Playstation 3: Hardware Info and Price

So basically a Xbox360 and Wii for a PS3? Yea...

Certainly "affordable", but no way in hell would I spend that much money on a single console. What is this, the return of Neo Geo and 3DO??

€499 ~ $630 USD
€599 ~ $760 USD

 

Anti-Sony crusader launches personal attacks within first 10 posts during E3 week. What a shocker!

 

If you take it optimistically it's the flagpole to see how people react to it and Sony adjusts the price later...

 

ladies and gentlemen...
remember that, in the end, it wont just be the price-tag which will discourage gamers from choosing one system over the other...it will the the games-or lack thereof. MS can nip at their retail-price all they want...if the kid wants MGS4 or the next Final Fatnasy, the the 360 cant offer him that, no matter how small that number may be on the price-tag

In the end, the games will always sell the consoles

 

Most people understand that a 4-cylinder Camry is going to be less expesive than a 6-cylinder Accord and vice versa.

But, on the other hand, $500-$600 is significant. It's the price of many people's rent. Sure, the hardcore will probably eat the price, but parents who want to buy their child a Christmas present will have sticker shock when they see this.

This next generation will be very interesting. We'll have basically 3 tiers of consoles. Wii at the low end, 360 in the middle, and the PS3 at the high end. It's significant because the success or failiure of any of these consoles may determine how the companies view their use of technology in future iterations.

 

whoa. thats alot of cash. im looking at close to 800 dollar purchase (console + Game + excontroller + tax)

and to thoughs saying that isnt much probably dont have bills. i mean i make 42 hour as a RN/MT but after food, card bills, wife, kids, utility,house, and school payments, insurance and other.its down to 5 bucks an hour. so in 160 hr of work later ill have a ps3

but you had people paying 1k for xbox 360 at launch.

cant wait to see actual game play though.

 

I think MS and Nintendo can take this.

 

I kind of skipped over the posts about the size and weight.

It's 11 pounds.

Holy cow!

 

Overall, I'm kinda happy with the configuration. The spec that was announced for E3'05 was for purely bullet points. 3 Giga ethernet ports? SD/Memory slots? I rather have Sony focus on delivering on a great gaming machine at its core. And provide the other functionality as add-ons. So it's nice to see Sony getting it's head out of the clouds and coming back to gamers' interests.

Price wise, not too shabby -- you're getting a lot of stuff for that price. But I would have gone with one SKU and bunch of add-ons (wifi, memory slots, etc). On the other hand, I guess that's why they have the 20G version. Excuse my brain fart...

Hmmm....playing games without rumble function, now that's just wrong. I'm not sure I would trade rumblle function for tilt sensor on a controller like DS. I can see how it would work on Wii's controller, but on a DS like controller? That's just plain wrong.

 

By going with BluRay only games, I think Sony forced themselves into bundling a HD. Load times would be too long over 2x BluRay.

I wonder how long games will take to install on PS3?

 

Parents have been buying their young children iPods the past couple of Christmases. Fragile, small, easily lost, expensive.

This 11-pound digital media hub offers more features than most kids will take advantage of.

Come to think of it, those 10-year olds with 30-GB iPods probably only had a dozen songs on them.

Yeah I can see parents buying the X360, Wii or even iPods as substitutes for the PS3 if they can't get them or they put their foot down.

 

Sony had this generation on a platter, but with that price...

I guess they're just really interested in seeing just how strong their brand really is...

At any rate, things are a lot more interesting now than they were yesterday.

And yea... they're announcing the price now so you can go ahead and get over it/save up (kind of like Nintendo dropping the "wii" bomb).

 

What. So they're raping the Europeans and subsidizing the Americans?

 

The weight doesn't bother me--it's not like I walk around with it--but the size of it is concerning me, especially given it's odd shape.

 

With all those features packed in...Sony is "forced" to make $499/$599 price point...they are already projecting massive losses even with those price point so go figure lol...
Price seems expensive, but is tremendous value also...so that is why there are mixed reactions with price even with seemingly ridiculous pricing.

 

Well, iPods still fall within that sweet spot--the $200-$300 dollar range. There may be more expensive iPods available, but AFAIK, the most popular is the ~$200 nano.

 

Now now leave others out of this. Its not polite

Indeed its very pricey and you are right for waiting if these are the games you are interested in. It would be stupid to pay 500 or 600 now just to wait 1 or 2 years more until you get the game you are interested in when the console will be much much cheaper

But some may actually be attracted to its launch games too. Perhaps they will see enough value in these to get it while others will see it as a complete waste of money

Its the same thing with the 360 really. Some didnt feel like buying a 360 from day one. Some are waiting for the real games to emerge to get it wicne it will be cheaper by then too (Halo3? Ninja Gaiden2 anyone?)

If the graphics will be near identical in almost all offerings then what you say will happen unless people care more about the PS3 exclusives than just graphics.
GC was cheaper than XBOX and PS2 and was more powerful than the PS2 but still people prefered XBOX and PS2. So things arent that easy to predict

I think this will be easier to judge when MS shows their games. if MS is on par with the PS3 and has enough exclusives then what you said will happen for sure.

Now all we have to do is wait

 

500-600$ more tax.

Dont know if I should laugh or cry.