Sony is handing out freebies to buyers of its PlayStation 3 as its hefty price appears to be scaring away shoppers.
The latest giveaway will take place in Australia, where the gaming console launches March 23. The first 20,000 buyers will receive a copy of the James Bond movie “Casino Royale.”
Free downloads of the PS3 game “Gran Turismo” — out since December for U.S. and Japanese PS3 owners — also will be offered in Australia.
A PlayStation 3 model with a 60-gigabyte hard drive costs 999.95 Australian dollars ($790). The console costs $600 in the U.S., where it’s been on sale since November.
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“The problem with the product so far is that no one has fully understood why it’s so expensive.”
yet another reason why sony is made up of a bunch of idiots. that statement is about as intelligent as a 30 year old announcing that 2 + 2 = 5