PS3 now £199.99
The next time you're at the checkout and you hear the beep..Published 17/11/2009 at 10:00 by Tuffcub
Good morning shoppers! After last weeks frantic undercutting on the price of Modern Warfare 2, Sainsburys are now cutting the price of hardware by 20% which brings a 120gig PS3 slim to under two hundred quid. Sainsburys online has sold out of PS3 already but the larger stores are reported to still have stock. They are also offering 20% of a Wii console, but Xbox consoles are not reduced. The price from Sainsburys online also includes free next day delivery and 398 Nectar points, which is just enough to buy this weeks ‘heat’ magazine and a large bar of Cadburys Caramel. Yum.
Source : Sainsbury
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bunimomike | 17/11/2009 10:01
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The fabled sub-£200 mark. Today is a great day. Spread the word!
ray_gillespie | 17/11/2009 10:38
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It’s been like this for a week – no-one else seems to have copied them yet but there’s still time for a pre-Christmas price war
Raen | 17/11/2009 10:03
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That is crazy cheap. I may need to mug someone.
DR-DAVROS | 17/11/2009 10:12
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Actually picked one of these up yesterday for my Dad as his 40gb phat bluray died
If anyone knows where a bluray can be repaired thats out of warranty let me know.
Thanks
Ed the Penguin | 17/11/2009 10:15
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It’s quite easy to do yourself, there’s plenty of how-to videos on it!
BTW – love the name!
mynameisblair | 17/11/2009 10:15
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MY PS3 got YLOD and this is where I got my new PS3 Slim.
Great price for an awesome machine.
BadBoyBoogie | 17/11/2009 10:27
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Wow, finally below £200…what an absolute bargain!!
Kevling | 17/11/2009 10:30
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This happened last week as MW2 launched. Fairly sure it was for 1 week only so today is the last day (unless that was just the MW2 price)
Kevling | 17/11/2009 10:37
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Here’s the photo I took last Tuesday
http://twitpic.com/ozbdz
fiffyfu | 17/11/2009 11:16
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Caption for the pic – PS3, modern warfare and kronenbourg… thats the weekend sorted lol
bunimomike | 17/11/2009 11:18
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Banner above stand says “Single?”
ray_gillespie | 17/11/2009 12:58
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I think you’re right – they told me in Sainsbury’s today that the offer finishes tonight. If anyone wants one, they better get their skates on!
PoisonedMonkey | 17/11/2009 11:19
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It has been going a while, I bought one on Friday night when my YLoD came back on my 60Gb model a few minutes after spending over 3 hours fixing it. I got the last one in the Tamworth branch. I wouldn’t have been able to do that if it was £250, it was good timing on Sainsbury’s part really.
Need a USB hub though, especially if I’m going to leave a memory stick in to regularly backup my saved games…
gnipper | 17/11/2009 11:22
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My PS3 YLOD’D last night, and I now have my nice sparkly new slim courtesy of Sainsburys @ £199.99.
My local store had sold out, but Derby had some in stock so im sorted. Bit gutted that I cant simply “hot swap” the Hard Drives and have all my saved games transfer across. Gah.
DR-DAVROS | 17/11/2009 11:37
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Its also a shame with the backup that you can’t restore bought games to a different PS3 however I guess thats why you have the 5 download limit so you can restore them and it stops Piracy which is always a good thing.
gnipper | 17/11/2009 11:50
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Yeah, Ill have to redownload stuff too. At least its an excuse to not download the rubbish that I kept on the HDD just because I could
. Still flipping annoying tho, Ill have to download all my Warhawk expansions from the US store again.. assuming I can remember the username/password and email i made up LOL.
colossalblue | 17/11/2009 11:56
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Yeah, PS3 under £200 – good news and all that but Cadbury’s Caramel? You animal.
nofi | 17/11/2009 11:57
Wants a custom tag.
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Tuffcub | 17/11/2009 12:11
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I’m 6′5″ – I can eat a normal size bar in one chomp.
Dafro1989 | 17/11/2009 12:44
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I’m 5″6 and I can eat a normal size bar in one chomp.
Kevling | 17/11/2009 15:41
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I’m 5′10″ can eat a Chomp in a normal sized bar.
Gastos84 | 17/11/2009 15:43
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I’m 7′3″ and so’s my wife.
bunimomike | 17/11/2009 19:19
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Does she have oversized hands and an adam’s apple?
jonny_bolton | 17/11/2009 12:17
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What is ridiculous is that a lot of the shops advertise that they have PS3’s under £200 when they don’t have them in stock. The customer goes to Sainsbury’s to get their PS3 realise there’s none in and come to GAME. By then the damage has already been done and they’ll normally say they’ll wait to get a PS3 from Sainsbury’s. Yeah like they’ll be in stock anytime soon!
mcphatty | 17/11/2009 14:38
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Yeah its crazy, and good luck getting one of these I was lucky and only had to go to three sainsbury’s, I told my mate about it on sunday he tracked one down after ringing up six. None said they were expecting any more
carlosfilippsen | 17/11/2009 12:37
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That is cheap almost as cheap as a 360!
Cort | 17/11/2009 23:00
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But no charge to play online!
Rascal | 17/11/2009 13:04
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Is there a step-by-step guide for migrating to a new PS3?
DR-DAVROS | 17/11/2009 13:10
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Theres a few guides on the net but its pretty simple. Did my Dads last night.
Just backup your current ps3 using the ps3 backup utility to an external HD. Sync your trophies on the old ps3.
Then on the Slim once its up and running just use the PS3 restore utility to restore your backup. Then sync your trophies back. (note trophy sync gives a few errors but just keep trying)
Note:- as I mentioned earlier any bought games or demos etc will not be restored to a different machine. Everything else will though from photots thru to your friends lists\ game saves.
Hope that helps a little.
iNsAnE_gAmInG | 17/11/2009 16:23
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It is indeed very easy. Basically you just need to transfer all your data so it is just like having a new hard drive. I bought a 320GB HDD, and it was installed and ready within a couple of hours.
The screws were a b**** though (mind you, my Dad (after I had spent around 30mins faling) did it within two minutes so I guess I am just useless).
There are plenty of in-depth guides on the web and probably some videos on Youtube. I will help if you are struggling, or you could just open a thread on the forum about it.
Dexter17 | 17/11/2009 16:01
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Awwwww… good ol Sainsbury’s…
iNsAnE_gAmInG | 17/11/2009 16:20
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That is indeed a monster of a bargain. Top stuff Sainsbury’s. I picked up Guitar Hero World Tour with the guitar for my PS3 and handed over just £35 in there, and this was a while ago too. They do dish out the odd bargains and these price deductions seem to be more frequent now. Hopefully they#ll have AC2 at £25 or something.
toutski | 17/11/2009 16:26
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Anyone know if they made any price cuts to the 360 as well?
HITMAN999 | 17/11/2009 17:49
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TC mentioned in the article that only the PS3 and Wii have been reduced.
Kevling | 17/11/2009 21:36
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PSP and DSi too. Too late now though, offer ended today
TheDeathAvenger | 17/11/2009 17:22
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Now that really is a brilliant price, no wonder they’re flying off the shelves.