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PS3 controller discounted to $39 at retailer

Retailer Amazon.com on Fri. discounted Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 Sixaxis wireless controller to $39.99 in the latest retail promotion for the console.

The price represents a savings of 20 percent off the original $49.99 MSRP.

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WoundedMoon6167d ago

Amazon is reliable, why not pick this up if you looking for a new controler? I bet Walmart fallows preaty soon?

kornbeaner6167d ago

trying to get rid of the overhead to make room for the rumble version of the Sixaxis

SaturnTo6167d ago

Yeah I'm not buying another controller until it rumbles.

Covenant6167d ago

Good point. I've noticed that Sixaxis shipments to my store--which had been pretty regular--have basically dried up.

To those who will try to use this as "evidence" that the PS3 is dying/not selling--how is that different from the games offered on sale every week, on every system, from every retailer? GRAW 2 was on sale last week at Best Buy for $39...I guess that means either the game stinks or the 360 is "dying." ;)

Just a little anti-fanboy pre-emptive strike.

kernalpanic6167d ago

i agree with selling current stock to get ready for the rumble...makes sense to me to grab 2 more, then when the rumble does come out pick up one for a total of 4 controllers....anyone wanna play?!

Amplifier6167d ago (Edited 6167d ago )

Here it comes CONSUMERS demand, Sony delivers!

This is the Sony we all know and love!

@mp

@calderra

Suppose that the firmware 1.8(upscaling) wasn't demanded by consumers, more games weren't demand by gamers, rumble in the controller wasn't demanded by consumers, getting more exclusives(Haze, rumored Capcom and Konami exclusives)

This is the Sony from the PSone and PS2 era not E3 2005 to PS3 launch Sony, times are changing just keep watching

Um...also Sony has always had a new format on EVERY console...usually the more popular ones at that time...PSone(CD from cartridges)...PS2(DVD from CD)...PS3(Blu-Ray from DVD) but you refuse to see the trend

calderra6167d ago

(@_@)
What world do you live in?
How about "Sony dictates, consumers follow". Like with BluRay, and Cell, and the $600 price tag? Remember "people will work harder to get one" and all that jazz? It's Sony's corporate policy.

Bloodmask6167d ago (Edited 6167d ago )

you're such a tool. How about Sony ripped me off and lied to me by saying rumble wasn't possible in sixaxis, and it was so last gen.

And now I have to replace all of my controllers bc of it.

Amplifier6167d ago (Edited 6167d ago )

Awe...so sorry you feel ripped off...NOT

Sony was in legitgations, weather you agree or disagree they couldn't do anything, so they delay the PS3?...screw you from wanting to keep the PS3 from millions of gamers and how you feel about being ripped off you are just ONE person

Self-centered people really irk me!

This is great news because it is showing us(PS3 owners) that Sony is listening regardless if these fools like calderra or Der Fuhrer agree or not

Special thanks to Maddens Raiders for making a GREAT argument!

PS - Delaying for Blu-Ray the format in which the PS3 was announced to include was a VERY necessary move but rumble that could be implemented at a later date is not, I suppose you don't lie either/how about you stop being a hypocrite and accept this is great news for the PS3

Bloodmask6167d ago

my point is their reasoning behind why rumble was not included, which was a bold faced lie.

And to make your argument look even worse the PS3 was delayed over 6 months bc of Blu ray.

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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20 Best Survival Games of All Time

From base building to swinging willies, here are the best survival games around, which include a couple of less than obvious picks.

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Vader822d ago

No 7 days to die is criminal

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1824d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno4d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno4d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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