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Sony Playstation 3 Price Drop???
TDIRunner:
Out of the 25 gaming systems I own (half of which were bought new) the only two to fail on me were the PS2 and PS3. It's frustrating because my 2600, which is almost as old as I am, works just fine and it spent 15 years stored in a garage in a box without a lid........ :-[ I know that it's apples and oranges to compare the old cartridge based systems to the current disc based systems, but regardless, they just don't make them like they used to.
Unfortunately, I don't see the used system prices going down like you do. For whatever reason, they are still pretty strong here.
razielleonhart:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on June 24, 2014, 02:03:35 PM ---Out of the 25 gaming systems I own (half of which were bought new) the only two to fail on me were the PS2 and PS3. It's frustrating because my 2600, which is almost as old as I am, works just fine and it spent 15 years stored in a garage in a box without a lid........ :-[ I know that it's apples and oranges to compare the old cartridge based systems to the current disc based systems, but regardless, they just don't make them like they used to.
Unfortunately, I don't see the used system prices going down like you do. For whatever reason, they are still pretty strong here.
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Out of all the systems i owned 3 kicked the bucket on me.
Sega CD Mark 2 - I think its the fuse
Xbox 360 Non HDMI - Died after i installed Halo 3 update from disc
PS3 60gb model *but i got it fixed*
Two other systems i have that are dead but were given to me
Xbox 360 non HDMI - Was hacked with that jtag hack
Xbox 360 HDMI needs a reball
TDIRunner:
Now that I think about it, I also have a Jaguar with a blown chip, but it was that way when I got it and it was most likely caused by someone who used the wrong power supply.
Megatron:
Well, it depends on what you expect to pay. Gamestop has 160GB models for about $200, and they come with 5 games. Older games, but it's not the worst deal.
This is a local gamestore of mine, but I'm pretty sure they ship free to the US with larger orders.
http://www.estarland.com/Playstation3.cat.HW.html
They have a 250 gb used for $175
Truth be told you're probably not going to find too much lower than that for the high gig models. At least not yet.
TDIRunner:
I guess that's sort of the point for this thread. If I knew when the next price drop was going to be, it would be easier to make a decision on a used model. But Sony probably doesn't want anyone to know when they will drop the price next.........