Fanatec acquired by Corsair

[MarkusJ]

FANATEC US store, since this morning, big price increases for PlayStation steering wheels:

• Base GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $649 (instead of $599)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 5Nm is now at $849 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $749 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD Extreme is now at $1.399 (instead of $1.299)

 

[i386]

FANATEC US store, since this morning, big price increases for PlayStation steering wheels:

• Base GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $649 (instead of $599)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 5Nm is now at $849 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $749 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD Extreme is now at $1.399 (instead of $1.299)

Approved by donnie

 

[Kriptical]

They are going to have to jack up the price because corsair likely wants to put the product into retail stores. Retail usually doubles their purchase price as a general rule.

 

[Watzlaw]

FANATEC US store, since this morning, big price increases for PlayStation steering wheels:

• Base GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $649 (instead of $599)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 5Nm is now at $849 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $749 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD Extreme is now at $1.399 (instead of $1.299)

Its because of the high INFLATION, us-dollar will be similar with simbabwe dollar soon

 

[PJTierney]

FANATEC US store, since this morning, big price increases for PlayStation steering wheels:

• Base GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $649 (instead of $599)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 5Nm is now at $849 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD PRO 8Nm is now at $749 (instead of $699)
• Bundle GT DD Extreme is now at $1.399 (instead of $1.299)

This is probably related to the fact that shipping is now free, which was announced this week.