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PS3s regularly sell for £370 on Ebay
I was one of the many people who almost went to a store and bought a Playstation 3 on launch night, partly because it would be interesting to see a launch party, partly because I thought I might make a bob or two on eBay.
When the PS2 launched in November 2000, there was such short supply that people were successfully selling them for £900 in the run up to Christmas.
Well, this time there's not the same demand in the UK. Less than a week after launch 60GB PS3s are regularly selling for less than you can buy them for in the shops, typically £370 - £420.
Ironically 60GB PS3s from Hong Kong and the USA, which are already in the country (so no customs duty) are selling for even less, despite having full PS2 backwards-compatibility, unlike the European versions.
In contrast, the Wii continues to sell well above its suggested retail price on Ebay. Its explosive growth means it has overtaken the XBox360 and PS3 in Japan and has notched up 6million sales worldwide, outpacing Sony's next gen console which has 2.7million sales and catching up with XBox360's 9.7million sales.
There are better solutions that cost less at CES...Can you say Slingcatcher??? Plus i`m more excited about
the Dell with built-in hi-def cable card :) I have found that, even with this great Apple TV we still need
a video converter (things like Apple TV Converter) in case to put our favourite movies onto Apple TV before
playing them on TV Screen.
My apple tv converter
http://www.apple-tv-converter.com
Posted by Frank | March 27, 2007 5:07 AM