Playstation 3 will be available for sale in 13 hours...there are like hour updates on the situation around playstation release. people lining up to buy the thing...supposevly offers awsome graphics...
So the question is: is it really worth the 500$?

Does it play colonization?

http://digilander.libero.it/pccheats/COLONIZE.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Spacewar1.png
Or Spacewar?

Playstation 3 will be available for sale in 13 hours...there are like hour updates on the situation around playstation release. people lining up to buy the thing...supposevly offers awsome graphics...
So the question is: is it really worth the 500$?

If people are willing to buy it, then it's worth the price.

Playstation 3 will be available for sale in 13 hours...there are like hour updates on the situation around playstation release. people lining up to buy the thing...supposevly offers awsome graphics...
So the question is: is it really worth the 500$?

Thats about 350 quid yeah, thats about what we usually pay here for a newly released console, I dont use then myself, I have sex.

i've heard that it will be around 450 quid

Why not just get a killer graphics card for half the price.


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...........I dont think the PS3's graphics look that good anyway.

I don't think it's worth that. The japs pay $270 for the good one. The US pay $500 and I think in the UK we'll be paying £450/500.

Why such a difference in price? Oh, because sony are cunts.
That's why they've got rid of lik-sang and scared off other importers, so they can rape Europeans for every last penny.

I won't be buying one 'til some point next year when the price has dropped substantially.

And I forgot, Japan had their release first, US shortly after and Europeans need to wait 'til March - WTF ?

Fuck you, sony.

I don't think it's worth that. The japs pay $270 for the good one. The US pay $500 and I think in the UK we'll be paying £450/500.

Why such a difference in price?

Price discrimination. Basically it's pricing based on the demand in of certain groups and how much money they have.

For example: business people pay differently for airline tickets than do regular people.

In Japan I guess (but don't know) that they have a smaller demand and a little bit less money. Plus, a Japanese model PS3 won't work on US games (unless you hack it). So resale across borders is impossible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_discrimination

I am very much not a gamer. But I do agree that $500 is a very high price. But at least you aren't paying £500.

If you'll buy the Xbox360, you'll buy the PS3. It's worth it.

I can't believe the lines for that thing. Some stores have 100-400 people! Only like 15-25 people are gonna be able to get one at Best Buy and worse elsewhere. Gamestop will be like 5-10 due to the massive shortages of it. Good luck getting one in the next few months. Most people getting it are doing it for resale anyways. Heh, the Yakuza bought around 5 or 6,000 of them for resale at the Japan launch. Poor Chinese immigrants were paid to wait in line to get em, lol.

$600 is a ridiculous. The PS3 is gonna crash and burn. NEOGEO part deux.

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Thats about 350 quid

£264.

I dont use then myself, I have sex.

Yeah, I bet you can get a lot of prostitutes for £264.

Well think of it this way; if blue ray cathes on then you have an inexpensive blue ray dvd player with a game system.

Blu ray is definitely going to catch on, I say.

It's worth the price, but I probably won't get it for another 2-3 years.

its worth the price...

As a PC person, I'd take that money and upgrade my PC, you can do alot with $500.

As one who got burned when he bought into Dreamcast, I'd be very suspicious of how PS3 will turn out.

It's worth the price........I can't afford it, but it's certainly worth the price.

They have around 4-500 of them at one store in NY. I think it's worht $500. plus blue ray player.

I would also spend the money on a killer NVidia graphics card though. BUT it is still much cheaper than a comperable PC rig.

As one who got burned when he bought into Dreamcast, I'd be very suspicious of how PS3 will turn out.

I have a lot of friends that swear by this system. Depends on the person, really.

I've never been a big console gamer. More of a PC gamer.. I like the use of a mouse.

Absane:
Swear by PS3 or Dreamcast?

Oh sorry, Dreamcast. I'm fearful of the PS3 just because of the price... but I'll also feel bad for people that buy it and it turns out to be a flop.

All my friends are going for the Nintendo Wii (or whatever it is).

The local gamestore has about a block-long line right now. The news has also been showing tons of Playstation 3 buyers all over the tri-state area (New York metropolitan).

I expect it to be the big thing this year, just as the 360 had similar news stories last. The Wii is too gimicky, lacks games associated with an adult-male demographic, and has no ethnic appeal (the Playstation is huge amongst blacks and latinos as well as whites).

In reality, the PS3 is worth around $1,500! The $600 PS3 will have a Blue Ray player. Blue Ray players are currently selling for $999 or more. Plus you're getting a gaming system with HI DEF graphics (all games), WI-FI, Webroswer, 60 Giga Bites of Storage, etc. This gaming system is definately worth the money.

I;'m thinking about going out right now (12:30 am) and making fun of these people.

I;'m thinking about going out right now (12:30 am) and making fun of these people.

pixplzthx

okz!!!!!!!!11111

In reality, the PS3 is worth around $1,500! The $600 PS3 will have a Blue Ray player. Blue Ray players are currently selling for $999 or more. Plus you're getting a gaming system with HI DEF graphics (all games), WI-FI, Webroswer, 60 Giga Bites of Storage, etc. This gaming system is definately worth the money.

WOW, that frickin rocks man.:)

Are there any blue ray disks out? What's the bandwith of blue ray anyway?

WOW, that frickin rocks man.:)

Are there any blue ray disks out? What's the bandwith of blue ray anyway?

Blu-ray holds 50GB of data per disc, but the reader's in the PS3 are so friggin' slow at 2x! It takes like 10 minutes to install 5GB of data to the hard drives. All their games require to be installed otherwise you'll be waiting literally forever on the load times. With a 20 GB hard drive, that means you can only play 4 games at once with no other content.

Disc size mean very little for gaming especially when you install files to hard drives as that's when hard drive sizes matter the most. Disc sizes are only important for read-only formats such as movies and music, unless you're the type that rips everything to your hard drive anyways. Why do you think PC games still ship in multiple CDs or DVDs? After you install the games to your hard drive, those discs aren't needed anymore.

Blu-ray and HD-DVD will both fail. They're just not innovative enough as when going from record to tape, tape to CD, or VHS to DVD.

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I really wish that I jumped on the PS3 train as far as resale goes. So many going for $2,000 :(

A Tech show in the UK did suggest why bother with HD-DVD or Blueray, when you can go out and buy a decent Harddrive for peanuts with a greater amount of storage capacity.

It's something I actually agreed with, however can you imagine a console using a system similar to the old Cartridge system but installing External harddrives per game?

Most games will probably fit onto a dual layer DVD - 9gigs...
If not, use 2. Or 1 dual and 1 single = 13.5gigs. Or 73 for the next final fantasy.

Then have a 500GB hard drive in the ps3 - rip everything to the HD and play from there. Would make a lot more sense and improve read times. But oh no.

I have HDadvance/use the exploit for the ps2 - allows you to rip games to the hd and play without the disc - and it works brilliantly. San Andreas loads in seconds, doesn't jump, etc. Everything works a lot better and you have the added benefit of being able to use homebrew software. If one was so inclined, they could rent or borrow a game, rip it and it would be theirs, or download .iso's and just transfer them across.

Un-freakin-belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeevable.

These things have sold for $15000 (only one or two sold for that much) on EBay.

Wow. I feel like an idiot for not having pre-ordered one or two for my retirement fund. It's amazing to me that people have that kind of money to shit out for this. Wowowowow. What a return on investment! What a bunch of people with too much money!

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SONY-PLAYSTATION-3-PS3-60GB-PREORDER-CONSOLE-SYSTEM_W0QQitemZ190051710035QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1 QQcmdZViewItem

Hmm.. looks like there is some fake bidding going on to boot. Bunch of crazy bitches.

Upon review, it looks like there was a LOT of fake bidding going on there. One of the high bidder's handle is "ihategreedypeople". Lol.

Funny.

Same thing happened with the Tickle me Elmo right?

Parents auctioning their cars, or just trading them upfront for one.

It's a piece of shiite. Most console games are boring.. too much of the same rehashed garbaged, little to no innovation with most money spent on marketing to wealthy idiots. And don't suppose that the Wii is somehow better for its' controller. The only thing that could have redeemed the Nintendo 'console' was the free inclusion of all classic first party games (from NES to N64).. which is not happening.

I am %100 satisfied with my mid-range PC.

So is PS3 Worth dying for? NO. what is PS3 anyway?

Playstation 3. A video game console.

Un-freakin-belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeevable.

These things have sold for $15000 (only one or two sold for that much) on EBay.

Man... Maybe I should buy it when I get the money and then put it on eBay. :D

Im gonna preorder 10 PS4s when it comes out 2012 and, add in inflation, make about $3,000-4,000 per system.

Im gonna preorder 10 PS4s when it comes out 2012 and, add in inflation, make about $3,000-4,000 per system.

thats if there are PS4's to be made...

it was going for 500k on ebay i was like omg!

it was going for 500k on ebay i was like omg!

the most they are sold for is 15,000.

the most they are sold for is 15,000.


dude i sware to god i saw one goin for more than that whatever!

dude i sware to god i saw one goin for more than that whatever!

I swear that swaring hurts.

I swear that swaring hurts.

I swear that swearing, that swaring hurts, hurts

ish not worth 500k imo

ish not worth 500k imo

as long as business flows...and money is made on stock...it is.

as long as business flows...and money is made on stock...it is.

u would blow dat kinda cash on a stupid electronic thinger?? man thaats stupid u seem desprate.