UK PS3 price drops to £400- Hurry Horrorfan! :p

[Electro UK]

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/778/778589p1.html

UK Stores Cut PS3 Price
WH Smith and Play.com drop console down to £399.99. Xbox 360 gets cut too.
by Rob Burman, IGN UK
UK, April 5, 2007 - Two major UK retailers have cut the price of the PlayStation 3 less than two weeks after the launch of the console. WH Smith and Play.com have slashed the price of the machine from £424.99 to £399.99.

WH Smith advertised the drop in The Sun newspaper, no doubt to catch the attention of parents looking to get their kids something a bit more special than a chocolate egg this Easter. Whereas, Play.com is offering the console for the same price but is also throwing in an HDMI cable and a copy of Click on Blu-ray.

At the time of writing no other retailers have folowed suit, although many are expected to. And while WH Smith's offer is scheduled to end on April 19, Play.com is offering the console for £399.99 for the forseable future.

Additionally, tomorrow - Good Friday - the console price craziness is set to continue, with Play.com telling us that it's planning to offer the Core Xbox 360 for just £149.99 - £50 lower than the RRP - and is dropping the price of the Premium Xbox 360 from £279.99 to £249.99. You'll have to be quick though because the offer only lasts until April 10 and stock is likely to be extremely limited.

£250 for the Premium? Tempting. What's more tempting is £150 for the core though...

 

[Electro UK]

Plus, Play bundle in a HDMI cable and Click on Blu-ray for that price. Though I got NHL 2K7 and X-men 3 on Blue Ray with mine so I'm not too fussed.

 

[Avalanche]

It's only a £30 drop, but it's better than nothing. It's a psychological thing. It's only a £30 drop, but it brings the PS3 in the £300 range, even if it at the highest possible end.

 

[A.J.Rimmer(BSC)]

Speaking of free Blu Ray, I thought all PS3 buyers were supposed to get Casino Royale free? Where's my copy?

 

[BatMatt]

Speaking of free Blu Ray, I thought all PS3 buyers were supposed to get Casino Royale free? Where's my copy?

did you register it?

 

[L.A.]

How much is that in dollars?

 

[lars573]

Multiply all the numbers by 1.97 and you'll get the USD price.

 

[Doctor of Doom]

And of course this has NOTHING to do with the 82% sales drop.