PreGameLobby - Rumor: Circuit City ads for post-E3 shows $100 price cut on the PS3

BrewCityUpstart · 07-05-2007, 05:38 PM

Over at Cheap Ass Gamer there is a forum regular by the name of Speedy1961 who regularly posts early pre-release leaks of ads from Circuity City, Target and Best Buy. He's been doing it a long time and appears to be extremely reliable. And he just released the information on the Circuit City ad for the week following E3 and guess what appears? The oft rumored 100 dollar price cut on the PS3.

People have been calling for a price cut since immediately after last year's E3 and their voices have reached a deafening crescendo recently, so it is by no means a big surprise that Sony would drop the price. Unfortunately, this is still going to be filed under the 'Rumor' category because of the lack of hard evidence. Some supposed scans have shown up on the net, but they're a bit dubious. Also there is confusion over whether or not this is a permanent price cut. It seems absolutely insane that it wouldn't be; a temporary price cut (one week) would just aggravate things. We'll find out next week for sure though!
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ZoomZoom71 · 07-06-2007, 07:02 AM

WormholeXtreme · 07-06-2007, 07:07 AM

Hopefully MS follows suit quickly so I can get a refund of the difference on my Elite before my 30 days are up.

Peench · 07-06-2007, 11:35 AM

My guess is that this is not going to be a Sony initiated drop, but instead is a CC drop just for that week to move some units. It just doesn't make sense for Sony to be dropping the price right now. They're still early in launch (not even a year), they still don't have the titles to support the console (but soon they will), and there aren't any major holidays coming up to support mass buying. I just don't see it as a Sony move.

GoatMother · 07-06-2007, 11:38 AM

Well if it is a Sony move we'll find out at E3 I would think.. Maybe Krazy Ken will make a surprise appearance and give us another "you asked for it so we gave it" speech, this time price drop instead of HDMI. I'm not crossing my fingers on KK doing that but a price drop does seem possible.