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gunntims0103
February 23rd, 2007, 15:09
news via msnbc (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17295631/)

Hefty price of the game machine may be scaring away shoppers

TOKYO - Sony is giving away freebies to woo buyers to the new PlayStation 3 video game machine whose hefty price appears to be scaring away shoppers.

The latest giveaway from the Japanese electronics and entertainment company is being promised for the Australia launch for the PlayStation 3 set for March 23 — a Blu-ray Disc version of the Sony Pictures James Bond movie "Casino Royale," for the first 20,000 Australian PS3 buyers.

The PlayStation 3 costs a hefty $790 (999.95 Australian dollars), for the 60 gigabyte hard drive version.

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Tree
February 23rd, 2007, 16:03
thats alot of money. how come its more money over there ?
JKKDARK
February 23rd, 2007, 16:08
$790? What's Sony doing?
mavsman4457
February 23rd, 2007, 18:06
Where is the PS3 cheapest? Japan?
Napalm-Death
February 23rd, 2007, 22:18
Holy crap...$800+ for a PS3? SONY, THIS ISN'T EBAY!
TuRDMaN
February 24th, 2007, 00:53
It's probably the same reason that it costs more in Europe, taxes and all that good stuff.
rawfodog
February 24th, 2007, 01:00
taxes are bad if your currency is the euro, if britain just changed to the euro the prices would come down, cause most thing's that come to europe go through that crap pound sterling and then the euro. Just a point to make out ok.
Prasoc
February 24th, 2007, 17:59
oi. £ is not crap. ur stupid $ is! we like our pound because we were brought up with it and prices of items would double bcoz no one knows the conversion rate (greedy shops)
Tree
February 24th, 2007, 21:29
is there going to be anything we get in the UK free with the PS3 ?