Guest The Great Ahmar Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 PlayStation 3 available to order Sony's PlayStation 3 (PS3) has gone on sale on the web, even though it won't be available until November this year. The next generation consoles are on offer as "pre-orders" to Europeans for £550 ($1,020) at an online shop. But you might be best off waiting, as the site say they're expecting a shortage of the consoles, so orders might not be delivered by Christmas. The PS3 is Sony's offering in the new wave of consoles, going up against the Nintendo Wii and the XBox 360. That what I heard from of all places Newsround Website. £550 is a big price to pay even online. Looks i'll have to wait a while to get one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MrFill Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 At £550, buying one within the first 6 months is INSANE! Wait for them to be reliable, and then the price to drop, as sales won't be as high as they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest y2kwrestlingfan Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 £550 is this some kind of sick joke, forget the ps3 get a 360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Lets not get into a fight over PS3 Vs 360 again please guys.....just a warning before we start. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndorf Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 I assume the £550 price tag is because the deal they're offering is a bundle. The PS3 has been comfirmed at £424.99 (which is still way too much In my opinion...)) Some shops wouldn't sell a standalone 360 when they first came out, you had to buy a bundle.....which is fine aslong as you get to choose/like the games, but a real s**t if you can't/don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrew Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 This looks like the offer Play.com are offering it's for the PS3 and three games I believe. I had a quick read about it on the Beeb website earlier today. Still people will buy it.... £550 though. I just bought a HDTV for about that much.... shame my freakin 360 has gone crash crazy :P Oh well just a few days till I get's a new one from Bill and his mates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndorf Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Hey! I just saw a gut like you elsewhere...... Dang! I knew your Xbox broke, but at pretty much the same time as you got a HDTV!? Man, that sucks. Anyhoo, I've just had a look on Play.com and all there is to say is....Singstar!!!!!!?????? RUBBISH!!! I reckon we're alot alike. I reckon before the price announcement you were all for getting a PS3 on launch day, but much like myself feel that MASSIVE DAMAGE!!!!! and "Real time weapon change" don't really deserve £424.99. Am I right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inno Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 I could buy tons of cola bottles for £550 - and get more enjoyment out of them! Plus they'll proabbly melt at the same rate. BOOM BOOM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hemme Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 £550??!! Behave Sony. Aint gonna happen. Still not got my grubby little hands on a 360 yet, due to price, so I aint shelling out over 500 notes for a computer that'll drop in price big time after crimbo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 You are lucky people to get a ps3 so cheap you don't know how lucky you have it. If I want one it will cost €700+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inno Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 700.00 EUR = 477.783 GBP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 I said 700 euro+, it actually works out at the same price about £550 and I was just posting in Euro to see who would notice first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slim Jim Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Remember peeps that the 550 squids version is a bundle with 3 games according to DM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 My 360 cost me €510 Euro with no game (It actually cost 80 more to buy a game.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Man Beast Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 You are lucky people to get a ps3 so cheap you don't know how lucky you have it. If I want one it will cost €700+ Damn I wont be getting one for a long time so!!! :evil :evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 That's Irish money, if you are not Irish don't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colin Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 That's Irish money' date=' if you are not Irish don't worry.[/quote'] Or French... German... Spanish. Y'know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 It's a different price in most Euro countries Colin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyndorf Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Remember peeps that the 550 squids version is a bundle with 3 games according to DM. Also remember that one of those games is SingStar....which isn't actually a game. Pretty much the same thing can be picked up off the counter at your local Spar for £4.99. That's what's really stupid! Why in the hell have Play.com put such a niche game in the bundle? Same really, applies to Warhawk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Inno Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 I said 700 euro+' date=' it actually works out at the same price about £550 and I was just posting in Euro to see who would notice first.[/quote'] TELL ME WHAT I WIN! TELL ME DAMMIT! Is it a bunny? or a speedboat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Man Beast Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 That's Irish money' date=' if you are not Irish don't worry.[/quote'] Ya I am, Lucky me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrew Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Remember peeps that the 550 squids version is a bundle with 3 games according to DM. Spot on, here's the link as well for those worried about that £550 price tag... CLICK ME The fact of the matter is I would wait until the UK's biggest Gaming retailers (Game.co.uk & Gameplay.com) offer preorders so you know exactly what you're going to get. No offence to Play.com because I use them alot for DVD's etc but they didn't get any kind of allocation with the 360 and this might possibly happen with PS3. Game.co.uk and Gameplay.com did not force bundles on people so you should be able to pre-order a lone PS3 where as if you went in stores you might be forced to get some kind of bundle which should work out a bit cheaper for you. £425 which is the cost of the PS3 on it's own at launch has personally put me off buying it straight away but because I'm a lover of all things console I'll wait a few months till they've got the bugs out of the system because they will be some just like at the 360 as an example. That console has so much under it's bonnet and so does the PS3, I read just last week they're actually trying to fit a PS2 in there as well so they can get it to work 100% with PS2 games rather than go the eumlation route of 360. Needless to say there will be issues with some of the consoles at launch you would be foolish to think otherwise. Anyways floating off topic here. Going from experience people who are seriously interesting in getting a PS3 at launch keep an eye on Game.co.uk and Gameplay.com and pre-order as soon as you can. Either that or pre-order in store at Game. I know there are other outlets but these are the ones that get the most allocations as they're seen as the bigger stores. The sooner you pre-order the better your chances come launch day. Bit of a no brainer that really. Just another thing to keep in mind here, the PS3 launch much like the 360 one last year is a Global launch so expect major stock shortages, if you don't pre-order I wouldn't expect to pick one up before Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Icon Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 TELL ME WHAT I WIN! TELL ME DAMMIT! Is it a bunny? or a speedboat? You win a bunny in a speedboat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slim Jim Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Also remember that one of those games is SingStar....which isn't actually a game. Pretty much the same thing can be picked up off the counter at your local Spar for £4.99. That's what's really stupid! Why in the hell have Play.com put such a niche game in the bundle? Same really, applies to Warhawk. Warhawk is cool from what I've seen being the first game to use the motion sensors in the controller. But anyhoo, I'll be sticking to the non-bundled version to start with, which is expensive as it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicole Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 Just another thing to keep in mind here, the PS3 launch much like the 360 one last year is a Global launch so expect major stock shortages, if you don't pre-order I wouldn't expect to pick one up before Christmas. Put it this way, J preordered his 360 six months before launch, and Game (shop) he ordered from only got about 25 on the launch date and he was lucky to get one. His mate ordered around the same time from Gamestation, and he was told to wait 6 months further. The amount dispatched in time for the launch date is going to be ridiculously few, for the whole of the midlands, I heard that only 250 were aquired. Mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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