console price cuts

eyerer

PS2 reduced to £105 and xbox reduced to £100, announced today
there should be price cuts in ireland to relfect this or just import from the uk

i remember a thread within the last month predicting this, i couldn't find the thread but wanted to say to that guy, you were right

honru

That makes it €155 for a Playstation 2 and €148 for an Xbox.

Think I'll wait till the PS2 drops another €50 or so.

Stephen

what would that bring irish shop prices down to? I'm sure its not just a case of simply converting the currencies, that'd be too easy.

edit: heh posted while i was typing.

eyerer

Stephen wrote:

what would that bring irish shop prices down to? I'm sure its not just a case of simply converting the currencies, that'd be too easy.

yeah, they'll likely have a higher price here
thats if they bother to cut the prices any time soon

smiaras

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Retr0gamer

Thats good news for me since I've been informed that my PS2 is completely FUBAR and the laser replacement is ridiculously expensive since I have a ****ty Version 5 PS2.

j0e9o

Yeah it was £80 to get my m8's lazer fixed so offcrouse he decided fuk that and bought a new one, pretty gay that fact that sony still charge to get it fixed

tman

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That makes it €155 for a Playstation 2 and €148 for an Xbox.

Think I'll wait till the PS2 drops another €50 or so.

san andreas goodness for €200 + a memory card...
pretty ****ing tempting tbh

get rid of the sig, joe. its far too long.

rainbow kirby

If I got another console I could probably kiss goodbye to ever getting a degree...

LegacyUser

Damn good pricing. Very tempting package with Pro Evo 4 and San Andreas but then again, Pro evo 4 is gonna be on pc...but still San Andreas *drool*

And agree about joe90's sig. Not even mildly entertaining let alone funny. Just annoying.

Retr0gamer

If I got another console I could probably kiss goodbye to ever getting a degree...

I got a 1.1 top of my class degree and i own ever current generation console, a decent PC, a PS and a Sega Saturn and more games than I can finish in this lifetime. It is do-able

Stephen

aren't you wonderful.

quarryman

I got a 1.1 top of my class degree and i own ever current generation console, a decent PC, a PS and a Sega Saturn and more games than I can finish in this lifetime. It is do-able

do you use that line with girls?

DapperGent

quarryman wrote:

do you use that line with girls?

Maybe something has to give with all this academic acheivement and gamage.

Sacrifices and such.

Jim

Hmm...over on play.com the Metroid Prime GC is €130.

But I don't need two Gc's. Do I?

RobertFoster

Jimeatsmenu wrote:

Hmm...over on play.com the Metroid Prime GC is €130.

But I don't need two Gc's. Do I?

Isn't that just a black cube with a different disc plate?

quarryman

who care's? its different so it must be bought!

*reaches in pocket for credit card*

i'll get 2 in case one gets dusty.

Retr0gamer

Anyone know what the euro price for bought the xboxand PS2 is.

do you use that line with girls?

Nope i just show them my 1337 gaming skillage in R-type and Salamander and they are all over me.

aren't you wonderful.

How insightful of you. Its amazing that i was thinking the same thing myself

A-Trak

"Microsoft said it would cut 25 percent off the price of its Xbox in continental Europe, bringing the price to €149.99. The software giant also cut the UK price to £99.99 from £129.99.

Within an hour, market leader Sony cut the price of its top-selling PlayStation 2 console by a quarter to £105 in the UK and to between €149 and €159 in the euro zone.

Price cuts, the first this year, are routine in the run-up to the holidays. They were announced at Europe's biggest computer games fair in the German city of Leipzig.
Microsoft's price reduction will start 27 August, while Sony's begins immediately.
A Nintendo representative in London said there were no price cuts planned for its

From znet (today)here

Whatya bet Ireland is amazingly now not in The Eurozone by Game's atlas?

Retr0gamer

Whatya bet Ireland is amazingly now not in The Eurozone by Game's atlas?

The unfortunate thing is that you could well be right about that. I'm heading into town tomorrow to get a new PS2 so I can tell you all then whether Ireland is getting shafted.

Thraktor

A-Trak wrote:

Whatya bet Ireland is amazingly now not in The Eurozone by Game's atlas?

Of course not, I remember Nintendo dropping the Gamecube price Europe-wide to €99 a while back. I go into Game a few days later, and what do I see but a big sign saying "Gamecube: Now only €119". Bastards.

elivsvonchiaing

Out of curiosity, thought I'd check to see if we have the worst VAT in Europe to explain this. Not the case http://www.vatliaison.com/vatinfo/eu_vat_rates.html
Can't see it going for €149 in Denmark at 25% VAT. Especially since they aren't in Euro zone - I'd already typed this - just too lazy

But I reckon only Ireland and Denmark will be significantly charging more - Microsoft will be prepared to take a bit of a hit to cover the VAT differential where the market is of substantial size. What I believe will happen: Ireland X-box €165 Denmark whatever - different currency so they will get away with it everywhere else €149 €154.99 - we will be the dearest not just because of VAT - but because of the protectionist, greedy-bastard, retailing mentality we have here.

Hmm that sounded like a rant? Luckily I know I'm right

monument

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Sets New Price for PlayStation 2

€149 throughout Europe with immediate effect

London, 18 August, 2004 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced that with immediate effect, the Recommended Retail Price of the PlayStation®2 games console throughout Europe would be reduced to 149 Euros or equivalent.... etc

Edit: sorry, here's the prices from the Irish press releases...

PlayStation 2 €159.
Xbox - €149.99

elivsvonchiaing

"Take a hit" wtf was I thinking? They must be screwing the Spanish, Luxembourgers etc. - basically everyone with low sales tax to pay for the rest of us.

Simply didn't believe they would do this :eek:

Stormfox1020

Makes the idea of buying a PS2 + GTA: San Andreas more appealing. For 200 I could get PS2(150) and GTA (45-50) and a bit left over for a mem card. Still have money left over from PC purchase and also luckly for me birth day is coming up. SOOOOOO Tempting.

knifey_spoonie

Forget san andreas! , what about GT4 ,ohmygod ohmygodohmygod, Its coming!

Stephen

I'm in 2 minds about san andreas. I have a PS2 and a decent PC. I'd like to play the game (a lot!), but I don't want to buy it for my PS2 when I know it'll come out on PC eventually, and I much prefer the PC versions of the previous GTA games.

Couldn't really care about GT4 really, GT3 bored me (bastard licence tests)

Retr0gamer

GT4 = Pokemon with cars

Stormfox1020

No, no GT4= American hype + licenses + Skanger hype. So all in all itll sell well. Much prefer Burnout 3 meself, although EA have probably put the series out to the dogs, and have turned it into another Lame ass games, but will sell in the bucket loads because everyone loves EA... :mad:

Stormfox1020

Oh yea and when does this PS2 price drop take place? Play.com are selling them for 170E, have game lowered their prices (Doubt it)?

rainbow kirby

Stormfox1020 wrote:

Oh yea and when does this PS2 price drop take place? Play.com are selling them for 170E, have game lowered their prices (Doubt it)?

Out now. €159.99 in Game. And they're still ripping people off with €129.99 for a secondhand console :rolleyes:

evad_lhorg

theyll probably only give you €50 for it too

Stormfox1020

My god 130 for a 2nd hand PS2, god bless the poor soul who would buy the damn thing. Anyone know how much gamestop are selling the PS2's for?

evad_lhorg

a **** load cheaper thats for sure. game were selling second han cubes for 100 and gamestop were sellin them for 50.

Retr0gamer

EA have probably put the series out to the dogs, and have turned it into another Lame ass games, but will sell in the bucket loads because everyone loves EA.

Don't worry. The original developer Criterion is still working on it and Games tm were getting quite excited about the early playable code.

Finally have a PS2 again but can't play most of my games cos they are imports and haven't got it chipped yet.

Stormfox1020

Yea played the demo of Burnout 3 and is pure class I only played the PS2 version but the graphics are sweet. Apparently if you preorder from game you get the Demo disc free (only for the PS2). Linkage

DrEvil

Burnout 3 sounds good but I'd rather wait for GT4, plus it'll be online . Midnight Club 3: DUB edition should be good too.

projectmayhem

gt4
gta:sa
killzone
mgs3:snake eater

it's a good time to own a ps2

Stormfox1020

Not to sure about Killzone, looks like an attempted to just rival microsofts Halo 2, but sadly it wont, no matter how good it is.

sam_hain

Haven't posted in a while sorry.

Just to noticed that the original poster was wonder who the guy was who really started this talk about the price drop.

Well it was me and when I said it it looked like I was slated for bringing it up . Oh well go figure. As for the trading in of consoles in Game, I think that they are only offering 30 euro now and yes I have to agree that they do rip people off with their preowned. Hell the prices differ from store to store and even the trade in values do too.

Later

Ps tried to find that thread but a lot of the earlier ones have been deleted. Is this a regular accurances???

monument

sam_hain wrote:

Haven't posted in a while sorry.

Just to noticed that the original poster was wonder who the guy was who really started this talk about the price drop.

Well it was me and when I said it it looked like I was slated for bringing it up . Oh well go figure. As for the trading in of consoles in Game, I think that they are only offering 30 euro now and yes I have to agree that they do rip people off with their preowned. Hell the prices differ from store to store and even the trade in values do too.

Later

Ps tried to find that thread but a lot of the earlier ones have been deleted. Is this a regular accurances???

Prices to change
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=176899

The idea of the consoles dropping in price wasent slated, the obvious prediction was. They have been expected to drop for some time now. I think tman summed it up quite well...

FOUR YEAR OLD CONSOLES DROPPING IN PRICE???!?!?!?!
NOE FREAKING WHEY MAN! GEDDOUT OF HERE!