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European PS3 launch date announced
Saeed M
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Friday 23rd March according to Gizmodo.
The 20GB won't be available, as suspected and £425 for the 60GB version.
The 20GB won't be available, as suspected and £425 for the 60GB version.
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Ouch!!
which shouldnt be long, there are already image dumps of PS3 and Wii games knocking around.
Not to mention the price will come down aswell and that's the biggest thing for most people.
:yes:
In Japan, retailers are knocking 20% off the RRP (from $550 to $450) in order to try to sell off their stock.
PS3 EURO LAUNCH: THE FACTS
Hot off the brainwaves of the average European gamer:
FACT 1: No one really cares
FACT 2: It's too much money
FACT 3: Shifting all the machines from unsold piles in American and Japanese warehouses to an unsold pile in a European warehouse isn't going to help Sony's 'bottom line' in the short to medium term
FACT 4: The best game is a free demo
FACT 5: 'Best' in the context of PS3 means '6/10 at a push'
FACT 6: The 'Average Joe' already thinks PS3 is an over-priced flop, thanks to low-level guerilla marketing by the New York Times and all of The Internet.
FACT 7: Virtua Tennis 3 will have online play on Xbox 360, so don't go throwing that one back in our faces
FACT 8: Tell pikey Britain that it needs to replace its Only Fools and Horses DVDs with new Blu-ray editions and it will stub a cigarette out in your face.
FACT 9: 599 dollars actually translates to 303 pounds, NOT 425
FACT 10: 60,000 yen actually translates to 250 pounds, NOT 425
Have you not noticed that Britons get ridiculously overcharged anyway? Check out the iPod retail index...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F0740C4B-3BB3-4D2E-A22D-7F0E811F1985.htm
UK: Apple iPod 5th generation - 451.471 USD
USA: Apple iPod 5th generation - 332.49 USD
Japan: Apple iPod 5th generation - 344.713 USD
(taken from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Amazon.co.jp respectively)
It looks like a beta max video recorder
The rumble lacking controllers feel very flimsy and light
Genji is shit
Resistance Fall of Man is dull
A HD cable isn't including in the package - so expect to add £20 to price from the kick off.
It now seems certain that even pushing the system anyway they can think of it will not be significantly better or more powerful than an xbox 360
The blu-ray player is already dying in the states due to the much cheaper hd-dvd players ($700 vs $150) - so the format looks like another strange Sony choice.
I'll be very, very surprised if they pull this off.
True enough, there already looks to be a winner in 'the war'.
However, isn't the playstation 3 just so uninspiring? Isn't doesn't have that magic, that je ne sais quois that is in my mind, essential
I would warn you against this, like has been pointed out, supply has outstripped demand - by and large there have been more consoles waiting to be sold than people willing to buy them. Only half of the allocation stock for Japan has been sold - bear in mind that the Wii attracted high prices because it was relatively cheap anyway (£250 from £170 isn't that far to stretch, whereas £550 to £750 is) - and also because there was a much bigger demand.
I mean, having said that, you could still make a profit, but I wouldn't want you to end up with two you don't need. Bear in mind, amazon.co.uk and other places will happily refund you, especially if it's unopened, so there's not too much risk
Actually you're wrong.
I was reading today that supply is not going to meet demand in the UK and there will be shortages, which is a shame for those who will be desperate to get hold of one of these.
I'm going to reserve judgement on the PS3 until I've seen it and its games. People seem all too keen to write off Playstation before they've even seen it properly.
In the face of stiff competition both the PS1 and PS2 shat on their competitors, despite everyone expecting them to fail or to be superseeded.
As I pointed out in another thread, the PS2 is still the best console for footballing games, despite the much superior XBox 360 being technically so much better. At the very least, PS3 will make things very interesting.