J.allard is a bastard for saying that then.
However we have higher taxes/and hostile trade imports from USA here in europe.
But seeing how MS wants to win you could assume they would pay for that diffrence,ofc SONY never cared either for that.

what a load of shit as if, sony have reli cocked up bigtime if thats true, its r8 though av preorderd me 60gb ps3 today so a dnt give one. but still asif

Ohh and also av erd that ps3 games could cost £60 a mean OMFG wot do they think we are rich

ORIGINAL: Joe_1110

what a load of shit as if, sony have reli cocked up bigtime if thats true, its r8 though av preorderd me 60gb ps3 today so a dnt give one. but still asif

Ohh and also av erd that ps3 games could cost £60 a mean OMFG wot do they think we are rich

What are you saying?

Seriously, you' re harder to understand than SABREWOLF.

I work in Gamestation in the UK and the premium pachage will be £425.

We don' t have a price for the cheaper unit because it may not be released here.

The prices are NOT universal, you can' t just convert it from another countries price. The UK always has a different price to Europe and the US whereas the EU price usually mirrors the US price.

It costs more in the UK.

This is a stupid rumor passing around the net.

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/05/14/clearing-up-some-ps3-confusion/

the controller isnt what is pushing up the price.

ORIGINAL: Joe_1110

what a load of shit as if, sony have reli cocked up bigtime if thats true, its r8 though av preorderd me 60gb ps3 today so a dnt give one. but still asif

WOW...

Ok, I' ll take a shot at it....

" What a load of shit. As if (valley-girl colloquialism) Sony has made a serious error if this is true. It' s alright though (because) I preordered my own 60gb ps3 today. But still, as if."

Joystiq fucking sucks. It' s a bloody blog!

It wouldn' t suprise me one bit if it was true. It would go well with all the other stupid fucking mistakes Sony are making.



On a side note, Monster Hunter Freedom (PSP) absolutely rules!

did you look at the .doc?

Joystiq rocks, I dont know what YOUR takin about.

Yeah i looked at the press release as i noted earlier. It still wouldn' t suprise me though.

Joystiq blows!

its not jsut the games industry that weighs heavy in the uk, not only are we a service-heavy based country now, where as if we were manufacturing based our import / exports would balance better, but its not.

Also, having spent half a million quid on IT in the past few years in previous jobs I can tell you it has ALWAYS been $1 = £1, regardless of exchange rate.

car stereos for example...

If we exclude the fact that the US get fobbed off with tuners that dont do RDS or DAB, and have the wrong tuner spacing (so less chanels etc..)

a JVC AVX2 Headunit in this country costs £450, in the states it costs $450 dollars.
My dilemma is how much is RDS lacking adn a stupid sirius satellite logo being there instead really worth!

This is the same for TVs, White goods etc..etc..


it sucks and makes me buy US / Jap whenever I can to save pennies..

Now the chinese are getting involved things are going to get even weirder!

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Prices are really bad in Canada since were now getting almost 90 cents on the usd, but prices haven' t been adjusted. I think the ps3 premium pack is said to be 750$ cnd, FUCK! Screw ps3, I' ll just invest in a high end pc instead:

Window Vista (direct X10)
AMD 2X 4400+ (overclocked)
2gb ram
250 gb HDD
next gen gpu (Ati R600)
Physics Proccessor
Xi Fi sound card

my pc>ps3

SEAsia prices generally adopt the US price with exchange rate. Premium package for the Xbox 360 is at $660 currently; but Xbox games and certain Xbox parts are made in Singapore, so the price might be lessened from what it could be if it was directly imported. The Xbox itself is formated to the NTSC-J format for SEAsia, but becaues NTSC-J games with English versions are made in Singapore directly, we can play English games that ordinarily are Japanese

PS2' s are currently straight from Japan; so there are no English PS2 games in Singapore/SEAsia [:' (]

Importing from the US would mean about $800 for the 20 GB package, and close to a thousand for the high-end package. This is disregarding the initial launch inflation (if any). Games would also cost approximately $90-$120, I' m unsure whether a Blu-Ray format game disc would have how much a higher pricetag.

Importing the Japanese version...I' m not sure. What was the Japanese pricetag again?

The japanese have' nt a fixed price tag they' ve left it down to retailers....what I would like to know is why only in japan?.....

Because most of their console will be there and they know japanese people wont buy the core package.

Sorry if you knew that this post was Bullshit already , but just in case :

" Both queries to my knowledge are completely false," a spokesperson told GI.biz.

" Both configurations will support bluetooth PS3 controllers. The only non-upgradeable feature of the 20GB configuration will be the HDMI output."

Yeah it seems that way, but the 2nd quote is a lie. The 20Gb version doesn' t come with mamory card duo slots either...

Maybe there is a way to upgrade it anyway... for like $50/£49.99 - Sony, well they wouldn' t surprise me...

Infact knowing sony, prob the 20gb version would have bt, but support only 2 controllers, you need a sony branded ps3 multi-tap for 3/4 player gaming.

Not that i ever need more than 2 controllers - not a big fan of multiplayer games.

Not a big fan of multiplayer games? You mean you never were exposed to the joys of playing Contra with a pal? Or any coop game? Whoa, that is pretty bad. Hopefully you get some games that truly show off how good multiplayer can be in the future.

Well, it is a little reassuring that both configs get wireless compatability, but I still don' t like the $499 package. I need HDMI out so that when it does become the norm, I have it all ready to go.

vdig, I used to enjoy multi-player, but it lost it' s appeal to me in most games.

Sure i' ve played co-op contra, streets of rage, street fighter, smash tv, halo, and many others, but as games are moving to multi player online experiences, I tend to be moving towards immersive single player games, (or where i get to hack something into pieces and get covered in blood ((anyone played Berserk on PS2 [or dreamcast]?)) )

The last time I played a multi-player game was... actually a couple weeks ago, going through Streets of rage 1 and 2 again... Those were the days..... But been playing my saturn more than anything else lately - I think it' d rank up there as my favourite console, with mega drive second. Saturn era, for me, absolutely rocked (And I loved defending it against playstation fanboys)

EDIT: Just to comment on the topic, I do have an HDMI TV, so I will be getting the full version, but i doubt it' ll be this year, money, and launch machine tend to be risky investments. I don' t want to risk it too much.