PS3 Date and Price Set

[SALvation]

Looks like the PS3 will hit on Nov 17th for $499. It will include a 20G hard drive. Sign me up!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060509/tc_nm/expo_sony_ps3_dc_1

*EDIT - It looks like the 20G bundle will be $499. There will also be a 60G bundle for $599.

[SALvation]

Also, the controller is going to be just like the PS2 version:

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/08/playstation-3-in-its-final-form/

[SALvation]

More details are coming out. It looks like the $499 version is a very stripped model, and almost everyone will be going after the $599 premium version. If you get the basic model, you lose this over the premium model:

- You lose 40GB (20GB base vs. 60GB)
- You lose HDMI output
- You lose MemoryStick / SD / CompactFlash slots
- You lose 802.11 b/g wireless

[OUTLAWS Tip]

Wow, kids these days must have very large piggy banks.
:eek:

[Die Hard]

Also, the controller is going to be just like the PS2 versionWell the old one works just fine so I'm happy with that.

[SALvation]

I don't think the target with the PS3 is kids. The target now is the people that grew up on the NES, spent their teenage years on the PS1/2, and now are 20 and 30-somethings where that price tag doesn't bother them.

[He Is Legend]

im never paying that much for a gaming console

[SALvation]

Yea it's expensive, but take a look at stand-alone Blu Ray players and that puts it into perspective.

[BobtheCkroach]

Yea it's expensive, but take a look at stand-alone Blu Ray players and that puts it into perspective.

That's a risky way to think about it, considering that Blu-ray could be the format to fade away out of blu-ray and hd-dvd.

[OUTLAWS Tip]

I never had a playstation and apparently never will.

40 something closing in on 50 something.
:D

[SoulReaver]

More info on the controller:

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705934p1.html

Little dissapointed, was looking forward to see how the boomerang controller was going to be like. I doubt I am going to get PS3, perhaps after it goes down. I do have enough money, but it seems a little high. Blu-ray dvds won't really be necessary for awhile, so I could care less about comparing it to Blu-ray players.

[Die Hard]

I think the normal controller is a good place to start. If they have others like the Boomerang as an optional extra then at least we can choose.

[rancid monkey]

HA! I can get a PS3 at Christmas this year! WOOO!! (Well i have £200 in the bank and i will probally get £300 for christmas if i just ask for money. And $600 is around £300...) :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Die Hard]

joo da man rancid :wootrock:

[rancid monkey]

joo da man rancid :wootrock:

yep.




:D :rofl: :P

[OUTLAWS Tip]

Now you just need another $150 or so to buy a couple games.
:P

[FUS1ON]

Now you just need another $150 or so to buy a couple games.
:P

That's a damn shame. :(

[NastyDawg]

:hmmm: Update my computer to Pci or new ps3 and a few games? I guess my computer will have to wait until next summer.

[Ra\/en]

sure its expensive.. but hey, yall spend so much on your PC rigs anyways, 600 bucks should be nothing to sneeze at eh? haha

[EXEcution]

sure its expensive.. but hey, yall spend so much on your PC rigs anyways, 600 bucks should be nothing to sneeze at eh? haha
Well PC's are upgradeable and do more than just play games.

[SASQUATCH]

I would rather buy a PC and play the games and do more with it then a PS3.

I going for a super system very soon anyway for games w/ a dual PCI-Express ATI Radeon X1900 XTX / 512MB etc.

It will be for games and for rendering 3D animation things I do at home.

The ATI Radeon X1900 XTX / 512MB etc is good for rendering and for games.



SAS

[SASQUATCH]

After playing the PS3...I was blown away. I did not have the same feeling after playing the XBox at the last E3 convention.

Wow if it did that to you then it might be worth looking into it Term. Thanks for the update and if possible give me more detail if you can in what you saw and it's features. I know my nephews would want to get it for the holidays.

Thx Term

[Dangerous Dan]

HA! I can get a PS3 at Christmas this year! WOOO!! (Well i have £200 in the bank and i will probally get £300 for christmas if i just ask for money. And $600 is around £300...) :eek: :eek: :eek:

don't forget to also save enough for a game.... or two ;)

[SASQUATCH]

PS3 I will not be getting it instead I will be buying a good system that can play the games and for there school work etc, for my nephews.

I find it useless to get it especially when you can't upgrade a PS3 but you can with a system and can do much more besides games.

SAS

[rancid monkey]

don't forget to also save enough for a game.... or two ;)

I should have about £200 left over after I get the PS3 :D :P

Although I’ll probably buy it with one of the launch titles included, speaking of launch titles, does anybody know what they are? :confused:

[Die Hard]

I hear Gran Tourismo is being launched with it and the demo streams look cool :thumbs:

[rancid monkey]

I hear Gran Tourismo is being launched with it and the demo streams look cool :thumbs:

*drools* :P :D

[LuK3]

I sure am getting this - well doe SALvation for this information - really, i wanted to know when it was coming out, i thought it was march 06 but they delayed i heard just because they wanted to make sure no pirating could be done :bawling:
Thanks anyway man :)