Dualshock Pricing in Oz Announced

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Sony has announced the DualShock 3 controller, complete with rumble feature, will be released in Australia on April 24th.

It'll cost AUD 99.95, equivalent to GBP 47 / EUR 59. In the US the controller is priced at USD 54.99 (GBP 28 / EUR 35).

So can we expect a similar mark-up when DualShock 3 hits Europe? Sony's keeping quiet for now, and there's no word on a release date either.

"The date in the Australian press release refers to the Australian market only," the company said in a statement.

"Whilst DS3 will come to all SCEE territories at some point, at the moment we are not in a position to announce exactly when or confirm a price."
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Ouch, was going to wait but if that's anything to go by I think it's import time !
 
A well-known retailer here in the UK has them in stock (and has had for a while) for £40 (exc delivery). Still cheaper to import though.
 
lowrider007 said:
I'm gonna place my bets @ 39.99 rrp, I hope I'm wrong though, I just can't see Sony pricing it the same as the old sixaxis controller.
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I expect that now too, I checked a retailer who has operations in the U.S and Australia and they sell the sixaxis at 49.99 in US, 54.99 for dualshock 3 a 10% difference, they sell the sixaxis for 79.95 in Australia, so assuming they sell it for the SRP as they do in U.S. thats a 20% markup.

10% for us would hit 38.50 which sint going to happen
20% for us would hit 42.00 (41.99 =P) which is an akward number, I think they'll go for 39.99 I cant see them trying it on at 44.99.

Of course then if you take off expected online retailer discounting it may indeed be 35.....
 
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tbh cant see them pricing it that high over here when you look at prices for the competitions controllers...

xbox360 .. £32 for wireless
wii ... £32 (although you then have another £18 for a nunchuk too)
 
macca672 said:
tbh cant see them pricing it that high over here when you look at prices for the competitions controllers...

xbox360 .. £32 for wireless
wii ... £32 (although you then have another £18 for a nunchuk too)
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I don't think that makes a difference tbh, the PS3 is a more expensive console, the games in general are more expensive, I don't see how the pad being a few quid more is going to make much difference, anyway it's only RRP pricing anyway, you'll always get it cheaper online.
 
Just seen them in an online store i use regually for £36.99 thats both the white and black models. seems pretty cheap, may have to buy myself one. :p
 
Glad I made the decision to import, picked it up from the post office today and gave it a quick test :) I can't see it being any cheaper than £32 quid anyway so seems the best way to do it really.
 
Just bought 2 of these for £65 from a USA import shop. The sixaxis are going on ebay for around £20 so if it only costs me £25 to 'upgrade' it's not too bad, but it's still crap.

They will probably retail here for £35.
 
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