PS3 now $99
The Playstation 3 has now been cut to US$99 starting April 1. A new SKU has been released, the SCPH-10000. SCEA head Jack Tretton said “This price realignment has come about as our manufacturing processes have evolved. We can now produce a PS3 at a profit AND sell it a low low price. That’s what we’ve just realized. We were doing the ass backwards way before. No wonder we lost so much money.”
One feature return welcomed by many is the return of the ability to play PS2 games. Of course, as with previous cost-reduced versions of the PS3, some features have been omitted such as Six Axis controllers, wireless controllers, wifi abilities, HDMI, Hard Drives, Blu Ray support and online functionality. While the deleted features mean gamers won’t be able to play hot PS3 exclusive titles such as Lair, Heavenly Sword and Haze, there is an upside in that PS3 gamers won’t be able to play Lair, Heavenly Sword and Haze. Executive editor of Game Man magazine, Lasse Figstromme told controller1.com in a laggy Skype interview “Thank fuck, those games sucked more ass that rectal leaches in a Uwe Boll movie.”
Of course this is a crushing blow to Microsoft and its Xbox 360 because it means now there are dozens of exclusive game playable only on the new PS3 (and all PS2′s). Figstromme continued “Why would I want to play Mass Effect or Gears of War when I can now play Downhill Domination on my PS3?”
Why indeed.
