Most PS3s are bought preowned

PostMost PS3s are bought preowned by **Christopher** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:21 pm

Most people buy a PS3 second-hand according to a new study by a website that, er, offers deals on PS3s.

UK website PS3PriceCompare surveyed over 1000 owners of the console and found that 33 per cent had bought a used machine.

Bizarrely, the second most popular method of PS3 purchase was via signing up for a mobile phone contract and receiving the console as an incentive. A considerable 26 per cent said they'd gotten their PS3 this way.

Only 24 per cent admitted to paying full price for Sony's flagship console.

The rest were either given a PS3 as a gift (14 per cent) or won the console in a competition (3 per cent).

78 per cent of the 1017 people that took part said they had bought a second-hand game for PS3.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/most-ps3s-bought-second-hand-report

33% :shock:

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Photek** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:22 pm

100% didn't play any games on them either.

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Floex** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:24 pm

Erh, read this article this morning. Slow news day Eurogamer...

As for the article

1. Never heard of that website
2. 1000 doesn't constitute the entire UK population, misleading title by Eurogamer
3. It's horseshite :lol:

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **BID0** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:45 pm

Mine was preowned.

"33 per cent had bought a used machine"

How does that translate to "most PS3s are bought preowned"? :fp:

More anti sony propaganda, now lets see how many 360's people have had to buy...

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Floex** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:50 pm

consolegaming wrote:More anti sony propaganda, now lets see how many 360's people have had to buy...

I assume 3x as many users buying Xboxes <----- Insert RRoD jokes here

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by KK » Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:56 pm

What a load of horse manure.

consolegaming wrote:More anti sony propaganda, now lets see how many 360's people have had to buy...

How is that anti-Sony?

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Poser** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:24 pm

Fishfingers wrote:"33 per cent had bought a used machine"

How does that translate to "most PS3s are bought preowned"?

Exactly. And those pre-owned PS3s were all new once... Worraloadashite.

poser wrote:
Fishfingers wrote:"33 per cent had bought a used machine"

How does that translate to "most PS3s are bought preowned"?

Exactly. And those pre-owned PS3s were all new once... Worraloadashite.

TheTurnipKing wrote:
consolegaming wrote:More anti sony propaganda, now lets see how many 360's people have had to buy...

How is that anti-Sony?

By saying that 33% as a percentage is some how higher than 73%.

33% is hardly "most users" out of 1000 people is it? Reality it means 73% brought new PS3's or so.

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Cyburn2** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:06 pm

PS3 = Expensive Blu Ray Player with no games say 360 fanboys

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Mafro** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:08 pm

My 60GB was preowned :shifty:

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Osito** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:24 pm

BID0 wrote:Mine was preowned.

PostRe: Most PS3s are bought preowned by **Rik** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:27 pm

Sony have changed the cooling system yet again for the latest PS3 slim, I wouldn't buy a used one as you're just asking for the Yellow Light Of Death.

Mine's pre-owned too

This thread needs a poll

I thought everyone apart from Rik bought their console pre-owned...?

Fishfingers wrote:"33 per cent had bought a used machine"

How does that translate to "most PS3s are bought preowned"?

gaminglegend wrote:By saying that 33% as a percentage is some how higher than 73%.

33% is hardly "most users" out of 1000 people is it? Reality it means 73% brought new PS3's or so.

try reading the OP again..

Herbi wrote:Mine's pre-owned too

mine is an original 60gb (bought new)

Herbi wrote:This thread needs a poll

this..

I did read the original post. The title of it and this thread are wrong. It should read something like "more PS3s are bought preowned than any other way".

"Most PS3s are bought preowned" means that more than half are bought preowned, which is clearly not the case.

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