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05 Apr 2006 13:02 | Dusty | Playstation 3 PS3Today.com | Link to this article 
In a recent radio show with France's Europe 1, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment France and vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe revealed the European pricing for the PS3. George Fornay said that the PS3 will sell for between €499 and €599. For our American readers this is about $605 to $726 if George Fornay’s European pricing is anything to go by. However it should be noted that consoles generally are more expensive in Europe than in the US. So a US pricing of $499 to $599 is more likely if we apply the same price difference we see today with the Xbox 360 between Europe and the US.
Fornay acknowledged that the price may seem steep compared to previous consoles and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 which retails for €320, but he emphasized that that PS3 will be inexpensive when one considers that the console will also play Blu-ray movies. Note: As we know from past experience, until Sony sends out the official press release regarding the pricing of their PS3, these numbers can change. The idea that Fornay's mention of 499 to 599 Euro price ranges was an indication of the PS3's price point is "a mistranslation or misunderstanding of the discussion, which was actually focused on the relative value of PS3 as a Bluray Disc player," according to SCEE corporate communications director Nick Sharples. The SCE France boss' discussion of the pricing on French radio station Europe 1 was focused on the fact that the PS3 would be priced very competitively compared to other Bluray products if it were to emerge at $500, but that this price point is well above the range of other game console products, according to Sharples. "Mr Fornay explained that, with BD and HD functionality, PS3 at this price would be cheap for such functionality, but that current video games machines were significantly below this price," Sharples told GamesIndustry.biz. "At no time did he suggest or indicate a specific price point or price range for PS3, and any reports that he did so are incorrect. "He summarised by saying that PS3 would be expensive when one looked at the current price of a video games machine, at far below 500 Euros, but extremely good value when looking at the BD and HD technology inside," he concluded. While Sharples' clarification of Fornay's comments doesn't actually shed any new light on the question of PlayStation 3's price point - the opposite, if anything - it does open up the possibility that the firm could be planning to introduce the console at a price lower than the 500 Euro / $500 mark. When the company talks about "current video games machines," it is almost certainly excluding the Xbox 360 from the equation, and talking specifically about the PSP and PS2 platforms - with the implication being that the pricing will fall somewhere well above their price points (between 150 and 180 Euro) but well below the pricing of Bluray devices (between 600 and 800 Euro). That's an enormous range, of course, but it does leave open the potential for the PS3 to launch at the 400 Euro price point - exactly the same space that was occupied by the Xbox 360 premium pack when it arrived late last year.] - Gamesindustry.biz Add Comment  1 -
all goodkingboy 04.05.2006 13:12 Let me have 499euros and that would be just freaking cool 2 -
FunnyUnregistered - HAHAHAHA 04.05.2006 13:13 Oh dear that is a horrid price 700 Euro for a gaystation 3..Sony have lost the war..again it was stated that its cheap for a blueray player...please..sony don't care about gaming...only about getting bluray out the door...they suck!!! 3 -
ahahahahaUnregistered - charle 04.05.2006 13:15 OH MY GOD. 600 EURO THATS INSANE....plus bluray games are going tomore exspensive than DVD format 80Euro.....wow 4 -
aaaUnregistered - ddd 04.05.2006 13:17 Well I guess MS will be laughing now...once the ps3 is out expect a 360 price drop on the games and machine....Sony don't stand a chance!!! 5 -
no price drop for xbox 360...Unregistered - noprice 04.05.2006 13:30 It is the worst thing to do.If you really trust your product you dont need to drop the price, especially not when its allready cheaper.A price drop would just show lack of confidence in the product.It would be a wrong move.The right thing to do would be to deliver enough hardware, and new games. 6 -
dependsUnregistered - john punter 04.05.2006 13:33 It really depends on the person. I think sony did the same trick with PS2 whenxbox came out in Europe.... Well if 360 was droped to say 250 Euro for the premium and the PS3 was 600...I would go with the 360...sorry 7 -
PAUL CERULA 04.05.2006 13:36 600-700$, very interesting. Like I said before the first year of the PS3, Sony can afford to hike the price up for fanboys who will buy anything Sony. Even if the first 2-3 years the games will be very similar in performance. Also the launch titles will be dissapointing in graphics and other areas because of the new format. 700$ blu-ray vs. 300$ hd-dvd....the war isn't far from over so don't count on it. So far my predictions of a world launch in November, and the pricing to be 600$ is on track. Not a fanboy just a reasonable gamer. 8 -
#5Unregistered - YEAH RIGHT LOL.... 04.05.2006 13:39 5 - no price drop for xbox 360... Unregistered - noprice 04.05.2006 13:30 It is the worst thing to do.If you really trust your product you dont need to drop the price, especially not when its allready cheaper.A price drop would just show lack of confidence in the product.It would be a wrong move.The right thing to do would be to deliver enough hardware, and new games. -#5 How is dropping the price on your machine the worst thing? Price drop wouldn't show no lack in confidence. The 360 is proven you dumb a@@!!! Price drop woulld show many consumers why pay all this extra for a ps3 that cant do anything the 360 cant? For a stinky 2x blu ray player? Higher price games? What r u talking about #5? It would be the right move MS would sell so many consoles. Once the ps3 sells out the day after it launched MS will have plenty of 360's for people who want to play next gen ga,eing and not want to wait any longer... Sony has pissed alot of people includin their customers (developers) off with this delay!! MS is in great shape and It is getting more and more obvious that the 360 will win this war!!! 9 -
!Dmac 04.05.2006 13:43 The price sounds good for me. Seen a 360 in action the other day, and the graphics stunned me, they were horrible! I guess you get what you pay for. I'll wait the the PS3. 10 -
#9Unregistered - SDSDS 04.05.2006 13:53 yOU SEEN ONE.. i HAVE ONE AND LET ME TELL YOU THE GAME YOU SAW MUST OF BEEN GUN!!! B/C WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN ON THE PS3 SO FAR THAT LOOKS BETTER THAN GRAW OR ANY OF THE NEW 360 TITLES??? #9 THE 360 KICKS A@@ AND YOUR POST IS BS!!! So I hate to break it to you DMAC but if graphics is all you care about and you think the PS3 will have better graphics than the 360 your wrong. the 360 has the same graphics beatch!!! WHERE IS YOUR PROOF??? WHAT PROOF??? 360 HAS proven itself!! PS3-???NOTYET 11 -
#9Joe 04.05.2006 13:53 Are you serious??? The graphics are incredible. I can't wait to see the PS3 at E3. But, the XBOX360 graphics are awesome too. #9, You are trippin. 12 -
LMBAO!!!!!!!!!!Unregistered - Daddy 04.05.2006 14:09 499 TO 599?!? LMBAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 13 -
BillGatesSucks 04.05.2006 14:10 "Note: As we know from past experience, until Sony sends out the official press release regarding the pricing of their PS3, these numbers can change." - The only part of the article worth any attention. 14 -
!Dmac 04.05.2006 14:16 Ha Ha, just playing. News is slow today. Anyways I have nothing against the 360. GOW does look good. But I'm hoping for amazing graphics and game play. Right now, both systems are doing good, but in two more years, the graphics will be have doubled it. Remember when the PS2 came out. The graphic were good at the time, but now look at the games coming out for it in the last two years. Big difference. That is what I'm looking forward to. 15 -
Unregistered - noprice 04.05.2006 14:16 It is a dumb thing to do, nintendo did it twice and the move ended up as a dumb thing to do.Dont forget that microsoft is loosing money out of each xbox360, they dont even cover the producton costs, so a price drop would mean more loss out of there.Theres no need to drop the price really since it will allready be cheaper, so you can call somebody else a "dumb@ss", making a product thats allready cheap even cheaper IS a lack of confidence, do your homework and look back at the dreamcast where consumers turned their backs at a similar move cause they felt like the company is dumping the product out instead of letting it compare itself to its sony counterpart.How can the 360 have proved itself with nothing to compare it to?Because YOU think so?The 360 will have to prove itself when the PS3 is out, and show that it can compare to a similar media hype like the one the PS2 had.Until then everythign is speculation, even you "price drop". 16 -
Both are great but....Unregistered - Halo3Sniper01 04.05.2006 14:17 Both systems will do well in the war but with PS# running 2 times faster than the 360 who knows what will happen andwith the new graphics card dont knowe ill wait and see. and the eu price has always been higher than the US price when the systme comes out so lets just wait until E3 and find out then 17 -
Islandkiwi 04.05.2006 14:17 Cool it with your console loyalty crap, it makes you sound like kids who desperately need a nap...and that goes to both sides, btw. Anyway, 500 dollars minimum in the US...you can't expect a Blu-Ray drive and 60 gig hard drive to be included with your console and then expect to be similarly priced. 18 -
Unregistered - noprice 04.05.2006 14:19 Im not predicting anything, im not even saying anything about the PS3s future...im just letting you know that you shouldnt get your hopes up too high if you wait for a price drop.The xbox360 is allready great for what you pay for it, so there shouldnt be a price drop to make people buy it instead of the ps3, they should invest the money they would loose off the pricedrop in exclusive new software...cause after all thats what sells the consoles. 19 -
EnforcerOfTheTruth 04.05.2006 14:52 We all knew PS3 will be expensive. €500-600 is a reasonable price if you add to it that just a Blu-Ray player costs more. PS3 is still a best buy for such price. And Paulie where did you get it that your €320 Xflop plays HD-DVD? LOL 20 -
Unregistered - wotter 04.05.2006 15:02 Consoles are ALWAYS more expensive in Europe (fe xb360 400€, in US 400$). So IF ps3 is 499€, than in US 499$. Btw, why announce something so big on a LOCAL radio IN FRANCE? Why not at E3? Very strange imo. 21 -
GAMERUnregistered - johnplayer 04.05.2006 15:04 600 + TWO GAMES = 700 Thats a lot of money. regardless of price it will sell 3 to 5 million, ill wait till it hits 400 euro, im happy with dvd for the minute when the 360 drops in price ill pick one up 22 -
Unregistered - meg 04.05.2006 15:19 this is nothing compared to earlyer days... I bought a Amiga500 priced 1000$+ just the machine,2 games and a joystik 15 years or so ago.... Seems like theyre aiming for same price as PS2 cost at launch. 23 -
the real commentaryUnregistered - Samueltech 04.05.2006 15:23 George Fornay said that the price will be round 500€....the rest is all invented 500€ it's perfect for me, there's one ps3 sold in Europe at the time 24 -
You Teaser You.......!Unregistered - bhai 04.05.2006 15:27 Oh, those Sony folks, they are such teasers man, wow, that's so tempting, this THING they are making is so hot that I can't just afford it, and I can't just live without it...the price seems to go sky high, but the feeling of turning it on and inserting the bluray of 'Lair' and watching the gorgeous future for hours and hours is simply too good to ignore. Man I'm either gonna wait for its price down or just have to start working harder, late and save from now on. Can't just get a secondry system that still runs DVDs and pc ports and needs extra peripherals like a pc to watch movies, its decided, I'm going for the best, I'm going for the PS3 no matter how late or how hard. 25 -
.Unregistered - . 04.05.2006 15:34 OMG! That thing better be good 26 -
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!Unregistered - PiS3 Fanboy 04.05.2006 15:57 $499 to 599?!? LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 27 -
Unregistered - rjrth eyryer # Xbug terminator sucks c0ck lol =] 04.05.2006 16:00 Xbug terminator, can you please keep your 5 year old mouth shut as you like an idiot. what i can't stand, is that people are called the consoles which are made out of plastic and metal. gaystation, xflop, xbug, fagstation. WTF? you guys, (Xbox and Playstation fanboys) need to grow up and see there is more to both of these consoles. btw i'm a gamer, i like all three consoles as they offer different games and one is more pwoerful etc. the only thing i hate about the PS3, is that Sony is putting the blu-ray into the console, or beta-ray as MS calls it. 60GB HHD is very good but its still very expensive for a console when i can get a PC which plays and does more stuff. 28 -
I want my sonyUnregistered - sony fanmail 04.05.2006 16:19 "Sony" could box up a pile of shyte and I would buy it, as long it has the "Sony" logo stamped on it. If it is priced over $499, I guess I will find a part time job working for "Sony" to pay for it. I just built my modern home that is designed to look like the "Sony PS2", and throughout are "Sony" plasma screens. I even have a "Sony" robot dog Aibo to greet me when I come home. Sometimes I phone my friends on my "Sony" Ericsson phone, or text them from my "Sony" Cli'e PDA. Right now I am writing this on my "Sony" PSP in Africa because of my "Sony" location free server. My sons name is "Sony". 29 -
to comment 27Havoc 04.05.2006 16:23 True! But we just have to wait untill E3 for the official pricing and then compare that to ps3 features and games and then see if it's reasonable. I think if the price is high then Sony must be satisfied with how the games are coming out and are confident with the features and what the ps3 will do. 30 -
to comment 28Havoc 04.05.2006 16:26 lmao, you can't be serious? well maybe you are but d@mn! 31 -
#27bloop 04.05.2006 16:56 "i can get a PC which plays and does more stuff" Yeah, but I dont think for the same money you'd get a PC that will run PS3 quality games. 32 -
599 Unregistered - big bad ninja 04.05.2006 17:10 with this info i'm pretty sure it will be 599 - (if sony are kind) think about it... a PS3 price wise is is pretty much a 360 + blu ray + 40 gb more hdd + cell CPU manufacturing costs? blu ray is about 300 more than DVD cell maybe 50 more hdd maybe 50 more DONT EXPECT 499 THATS RIDICULOUS remember that 360 is already at loss ~160 So considering a PS3 = 360 + extras PS3 at 499 would roughly equal loss 300+50+50+ ( 160 (the xbox loss) - 100 = $460 LOSS the $100 is the 499 399 price increase for PS3 complex post but think about it, please respond 33 -
hmmmmmmmmmUnregistered - goku 04.05.2006 17:13 i think hes right 34 -
Not too expensive Unregistered - DragonWarrior 04.05.2006 17:21 Especially when you bring into account how much sophisticated the PS3 technology is. I bought a GF7800 for the same price last year! Xbox360 is considered inferior to PS3 even now...if MS cuts the price it'll be suicide for 360. Last generation, Gamecube was the cheapest but sold the least although it was a decent system. To Paul Cerula: You said "Also the launch titles will be dissapointing in graphics and other areas because of the new format" WTF?? Can't you stop talking crap at least once? Lair and Warhawk are better than anything on 360 and pc to date even though they are running on beta kits and are not completed yet...and they are launch titles. 35 -
Unregistered - G 04.05.2006 17:54 mm. i guess i won't be getting ps3 until maybe half a decade from now when the price drops. ^ i thought lair looked great but i really want to see gameplay videos. and for the warhawk gdc video, it was okay. i don't get why everyone was so hyped up about that video. 36 -
Unregistered - e 04.05.2006 17:55 god, dude! You pwned some seiouse ass 37 -
bobUnregistered - bob 04.05.2006 17:56 My mate owns his own game store..he reckons PS3 games will retail between 80 and 90 Euros...this is dueto the bluray format...that sucks 38 -
i rather wait...Unregistered - blaze33 04.05.2006 18:15 i rather wait till E3 to know the real price...and about the games price ...well,the blu ray movies are only 30$..so maybe the ps3 games gonna cost 60$ 39 -
Unregistered - Q 04.05.2006 18:32 I think I'll wait for official news from E3 seems kinda fishy. 40 -
MONEYUnregistered - JO 04.05.2006 18:41 XBOX 360 loss of say 150 on every machine xbox live 50 + two games 100 = 150 everything after that is profit for ms ps3 loss of say 400 on every machine 8 games = 400 thats a big loss before a profit so i reckon sonys future is with blu ray and making money on movies / games etc is this sonys biggest gamble, id say so, but if it pays off sony will be bigger and better 41 -
stupidUnregistered - monolith 04.05.2006 20:12 actually playstaion never said they were just for gaming buddy they always say that they always say the are an entertainment system dont you feel like a dubm a$$. 42 -
stupid #2Unregistered - monolith 04.05.2006 20:12 actually playstaion never said they were just for gaming buddy they always say that they always say the are an entertainment system dont you feel like a dubm a$$. 43 -
I think it adds out Unregistered - dee 04.05.2006 20:26 If I was to buy a Xbox 360, I would have to buy the Hard drive for 100(bigger then the 20), HD DVD for 100-150, and Xbox Live for 50(I believe so), that adds up to around 250. 299+250=550 399+250=650 ESTIMATES. So if I bought a PS3 with all the recent news for 600-700. Do you think that equals out with the 360. I dont plan on buying a 360 because I traded in my PS2 for the XBOX and that was the worst mistake of my life. Plus I have a psp but I dont plan on buying a 360 until its around 150-200 because that sounds reasonable to me. Plus I didnt really like HALO, but do you think if you bought all the add-ons to the 360, and compare them with whats coming with the PS3 out the box. WILL IT EQUAL TO NEAR THE SAME? 44 -
Unregistered - josh 04.05.2006 20:48 I would rather have the PS3 in pieces like the 360. I don't need wireless cause I don't have it and I could save my money on that. I don't really care about blu-Ray cause if it looses the format war then you have a player that is good for nothing. The 60Gig HDD is cool, but for some it could be something you could pay for later. Not saying the stuff isn't cool and all, but not everyone has the kind of money Sony is trying to squeeze out of people. I have a kid on the way, a wife, and I just bought a house. I can't pay $600 for a game console plus the outrageous price of games today. 45 -
PAUL CERULA 04.05.2006 20:48 xbug, first - ONLY FANBOYS USE TERMINOLOGY LIKE xflop, gaystation, or xbugs. - And squinty eyed computer geeks who don't have a girlfriend say Paulie. second - I didn't say the xbox 360 had an hd-dvd for 300$. I said hd-dvd players would be around that price of 300$. Also the 360's one may be around 200$ whenever they come out, but that's just a prediction. Atleast billgatessucks had the right idea in his post to just wait for official word. It's not like I'm 100% on my estimate months back of 600-700, this only solidifies that opinion. Just like the november launch everybody here denied but I supported, so will this be. it's time to stop fantasizing and start thinking fairly about each console, which most of you don't. and that's real... 46 -
$500-$700 for one console??why not 2 for the price of one?Unregistered - Sight_ 04.05.2006 21:24 Well, one thing for sure.I will buy PS3. But not this year. $500-$700!!!!!jeeezzzzz When PS3 hit the stores, X360 price will drop and by that time i´ll buy X360. Acording to past consoles,the price will get to $200 (more or less). The price will have to drop. Because in November PS3 will hit stores and X360 will make 1 year sincee it was launched. while I´ll enjoy X360 i don´t mind to wait a few more months for a price drop in PS3... 47 -
El precio es correctoUnregistered - wipy 04.05.2006 21:36 Considerando la gran cantidad de tecnologia que tiene incorporado: Blue-ray, 60 HDD, Cell(2 teraflops), RSX, Blue tooth, Conexion con PSP,Juegos en red gratis, Increibles juegos, El mejor soporte de desarrolladores, etc, etc,etc. Es un excelente compra. En cuanto a Xbox buen precio, pero necesitas incorporar Xbox live + HD DVD + juegos que puedo jugar en mi pc, ademas en una maquina menos poderosa. Mi decision ya esta tomada, PS3 para navidad 48 -
old school with a new twist 04.05.2006 22:02 PAUL CERULA is a FAGGOT 49 -
MAN IO FEEL BADTHAMMER1 04.06.2006 00:17 For months I have predicted this and now I feel bad. This price is going to hurt Sony, mainly because the average gamer is not an idiot. I can see they are betting on you being stupid enough to put up ½ to 1/8 of your average families monthly income for a game console yeah right I don’t love Sony that much. I have an xbox 360 and I have been gaming for years, I love what I see. The specs don’t matter between the two are damn near equal. not enough to where any one can make a real argument against the other. I have a 360 and I want a second console it may have to be the NINTENDO rev. Because Sony is smoking something if they believe I want to take the blue ray risk with them. If you want to get in the game with out some poor ass corp. getting into your pockets just to win a format war get a 360. The reason I feel bad is because I remeberwhen my old Super Nintendo got ate up by Sega. That sucked but you know what I got over it and so will you I hope. 50 -
factUnregistered - fact 04.06.2006 03:15 Its a fact that Sony never want to lose money on HW sales. Look at the price of the PSP. So I am not suprised at all with the 700 Euro price tag. I would even say that that may only include the machine with no HD and only one controller with limited cables. Some one stated the the games may retail for around 80 Euro (60-70 pounds) I think this will be the case as the manufacturing of the new blu-ray format is very expensive and requires very good quality control from the manufacturer. Plus I heard rumours that the blu-ray drives are very noisy and the reliablity of the first generation units are poor. New technology which fuses mechanics and optical electronics carrys a big risk.... 51 -
#50Truth 04.06.2006 05:17 I think the independant developers and websites, ESPECIALLY XBOX websites would be in an uproar in the drives were either excessively noisey or of poor quality. So don't think it rude if I don't believe you "rumors". In fact, the only thing that could be considered subpar about the Blu-Ray drives is their slightly low data transfer speeds at 2x speed. Which is understandable being a new format. It easily competes with HD-DVD drives at 4x and blows them away at anything above. And that's not what I pulled out of my ass or heard from a "rumor" site, it's cold hard facts by Toshiba on both of it's formats. Yes, Toshiba pretty much owns HD-DVD and Blu-Ray and it's not Sony controlling anyone. Toshiba wins no matter what so why lie? Sony is the one with everything to lose. 52 -
#51Unregistered - ddd 04.06.2006 05:30 Good point...MS are clever for siting on the fence and see what happens. DVD9 is 32X I think..wonder how this compares to bluray!!? I just get the feeling the sony are plugging the PS3 for two reasons.. -Get bluray off the ground. -User base for the Cell. I mean to me this looks like the semiconductor element is controlling the development of the PS3..surely that is wrong. The money cows should be making the PS3 good. It should be developed as a PS3 not as a money spinner for other technologys. Plus the 60GB harddrive is a must with the 2x drive...otherwise I think they get problems.. 53 -
Will You Use The Blu-Ray?Unregistered - GamerOnly 04.06.2006 05:32 just wondering how many people are going to use their PS3 for a movie player. i'm going to spend all of my free time playing, not watching movies. get real. are their people that will use this thing to watch movies? really? 54 -
yupUnregistered - goku 04.06.2006 05:55 sony and a lot of u guys keep saying its still gonna be good value but honestly suppose sony were to say 'hey, were thinking about making this games console, and thinking about putting a blu ray in it instead of dvd, what does that mean to you, well, its not gonna effect games quality but the consoles gonna cost about $150-200 more and the games maybe $10-15 more but you you do get to play high def movies, what do you think shall we do it? If we had a choice im sure most people would stick with dvd 55 -
Unregistered - wotter 04.06.2006 05:56 http://www.playfrance.com/news/ps3-271,4911,-Communique-Prix-de-la-PS3-Sony-dement.html "Paris, 5 April 2006 – After some news items have appeared on several web sites, Georges Fornay, Vice-President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe wants to clarify that he never announced a price for the PlayStation 3, which has not been announced as of yet. One of the questions by the journalist from radio station Europe 1 mentioned a price of 500 dollars for the PS3. Georges Fornay answered by comparing that with the price of the games consoles, which he placed well below 500 euros, and the price of Blu-ray players, regarding which the journalist had mentioned a price of 1,000 euros and more. Georges Fornay said the price would be within that price range, i.e. between "well below 500 euros" and "1,000 euros and more". This was a personal analysis as part of a wide reasoning and not a price announcement whatsoever." All people here are OWNED (lol, liked to say it). No official price was announced, so nothing to see here folks... 56 -
to xbox fansUnregistered - WhEeLz 04.06.2006 07:51 im not either an xbox or a ps3 fan, but when i played the so called "graw" i wasnt really impressed. So now im waiting on the ps3. And from the looks of it, i might be getting a ps3. 57 -
Ask yourself...Shadow Flare 04.06.2006 08:27 First of all id point out that these numbers arent official yet, i have a thing about only believing official news. But id also point out, would you rather pay 320 euros for an xbox 360 which doesnt have that many great games on it, is limited to the overall quality of games on it due to disc space issues and that wont really improve that much graphically over the years, or would you rather buy a ps3 which has the best titles on it, has masses of freedom of what games can contain in them, will graphically improve considerably once programmers understand how to use the cell to its full potential, will with time have an online system to compare and top xbox live and be able to use the psp to perform a lot of cool things in conjunction with the ps3? think also that the ps3 will not need to upgrade to a ps4 as fast as the xbox 360 will need to upgrade to a box 720 (or whatever that box will be called), because it is alot more advanced (graphics, physics, hd, everything) Cost of an Xbox 360: 320 euros Cost of a PlayStation 3: 499-599 euros The look on Bill Gates face when PlayStation mops the floor with it...priceless 58 -
# to all of youUnregistered - .................. 04.06.2006 08:32 STFU your all ass holes who need to get a life. NONE of you knows anything about the 360 or PS3. So stop talking crap you bunch of fags. #To above, so what if ghost reckon didnt impress you its still an awsome game! Neway everyone no's that this is still early days and its goin to take gmaes developers a year maybe 2 years to make games that will take advantage of each consoles full capabilities. So until then STFU you homo. To PS3 fanboys, you guys are the biggest ass holes on the net. You stupid fags are expecting this PS3 to be a God like games console with perfect games. But the reality is that its not goin to be what you idiots expected because the trust me the PS3 will have its problems im 100% sure of that and im 100% sure that the games will be no where near what you guys are hoping for. but you can all continue dreaming if thats what you want.... Just as long as you no the truth... P.S xbox fanboys just please STFU and stay of this site if all your going to do is take crap. its getting old now! 59 -
My bets on the ps3!Unregistered - 1 04.06.2006 09:14 I own a xbox 360 with 14 games,thats most of the games that are out for it,and im still not impressed with it! until MS comes out with some good games for it.My bets are on the ps3!,im not sayin xbox is crap or anything just hasnt got good games for it YET!. 60 -
#53...Unregistered - solo 04.06.2006 11:53 if you seriously plan on spending ALL of your free time playing the ps3, you REALLY need to get a life, bro... just saying... and i am really looking forward to watching movies in hd... could you imagine a movie like sin city in hd? fu<king wicked... 61 -
SCEA official word on this matterBillGatesSucks 04.06.2006 12:17 Here's a link to SCEA's official word on the matter of pricing as of April 5th. http://boardsus.playstation.com/playstation/board/message?board.id=ps3&message.id=318791 In short, it hasn't been set yet. 62 -
Unregistered - PS3 Fan 04.06.2006 14:07 #58 - PS3 games will hav been in development for about 18months come the Nov 06 launch,I bet the first wave of games on PS3 wipes the floor with those on the Xbox360. 63 -
xeon121 04.06.2006 14:55 goddamn $599 screw that i already have a 360 and was gonna get a ps3 but $599 screw that, they justify it being saying oh blu-ray is the greatest thing since bread came sliced, well mabay a few years down the line when software compainies and movie studios begin to support it but now it means jack, guess ill just get the revoulution instead 64 -
#58 is a f@gUnregistered - #58 is a f@g 04.06.2006 15:56 Get a life XBUGGER 65 -
waste of money Unregistered - enigma 04.06.2006 19:40 next gen consoles are rubish, they have nothing new to offer, just better graphics and higher prices. 66 -
Unregistered - Sam 04.06.2006 19:52 Notice How xbox 360 fan girls lie about the price of both HD-dvd and Blu-ray. Some of yall said Hd-dvd $300, WRONG. $500 or $499 cheapest Hd-dvd player. And this article said US pricing of PS3 would probably be at $499 to $599 so yes with a Blu-ray player that is very cheap. Stop running your mouths and give Sony time to offically Price the PS3. 67 -
Unregistered - Xtrm Liability 04.06.2006 22:22 Well I have to admit, there are some specs that the PS3 has better then the 360. On the other hand I believe the 360 does some things better then the PS3 (e.g., Online experience, higher bandwidth, more games and developer support [especially now], average consumer cost conscious, easily upgradeable, etc., etc.). I would buy a PS3 at $450 USD tops and I do pretty well with Money. Anything over that, forget about it. Consider I myself am a gamer and I don’t rely on mom and dad to buy my console. Add to the fact that most adult gamers can’t afford a console over $450 (plus games, accessories, HDTV, Internet, etc.). Do you think the average mom and dad are going to fork out anything over $450 for a console on their kids Birthday, Christmas, etc.? Hmmmmmm? Hmmmmm! The 360 hit the limit at $399 and Sony will lose a large percentage of the gaming market selling at $600 to $700..... A HUGE PERCENTAGE OF MARKET LOSS!!! Whether you want a PS3 or not the reality is this $600 to $700 price tag will be a major block wall or obstacle stopping PS3 fans and the majority of gamers dead in their tracks from buying a PS3... Thus in turn equivalates to less consumers, less Blu-ray players out there, less support from game devs looking to make a profit, less games for PS3, Hollywood turning to HD-DVD to make profit (just like Hollywood recently announced to DIS-CONTINUE making Mini disks for the PSP...Dooms Day!), Sony hits a major deficit, then eventually the PS3 fades away into Oblivion. Hahaha that’s sounds a little harsh but nevertheless, a likely possibility all repercussions from an outrageous price point for a console. A video game console people. 68 -
To #67Unregistered - J. 04.07.2006 15:24 First thing first, Sony has not announced a price yet. The article that all these comments are based on was shot down by Sony itself (as revealed by an earlier post and the new update). You are saying the PS3 will cost $600-$700 US dollars right? Even if you are basing your comment on the original article, you are not taking into consideration the price difference of European hardware launch prices compared to US hardware launch prices, as pointed out in said article. And if you truly are an "adult" gamer, I don't understand how an extra 50 to 100 dollars could be the breaking point when you obviously have already spent $399+ to buy the 360? Can most adults afford to spend 499-599 on a gaming console...yeah, I think they can. I know a couple highschool graduates that work part-time and go to school part-time, that live on their own, and still are able to save up to buy high-end computer components. I know parents that don't make much more than the average income that spend $400 on their kid's bicycle. Granted, I'm not sure if I were in the same financial situation as the aforementioned people were, I myself could justify spending that much on a gaming console...but hey, that's why hundreds of millions of people are living in debt. And then there are those people, like myself, an "adult" gamer, that can actually afford it without having to try to predict what my gas/electric bill is gonna be for the upcoming months. It's good to be in control of my life and to have money to boot. 69 -
Price...who cares????Unregistered - Atari Kid 73 04.07.2006 16:23 Ok so I dont know why this is the one I finally post on but here it goes. Almost everyone on here seems to have lost track what gaming is about. Im not going to preach to anyone here or anything like that but isnt gaming supposed to be about enjoyment??? This whole MS vs Sony b.s. that I read on here is really getting lame. I grew up playing the Comodore 64 and the Atari....and we loved the games...and never complained about graphics...we just played and were stoked that we could do so.....I'll admit I have fallen into the graphics only thing from time to time as well....but c'mon....let's get real here. The bottom line is this....I will buy the Sony PS3....why? Well because this is the platform I have grown to love. I have invested $$$$ in the PS1 and PS2 games and it only makes sense to get a machine that can still play some or most of those formats. Secondly...I just like what Sony brings to the table in gaming. Sure MS has some cool stuff out there...thats great too. Is the PS3 going to kill on the 360? Maybe...I guess on paper it probably should a little bit.... Is the 360 a crap machine? From what I have seen it looks alot better than the Xbox and the PS2...so I would say it IS a NextGen machine. Would I be happy with that machine back in 1983??? Hell yeah I would...and I would probably be happy with it today.... But I will hold out and get the PS3...no matter what price!!!!! I could care less about price really....because I have hope that the machine is gonna really kill....and even if it is only par with the 360....who cares....graphics and gameplay are sure a hell of alot better than Pong. lol So all you MS lovers....go bang on a site that deals with your machine and let us have our glory on this site.... I guess we will all know sooner or later who's machine is better....lol... but all this speculation is really just stupid if you ask me.... 70 -
69#Shadow Flare 04.07.2006 18:02 good comment. you reminded me of when i grew up with my megadrive and graphics were never an issue then, i just loved playin games like sonic 3 and thunder force iv because even though the technology back then was lame, the games were so cool and i still like them today. Thats why i like playstation because the games that were brought out on the psone were so amazing that it made a lasting impression on me to stay with playstation. xbox has never really done that for me except for halo which is a good game. PlayStation 3 still has games from the series i loved, like metal gear solid, gran turismo and final fantasy (especially 7, when they remake it for the ps3). So i dont care what price the ps3 is. i got till november to save up for crying out loud and i know that with the quality and choice of games the ps3 will provide, i will never tire of them 71 -
VISIONUnregistered - Tim 04.08.2006 18:01 Cant wait till granturismo comes out and when it doesnothing is gona stop me from buying a ps3 yep not even the price.ONE more thing i will never own a 360 even if it was free lol.even halo fialed to impress me.Games like mortal kombat should not be avialabe for the piece off crap.xbox fans stick that in your blunt and smoke it . 72 -
Whatever happened to the PSXUnregistered - smokeNchill 04.09.2006 00:51 I was all pumped a couple of years ago for the PSX, that sounded like it would be cool to have, I went the Xbox route instead of PS2, big mistake, and the PSX would make up for that with a machine that seemed superior in a lot of ways to the ps2, but sony decided to wait for the ps3 to launch a new system, thats 2 more years of waiting, sony should have been more on the ball and released at least this spring, if not last fall. Sony still has the best developers in their pocket, and everyone knows good games make a system (I wonder if Xbox would have sold 1/2 as many without halo) , which is why I will still wait, but if sony doesn't deliver, I will never ever buy anything sony again. 73 -
hellUnregistered - cool 04.09.2006 04:25 the wraith are coming and sony can,t stop them mabye microsoft can 74 -
M$ buying $onyUnregistered - SomethingElseToPeeMeOff 04.10.2006 06:48 http://www.bonafidereviews.com/article.php?id=148 75 -
Wasssup u guysUnregistered - Devil Man 04.11.2006 22:59 hey have u guys haerd anything about devil may cry 4? 76 -
# 67 im with uUnregistered - Jay 04.12.2006 19:14 # 67 I agree with u, the system would be perfect around $400-450 no more than $500 when it first comes out because u still have to buy games, more controllers, and accessories to carry your system around. The total of a ps3 + game w/ (a little tax added)--starting at $450-- will = $520-30 something+ a 2nd controller cause u cant use a ps2 one= i guess $30+ w/ (tax)= $550-60 Will it even include a game lmao like the n64 did and 2 controllers (i think a game came with 2 controllers ? unsure((but now for fact 2 controllers came 1.purple and 2.grey lmao becase i bought that 1)). Sony should get a lot of profit off the accessories to make up for everything because games right now are about $60 dollars with tax and stuff and thats almost 2 expensive, you cant even get 2 (new)games for under $100.00 dollars. I got to run and cant finish this post, but u can add cant u? Add Comment |
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