Ending weeks of speculation, Sony officially announced a new $499 retail price for their 60 GB Playstation 3 on Sunday, effective immediately. They also introduced a larger 80 GB model at the $599 price point, which will come packaged with the racing game Motorstorm and will be available to North American consumers this August.

"As we move into the next phase of PS3, it's important that we continue to evaluate our product line, offering consumers the technology and features that meet their growing needs for new forms of media and the way in which it is delivered," explained SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton.


"The introduction of the 80GB PS3, the new pricing for the current 60GB model, the availability of more than 100 new software titles this fiscal year and, finally, the expansion of services for PlayStation Network, will provide even more options for users and will help bring new consumers into the PS3 fold."

The company also stated that 120 PS3 titles are slated to hit shelves before the end of the fiscal year, including third-party heavy hitters like Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4.

More information is expected to be announced at this week's E3 2007 expo.

still wont convince many that are holding off to buy now... nice try Sony... you shameless assholes.

shameless assholes? they are selling this thing at a $300 loss

Yup they're actually losing money. the blue ray alone is worth more than 600.

yeah... but sony blows ass. think of how angry i was when found out they were porting Castlevania: Rondo of Blood, finally, to the USA... an then found out it was only for PSP.im not buying that piece of shit for just one game! FUCK. besided... they're dicks.

also im tanked... so dont takel anything i say too seriously

I try not to takel anything.

you should if someone's shitfaced

speaking of which...don't takel anything i say too seriously except for that corporate avenger post...they're wicked good

When FFXIII comes out I will finally buy a PS3. And I'm still looking for a Wii. Obviously if I tried hard I'd have one by now, but I just want to walk into a store and have it be there. No effort involved.

toys r' us

thegreatspaldino said:

Well...there's uhh....a Katamari Damacy game, a God of War game...uhhh, a couple Metal Gears......eh, I got nothing.

Luckily my little bro bought one and finds no use for it...so I'll most likely swipe it before he bolts to college so I can play Rondo of Blood......although he may be planning on taking it for that very same purpose.

MS is dropping the XBox 360 to $399 and $349 as well.

still too expensive. hopefully it drops to a reasonable price for when the new GTA comes out.

I just dont have the cash for this thing. I am gonna cry when GTA4 is released. I want to play it so bad, it looks amazing.

PLAYSTATION IS DEAD

Long live xbox and nintendo!

fuck PS3. so many of us arent privledged enough to be able to afford one of these, and are stuck in the dark ages with PS2, and all these good titles arent coming out for anything but PS3. gay as fuck.

i'd much rather drop $500 on a new guitar