Want To Pre-Order PS3? £150 In Deposit, Please.

July 22nd, 2006 Posted in Business, Hardware, Rumor

ps3 sideSony is talking to retailers about a pre-order plan on the PS3, where they demand £150 ($270) in deposit, should you wish to preorder the console.

The reason Sony wants to introduce this system is to make sure that the PS3 consoles are distributed to stores where the demand is high. Sony is doing this for two reasons; the first one (the obvious one) being that they wish to avoid the same shortage problems Microsoft had when they launched the Xbox360. Because of the shortage, Xbox360 consoles were selling on eBay for over $1,000.

The second reason could be that they don’t have enough consoles to everyone. But that’s highly unlikely, since it’s already in production, looking to meet the 2 million demand at launch.

Via Gamasutra

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2 Responses to “Want To Pre-Order PS3? £150 In Deposit, Please.”

  1. Shaka Says:

    July 23rd, 2006 at 4:42 pm

    I was going to buy a PS3 this year but i will not have enough $$$.



  2. ps5.org Says:

    July 27th, 2006 at 4:10 pm

    There they have ps3 for preorder and they also let you know when they find more… I thought it could be helpful :-)



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