More Evidence: Sony to launch $399 40GB Playstation 3
EMS Now, a site dedicated to monitoring the global electronic manufacturing industry, posted a piece regarding the news that Hon Hai will begin to manufacture PS3s. The site, admittedly, is boring to read much of the time, but, if you pay close attention to the facts mentioned in their stories, occasionally you’ll find little nuggets of information such as the one below:
Insiders in the sector said that Sony has cut the selling price of PS3 consoles, and, at the mean time, planned to launch low-price models, with ASUSTeK Computer Inc. and Hon Hai Precision to supply the models.
The rumor originated when a “reliable source” mentioned Sony’s changing up their Playstation offerings for the Holiday Season like so:
* $499.99 for the 80GB Playstation 3, currently $599.99
* $399.99 for the 40GB Playstation 3, currently nonexistent
* Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray included with at least one of the PS3 packages
* $99.99 for the Playstation 2, currently $129.99
$399.99 for a fully functional Blu-ray player and next-gen high def gaming console? Not bad, not bad at all… if true.
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Even though I bought my 60GB version at $499, I’m glad that Sony is reducing the price to help create a larger user base. For current owners, I think we just want a larger base of users so more (hopefully exclusive) games head our way and stay that way.