PlayStation3 Delayed

[The Kraig]

lol Ken fails at life!

Uh... what?

Isn't PlayStation3 region free I thought, Kraigy?

[Benji]

lol Ken fails at life!

Uh... what?

Isn't PlayStation3 region free I thought, Kraigy?

Then why is there a delay in Europe? People will just import.

Well, I'm not doing well today

[Buford Ripley]

lol Ken fails at life!

Uh... what?

Isn't PlayStation3 region free I thought, Kraigy?

[thatshortguy]

And North American PS3 fans get a kick in the pants, too.

[Pepsi Punk]

And North American PS3 fans get a kick in the pants, too.

[thatshortguy]

That's the common sense approach, but most fans won't see it as such. Sony's attempting to imitate the PS2 craze of a while back, but it just strikes me as yet another piece of bad press for the PS3.

[Guest JT179]

The Wii's price tag alone sets it above the other two systems for most people anyway. This setback for Sony just seems to be the latest in a serious of screw up's this company has been making ever since they announced the price tag for this thing at E3. I mean really, who would pay that crazy price tag for the PS3 when they could just as easily get the Wii for half that?

[-A-]

Try a quarter of the price...

[Benji]

Hardly suprisingly, Sony's stocks have taken a nice dive, not hugely significant, but it's a fair hit.

[Scott McFly]

Wow, things just go from bad to worse. If Nintendo are smart, they'll do the right things to take advantage of the situation.

[Benji]

Wow, things just go from bad to worse. If Nintendo are smart, they'll do the right things to take advantage of the situation.

Agreed, I'd say a nice hard european advertising campaign would pay off heavilly right about now.

[Dan]

Benji, stop being a fanboy for..10 minutes?

The Wii has all the powers of an xbox/ps2. If I'm not wrong, I remember a nintendo rep saying that it's more like an xbox than 360.

The only people that can't wait are cheap parents and fanboys.

I'm all for sony, but they've fucked up here, hopefully it'll mean a pricedrop at release though.

[Buford Ripley]

Benji, stop being a fanboy for..10 minutes?

The Wii has all the powers of an xbox/ps2. If I'm not wrong, I remember a nintendo rep saying that it's more like an xbox than 360.

The only people that can't wait are cheap parents and fanboys.

I'm all for sony, but they've fucked up here, hopefully it'll mean a pricedrop at release though.

[Dan]

Yeah. Fuck them >_>

Looks like I'm buying a new PC or a HDTV with the cash instead.

[stokeriño]

I figured that rather creating ANOTHER topic, I'd just scroll down the front page and use the first PS3 topic I came across to post this in:

Sony cuts price of PlayStation 3

By Jonathan Fildes

Technology reporter, BBC News website, in Tokyo

Sony is to cut the Japanese cost of its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console by 20%, the consumer electronics giant announced in Tokyo on Friday.

The price cut is aimed at boosting the launch of the machine and making it more competitive with the Xbox 360.

The price for the North American and European launch will stay the same.

The surprise move will see the 20 gigabyte version of the PS3 sell for 49,980 yen ($430) when it goes on sale on 11 November in Japan.

No changes to the price of the higher end model - 60GB version - or European and US prices were announced.

Full Article (BBC.co.uk)

Well...fuck you too.

[Kaney]

$430? Thats something like £200? That can't be right. If it is, then the PS3 isn't anywhere near as costly as I thought it'd be.

Oh wait, thats the basic package? Apparently the larger version will be $600, which is roughly £300, which isn't that far off what I paid for my 360 anyway. Assuming I haven't misread something, this is pretty good news, as far as I'm concerned.

[Benji]

I figured that rather creating ANOTHER topic, I'd just scroll down the front page and use the first PS3 topic I came across to post this in:

Heeeey, there are smart people in this forum!

[TMM]

$430? Thats something like £200? That can't be right. If it is, then the PS3 isn't anywhere near as costly as I thought it'd be.

Oh wait, thats the basic package? Apparently the larger version will be $600, which is roughly £300, which isn't that far off what I paid for my 360 anyway. Assuming I haven't misread something, this is pretty good news, as far as I'm concerned.

Sony cuts price of PlayStation 3

By Jonathan Fildes

Technology reporter, BBC News website, in Tokyo

Sony is to cut the Japanese cost of its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console by 20%, the consumer electronics giant announced in Tokyo on Friday.

The price for the North American and European launch will stay the same.

[Kaney]

Too early in the morning for me >_<

[stokeriño]

I knew I should have bolded that bit, but I thought "no, it's only a few lines and people are quite capable of reading". Kaney once again proves me wrong. >_>