I Pre-Ordered The Sony PS3 - Free Game Promotion Over?
Jul 14 2006, 3:00am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Yesterday I went to a Saturn market in Munich, Germany and plugged down 100 Euro on a 599 Euro Sony PS3. Germany is one of the first countries where you can actually pre-order a PS3. There is no offer yet in the United States to do the same.
I do not remember ever pre-ordering a product 4 months ahead of its release. I am telling myself I had to do it, because of being Chief Editor of I4U News and all, which means I have to explore all ways to get my hands on a Sony Playstation 3 and also of course on a Nintendo Wii as soon as possible.
On the other hand, I totally feel like I bought a cat in the bag.
Sony just did not do a convincing job at the E3 2006 that the PS3 is really revolutionary. Only way to find out for sure is to buy the final product, even if it costs a small fortune.
The sales person at the Saturn market nearly derailed me from pre-ordering the Sony PS3 by telling me upfront that Sony told them yesterday that the free game promotion is over. It apparently only lasted until July 7th.
Saturn still advertises the free PS3 game promotion on their site - rather strange. Either the sales person gave me wrong information or Sony pulled the plug on the promotion early.
Amazon in Germany is taking pre-orders of the Playstation 3 and promises a free game until July 31st.
Talking to the cashier, he told me I was the first he encountered to pre-order a PS3. Sony's next generation console is not a total sell-out yet.
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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
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Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com. Luigi posts regularly on LuigiMe.com about his experience running I4U.
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