seem to have so much stock ?
I went into town on saturday, and not only did all the retailers have plenty, but i didn't see *anyone* looking at ps3 hardware or software in any of the shops - not once.
Even in the gaming forums the ps3 threads are pretty empty - if you took out the posts by people who didn't even have a ps3, they would be barely populated.
fattyboombatty
29-03-2007, 15:53
Agreed. People would have put a negative spin on it if Sony hadn't shipped enough consoles and now they're putting a negative spin on it after they were able to more than meet demand. Fulfilling all pre-orders, having one of the most successful launches at the price the PS3 is and still having plenty of stock on shelves is great going.
well, that's certainly one way of looking at it. another would be that sony HAVEN'T sold anywhere near that amount and are simply counting cancelled pre-orders and returns as actual sales. collusion between scared retailers and sony are the reason for this record breaking launch.
in any case, next weeks sales will tell the true story. sony won't be able to cook those books...
I just don't understand why so many people want the PS3 to fail.
degeneration
29-03-2007, 16:15
I just don't understand why so many people want the PS3 to fail.
You can't understand why people are feeling like they are being taken for mugs? In Europe we are given a longer wait, a less capable, more expensive console than Japan and the US. Damn right I want it to fail, until they (sony) recitify the situation and charge a price worthy of a games console and stop using gamers as pawns in their HD war...
Going off topic... Sorry.
fattyboombatty
29-03-2007, 16:24
I just don't understand why so many people want the PS3 to fail.
not the console, the manufacturer...SONY. they killed lik-sang. :mad:
Bargain over gone back up to £419.99 now
You can't understand why people are feeling like they are being taken for mugs? In Europe we are given a longer wait, a less capable, more expensive console than Japan and the US.This has been the case for pretty much every console in history, whether it be crappy PAL conversions in the PSone era or missing features like progressive scan in the PS2 era. PAL gamers should be well used to be short-changed compared to other regions.
Damn right I want it to fail, until they (sony) recitify the situation and charge a price worthy of a games console and stop using gamers as pawns in their HD war...I think the PS3 is looking like great value when compared to Microsoft's new "Elite" Xbox 360.
mushashi
29-03-2007, 16:44
not the console, the manufacturer...SONY. they killed lik-sang. :mad:
Sony may have put the final boot in, but both Nintendo (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/06/19/nintendo_wins_liksang_piracy_case/) and Microsoft (http://news.com.com/2100-1040-960594.html?tag=fd_top) had taken legal action against the company in the past.
HugoMorse
29-03-2007, 17:09
I think the PS3 is looking like great value when compared to Microsoft's new "Elite" Xbox 360.
I think it's great value considering the high failure rate of the 360. How they can still be churning out machines that die is beyond belief. Perhaps the "Elite" is there way of correcting it with a new board design.
Bargain over gone back up to £419.99 now
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