Sony can f*ck right off
http://www.news4gamers.com/industrynews/News-20106.aspx

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ha! can they actually get away with that! would be classic if no-one actually went out & bought one the day of release until the price came down. obviously that wudnt happen though as we love to get ripped off in this country.

Rip off Ireland!

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oh thats classic, as if €600 isn't enough, expect a sony spokesman to say : "traditionally Irish people don't mind being ripped off."

What a joke. I hope this really effects sales and screws up sony in the gaming market

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So true.

LOL thats classic. Hopefully PS3 sells feck all. You may as well buy it on import for that price.

The only logical reason I can see for that price is the electronic rubbish tax. ANd even that I don't think is 5%.

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The reason they are doing it is they can get away with it and people with still buy the PS3.

Its called vat, we have the highest in europe(except finland i think).
So are own greedy goverment is as much to blame as Sony.

The VAT rates in the EU for 2006
Member States Super Reduced Rate Reduced Rate Standard Rate
Cyprus - 5 or 8 15 Luxembourg 3 6 15 Germany - 7 16 Spain 4 7 16 United Kingdom - 5 17.5 Estonia - 5 18 Latvia - 5 18 Lithuania - 5 or 9 18 Malta - 5 18 Czech Republic - 5 19 Greece 4.5 9 19 Netherlands - 6 19 Slovak Republic - - 19 France 2.1 5.5 19.6 Italy 4 10 20 Hungary - 5 or 15 20 Austria - 10 20 Slovenia - 8.5 20 Belgium - 6 21 Ireland 4.4 13.5 21 Portugal - 5 or 12 21 Poland 3 7 22 Finland - 8 or 17 22 Denmark - - 25 Sweden - 6 or 12 25

So we are not the most expensive!!!

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