{"id":7530,"date":"2010-05-03T10:22:02","date_gmt":"2010-05-03T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/?post_type=news&#038;p=7530"},"modified":"2018-08-09T19:56:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T19:56:28","slug":"ps3-extended-warranty-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/ps3-extended-warranty-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"PlayStation 3 Extended Warranty Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9345\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/SCEA-S.jpg\" alt=\"SCEA-S\" width=\"288\" height=\"400\" \/>MAY 3, 2010 \u2022 It&#8217;s going to be a long console cycle after all. With the prospect of a replacement for the PlayStation 3 many years away, Sony Computer Entertainment America introduced a new PlayStation 3 extended warranty plan for owners of the systems.\u00a0 One year ($44.99) and two year ($59.99) warranty extensions are available. PlayStation Portable owners are also eligible for one year ($29.99) and two year ($39.99) extended warranties. But consumers must extend their coverage before their manufacturer&#8217;s warranties run out. PSP owners can also purchase an Accidental Damage Plan for one year ($39.99) or two years ($49.99) that covers cracked screen damage. PSP owners must purchase the plan within 30 days of buying their units.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><em>Impact:\u00a0 Protection plans are very profitable and both retailers and manufacturers look to these as a way to increase profitability on low margin consumer electronics.\u00a0 Sony estimates about 25% of consumers purchase a warranty at retail.\u00a0 Sony&#8217;s new plan is designed for the 75% that get home without having purchased a warranty.\u00a0 The company estimates that less than 10% of consumers will purchase the warranty.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAY 3, 2010 \u2022 It&#8217;s going to be a long console cycle after all. With the prospect of a replacement for the PlayStation 3 many years away, Sony Computer Entertainment America introduced a new PlayStation 3 extended warranty plan for owners of the systems.\u00a0 One year ($44.99) and two year ($59.99) warranty extensions are available. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78,74],"tags":[450,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7530"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16851,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7530\/revisions\/16851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dfcint.com\/dossier\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}