Gaming console pricing comparison

Last year saw a number of aggressive price drops take place within the global gaming console market; initiated by Sony’s introduction of its PlayStation 3 Slim at a price of $299 and the announcement of a $100 drop on its previous model.

Microsoft and Nintendo quickly followed suit, reducing console prices for the Xbox 360 and later the Wii by an equally large margin.

Since then prices within the gaming market for console hardware have now become largely standardised. This has arguably made it difficult for retailers to overcharge consumers for console purchases and has in turn encouraged competition.

Local consumers have also felt this price reduction, with a number of prominent South African outlets now vying for the attention of customers by offering more attractive packages at lower prices.

With this in mind MyBroadband has compiled a comprehensive console pricing comparison which features seven of the country’s most well known gaming retailers. It also includes a number of console variations based on package and hard drive capacity.

Based on the findings one can see that the best offerings are not limited to a single retailer. Instead each outlet appears to advertise a single particularly competitive package.

The best deals in each category are:

1. Xbox 360 Arcade: Look and Listen
2. Xbox 360 Elite 120GB: Dion Wired
3. Xbox 360 Elite 250GB: Incredible Connection
4. PlayStation Slim 120GB: Dion Wired
5. PlayStation Slim 250GB: Take 2, Kalahari, BT Games
6. Nintendo Wii: Kalahari, Look and Listen, BT Games

Gaming console pricing << do you know of any better deals?

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