PS3 Info & Prices

[imported_SpungE]

PS3 will be release in November for $500 with a 20GB HDD.

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Update:


Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced today that it would launch PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3) in "Clear Black" in North America on November 17, 2006, as part of a worldwide simultaneous launch. PS3 is the most advanced computer system that serves as a platform to enjoy next generation computer entertainment content in the home, realized through the combination of Cell and RSX(TM) processors, in addition to the playability of a vast catalog of PlayStation® and PlayStation®2 software titles.

Having Giga-bit Ethernet and a pre-installed hard disk drive (HDD) as standard in PS3, users will be able to download a variety of content as well as access on-line games and services over the network. Equipped with basic input/output ports, PS3 supports a broad range of displays from conventional NTSC/PAL standard TVs to the latest full HD (1080i/1080p) flat panel displays, offering the joy of the most advanced computer entertainment content to homes around the world. For use in living rooms, maximum heat and noise reduction has been achieved with a noise level equivalent to that of the current slim-line PlayStation 2.

http://www.hardocp.com/news.html?news=MTg3MzMsLCxobmV3cywsLDE=

[afierymisfittrio]

How'd you get this? Its a day from E3, so i would think that they would announce then... If you're right, you get kudos, though.

[wootoow]

We'll see. A lot can change in 6 months.

[FordMustang]

and 600 bucks for a 60GB system, plus there is a new controller which looks almost identical to the PS2 controller, only with Bluetooth and motion sensitvity (think revolution controller)


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More info can be found here (http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/08/engadget-and-joystiqs-live-coverage-of-sonys-playstation-3-e3-ev/)

[tw33k2514]

i see someone watched the Sony Confrence.

i find it funny that they stole nintendo's motion sensitive controller lol

[Sir. Elxx]

I'm so glad they stuck with the controller style. The PS pads have always been the most comfortable for me. But %$*)@, that's expensive. Gotta save up over the summer.

P.S.:
i find it funy that nintendo stole my tv remote lol

[tw33k2514]

i swear i hit the n twice. Eh o well, anyway yeah nintendo is lame.

[SgtMattBaker]

heres the site

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705838p1.html

[BRUTALITEEEEEEEEE]

God that conference was bad! I did not instill and hope or excitement in me for the PS3 at all. I was almost embarrassed... :(

[wootoow]

When Sony gave out the specs on the PS3 earlier tonight, the company mentioned that there would be two configurations: a $500 version with a 20GB hard drive and a $600 edition with a 60GB drive. Turns out that was only half the story. Yes, that pricing and storage info is accurate. But it turns out that there are a lot of other things missing from the lower-end (we can't bring ourselves to call a $500 console "cheap") version, besides an extra 40GB of storage. According to the specs released by Sony, the 20GB version will lack WiFi, a memory card reader and, most significantly, HDMI output. While you could probably get along without WiFi in a home-based console that already has Ethernet, and you can always presumably hook up a memory card reader via one of the unit's four USB ports, the lack of HDMI output makes this pretty much a non-starter for anyone hoping to actually use the PS3's Blu-ray drive for anything more than playing games. Sure, we can understand Sony not wanting to undercut sales of its own dedicated Blu-ray players by offering the $500 PS3 as a cheaper alternative. But if the company was hoping to use the gaming platform as a way to build a base of fans for HD discs, chances are the strategy is going to backfire the first time someone tries playing a Blu-ray flick in their 20GB version and discovers that the unit's lack of HDMI limits them to analog 1080i output (or worse, depending on a disc's use of HDCP).

[BigFinger]

lets wait till the people e3 come back with some sensible reviews as its going to be there and playable.

if its better that the 360 then its worth the money.

BBC REPORT ON PS3 (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4752895.stm)

if not then im going to have to bite the bullet and get a 360 :(


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[Apostle]

I can't wait. I'm gonna start saving up now, should have enough by the time it's out.

I remember when PS2 came out, it was pretty expensive on release then too. So, things aint really changed.

[Eglaerinion]

Well the thing is that you buy a playstation because it has so many exclusive titles. MGS, Gran Turismo, God of War, GTA, Devil May Cry etc. I don't think I will buy one this year, maybe only when MGS4 gets released and I have a full time job.

Edit:
cross out GTA, seems M$ bought another company and GTA4 will be xbox eclusive.

Edit 2:
Seems the xbox version will only have some extra content online that is exclusive, Moore is trying to play with peoples mind.

[BigFinger]

GT5 mmmmmm see thats the reason consoles exist... proper driving games and fighting games like tekken of course.

still i dont know why everyone seems to think its a high price.. you wouldnt think twice about payin that sort of money for a cpu or a graphics card would you ?

$500= £270 got to love the exchange rate atm ;)




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[tw33k2514]

little advice. do not buy the 360 man . i waisted $400 on that POS and most of the games sont look much better than the Xbox. and yes i have an HDTV to drive it properly.

[imported_SpungE]

I'm just annoyed that either they didn't show what it'd be in GBR or I missed it.

[Eden]

$500= £270 got to love the exchange rate atm ;)




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So true :D

MGS looks very good, one thing I like is konami have aged Snake as the years have gone on.

[imported_-=AJ06=-]

Thats not expensive, considering i got my PSP for like £200, so £70 more for something like this is for me a bargain...

[Eternal-Souljah]

They should hurry up I know alot of friends with X360 and it looks really good :(, so for £420 it better be worth it.

[BigFinger]

They should hurry up I know alot of friends with X360 and it looks really good :(, so for £420 it better be worth it.

420 ??? are you going to pay in euros or something ?



*edit actually i take that back i checked the bbc website where i saw it first and they say

The new PlayStation 3 (PS3) will hit Japanese stores on 11 November, with the US and Europe following less than a week later, Sony has announced.

The console will come in two versions starting at $499 in the US and 499 euros (£341) in Europe.

Sony announced the prices on the eve of the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.

The system with a 20GB hard drive will cost $499 in the US, while a model with a 60GB drive will cost $599. European pricing is 499 and 599 euros respectively.

Final pricing in the UK has not been set, but the top model would probably retail at about £425, said Ray MacGuire, of Sony UK.


LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4752895.stm)

why the boiling **** do we have to pay more than the US for one ??

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[^nUbl4z0r(!)]

ARGHHH!! I wanted one but now i guess not...$500 is too expensive for something that you only play when you are with friends...single player gets boring after you beat it in one day...

How will PS3 online work?? Will we have to pay for it after paying $500 for the thing itself...

[Eternal-Souljah]

420 ??? are you going to pay in euros or something ?



*edit actually i take that back i checked the bbc website where i saw it first and they say

The new PlayStation 3 (PS3) will hit Japanese stores on 11 November, with the US and Europe following less than a week later, Sony has announced.

The console will come in two versions starting at $499 in the US and 499 euros (£341) in Europe.

Sony announced the prices on the eve of the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.

The system with a 20GB hard drive will cost $499 in the US, while a model with a 60GB drive will cost $599. European pricing is 499 and 599 euros respectively.

Final pricing in the UK has not been set, but the top model would probably retail at about £425, said Ray MacGuire, of Sony UK.


LINK (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4752895.stm)

why the boiling **** do we have to pay more than the US for one ??

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Well you should know at 35 but the reason is because America is made up of 50 countries, so since they are so big compared to the UK there taxes are much lower then ours, because of the size difference and because lets see we have Game with shops spread over UK but then you have America which has say RadioShack 1000's of them all over the place = bigger business and more business so they can afford to charge less since they are getting enough profits, while say GAME is getting profits yeah but not as mass profits, it also depends on the GNP and population, alot of people in our country are immigrating to Spain and whatnot which means if alot of people are moving away taxes go up and retail prices go up. It's the same with everything I mean you do the math $500 is roughly £270. So thats why and because the people our country is run by :laugh: <<< yes. So they put the taxes up and all the taxes getting spent on some good things but other pointless uneeded things and also things like asylum seeker housing :mad:. But better not start a big debate.

[BigFinger]

well at 16 ;) i would have thought you knew that america was made up of ONE country and 50 'states' ;)

one of the reasons thier taxes are lower is they dont have an NHS to pay for. bigger bussines also means larger transport costs too, so take that into consideration.

now the silver tops who leave to live in spain ?? i dont think are the target audience for the ps3 either so we can take them out.

lots of people are not leaving this country either im interested to know why you think they are... are they leaving scotland ? if indeed they were this does not have a direct result on taxes rises (if only economics was so simple)

taxes have top go up to pay for pesion shortfalls and the aging population not to mention breast cancer patients taking the NHS to court for Herceptin which costs 22 grand of so for a 12 month course now that money can be better spent elsewhere (such is the way the NHS is forced to think now)

asylum seeker housing ? lets not go all BNP on this....

lets for a minute consider the dollar the euro difference (for the top of the line one coz thats what we all want issnt it ;) )

USD599 = 321.48
EUR599 = 409.44

so taking the UK out of the picture sony seem to think that the entire of europe should pay more for the privalige of owning a PS3... i think its bang out of order and sloppy marketing its almost like 'er ok like lets say 599 whatevers in every country ok dude' we all know there is no real difference in the units themselves.

end of rant



p.s. like the sig :) have you read the book too ?
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[Apostle]

You gotta remember also, that if you import one from the States the prices will intially be high because of demand, and factor in the cost of shipping + insurance.

Also, I guess you'd have to buy US region PS3 games. Unless you could get the console chipped, and if you can get it chipped, I don't have a clue about that stuff but I imagine Sony put in new protection against it.

I expect they'll be a delay before it is released in Europe, like usual. First Japan, then USA, then us. No fair!

[wootoow]

Well you should know at 35 but the reason is because America is made up of 50 countries

well at 16 i would have thought you knew that america was made up of ONE country and 50 'states'


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[Eternal-Souljah]

well at 16 ;) i would have thought you knew that america was made up of ONE country and 50 'states' ;)

one of the reasons thier taxes are lower is they dont have an NHS to pay for. bigger bussines also means larger transport costs too, so take that into consideration.

now the silver tops who leave to live in spain ?? i dont think are the target audience for the ps3 either so we can take them out.

lots of people are not leaving this country either im interested to know why you think they are... are they leaving scotland ? if indeed they were this does not have a direct result on taxes rises (if only economics was so simple)

taxes have top go up to pay for pesion shortfalls and the aging population not to mention breast cancer patients taking the NHS to court for Herceptin which costs 22 grand of so for a 12 month course now that money can be better spent elsewhere (such is the way the NHS is forced to think now)

asylum seeker housing ? lets not go all BNP on this....

lets for a minute consider the dollar the euro difference (for the top of the line one coz thats what we all want issnt it ;) )

USD599 = 321.48
EUR599 = 409.44

so taking the UK out of the picture sony seem to think that the entire of europe should pay more for the privalige of owning a PS3... i think its bang out of order and sloppy marketing its almost like 'er ok like lets say 599 whatevers in every country ok dude' we all know there is no real difference in the units themselves.

end of rant



p.s. like the sig :) have you read the book too ?
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Fair enough that was a typo, I replied to this at about 2am last night, anyway you agree with me that the government sucks, and yes asylum seekers get there free housing, it was in the newspaper not so long ago as well so im not talking crap, tell me wheres my free housing?

[BigFinger]

Fair enough that was a typo, I replied to this at about 2am last night, anyway you agree with me that the government sucks, and yes asylum seekers get there free housing, it was in the newspaper not so long ago as well so im not talking crap, tell me wheres my free housing?

first off and on topic .... sod the price ive just watched the sopy press thing and gran turismo 5 has bikes in ! thats sold the whole thing for me now PS3 FTW ! tekken 6 looks lush n all

also.... you belive what you read in the papers ? not clever that... remember those abuse pics take in the back of a truck in iraq ?? they were fakes...

ill agree our form of goverment is the worst there is. apart from everyone elses !

lastly your only 16 why do you want a free house ?

dont expect one either..society does not owe you a living ! go out get a job and earn one like the rest of us ! half the trouble with the 'asylum seekers' and 'economic migrant' debate is that they are prepared to come here and work for a living unlike the bulk of our professional unemployed who prefer to spend thier dole on burburry and thieve off honest workers while they are out earning them thier dole. if people over here were prepared to get off thier arses and do a days work then people wouldnt have the jobs to come here for.

thats what the crack is in teeside anyway....

failing that get yourself up the stick that usually boosts you a few rungs up the council flat ladder ;)

please dont take anything i have said above personally i do not mean to offend its only that living in amongst alot of immigrants and asylum seekers and doleys in teeside gives me this perspective. :)

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[Eternal-Souljah]

first off and on topic .... sod the price ive just watched the sopy press thing and gran turismo 5 has bikes in ! thats sold the whole thing for me now PS3 FTW ! tekken 6 looks lush n all

also.... you belive what you read in the papers ? not clever that... remember those abuse pics take in the back of a truck in iraq ?? they were fakes...

ill agree our form of goverment is the worst there is. apart from everyone elses !

lastly your only 16 why do you want a free house ?

dont expect one either..society does not owe you a living ! go out get a job and earn one like the rest of us ! half the trouble with the 'asylum seekers' and 'economic migrant' debate is that they are prepared to come here and work for a living unlike the bulk of our professional unemployed who prefer to spend thier dole on burburry and thieve off honest workers while they are out earning them thier dole. if people over here were prepared to get off thier arses and do a days work then people wouldnt have the jobs to come here for.

thats what the crack is in teeside anyway....

failing that get yourself up the stick that usually boosts you a few rungs up the council flat ladder ;)

please dont take anything i have said above personally i do not mean to offend its only that living in amongst alot of immigrants and asylum seekers and doleys in teeside gives me this perspective. :)

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I do have a job, and no I don't listen to all of the newspapers im just saying that, it was an article, now don't get me started because I could tell you a ton of things to back up my statement.

Oh yeah and for those military pictures, that happens, people throwing rocks and boulders at troops in Iraq, they are there doing there job trying to help that country and they get crap like that? so Iraqi's are allowed to assault the troops with minor objects but the troops cannot retaliate pshh.

A free house? no im not asking for one im just saying, when im a little older will I get free housing? exactly im not sponging off the government and I wouldn't ever go on the dole period. Society does not owe me a house no it doesn't but I expect it to be equal for everyone else no matter what race or religion.

Don't even tell me that immigrants JUST come over to work, yeah yeah they do, the polish come over here in 1000's to take the crappy jobs that most brits don't want to do, okay so yeah now they have the bad jobs but there not stupid people, just wait a little while, you will see polish doctors soon, univercity and high paying jobs will be full, leaving the next generation of brits at a battle for a respectable job.

People go to Univercity and now after they finish there degree or what not they are in debt by around 12k, why? because foreigners came over a while back and took courses got there qualification and went back to their country dodging the debt.

So, you have your oppinions and I have mine but you know the reality like it or not.

[imported_SpungE]

This is for talking about PS3 prices not immigration laws ok? :)

Updating the first post with more info.

[alecs36]

http://pages.infinit.net/shadowld/no.gif

[BigFinger]

Oh yeah and for those military pictures, that happens, people throwing rocks and boulders at troops in Iraq, they are there doing there job trying to help that country and they get crap like that? so Iraqi's are allowed to assault the troops with minor objects but the troops cannot retaliate pshh.


my last word on the subject b4 we get back on topic here... READ MY POST !!! the pics i was on about like i said were taken in the back of a truck and were proved to be fake and as a result Piers Morgan the then editor of the mirror resigned... i think your on about the ones of the soldiers beating the rioters which i personally think they had coming.

so.... chill out sonshine, and watch out coz u r fertile soil for the bnp ;) is you want to talk more about this PM me and let stop polluting this thread with stuff no one cares about.


so can we now get back to the prices please...420 quid still seems expensive to me i cant remember what the ps2 was on launch 300 or the like ?

im still going to get one as what ive seen of the sony press conferance impressed me more that borrowing my mates 360 for a week and playing it in HD... hooking up your psp as a riev view mirror in F1 is a very neat trick too... i like that.

not to mention the fact it looks so much better than the 360


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[hotel-6]

BEFORE YOU BUY PS3

CONSIDER THIS

the future of pc gaming = Live Anywhere, a xbox live style network system, xbox 360 players and pc players plays together in near future, with halo 3, shaduw run, huxley, Warhammer, maybe halo 2 and more games to come with crossplatform

this will mean : better service, better servers ( huxley has 5000 players !! )

What has PS3 ? NO RUMBLE PACk, NO 160 MILLION gamers ( xbox + pc = over 160 mil. ) not real good exclusives , i mean, GTA is coming to 360, unreal tournament 2007, it has huxley, it has halo 3 etc. etc.

and motion sensing ? xbox 360 gets a xbox camera, not only a webcam, no it is also motions sensing, remember on gamespot ? " microsoft has patent on new motion sensing technology" , the camera can scan your face and put it as game character, it can see your movement, you will be able to duck in aciton games, just by moving etc. etc.

and grahpics, c´mon , it has the same quality just the price difference and the future is brighter by Live anywhere


RECONSIDER YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT PS3

i considered this weeks, ps3 or 360, ps3 or 360, but when i see a sneak peak from the future, with live anywhere = 360

-__- omfg<

tekken fans in the house here and gran tourismo ( boring )

you guys dont have style

BUY PS3 i dont wanna see you n oobs on xbox live

[Eternal-Souljah]

You have to pay montly for Xbox 360, I'll stick with PC games, paying monthly sucks.

[BigFinger]

and grahpics, c´mon , it has the same quality just the price difference and the future is brighter by Live anywhere


RECONSIDER YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT PS3

i considered this weeks, ps3 or 360, ps3 or 360, but when i see a sneak peak from the future, with live anywhere = 360

-__- omfg<

tekken fans in the house here and gran tourismo ( boring )

you guys dont have style

BUY PS3 i dont wanna see you n oobs on xbox live

ps3 online stuff is free ...

and the ps3 will do 1080P compared to the 1080I of the 360 so thats your graphics stuffed too :p

GT4 is way way better than PGR let alone gt5

that said ill wait and try one before i make my mind up....

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[hotel-6]

i have GT on my PS2 and it sucks, its no adrealine racer like PGR3 or Need for Speed

1080P doesnt say things getting better, its only a output format for a ultra hdtv , that doesnt excist, well it does excist but no body has it,

can you hook your PS3 on your pc monitor ?

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quite

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no ? lol i dont have money for HDTV

i play 360 games on pc monitor in HD

and cmon 60 $ a year for online gameplay, and its for Live anywhere
it is worth it for 200 Player battles instead of crappy controller with no rumble and missfeeling of the 2 sticks ( just like PS2 ) 16 matches with crappy Sony Live ( wich is very BETA ) xbox live is 100 % clan / friends / community friendly

[alecs36]

IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE PS3

I'll take what Peter Moore has said about online..

Well, on Xbox Live Silver you can do anything except play multiplayer. What Sony has actually announced is that they're pushing the emphasis to the publishers to figure out what they want to charge. They have said, "we're not going to charge you" - but if you truly believe that the publishers are going to build data centres, build user interfaces, network stacks, run bandwidth costs, egress costs, do compatibility with every provider around the world... For free?

I do believe we'll be seeing a price to play games online for the PS3.. just nothing has been announced. Notice, we havn't seen anything new about the online, not even at e3.. What are they holding back? :rolleyes:

About Xbox live, you ONLY need it to play multyplayer. (as said already) Downloading movie trailers, game trailers, game demos, music videos ect is all free with the silver account. Everything like that, Xbox live arcade ect.

Now for the PS3 itself, what makes it worth $200 more? 40 more gigs? You don't need 60 gigs, sorry, 20 is fine for me and my 360 right now. How about Blue ray? What if it flops? Movie makers stop producing their movies in blue ray format? What a waste then... Cell processing? It's been said by developers that the ps3 IS harder to develop for. Just like the ps2 was versus the xbox, it's going to be easier to churn out better graphics with the 360. As evident already.

John Carmack:

They are both powerful systems that are going to make excellent game platforms, but I have a bit of a preference for the 360’s symmetric CPU architecture and excellent development tools. The PS3 will have a bit more peak power, but it will be easier to exploit the available power on the 360. Our next major title is being focused towards simultaneous release on 360, PS3, and PC.

You are paying for unproven hardware. Sorry, but it's true. You ARE taking a risk when you buy a ps3.

Now for the games, they really don't look so much better. Or in some cases, not even as good..

Resistance... (ps3)

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/748/748483/imgs_1.html

Gears of war... (360)

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/747/747891/imgs_1.html

Metal gear solid 4... (ps3)

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/714/714044/imgs_1.html

Halo 3 (360)

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/734/734817/imgs_1.html

Heavenly Sword.. (ps3)

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/700/700186/imgs_1.html

Mass Effect.. (360)

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/718/718963/imgs_1.html

$200 less.

Do you honestly believe the general gaming community will be paying $700+ for the PS3? Most people thought the 360 was expensive, and still do.

PS3: $600

1 game: $60

An extra controller: $50

total to play the ps3: $710

A 360: $400

A game: $60

An extra controller $50

total to play the 360: $510

That is was the general, casual gamer will see.

And if you really need a high def player, the 360 is comming out with the HD-DVD player.

HD-DVD usb ported player to the 360-
http://www.planetxbox360.com/index.php?view=article&article=1325

About 1080P though... Who honestly has a tv that can even support 1080P? That isn't a very good deciding factor, unless of course you do.

[hotel-6]

welcome on board captian alecs36 !

join the bright future of 360 , a proven succes, so for 5,5 million units sold, soon 10 million units, and holiday sessions will come, with alot of great games

also, 4,5 games per xbox 360 owners is owned. according to this, xbox 360 is the first great selling console ever, and it doenst excist yet a year,

do you know what halo 2 brought up in the first day of release ?

125 million $, in 1 day

and halo 3 will be close to that in the first day, especially when xbox 360 gets
price drop


Xbox 360 WILL have motion sensing:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6145348.html

with the xbox live camera:

Gaming Capabilities
The Xbox 360 USB camera will most likely be first and foremost a gaming enhancement peripheral similar to the EyeToy released by Sony for the Playstaion 2. The EyeToy was a simple add-on device and was launched with a set of basic games that used motion to perform game features. The Xbox 360’s camera at first glance appears to be nothing more than a simple add-on peripheral. The camera, however, is reported to support a new capability called ‘gesture recognition’ that will translate your real life movements and incorporate them into the game play. It’s not clear exactly what this means, how it will materialize in actual games and if any game developers have signed up to support the camera.

prove: http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2343/sneak_peak_xbox

[Eternal-Souljah]

Lets just all stick with our PC's and stfu.

[Jaxx]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/technology_sony_playstation_3_details_revealed/img/laun.jpg

Sure is shiny! Cool

[imported_SpungE]

To the people going on about the 360 & pc connections. Great... So I'll just use my pc then? No need for a 360 there...

[jimmy_396_jimmy]

Well Sony is the console king so i'm still getting a Ps3.....and anyways MGS4!!!!!!!

[AFEDslayer]

I think ill stay away from that 600$ thing. Rather buy a new video card :)

[Eternal-Souljah]

I think ill stay away from that 600$ thing. Rather buy a new video card :)

Same but I like console's for multiplayer with friends etc.

[BigFinger]

interesting to note that no one has come into this thread extoling the virtues of the Wii.....

its all speculation at the end of the day till we get our hands on one and start getting proper reviews from ordianry people not geeks spouting technobabble.

i will certainlly be giving it a long hard look as im going to be buying either the 360 or the ps3 at xmas time and yes i do have a lovely 42" HDTV to play it on so ill leave my pc monitor for what it was suppoed to do... bieng connected to a PC ;)




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[i made you]

The PS3 really doesn't have much to offer game wise and is adding too much tech for its own good. Now that the GTA series is shared by PS3 and xbox360, there's no reason to buy a PS3 unless you're into those rpgs and japanese games.

[hotel-6]

yea i dont like japanese games, like tekken etc. , its so g ay

Wii ? headset ? HD gaming ? multiplayer good ?

sure its nice, i maybe buy it with starwars, but for multiplayer i prefer xbox 360 = everybody has headset and the system works nice, look to halo 2 clan support

its very nice

[DaRkNeSs]

Ps3 blows

Only thing I will buy Ps3 for is Socom if they make one for it.

[alecs36]

Well Sony is the console king so i'm still getting a Ps3.....and anyways MGS4!!!!!!!

Isn't MGS4 not even a launch title?

[BigFinger]

Ps3 blows

Only thing I will buy Ps3 for is Socom if they make one for it.

lol... i suppose you know this as you own one or have played on one if not i imagine your basing your opinion on what you do for a little extra cash....


socom 3 however is really pap.


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[i made you]

If the xbox360 had a keyboard and mouse function, I would buy it and put it next to my PC.

[Quack!]

Why even reply with a post about how great XBox 360 is in a thread about PS3? Is it such an injustice to you if us PS3 fans get hyped up about the system? We're talking next-gen consoles here. You're really not going to go wrong with any of them, so just pick yours and let everyone else pick their own.

[i made you]

I must have made that reply to a wrong post. With anything you can go wrong, but you can't go more wrong than buying that new Nintendo thing.

[Quack!]

Oh, I didn't mean you in particular. I meant "you" as in the group of people who post things like, "PS3 blows, XBox is awesome," in a thread about PS3. It's just trolling, if you ask me, and completely pointless.

With anything you can go wrong

I must disagree. I don't think anyone can go wrong with any of these systems, provided they choose carefully. If someone looks into the systems and picks the one that gives them what they want, they will be happy. And hey, give the Wii a chance. I'm sure it'll attract casual gamers, at the very least.

[BigFinger]

For those that are interested

SONY SPEC SHEET IN PDF FORMAT (http://www.scei.co.jp/corporate/release/pdf/060509d.pdf)



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[imported_SpungE]

Problem with Wii is my rooms' TV is small and I don't know if I can really be bothered to stay up and swing my arms around.

Nevertheless, PS3 has MG3, Killzone, 18, GT and other games with unplayed formulas that can't be judged yet. So just because it dosen't have a big title whore like Halo dosen't mean anything.

[alecs36]

MGS4, Killzone, GT, arn't title whores?

[BigFinger]

Problem with Wii is my rooms' TV is small and I don't know if I can really be bothered to stay up and swing my arms around.

Nevertheless, PS3 has MG3, Killzone, 18, GT and other games with unplayed formulas that can't be judged yet. So just because it dosen't have a big title whore like Halo dosen't mean anything.

i would argue that MGS4 (metal gear) is thier title whore and that looks really nice so far. and its the true home of gta and resi not to mention GTHD and tekken

im not even going to look at the wii ... i like console games coz i can sit on my arse with a beer and play them. if i wanted to flail around like a muppet with its strings cut i would go and join a martial arts class.


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[imported_SpungE]

Not as big as Halo. Halo gets extra buzz and commercial backing because it's made by the same company that makes the system itself.

The big PS3 games mostly earned thier fame themselves.

[Fullforce]

I've heard lots of people have been concerned as to whether sony is doing the right thing - blu-ray is new technology, and if the PS3 is expensive, and blu-ray turns out to be unreliable, they lose out.

[alecs36]

I retract my previous statement, i do not think the ps3 will fail. But i do believe it won't come out on top this time around. Sales wise. But in anycase, the ps3 does have great looking games comming. I mean, check out motorstorm.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPyAPNOaRTc&search=motorstorm%20

[i made you]

I must disagree. I don't think anyone can go wrong with any of these systems, provided they choose carefully. If someone looks into the systems and picks the one that gives them what they want, they will be happy. And hey, give the Wii a chance. I'm sure it'll attract casual gamers, at the very least.
Even if you do some careful planning, things can change and new titles may come out on the other box and not yours. With the X360, you can't really go wrong. It's cheap, powerful, has the 2 biggest titles, and has already been cracked. It's the ultimate media center for only $300. It still needs a mouse and keyboard, but I'm sure there's something that will come up.

[Quack!]

You said earlier you can go wrong with anything, and now all of the sudden you can't go wrong with the 360? Have you changed your mind?

[i made you]

You said earlier you can go wrong with anything, and now all of the sudden you can't go wrong with the 360? Have you changed your mind?
Like I said, GTA4 was announced and the X360 has been cracked.

[hotel-6]

that moterstorm video is fake, everybody knows that

[Eternal-Souljah]

http://www.gamestation.co.uk/product.asp?id=ps3h002

Posting this as its relevent to the topic, but the fact is that its £425 in the U.K.

[Apostle]

I would love to buy a PS3 at launch, but in reality I can't justify spending £425 on a games console, no matter how good it is.

I will buy one though, probably months after launch when the prices begin to drop.

[DaRkNeSs]

lol... i suppose you know this as you own one or have played on one if not i imagine your basing your opinion on what you do for a little extra cash....


socom 3 however is really pap.


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No I am basing my opinion off of this article the PS3 is going to be the same as the 360 lol becuase PS3 dosen't have 1080p.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/709/709495p1.html

[Eternal-Souljah]

I would love to buy a PS3 at launch, but in reality I can't justify spending £425 on a games console, no matter how good it is.

I will buy one though, probably months after launch when the prices begin to drop.

lmao you actually think prices will drop? psp has been out since september thats over 8 months and its still £180, and the 360 has been out since November so thats over 6 months and its still £280 so the PS3 you will have to wait no doubt over a year or more for it to lower by a little.

[wootoow]

No I am basing my opinion off of this article the PS3 is going to be the same as the 360 lol becuase PS3 dosen't have 1080p.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/709/709495p1.html

You cant just generalize that the ps3 overall will be bad. That article you posted clearly stated that the low-end($499) doesnt support 1080p. The high-end($599) does. That certainly doesnt mean the ps3 in general will be bad, only for the suckers that would by the low-end to begin with.

[Eternal-Souljah]

I like the playstation company and their products, but if PS3 costs that I might just buy a X360 instead. I have watched and played fight night round 3 and its amazing, period.

[DaRkNeSs]

ya, look, I think personally the PS3 and the Xbox360 are going to be the same thing, Same graphics whize I mean.

[BigFinger]

No I am basing my opinion off of this article the PS3 is going to be the same as the 360 lol becuase PS3 dosen't have 1080p.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/709/709495p1.html

*yawn* the PS3 does have 1080P.... in fact im going to make it easy for you here ... ive copied a bit off your beloved IGN

E3 2005: PS3 to Output 1080p Standard
An HD revolution.
by Ivan Sulic

May 16, 2005 - Among one hundred billion other bits of technical information, we recently learned that the PlayStation 3 will be capable of outputting a 1080 progressive scan image.

Very few pieces of media currently support 1080 progressive scan display. For reference, Apple recently announced that it would release new movie trailers in 1080p format, provided gamers used their new Quicktime application. Additionally, a couple of movies (namely Terminator 2) support 1080p.

While a lot of televisions do not currently support the ultra high-end format, it's great to see Sony looking way into the future for its next system.

UPDATE - 6:22PM - We have just been updated by our away team at the SCEA conference that not only will 1080p be supported by the system, but that this is considered the standard resolution for the system. Every game for the system will be in incredible, indelible, indubitable HD.

Nobody at IGN even owns a TV that can do 1080p, but that's the system's goal - to give HDTV a killer app piece of hardware that people will no longer be able to live without. Get your wallet ready...


the GTHD vid at e3 was 1080P, i think your confusing the 1080P dvd playback issues with the games support for 1080P resolution.... go read up on it and you'll find im right.

either way my mind is not made up my any means yet. i borrowed a 360 off a workmate last weekend and played it over the weeknd and i was quite impressed although i will say its damn noisy....

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[Chris_Redfield]

that moterstorm video is fake, everybody knows that

How about some confirmation?

[BigFinger]

found on another forum i read... quite funny though.

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH2w2l1JTs4) Sony's Embarrassing E3 2006 Press Conference (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH2w2l1JTs4)




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[wootoow]

Sony to drop low-end PS3 from UK launch?

Posted May 23rd 2006 10:04AM by Ryan Block
Filed under: Gaming
After all the delays and with so much rumor and hearsay going on over at the SCEA camp as to what shape the PlayStation 3's actually going to take this November (and what it is they're going to do to convince us to pick one up that doesn't involve low-balling us), for the time being we're a little leery of the kinds of things Sony's saying about this and that. But it's remarkably hard to argue when Ray Maguire, head of Sony Computer Entertainment UK, says something like: "The lower-end 20Gb version of PlayStation 3 has no WiFi, no HDMI, and none of the other slots in it, so it's... more likely that we will only launch the 60GB version." Saywha? The figure Sony UK's been tossing around for launch is £425 ($800 US), which -- we're sorry -- is hardly a bargain for any gaming console, equipped with Blu-ray or not. And with the premium UK and EU customers already pay on their gadgets, we can't even imagine why Sony would launch a single $800 version of the PS3 and expect people to cough it up. Then again SCEUK might recant and surprise us with a more reasonable launch price (and both console versions, as the rest of Europe should be getting), but if one thing's for sure, we smell a British gamer mutiny on their hands if they stay the course for a $800 UK launch.

[military1]

yes and it will be like 400 bucks also and it will be out this summer i think.