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Looks like another rumor we reported yesterday has come true… sort of.

For one day only, Amazon is offering the 80 GB at a discounted price of $350, which is $50 off the normal retail price. Not bad at all, I say!

Yesterday we spoke a little bit about the rumored $100 price that’s said to happen sometime in August and I really believe that it’s time that Sony joins the ranks of the lower priced (though much better performing) next-gen consoles. Although at this time, after hearing CEO Andrew House say that their $250 PSP Go is perfectly priced, I’m starting to have my doubts. In the past year, we’ve seen Sony lose hold on two of their biggest selling exclusives: The Medal Gear series and Final Fantasy. I’m well aware that these series have shown up on other consoles, but seriously:

Final Fantasy XIII is coming out on the Xbox.
Metal Gear: Rising is coming out on the Xbox.

To me, that’s insane. Sony MUST drop their prices. Are you going to pay $250 for a PSP Go? Why!? For $80 less, you can buy a PSP-3000 with even more features! If you’re a current PSP-3000 owner, are you going to upgrade? WHY!? You’re paying $250 to throw all of your UMDs away! Sony has made PERFECTLY CLEAR that they will not be abandoning the UMD format, so your flip-out, super sleek handheld will actually be missing out on new products! Unbelieveable!

Sony, you’ve wowed us at E3 with your spectacular titles and you’ve given years and years of cutting edge gameplay and technologies as well as develop some of my favorite games of all time. I think it’s time that you start giving back to your community of loyal followers and die-hard, enthusiastic fans. I can’t wait to see the flame wars on these comments.

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