We are lucky about the price of the PS3.

Azza · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:43

According to wikipedia a lot of other places pay a lot more than us lot in the UK.

UK - $710 for 60Gb
Mexico - $909 for 60Gb
Philippines - $799 for 60Gb

Other that pay more than us include, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Denmark.

Hong Kong is the lowest at a price of $490

Vegeta · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:45

Doesn't make us lucky just makes the others very unlucky.

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:47

Azza said:
According to wikipedia a lot of other places pay a lot more than us lot in the UK.

UK - $710 for 60Gb
Mexico - $909 for 60Gb
Philippines - $799 for 60Gb

Other that pay more than us include, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Denmark.

Hong Kong is the lowest at a price of $490

Nah it cant be Sony rips us off...blah blah blah.

Burned_Alive · 30 Jan 2007 at 11:59

Its still a rip off, even if other countries are paying more.

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:01

Burned_Alive said:
Its still a rip off, even if other countries are paying more.

How? They make the vats and the forces of demand and supply or prices for manufacturing it for the uk market?

Burned_Alive · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:03

Because its £425, which is a ridiculous price.

badgermonkey · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:03

Burned_Alive said:
Because its £425, which is a ridiculous price.

For once, you could actually build a gaming PC (obviously not the most amazing one) for the price of the console. The PC does more too

Thrash · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:17

Azza said:
Other that pay more than us include, New Zealand, Australia, Finland, Denmark.

I thought it is going to be $999 in Aus, ie less than 400ukp.

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:19

Thrash said:
I thought it is going to be $999 in Aus, ie less than 400ukp.

I think comparing the price using the exchange rate dosent give a true intepretation.

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:19

Burned_Alive said:
Because its £425, which is a ridiculous price.

My original question stands.

Hen_Dawg · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:22

You do realise that Sony are losing money on every PS3 they sell and will sell for a good while yet?

They need to sell the games to get the money back

Andr3w · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:22

i don't understand why it cannot be the same price everywhere :confused:

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:22

Hen_Dawg said:
You do realise that Sony are losing money on every PS3 they sell and will sell for a good while yet?

They need to sell the games to get the money back

Yes most console do so in the short run. (im not sure about wii)

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:23

andr3w said:
i don't understand why it cannot be the same price everywhere

Exchange rate, Markets, etc.....

Burned_Alive · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:23

ElRazur said:
My original question stands.

Your original question is irrelevant.

Steve09 · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:26

Everything now adays is a total rip off, especially the PS3 which you will play for a week then hardly play it.

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:26

Burned_Alive said:
Your original question is irrelevant.

You mean you have no answer? When you know about those things i asked then perhaps it will make more sense to you. (where is I know nothing when you need him)

gord · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:26

Burned_Alive said:
Because its £425, which is a ridiculous price.

£425 is $835 USD by todays rates on xe

Where are these figures coming from..?

Yes most console do so in the short run. (im not sure about wii)

Profit is made on each Wii because it is old hardware basically. The PS3 will still be making a loss for a very long time to come. A PS3 representative recently stated that there will be no price drops for some time unlike the PS2's launch, because of the complex PS3 hardware.

aphex · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:27

Azza said:
Hong Kong is the lowest at a price of $490

Woah thats pretty damn cheap (relatively speaking)! For 60gb model right? Might pick one up when I go HK in a few months!

ElRazur · 30 Jan 2007 at 12:28

stevechapman said:
Everything now adays is a total rip off, especially the PS3 which you will play for a week then hardly play it.

Please dont buy one if you feel that way. I bought my panasonic viera last month and I havent even watched 100hours on it yet due to me being at work and uni. Do i feel like it was a waste of money? No...I know it will be there for me when ever i wanna watch tv in full hd glory or hammer some alliens on the ps3's Rfom.