Sony’s Price “Scheme” for PS3 Headset
- Scribbled on September 3rd, 2008 by Jonathon Howard
- Filed in Hardware Peripherals, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
Sony has announced that their Bluetooth headset will be coming to the United States bundle with the SOCOM: Confrontation. When bought with the game the headset will only cost you $10 (the game will cost you $50), but bought independently of the game the peripheral will cost you as much as a single PS3 game: $50.
$50?! This looks like a scheme to me if I ever saw one; I can just see the headlines now of how great the SOCOM game is selling, with no mention that it comes with the headset. One wonders whether which is worth $50 in the bundle, the game or the earpiece.
Speaking of PS3 peripherals and add-ons, the PS3 keypad that hooks up to your SIXAXIS controller also will set you back $50. Any old USB keyboard is $20, with all the added functionality of an actual keyboard.
Sony isn’t the only one ripping their customers of with exclusive peripherals. I’m still upset having to fork over $100 for Microsoft’s crappy wireless adaptor.
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