When Will a PS3 Price Drop Come?

I'm dying to get a PS3 and I've had a launch one in my house but it sits in my living room and is technically my dad's. It just collects dust and nobody uses it for anything. He won't let me have it and he said he'll think about letting me put it in my room until I buy my own one. I just can't sit in the living room playing God of War or anything so I can't really use the PS3. 

When do you guys think a price drop is coming? I can find used slims for about $170 but nothing beats a fresh new console. 

Also, do you advise against the Super Slim? It looks a little stupid to me and I'm not a big fan of the top sliding open. I've also heard some bad things about them. Should I just stick with the Slim if I can find one?

I'm trying to decide whether I buy a new TV or PS3 too. I may wait until August to see if the price drops. Problem is, I already have too many games to play this holiday so its hard to justify the purchase.

Waiting until Gamescon is gonna suck for me but if it saves me money then I suppose it'll be good. I can find a 320 GB Slim on Amazon used for about $170-180 but they generally don't include a charging cable or some small. I'd like a 500 GB one because I think the one I'm using is only 20 GB and I'm download PS+ games to it right now and I'm gonna run out of room.

Probably next year. Why would they lower the price of the PS3 just before the PS4 comes out? That would only push people towards the PS3 instead of the PS4 like Sony wants.anime_gamer007

Eh, I'm not sure I completely agree with that. I remember the PS2 was pretty cheap around the time the 360 came out and then really cheap when the PS3 came out. I can see what you're saying but I'm finally jumping back on the PlayStation wagon after 9 years. I just want to get a PS3 to play all the old PS2 game collections they re-released and then all the amazing exclusives I've missed out on. 

It'd be smart to get people who were sole owners of the 360 (like myself) be enticed to go the PlayStation route by dropping the price and showing us how great the console is.

Waiting until Gamescon is gonna suck for me but if it saves me money then I suppose it'll be good. I can find a 320 GB Slim on Amazon used for about $170-180 but they generally don't include a charging cable or some small. I'd like a 500 GB one because I think the one I'm using is only 20 GB and I'm download PS+ games to it right now and I'm gonna run out of room.

PHI_Flyers10

I don't really like my slim. I like the ol phat gal. Its just uglier, little louder, feel like the xmb is slower, but its still a good version cuz just having a ps3 is good. If you could really wait. Then I say black Friday will prolly have really good deals. Gamescom will be an announcement for price cut probably.

My guess is $199 for 250GB at GamesCom. Maybe I'll get one then. Hopefully the $299 GTA V bundle takes a price cut too.

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Waiting until Gamescon is gonna suck for me but if it saves me money then I suppose it'll be good. I can find a 320 GB Slim on Amazon used for about $170-180 but they generally don't include a charging cable or some small. I'd like a 500 GB one because I think the one I'm using is only 20 GB and I'm download PS+ games to it right now and I'm gonna run out of room.

Kravyn81

They're actually surprisingly about the same price from what I've seen. If anything, there's like a $20 difference and buying a bigger hard drive would cost more than that. I do think it's awesome that you can upgrade the HDD with any one that fits. The Xbox hard drives blow.