Sony low down the price of the PS3 and PSP
Gamers Europe got a nice gift from Sony. At a press conference in the framework of the exhibition Gamescom 2011 taking place in Cologne, now the Japanese company presented a budget version of the game console PSP E-1000, designed for the European market. Its cost is € 99. For comparison, the price of the PSP-3000 in Europe is € 130.
Unlike the PSP-3000, there is no support for Wi-Fi and stereo speakers. It is reported that PSP E-1000 is equipped with 4.3 “display with a resolution of 480h272 and 16: 9 aspect ratio, 64 MB of memory, disk drive, the driver and the UMD slot for memory cards, Memory Stick PRO Duo. Also aware of the support for the new series of console games including Invizimals: The Lost Tribe, EyePet Adventures, FIFA 12 and the possibility of access to all games for PSP via Media Go.
In addition, Sony reported a decline in prices for PlayStation 3 at $ 50. Value models with a 160 Gb built-in memory now is $ 250, and game console with 320 Gb of memory onboard today would cost consumers $ 300.
The last time a Japanese company reduced the price of the Playstation 3 in 2009, when introduced in the Playstation 3 Slim model sales has become a pretext for price regulation and other versions of the game console. Moreover, the reduction of prices on PlayStation 3 in anticipation of the holiday sales is a proven marketing move, although it cannot be excluded that competitors will respond the same coin and or even cause pre-emptive strike, as in the case of Nintendo, last week, the price of the 3DS at $ 80.
By the end of the year is expected to release a new game console PlayStation Vita, at prices which already fierce controversy. Many experts believe that the advertised price of $ 250 is excessive and should be reduced. The reduction would be better to do now, not after announcing a gaming console, otherwise this project drastically increases the risk of a major failure.