Last week at Gamescom, Sony announced it would be reducing the 160GB PS3 model to $349.95 Australian dollars starting from today, August 22. Now, Big W has decided to discount this even further, selling the same model for $298.
Interestingly enough, Big W has actually put this in their official catalogue, which means that Sony has most likely been in discussion with retailers, regarding the official price drop, for a fairly decent amount of time.
We’ve had a quick look to see if any other top PS3 deals exist, but this is as good as it gets so far. Anyone else spotted any deals for the PS3?
Bish
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10:40 AMHarvey Norman’s got ‘em for $299.
Also for Big W buyers, maybe get a friend who works for Big W/Woolies/Dick Smith. They get a 5% staff discount.
solypsis
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10:44 AMJB emailed past online shoppers over the weekend and one of the deals is…
ps3 console, hdmi cable, your choice of two games out of: mx? atv reflex, mkombat dc, and i think it was assasins 2, all for $349.
DAN!
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10:47 AMWoah, that’s cheap!
Stock will be pretty limited I’d wager.
Chuloopa
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10:53 AMWow.. that’s cheap… bee is going to be pissed lol
Luke
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10:57 AMWow… that’s a good price, pity i dont get paid until Saturday, if they still have some on Saturday i’ll put one on layby.
I need new one my 80gb phat isnt going to last much longer.
Michael
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 10:57 AMJust for those in the Woolies industry, BigW will also be having a 10% staff weekend 27-28.
Seeing as this sale ends on the 30th, you could get the PS3 for $269.20
Don Danbury
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:35 PMBoom City
Foxe
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:11 AMWow. $300 for hardware that was originally released in 2006. If only we could sell old laptops that old for that money.
Sony and Microsoft are set to flog their dead horses long after they should have, and anyone on this site that encourages them should get a reality check.
mynameispt
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:13 AMWow, who pissed in your Cornflakes this morning?
Luke
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:56 AMSorry… my bad, the toilet was occupied and i really needed to go.
Simon
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:27 PMI’m going to use this from now on.
Adam Ruch
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:26 AMWe should totally all be queuing up to pay $300 for graphics cards released yesterday instead!! That way we can have cutting edge graphics until next Sunday when the next one is released, and then we can throw this one on the pile in our closet and shell out another $300 for a new one.
The only reality check needed is for the PC-elitists to realise they are not actually a genetically superiour form of life.
NotoriousR
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:45 AM+1
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:48 AMThis whole conversation made me laugh! Everyone wins!
Adam Ruch
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:55 AMI’m having a case of the Mondays. Couldn’t help it.
andy
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:09 PMyeah but the $300 we spent on a card 6 years ago is still better than then the console cards.
Jake
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:20 PMYeah, but if you want to run a game with console graphics (i.e. multiplatform games like Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, anything else etc) then your graphics card from 6 years ago won’t cut it, you’ll need one from the past 2 years or so in order to get it on-par with the consoles.
I’m PC and Console (as well as handheld), and although I use PC more for other functions aside from gaming, consoles ARE the cheapest way to play games. My computer from 4 years ago couldn’t run Crysis 2. My PS3 from 6 years ago can. In HD.
Mad Danny
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:24 PMWow! Where can you get a graphics card released yesterday for $300? Last I checked the newest card was still about $800 or so, which is nothing compared to tomorrow’s dual core GPU which start at $1200!
(only half joking of course – everyone knows this tech is at least 3 months old when it hits the domestic market in the first place, and $2k+ multicore GPUs have been around for a little while now)
(also $300 isn’t too bad considering… it’s about what I paid for my 8800GT some years back, which is still giving me fantastic results in most modern games! …then again coupling that with a Q6600 CPU seems to have been the optimal setup for all UE3 games to date, which means I have the perfect setup for probably 40% of the current gaming market :p)
Starburn
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 5:39 PMI have the same set-up *fistbump*
PseudoEdge
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:28 PMNice
Simon
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:30 PMYou can tell you’re not a PC gamer with logic like that. I built mine over a year ago for less than a grand and it’s running strong running Witcher 2 on full setting @ 1080p smoothly. I’ve spent over a grand on 2 PS3s which have lasted me 4 years total.
BUT, I own roughly 240 PC games on Steam. I’m 100% sure I spent more on the ~40 PS3 games I own thanks to retail.
Ruen
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:56 PMConsidering sometimes you can buy something like 50+ titles in one pack for like $60 bucks, that’s not at all surprising. (damn you Steam Summer Sale)
Ynefel
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 2:25 PMSuccessful troll is successful.
C’mon guys, he’s either trolling or just a little daft. Either scenario doesn’t really warrant a response.
Crowbar
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:52 AMSurely anyone who wanted a PS3 has one by now?
Besides, games are still $110. If you needed to wait for the price drop to buy the console it’ll be collecting dust by the time you can afford a decent collection of games.
Meteors
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:02 PMNot true at all, online shopping can get you some great bargains, and if you really can’t wait for them to be delivered from overseas jb has at least half a dozen top quality games on platinum for 29 bucks.
Weresmurf
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:06 PMEven if you don’t shop online, you can find nearly all new release games brand new for around 74 – 79 dollars at either JB or GAME upon release anyhow.
Steve
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:05 PM$110 for games! where are you shopping?! RRP Warehouse? should be able to pick up any new release game for $80 max in aus and 50-60 max from the UK
GamerLuke
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:06 PMI haven’t paid anymore than $30 to $40 each for my games in local stores.
Unicron
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:34 PMI am getting one today after waiting 5 years, wanna fight about it.
In preparation, went to JB on the weekend and got Uncharted 1&2, Res 5 and Heavy Rain move editions for the very reasonable price of $100. And from ‘game’, managed to haggle them on a move dildo and other smaller dildo for $120.
So with the PS3 at $300. All up i think its a pretty good deal with some great games to get started with.
Simon
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:49 PMEnjoy the Uncharted series, best new IP of the gen.
Simon
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:50 PMUnless Dark Souls is as good as it looks, in which case Demon’s/Dark Souls is (even though they’re two seperate IPs, let’s face it, it’s a sequel).
Simon
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:50 PMActually, speaking of Demon’s Souls, pick that up if you like a challenge! Best game of the generation.
Unicron
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 1:29 PMYeah i want to get it for sure. Was chatting on this site last week about that game and my initial purchases for the new console.
I love buying new consoles that have been out awhile as there are a great range of games, physical and download, and also just finding out what the new machine can do.
I’m so excited i’m off to eat a few planets to pass the time ’till 5.
Simon
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 2:16 PMLikewise, I bought my 360 4 years or so after launch and loved it, playing through Gears of War 1-2, Mass Effect 1, a few XBLA games, ’twas awesome. Looking back now, I wouldn’t buy it though since I never play the damn thing since it has no exclusives anymore.
Buying a PS3 now though.. a ridiculous amount of exclusive games you could buy, I wouldn’t know where to begin.
Definitely get your hands on a copy of Demon’s Souls though. You already have Uncharted.. inFamous is good fun, terrible characters/cutscenes but fun gameplay. And if you’re interested in Killzone, I’d recommend 2 over 3 any day of the week, especially for single player; unless you want to give your Move a workout, literally the only good thing Killzone 3 does is the Move controls. Everything else is utter trash.
cayal
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 2:53 PMHasn’t the Demon Souls servers closed?
oggob
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 3:38 PMThey keep getting reprieves, last one was March 2011, now they say October 2011, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they keep going for abit longer after Dark Souls ships.
MrBump
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 3:48 PMThe Demon Souls servers are definitely still running as I’m playing the game online right now.
MrBump
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 3:49 PMAlso Demon’s Souls is still one of the best games I’ve played in the past five years without any of the online content.
Daniel
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:22 PMWOOLIES DISCOUNT CARD FTW!
Femto
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:26 PMA little off topic but….
My Big W is still selling copies of Tabula Rasa even though I have told the guys behind the counter that the online title has been offline since 2009 (twice) and emailed customer service but nothings been done! its been on the shelves at my local BIG W for at least two years! LIVE BIG FOR LESS.
Moondynejoe
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:40 PMMy local bigW has a copy of star wars galaxies going for aroind $60. That one made me laugh.
wheelydude13
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:50 PMMy Big W is also selling Tabula Rasa, however when i scanned it on the price check machine it did come up with an error, so im guessing they will not actually sell it, but have just left copies on the shelf
chugas
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 2:01 PMdoes that mean you can have it for free?
MikeZdoesit
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 4:30 PMGood pricing but with new 360 slim the next console I’ll buy will the successor to the 360.
DanDave
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 5:15 PMJust picked one up from Big W a moment ago, along with Duke Nukem for $49 at JB.
Olt
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 5:49 PMSo for $298 for the PS3 and another $89 (Jb-Hi Fi) for the PlayTV module, you get a HD Digital Tuner/DVR/Blu-Ray Player… almost worth it for a TV in the other room…
Dan
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 8:40 PMYou can get the PlayTV module from Harvey Norman for $79, save $10. lol.
Underworld
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 9:48 PMThat’s an excellent price. My sisters getting one. EB also has it for $298.