End-of-year drop in price for the PS3

Even if officially Sony does not see lowering the price of its PS3 as justified, the manufacturer proposes from November 28 and until January 17 a refund of 50€ on the purchase of whatever model or bundle that has the base-version of console priced at 349€ (tax included).
To take advantage of this, it is necessary to buy the PS3 and to return the sales slip and the bar code from the box together with a form and a bank account number.
The reversal of position of Sony is certainly related on the economic crisis and the lack of interest of the general public for Blu-ray. If you wish nevertheless to acquire a Blu-ray reader, the PS3 is without question the most attractive and evolutionary product compatible with DB Profiles 2.0. However one can find readers compatible with DB Profiles 1.0 for less 200€. Those who want an entry level model at the lowest possible price will make certainly this choice, and change in a few year's time when the price of the more advanced readers drops.