PS3 To Cost $850 In Denmark
July 12th, 2006 Posted in Business, Hardware, Technology, Wii, Xbox 360
A number of Danish online retailers have set the pre-order price on the PS3 consoles, the same price Danes will have to pay at launch. The 60GB version costs DKK 5000, or US$ 854, the 20GB will cost 4000, or US$ 683.
When the PS2 was released in Denmark it cost the same as the PS3 20GB version. The Xbox360 premium package goes for around 3000 DKK, just over $500. Xbox360 games cost over $80, and PS3 games are expected to go above the $100 mark. There’s no price info on the Wii yet.
What are the American gamers complaining about, again?
July 12th, 2006 at 12:29 am
Yikes, that is a lot of money! Was there any reason given as to why the price point was set so high? Is this an inflation thing that has to do with Denmark’s economy? (I really have no idea what the situation is over there — just asking.) You’re right though: I think I’ll just fork over my $600 bucks or whatever and smile politely while doing so!
July 13th, 2006 at 7:14 am
Did you realize that all Euro coutries in Europe have the same lower prize (imdependant of tax)? Folks, it’s time to join the Euro zone
July 14th, 2006 at 1:19 pm
Mutsch> do you realise that the danish pricepoint is (roughly) the same in DKK as in Euros? 599Euro=4500DKK give or take a little. and that you dont have to pay tax on the goods if you buy something in another EU country given that the company you trade with ships for less than 250000DKK to denmark (very few European companies do that… The Euro is a clever thing, but it also makes just about everything in the countries where it has been introduced more expensive….
July 27th, 2006 at 1:54 pm
Same here in Mexico, the original xbox go to sell for more than $500, even now you need $250 to buy one, the ps2 was worst original $600 an now (slim) $300. The 360 first nearly $800 but thank god now drop $200, i dont know why, but im not complain.
Retail prices, i dont know why cost almost 2 times more than US (see gamestop website), so i expect $1000 for the PS3, hopefully they leave the price at 9,999 pesos (like 909 dollars).
Thats why many people here buy consoles and games from website, or ebay, some just go USA (advantage for be a neighbour country) to buy some consoles and re-sell them with an instant $100 profit, i get my ps2 from one of them, pay $90 more, but pay less than buy it from retail.
Games are expensives too, %35 to %50 more
July 28th, 2006 at 9:36 am
Do you even know where Denmark is??
In that case, I can tell, it’s North for everything..
Ohh, East for England.
I know, cuz I live there..
June 26th, 2008 at 7:23 am
Its because the blu ray thingy and because the first ps3 was with 20 Gb and the new is with 60GN well my bro sayd that the price at ur place isnt soo high and it has 40GB
March 27th, 2009 at 8:37 am
The best way to buy most of your gaming stuff in Denmark, is to not buy it in Denmark! With 25 % VAT (tax) nothing is cheap. You can get stuff cheaper by buying from the UK or other EU countries and paying the shipping costs.
Just make sure all your games and systems are compatible.
Charlie
FYI Denmark
June 1st, 2009 at 5:54 am
You Euros pay more for everything because you earn more. We’re poor as hell in America. We’re either raking in the dough like Steve Jobs or we’re impoverished. We have almost no middle class here.