THE ORIGINAL DEALS AT AMAZON AND CIRCUIT CITY ARE DEAD!
(IF YOU ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A PS3 DEAL, PLEASE SEE THE EXISTING PS3 DEALS SECTION BELOW)

Some Deal Facts:

• $499 is the new MSRP for the PS3 w/ 60gb HDD.
• The deal here is the free controller with your purchase
• Be aware that tax is applicable to this item, and can add approx. $35 to the total...Or $0 in some states, like NH.
• Sony is expected to be releasing rumble versions of their controllers at some point in the near future. Some may wish to wait for these if they prefer such a feature. (knee)
• The 5 free Blu-Ray promotion is for all Blu-Ray players so PS3 purchasers also benefit from this.
• Log on to your discover card online, and go thru their shopping service to get to Circuit City... you'll recieve a 5% cashback rebate on your purchase within 8 weeks (turbo35)
• A similar process for the Chase Rewards program - go here and sign in, go through any Circuit City link and you will receive 4% cash back/points in your rewards statement (3% bonus in addition to the normal 1%) (harry2quinn)
• System does not include HDMI cable, one can be purchased for much cheaper than retail at sites like www.urlhasbeenblocked www.monoprice.com and www.shop4tech.com. (mrcoolguy209)
  
  
• Here is a link to the type of cable you will need http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024004&p_id=2526&seq=1&format=2&style= - It basically is an HDMI to HDMI connection - Male to Male - if you need longer or shorter than 6 feet do a search
• Toys R Us has BOGO on Activision game http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.js...goryId=2255974 - Please Note: the PS3 Transformers game shows it as a Xbox 360, I have called CS they will be fixing this soon.
• Sony is releasing a 80GB version later this year or next spring and it'll be at a set price point of 600$. (You can also easily upgrade the HD yourself on the 60gb. Sony gives you instructions on how.)
• AAA 10% coupon has been Working if you use it at the Cash register in store only which brings price down to $455.00

*The Amazon Bundle no longer offers Memento. It has been replaced with Resident Evil 2. Keep this in mind if ordering from Amazon, since Resident Evil 2 is also an available Category 3 selection for the Blu-ray rebate offer.


*Think this is relevent if not go ahead and delete, but here is a list of upcoming games to look foward to if you think there isnt any games coming to PS3:

Lot of people saying there arent many games, which is true...for now. Here is a list of promising titles- BOLD titles are not on the 360- (Unreal and Haze for the time being atleast.)

Aug 6 - John Woo Presents Strangle Hold
Aug 14-Lair
Aug 21-Tom Clancy Ghost Recon Adavance Warfighter 2
Aug 28-Warhawk

Sept 4 - Heavenly Sword
Sept 18-Skate

Oct 2 -Ratchet and Clank: Tooks of Destruction
Oct 2 -Folklore
Oct 2- Hot Shots Golf 5
Oct 9 - Orange Box (Half-Life)
Oct 16- GTA IV
Oct 29- Guitar Hero III
Oct 30- Call of Duty 4
Oct 30- Singstar

Nov - Assassins Creed
Nov - Haze
Nov - LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Nov - Rock Band
Nov - SOCOM: Confrontation
Nov - Time Crisis 4
Nov - Army of Two
Nov - Uncharted: Dakes Fortune

Next year:

Jan -Unreal Tournament 3
Feb -Killzone 2
Feb -Little Big Planet
Feb- Star Wars: Force Unleashed
March -Metal Gear Solid 4
Q1- Gran Turismo 5


E3: No more 60GB PlayStation 3 in US after July, says Reeves
Ellie Gibson 07:50 (BST) 13/07/2007

'All they're doing is taking their stock and marking the price down'
SCEE president David Reeves has told GamesIndustry.biz that the 60GB PlayStation 3 will no longer be available in the US after stock sells out - which he predicts will occur by the end of the month.
Reeves was speaking at an E3 event to announce the introduction of a new PS3 bundle in Europe. When asked about possible criticisms over whether SCEE should have given consumers the option to pay a lower price, as SCEA has done, he replied, "Well, they're not really are they, because what the US are offering from the 1st of August is a USD 599 version with one game.
"All they're doing is taking their stock in trade that they've got at the moment of the 60GB model, marking the price down and it will all be gone by the end of July."
When asked to clarify if this will mean the end of the 60GB model, Reeves answered, "In America, yes."
SCEA announced a USD 100 price cut for PlayStation 3 earlier this week. A new 80GB model will come bundled with a copy of Motorstorm and will retail for USD 599.

source [gamesindustry.biz]

related article [gamesindustry.biz]

R.I.P for EE.

Another $100 price drop coming soon

Important News. Another $100 PS3 price cut will be coming soon.

See the news in this post:

http://forums.slickdeals.net/show...ost7221301

Please note this is a $100 price drop rumor and most likely is referring to what will happen when the 60 gig model gets fazed and and the only sku is the emotion chip-less 80gig ps3.

!!!!EXISTING PS3 DEALS!!!!

AAA 10% COUPON
@ Circuit City 10% off $200
The 10% off $200 AAA coupon at Circuit City should still be available for AAA members. Again, it is not officially supposed to work on PS3's, but user's are still reporting that it is scanning ok at Circuit City Stores. Things to remember when trying to get them to take it:
- Leave off the second page which states that it is not applicable to consoles.
- As long as the sales associate types in the code it should work. Worked in FL CC on 7/20. (Please update if you were successful after this date)

@ Target.com 10% off
The AAA website also has a 10% off coupon for the online website only! Users have reported success although Target.com's inventory has been flaky.


How to get AAA 10% off 200 coupon for free if you are not a AAA member (YMMV).

You should try out different email addresses as some don't seem to work. Or arrive in your email box till several hours later

go here for 10% off: http://www.aaa.com/CircuitCity

(2) use zip code 94111

(3) Click on 'Click here' to have promotional code emailed to you

(4) use zip code 94111 again

(5) choose "enter as non-member"

(6) enter your email address

(7) coupon arrives in as as little as 30 minutes


BUY.COM COUPONS
5% max of $15. Click here [buy.com] to redeem. It was originally thought that this could be combined with the $10 off for first time google checkout, however, it has been confirmed that you cannot combine Google Checkout with coupons.