PS3 Pre-Sales – Auction Starts at $8

Seems a little early for pre-sales marketing since the PS3 isn’t due out for another what… eight months? However, UniqueAuction will run a series of “pre-sale auctions” starting on March 27th for some early marketing on Sony’s new PS3 console. Each auction will have a maximum price and will run for a week. These auctions are a little different then normal though, according to UniqueAuction, the highest bidder doesn’t win, but the most “unique” – a number that no other bidder has selected – instead. The ceiling price will be $8.00 and each bidder can place up to five bids within $0.01 and $8.00.

Other third-party promotions of the PS3 are largely limited to the sale of PS3-related domain names and email-addresses on Ebay. Domain names are currently listed for prices between $500 and $60,000; a Gmail email account goes for about $200.

Sony has not released the retail price of the PS3. Current industry rumors put the likely price tag of the game console at about $500.
Seems a little early for pre-sales marketing since the PS3 isn’t due out for another what… eight months? However, UniqueAuction will run a series of “pre-sale auctions” starting on March 27th for some early marketing on Sony’s new PS3 console. Each auction will have a maximum price and will run for a week. These auctions are a little different then normal though, according to UniqueAuction, the highest bidder doesn’t win, but the most “unique” – a number that no other bidder has selected – instead. The ceiling price will be $8.00 and each bidder can place up to five bids within $0.01 and $8.00.

Other third-party promotions of the PS3 are largely limited to the sale of PS3-related domain names and email-addresses on Ebay. Domain names are currently listed for prices between $500 and $60,000; a Gmail email account goes for about $200.

Sony has not released the retail price of the PS3. Current industry rumors put the likely price tag of the game console at about $500.