PS3 = $399.99 ?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009VXAM0/104-1569298-8058335

It' s the news you' ve all been waiting for! Sony' s long-awaited new console, the PlayStation 3, is now confirmed to ship November 17 of this year in two flavors. The core model will retail for $399 and contain a 20GB upgradeable hard drive, Blu-ray drive, HDMI port for high definition visuals, and Bluetooth wireless controllers. The premium model will retail for $499 and in addition to the features of the core model contains flash card readers, WiFi wireless networking, and silver exterior trim.

R.I.P. XBOX360

We hardly knew ye.

Wow, I see nothing on the " premium" version that would make me want it at all. Wasn' t it supposed to have a bigger hard drive?

I' ll get a PS3 in early 2007. I have to wait for some good games to come out first. It has a very Xbox360-looking launch lineup.

The PS3 will only be packaged with composite AV cables. Fortunately I already have component cables for my PS2. They' ll work. Fa sho.

And just like that, the XBox 360 breathes another breath....

It' s the news you' ve all been waiting for! Sony' s long-awaited new console, the PlayStation 3, is now confirmed to ship November 17 of this year in two flavors. The core model will retail for $499 and contain a 20GB upgradeable hard drive, Blu-ray drive, HDMI port for high definition visuals, and Bluetooth wireless controllers. The premium model will retail for $599 and in addition to the features of the core model contains flash card readers, WiFi wireless networking, and silver exterior trim.

Typographical error or did Sony tell Amazon to wait a minute on such a huge announcement?

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

Wow, I see nothing on the " premium" version that would make me want it at all. Wasn' t it supposed to have a bigger hard drive?

I' ll get a PS3 in early 2007. I have to wait for some good games to come out first. It has a very Xbox360-looking launch lineup.

The PS3 will only be packaged with composite AV cables. Fortunately I already have component cables for my PS2. They' ll work. Fa sho.

Well Microsoft sells their wireless adaptor for $99.99, and the " premium" PS3 includes one, as well as 40GB more of HDD.

I prefer wired internet vs wireless. I have a switch by my game systems anyway. $99 to take a USB port and convert it to wireless is insane, though.

Also, it looks like those prices were a typo. They have since fixed them to $499 and $599. My dreams have died. :(

Yeah, it was fixed...

It' s the news you' ve all been waiting for! Sony' s long-awaited new console, the PlayStation 3, is now confirmed to ship November 17 of this year in two flavors. The core model will retail for $499 and contain a 20GB upgradeable hard drive, Blu-ray drive, HDMI port for high definition visuals, and Bluetooth wireless controllers. The premium model will retail for $599 and in addition to the features of the core model contains flash card readers, WiFi wireless networking, and silver exterior trim. The big question now is " So when can I pre-order it?" We aren' t currently taking pre-orders, but click here to receive an email alert when they become available. In the meantime, keep checking back here for more information on the PlayStation 3 console, games, accessories, and more!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

And Rampage gets the award for copying my EXACT same post that nobody else seems to have read

R.I.P. XBOX360

We hardly knew ye.

It' s really about the games, and since most PS3 games the same as




Then the 360 will be fine, sure there are loads of fanbois who say that the PS3 Roxxors, but Sony still has to prove it. Only games worth glancing at right now are MGS and Resistance.

IF sony were forced to drop the launch price of the cheaper ps3 to US$400 then it would be R.I.P. sony, not microsoft. That would mean they would lose an estimated US$400 per console sold, instead od US$300. That means they would be paying for half the console out of there own pocket - thats not good business, especially when you are not guaranteed market dominance, are late to the ' party' and have the lowest install base of all three next gen consoles. I' m also sure a further drop in price will piss off all the investors who are already worries about the ps3.

Who is this Tom Strickland fella who keeps posting? I' m gonna have to read one of his posts sometime.

D' oh!

XBL Gamertag: Rampage99

" Basically, pollute the air all you want, your just speeding up the inevitable. Our future generations are f*cked as it is and there' s really nothing we can do about it. Have a nice day "

**Watches as Evil Man' s shiny star gets blown out of the sky by a typo error**

Well, at least Sony got the intended effect they were looking for, and that was the first jolly person to take the news and spread it as if it was real..

YAY! Go Sony! Your never ending efforts at creating starborn idiots never fails
to amuse me!

There are two rules to success:

1. Never tell all you know.

You know I might have considered buying one at $399. Shame...

I definately would have picked one up for $399.99

i might have considered at $200

nope,still 800-930 in europe!

fukk sony!


lets hope they fuck up this year.'
Those who doesnt hope that are retarded sony fanboys or ignorant americans.

if they skip europe they can fuck thsemlf.


Long live majik the sniper camper.

Even if you break 2 legs from a crab it still runs!
What you gotta do is find its weak spot and do massive damage at it.

ORIGINAL: Tiz

**Watches as Evil Man' s shiny star gets blown out of the sky by a typo error**

I knew it was a mistake, I wanted to see the xbox fagboys get their panties up in a bunch (quez, etc).

You know you fuckers are scared to shit that sony releases PS3 for $399.99, it would kill your already half-dead piece of crap you call a " console" .

If they relesed a 399.99 PS3 it would kill Sony not MS. Microsoft said they would make another after 360 regardless of the outcome this/next gen and they have to pockets to do so, Sony on the other hand would be severely fucked if they lose money with PS3.

Personally though I would have liked to see it so low, I might even consider buying one.

I knew it was a mistake

Why don' t you just rephrase that as " I know I made a mistake" and show some class?

Edit: I guarantee we won' t ever see the PS3 and the 360 retailing for the same price. Price drops will happen as close to simultaneously as possible.

ORIGINAL: Zoy

I knew it was a mistake

Why don' t you just rephrase that as " I know I made a mistake" and show some class?

Maybe because I already put $600 down on it at gamestop and already knew the price?

This is what I' m talking about. I love the xbox fanboys going apeshit over their system' s inevitable demise. I' m sorry I scared you like that Zoy, you would kill yourself over that shit.

Xbox fanboys crack me up every time.

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

If they relesed a 399.99 PS3 it would kill Sony not MS. Microsoft said they would make another after 360 regardless of the outcome this/next gen and they have to pockets to do so, Sony on the other hand would be severely fucked if they lose money with PS3.

Personally though I would have liked to see it so low, I might even consider buying one.

And? What does it matter what they release next gen? The next 5 years will be pure sony domination with PS3. I will enjoy posting charts and articles of how PS3 rapes Xbox360 in every department for the next 5 years.

Actually, I suspect by next year most of you will realize you' re retarded and make ammends by going with PS3, so maybe that won' t be necessary.

Most of us are getting a PS3 anyways, some of us prefer 360 or Wii. I don' t know why that bothers you so much.

It bothers me that you are blind rabid fanboys.

Evil Man, if you can, find any quote from me which amounts to X360 fanboyism. I' m simply saying that since the 360 is starting off as less expensive than the PS3, it' s going to stay that way every time the PS3 price drops.

I can hardly be called a fanboy for the 360... there aren' t really any games coming out for it this year that I' m excited about.

In truth, I hope all the consoles end up with roughly equal market share. That will be better for all gamers in the long run as it will force the manufacturers and developers to always put their best effort into what they release since no single manufacturer will have any laurels to rest on.

Edit: Actually, thinking about it further, I think it would be ideal if the Wii was the market leader, as that would create additional pressure for price drops for the 360 and PS3.

Wii becoming the market leader is about as likely as you growing a brain.

At least you growing a brain isn' t as difficult as getting someone to read my posts!!!

we' re reading...

Wii becoming the market leader is about as likely as you growing a brain.

This type of response is a perfect example of why no one on this forum actually believes you' re an adult.

To reiterate, I was saying that it would be ideal for the lowest-priced console, which happens to be the Wii, to be the market leader simply because it would create pressure for the other manufacturers to lower their prices sooner. Obviously I was not actually predicting that the Wii will be the top-seller.

Furthermore, you' re here accusing everyone else of being a fanboy whilst simultaneously announcing things like

The next 5 years will be pure sony domination with PS3. I will enjoy posting charts and articles of how PS3 rapes Xbox360 in every department for the next 5 years.

This type of contradiction only makes sense if we presume that you are being satirical.

(Confidential to Evil Man: look up ' satire.' )

ORIGINAL: Zoy
This type of response is a perfect example of why no one on this forum actually believes you' re an adult.

I' m one of three actual adults on this forum.

To reiterate, I was saying that it would be ideal for the lowest-priced console, which happens to be the Wii, to be the market leader simply because it would create pressure for the other manufacturers to lower their prices sooner. Obviously I was not actually predicting that the Wii will be the top-seller.

And to reiterate, I was pretty much saying that Wii will be the market leader the day you can beat a toddler' s IQ level. I' m implying that you are stupid, perhaps you didn' t notice?

Furthermore, you' re here accusing everyone else of being a fanboy whilst simultaneously announcing things like

The next 5 years will be pure sony domination with PS3. I will enjoy posting charts and articles of how PS3 rapes Xbox360 in every department for the next 5 years.

This is a gaming forum and I am free to post any facts regarding the topic, the PS3 will dominate X360, I will be sure to report the news as it happens, just so everyone is informed.

Furthermore, I am not a blind rabid brainwashed fanboy like most of you are - I actually own an X360. Because I form my own opinions on facts that I have actually experienced, I have an X360 and it' s garbage - I proved this fact to myself by owning one. Most of you are simply biased and make claims with no basis whatsoever, or for petty things like financies, oh no PS3 is $200 more, oh my god, whatever will I do? Here' s a good start: GET A JOB. It' s asinine to deny PS3' s supremacy just because you' re too fucking worthless to generate $200 extra.

It' s asinine to deny PS3' s supremacy just because you' re too fucking worthless to generate $200 extra.

You' re the only person on this forum with the proper kind of ' intelligence' to generate $900 in traffic tickets! No adult is stupid enough to do that.

Actually, the traffic ticket industry is huge, and most states generate millions in revenue from it. Someone has to pay the government so they can take care of and educate fucking illegal mexicans for free in our schools, hospitals, etc.

Could not the same argument go towards the PS3 though? I am by no means slanted toward one console or the other, but how can one factually state that the PlayStation 3 is going to completely dominate based solely on blind, blatant, (dare I say it) fanboyism simply because it' s coming out?

I can completely see why you are not a fan of the Xbox 360, that I am not going to argue with. You are completely entitled to your opinion. However, your somewhat brash statements that the PlayStation 3 is better, simply because it " is" , fail to register with me as a sensical statement. While I do not doubt that the PS3 will be an extremely high selling console, and that there will be great products for it, one must also point out the fact that most of the " amazing" titles are also coming out to the other systems. So, in turn, aren' t your statements that Sony' s new system will be " teh r0x0r" complete ignorance until the facts have fallen into place?

I am not looking for an argument, and I have no doubt you will call me an " idiot" or " ignorant twat" as you seem to be quite fond of. I am just asking, no - begging....no....PLEADING that the argument on the PS3' s complete and utter supremacy cease until we have concrete numbers on the sales, which will be incomparable to the 360' s until at least a year from now.

Thank you for your time.

I think it' s cool that Evil Man is making his prediction about which console will come out on top. But it' s ridiculous for him to be attempting to insult the intelligence of others. It was dimwitted of him to buy an X360 in the first place if he prefers the PS3 so much. I' d advise him to trade it in while it' s still at top value.

But really the whole point of his latest tantrum in this thread, and the reason I set him off so very very easily, is that I pointed out that Evil Man made a simple mistake by believing that the PS3 was going to be sold at $399 and $499. I suggested that he just admit that he jumped the gun by believing the typo -- which would be something that someone mature would do -- but he tried to cover it up and ended up flying off the handle. That' s a real " Bush American" thing to do.

Actually, the traffic ticket industry is huge, and most states generate millions in revenue from it. Someone has to pay the government so they can take care of and educate fucking illegal mexicans for free in our schools, hospitals, etc.

Yeah, but only someone around the age of 16 or 17 is immature enough to rack up that many fines within a couple of months.

Secondly, if you ever wonder why Mexicans are immigrating to the U.S., you should try looking into the U.S.-authored trade policy called NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement). After that, check out CAFTA (Central American Free Trade Agreement) and SAFTA (South American) and that will enable you to predict where the next waves of immigrants will be coming from. They' re coming to the U.S. because Republican-authored U.S. trade policies are dropping the wages in their own countries.

ORIGINAL: Zoy
I suggested that he just admit that he jumped the gun by believing the typo -- which would be something that someone mature would do -- but he tried to cover it up and ended up flying off the handle. That' s a real " Bush American" thing to do.

Yes I believed the price for PS3 was $399 and I just payed $600 for it 2 days ago for shits and giggles, I like to pay extra money for shit I buy. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

I am not looking for an argument, and I have no doubt you will call me an " idiot" or " ignorant twat" as you seem to be quite fond of. I am just asking, no - begging....no....PLEADING that the argument on the PS3' s complete and utter supremacy cease until we have concrete numbers on the sales, which will be incomparable to the 360' s until at least a year from now.

That' s like saying let' s wait till the sales figures are out for Microsoft' s wanna be iPod to judge if it sells better than ipod or not - how about NO, we all know fucking ipod will crush it, we all know PS3 will crush X360. You' re just being delusional if you can' t accept this.

I like to pay extra money for shit I buy.

That explains the traffic tickets, then! Better luck next time, kid.

Yes I bought the traffic tickets, thats how it works. You go up to them and buy them.

This guy is worse than locopuyo, and I could care less, what ever helps you sleep at night buddy and when you wake up tommorow PS3 will still be > X360.

That' s like saying let' s wait till the sales figures are out for Microsoft' s wanna be iPod to judge if it sells better than ipod or not - how about NO, we all know fucking ipod will crush it, we all know PS3 will crush X360. You' re just being delusional if you can' t accept this.

I have no doubt the zune will fail, Xbox wont fail, but it wont come out on top, it will be a closer run this time around, but the PS3 will go for surpremacy after a few years! And its not because of great titles or a great console, there is only one reason to it, fanboyism, and that people dont like change! simple as that!

I could care less, what ever helps you sleep at night buddy and when you wake up tommorow PS3 will still be > X360.

You' ve got as much wit and tact as a doorstop, Evil Man. Your midwest upbringing is really showing. You' ve made a fool of yourself by starting this thread and by continuing to tangle with me you' re only bumping it! Go on -- take the bait!

Why do you edit so many of your posts, by the way? Can' t ever get them right the first time? You might as well go back and edit the very first one because that' s the one that makes you look the most like a gullible tankhead.

Don' t you get it? I don' t care which console anyone thinks is superior. The health of the industry as a whole will benefit more from a close competition between all three. I haven' t bought any of them and don' t intend to until we really see a plethora of excellent games coming through consistently.

You' ve got as much wit and tact as a doorstop, Evil Man. Your midwest upbringing is really showing. You' ve made a fool of yourself by starting this thread and by continuing to tangle with me you' re only bumping it! Go on -- take the bait!

Why do you edit so many of your posts, by the way? Can' t ever get them right the first time? You might as well go back and edit the very first one because that' s the one that makes you look the most like a gullible tankhead.

Erm, shut up now. You' re posts are giving me a freaking headache. Stop baiting Evil Man and stay on topic, or don' t bother posting anything in this thread.



PS3 has seen a pre-release pricecut in Japan, it' s pssible that will follow through to other territories. If it does Microsoft will be forced to drop 360' s price to keep the difference as they are not yet in a position to take Sony head on. They need an edge and being first to market by 12 months has done them a lot of good, but Sony OWN Japan and their only threat there is Nintendo.

Can you imagine a $399.99 Blu-Ray player/next gen combo?!