New 80GB PS3 SKU coming June (MGS4/DS3 bundle)

Archgamer said:
http://kotaku.com/361696/europe-gets-two-ps3-bundles-neither-of-them-for-mgs4

Looks like Europe will not get a MGS4 bundle. Instead it will be given two different kinds of bundle.

Movie Bundle
Avaliable March 19
40 gig PS3 with Casino Royale, Spiderman 3 and 300
Sixaxis
€399

GT5 Prologue Bundle
Avaliable March 28
40 gig PS3 with GT5: Prologue
Sixaxis
€399

I don't understand the Sixaxis controllers.
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Pretty nice bundles, price is sweet. I'll probably bite for the Movie Bundle, although I already have 300 on HD-DVD.
 
Sans DS3 though. Which is unsurprising. If an international megacorporation has old stock lying round, they can always dump it thoughtlessly on the EU...
 
Shifty Geezer said:
Sans DS3 though. Which is unsurprising. If an international megacorporation has old stock lying round, they can always dump it thoughtlessly on the EU...
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Sony may very well keep the sixaxis in the 40 GB pack for quite a while and bundle the dualshock with a premium version with larger HDD in the same way as done in the US. It will help make price differentiation easier if you have several tangeble differencies to point at.

Consumers may value Rumble, extra HDD space, BC and cardreader as a much as 100-150€, while the extra BOM may not even reach 40€.

Maybe a new SKU will show up here as well before the release of MGS4.
 
I'm pretty sure they just consider haptic rumbling too advanced a gaming concept for our simpler European counterparts... ;) They might get scared of its' magic and start an Inquisition!
 
Crossbar said:
Sony may very well keep the sixaxis in the 40 GB pack for quite a while and bundle the dualshock with a premium version with larger HDD in the same way as done in the US. It will help make price differentiation easier if you have several tangeble differencies to point at.

Consumers may value Rumble, extra HDD space, BC and cardreader as a much as 100-150€, while the extra BOM may not even reach 40€.

Maybe a new SKU will show up here as well before the release of MGS4.
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The "high end" PS3 available in the States isn't available here at all... it's 40gb or bust. It's funny because the 60gb PS3's with software BC are selling for at or greater than their original RRP of $999 over here on Ebay and forum trades. As mentioned earlier, with our exchange rate where it is, that's USD$920 for a second hand PS3 with software BC! (I know it's not fully software! But it's different from the purely hardware BC of the original US launch)

Surely someone at Sony is seeing the demand and not getting that the region-based SKU's are not aimed at what customers really want over here. It's just creating "region envy".

Funny, too, because I can import the white 40gb PS3 for $AUD450 or so from Hong Kong - at least until PlayAsia get Lik-Sang'ed. I am going on holiday to Singapore in a few months, so I just might pick up a cheapie over there given our strong dollar isn't being rewarded.

(And I also feel the same way about MS and "points"... $USD10 for 800 points != $AUD16.50 - adjust your currencies you jerks!)
 
Shifty Geezer said:
Sans DS3 though. Which is unsurprising. If an international megacorporation has old stock lying round, they can always dump it thoughtlessly on the EU...
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I don't think this will change until EU consumers demonstrate that they will take their money elsewhere when they are shown such little regard. You can't really complain when you (not you personally) allow companies to profit by screwing you over.
 
Where is Sony on the die shrink/integration road map?

Maybe they will shrink the form factor if they can reduce the power/heat envelope, just as they were able to do with the PS2 slim when they integrated the EE and GS.
 
In April 2008 the mass production of the 45nm Cell is targeted to begin.
In December 2008 the RSX is also supposed to enter 45nm production.

In April 2009 PlayStation 3 games that benefit from SDK 3.0 should become the norm.
(Eighteen months after the official October 19th, 2007 launch. Runtime 2.1 was April 2007.)

By July 2009 I would not be surprised if a single 45nm Cell+RSX chip went into production.
 
mrcorbo said:
I don't think this will change until EU consumers demonstrate that they will take their money elsewhere.
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elsewhere where? When every company does it, you can't choose to buy the products from alternatives who show more Euro-respect! The only fix is a total boycott of all international companies products...
 
Shifty Geezer said:
elsewhere where? When every company does it, you can't choose to buy the products from alternatives who show more Euro-respect! The only fix is a total boycott of all international companies products...
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Actually, I think Microsoft has been treating EU customers pretty well this generation, unlike both Sony and Nintendo. Most releases (at least all big ones) are here day 1 or at most one week after (which renders Nintendo's translation/legislation excuses null and void), the console shipped in EU in the same timespan as in US and Japan... Too bad they screwed up royally on marketing, which means the average consumer is not aware of the many things they did right...

The worst offender toward PAL land is by far Nintendo, though : the software calendar by NoE is simply atrocious (although we at least get Mario Kart before the US, we still don't have a firm date for Smash), and they already blocked the Wii/GC Freeloader (which allowed you to play import GC games on a PAL Wii) from working with a firmware update. There's a new Freeloader coming (that will also play import Wii games), but I'm a bit reluctant to get it if this means my Wii imports could be made unplayable after a firmware update...

Sorry for derailing the thread. :???:
 
Corwin_B said:
Actually, I think Microsoft has been treating EU customers pretty well this generation, unlike both Sony and Nintendo. Most releases (at least all big ones) are here day 1 or at most one week after (which renders Nintendo's translation/legislation excuses null and void), the console shipped in EU in the same timespan as in US and Japan... Too bad they screwed up royally on marketing, which means the average consumer is not aware of the many things they did right...
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They also said they wouldn't launch hardware worldwide again, and haven't launched many of their services at the same time, and even exclude a number of EU countries from even going online. EU is treated poorly. It won't change. There's no way we can influence any change. All we can do it grumble! ;)
 
Everything Except bundled MGS should be there by June.
The MGS bundle is currently only America bound.

Europe is getting two other Bundles.
Gran Turismo Bundle & 3 Movie Blu-ray Bundle (Spiderman, 300, James Bond)

If Australia is a PAL region then the European Bundle will be more likely.
 
Just came home with a brand new PS3 Movie Pack. I got a pretty neat deal from my supermarket, which shaved the price by nearly 50€. Also, Sony is currently running a promotion where they reimburse you 50€ if you buy 5 Blu-Rays from a variety of studios and a PS3 before the end of April (or 100€ if you buy 10 BDs and a standalone BD player or a new Vaio).
 
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