Playstation 3 saga continues!

G'day guys & gals, another long awaited (or not?) post from your favouriate (or not?) MBA graduate.

Erm; yeah. So I've started the master of marketing degree - more of the same! To be honest, I reckon I'm getting a bit burnt out with all this studying - and did I drink too much beer, or is this keyboard really... slow? [I realise you probably can't see this, reading this as a static post and all, but after I type it takes about 3 seconds for the text to appear on the screen. Annoying. Slow electrons in my 'poota I guess].

Kind of rambling actually, been busy doing far too many irrelevant things lately. Actually, I did want to partially continue my rant against the POS3 - whoops, PS3 - can you believe that was an honest typo?!

Rumour has it that Nth Bushtown (ie USA) will get a US$100 price drop mid July; which would make the 60gb PS3 about US$499. Which would make equivalent Aussie pricing (given our recent fantastic exchange rate) approximately AUD$600, give or take a bit.

What's happened in PS3land since launch? Initially $1000 for the 60gb PS3 with nothing else, very quickly one, then 2, then 3 games were thrown in for about the same price, around $1050 or so at last look. Arguably these extra games add some value - except in most cases there's no
customer choice in game, only the ones the retailers or distributor want to get rid of.

Reckon Australia will see a $600 PS3 anytime soon? Nope. Hypothetically; even if the price does drop to $600, what could be the result? Certainly some Sony fanboys are holding out for a pricedrop (the bleeding edge adopters have already got their units) while others, dismayed at the huge launch price, have simply turned to the 360 and Wii - and haven't Nintendo done well for themselves in this regard! They've changed the rules for the game again; and rather than competing on who has the longer - i mean faster - graphics processor, 1080i or 1080p games, they've concentrated on what consumer really want - interactive, fun, multiplayer games that aren't simply rehashing the tired old FPS or driving sims.

Don't get me wrong - I have a 360, and I've just finished Ghost Recon 2; a brilliant FPS. But I'm mighty tempted by the Wii, because it looks... fun!

And as for the PS3, I'll buy one.

When they're AUD$600.

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