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[splattergnome]

The sad thing is that Sony will easily sell those one million PS3s based on people buying it due to its future potential - Sony has no reason to reduce the price at this moment in time when there are enough people willing to buy it at the marked-up price. On the other hand, Sony will probably continue supporting the casual gamer market with PS2 Singstar, Buzz, and Eyetoy products to prevent them from jumping ship to the Wii - which means that the PS3 won't be mainstream for a long, long time over here. Singstar PS3 won't achieve that until the PS3 goes under 300 Euro.

 

[dalyr95]

When will UK retail take preorders??? (Game, HMV etc etc)

 

[wazoo]

I just came back from the shop.

preorder are not guaranteed anymore for launch.

 

[Dazzla]

HMV have a page up now:

http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=616029

Want a PlayStation 3? At HMV, we've been working with Sony to offer up to 5,000 customers an incredible deal! Anyone who takes advantage of this offer will get priority over other HMV.co.uk customers for the PlayStation 3 AND two great games for the PSP - Killzone Liberation and Gangs of London.

Your PSP console and games will be dispatched from our warehouse as soon as we receive your order. We will ship your PlayStation 3 to you from our warehouse as soon as we receive consoles from Sony in accordance with our terms. This offer is limited, and a great way of being one of the first to secure a PlayStation 3 from us!

PLEASE NOTE you will only be charged for the PlayStation 3 up to FIVE DAYS BEFORE dispatch of your console to you.

This is a limited offer. Please see our T's and C's (click the link above) for more info..

 

[123rl]

Casino Royale pack-in Blu-ray FTW!

http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/01/25/uk-ps3-and-peripheral-launch-prices-confirmed/

 

[painey]

HMVs bundle says unavailable.. surely its not sold out? I cant find anywhere still taking pre-orders

 

[Wollan]

They only had 5000 of those I think.

 

[Mmmkay]

HMVs bundle says unavailable.. surely its not sold out? I cant find anywhere still taking pre-orders

According to MCV they stopped the deal (sort of):

http://www.mcvuk.com/Retailers-slam-HMV-over-PS3-deal

An email from the firm last Friday guaranteed 5,000 consumers that they could be one of the ‘lucky few’ to pick up a PS3 on March 23rd – so long as they committed to buying a PS3, a 4GB PSP and two PSP games for £674.99.

HMV has now widened its PS3 offer to include taking ‘normal' pre-order deposits in store and on the web. It has continued the online PSP online, but customers of the deal will no longer be prioritised at launch.

 

[Bebpo]

Casino Royale pack-in Blu-ray FTW!

http://avzombie.com/blog/2007/01/25/uk-ps3-and-peripheral-launch-prices-confirmed/

Yay. Much better than the crap that came with the US one.

 

[Kabouter]

Yay. Much better than the crap that came with the US one.

Sadly, that's just for promotional PS3's.
Regular ones get NO extras, you'd think they could've at least stuck Casino Royale in every PS3 box to make up for months of delay.

 

[123rl]

I thought it meant the first lot of machines would have had the movie (like in the US). So there's NO movie at all in the first set of launch machines?

 

[Mmmkay]

Nothing has been announced about a BD pack-in, and I'm not sure where AVzombie falls in line in the credible blog stakes.

 

[S. L.]

I thought it meant the first lot of machines would have had the movie (like in the US). So there's NO movie at all in the first set of launch machines?

nothing has been announced,
which means that either there will be no movie or that they still have to announce it

 

[Dommel]

400€ isn't a rape. And where are these 70€ games you're talking about? I've never payed more than 60€ for a game. Wouldn't be surprised if localization of games make them more expensive.

Localizations annoy the hell out of me. We all have to wait so that the ****ing French & Germans can play the game in their own language cause they are too stubborn/stupid to play the english version and then we have got to pay extra for that as well.

I pre-ordered my PS3 last year but I'm still in doubt whether or not to pick it up, even at the euro launch there isn't a game i'm really interested in apart from F1CE. Not worth the 700 euro's yet.

I pre-ordered thinking by the time it was finally released over here there would be something worthwhile to play on it, sadly that isn't the case.

 

[Wollan]

I pre-ordered thinking by the time it was finally released over here there would be something worthwhile to play on it, sadly that isn't the case.

There's nothing from this list you want?

Resistance: Fall of Man™ - SCEE - Disc
MotorStorm™ - SCEE - Disc
Genji™: Days of the Blade - SCEE - Disc
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION - SCEE - Disc
Ridge Racer™ 7 - SCEE - Disc
Tekken®: Dark Resurrection - SCEE - Network
Lemmings™ - SCEE - Network
Go! Sudoku - SCEE - Network
Go! Puzzle - SCEE - Network
Blast Factor™ - SCEE - Network
flOw™ - SCEE - Network
Super Rub’a'Dub - SCEE - Network
Call of Duty 3 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Gundam – Target in Sight - Namco Bandai Games - Disc
Full Auto™ 2: Battle Lines - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Sonic the Hedgehog™ - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Fighter™ 5 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Tennis™ 3 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
World Snooker Championship 2007 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
NBA 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
NHL 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Enchanted Arms - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Def Jam: Icon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Fight Night Round 3 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
The Godfather: The Don’s Edition - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
F.E.A.R. Vivendi - Universal Games Intl SA - Disc
Gripshift - Sony Online Entertainment - Network

 

[Lain]

The problem with that list is that there's way too many titles i want to get between downloadables and normal games that, if i end up finding a PS3 and the games on launch day, i'll be poor afterward!

 

[123rl]

http://www.mcvuk.com/Retailers-slam-HMV-over-PS3-deal

Quote:
An email from the firm last Friday guaranteed 5,000 consumers that they could be one of the ‘lucky few’ to pick up a PS3 on March 23rd – so long as they committed to buying a PS3, a 4GB PSP and two PSP games for £674.99.

HMV has now widened its PS3 offer to include taking ‘normal' pre-order deposits in store and on the web. It has continued the online PSP online, but customers of the deal will no longer be prioritised at launch.

Wow, that's even worse! Imagine paying £640+ for this deal - because you wanted to get the PS3 asap - only to be told that your order isn't going to be prioritised (after being told it would be). I'd be furious if I was in that situation...

 

[EverSoTrendy]

I paid 25 for a crappy turkey sandwich.

It must be like walking among peasants when those folks come to the US.

Did it also give you a blowjob? Because that's crazy.

 

[Dommel]

There's nothing from this list you want?

To be honest, not really. Apart from F1CE (which I fear will be too arcadey for my liking) and Motorstorm. I guess replay value of both those titles wont last me more than a month.

So that would set me back almost 800 euro's (extra controller etc) to have the system at launch with those 2 games and then see it collecting dust after a couple of weeks until a really AAA title is released.

All the multi-platform games in that list I already own(ed) and played on the 360.

I'm not going to scalp my pre-order, just cancel it so someone who's really dying to have a PS3 at launch can take my spot.

 

[Mmmkay]

Wow, that's even worse! Imagine paying £640+ for this deal - because you wanted to get the PS3 asap - only to be told that your order isn't going to be prioritised (after being told it would be). I'd be furious if I was in that situation...

Yeah they have now addressed that by offering everyone who opted for the crazy bundle to drop down to a standard unbundled purchase:

http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/news/2174432/hmv-offers-ps3-first-come-first

In a statement prepared for Computeractive, HMV said: “Now that we've been able to confirm our level of PS3 stock with Sony, we're in a position to revise our original online offer.

“We will therefore be writing imminently to all the customers who have indicated that they wish to make the dual purchase to advise them that they can now pre-order the PS3 console by itself, if they prefer.”

The company has also promised to inform all its other online customers via email that they will be making a limited quantity of PS3 consoles available to pre-order online with the majority of consoles being made available to pre-order through the chain of stores.

 

[Samuray]

Still no word on whether the PAL hardware will censor the games? (the closer March 23 comes the more and more I expect it to)

 

[painey]

with the exception of germany and australia PAL land is probably the most lenient in the world when it comes to censorship.. I wouldnt expect any censorship, at least in the UK.

 

[Samuray]

with the exception of germany and australia PAL land is probably the most lenient in the world when it comes to censorship.. I wouldnt expect any censorship, at least in the UK.

Well then, too bad for me that I AM German :lol
I suppose nobody will know until it's too late. ("too late" in the sense that I will have to pick up my preorder, which I would cancel if I knew for certain that the German PS3 would censor games)

 

[Mmmkay]

Noticed this today which kinda surprised me:
http://www.gamesradar.com/gb/ps3/ga...articleId=20070209152041875039&sectionId=1006

When Sony recently announced its PS3 launch plans for Europe we admit that we were dubious when it promised that over 30 games would be available for the system in what it carefully called the 'launch period'. What was Sony's definition of 'launch period' - a day, a week, a year...?

It turns out that we had no need to fret - Sony's head of UK PR, David Wilson, has confirmed to GamesRadar that 'launch period' does indeed mean day one: "It is our aspiration that all of the 30 titles mentioned in our announcement will be available at launch of PlayStation 3 on March 23rd."

 

[kaleii]

If you're amongst the 500 000 first PS3 users that register your console on PlayStation Network you'll get Casino Royale on Blu-ray. It's a dual layer disc, 50 GB with lossless audio and MPEG-4 AVC in 1080p.

Source: http://ps3.blogg.se/120207135910_casino_royale_till_de_500_000_fr.html
(In Swedish, but the news is official for all of Europe)

English source: http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=283

 

[Wollan]

That is absolutely awesome.

 

[Rody]

If you're amongst the 500 000 first PS3 users that register your console on PlayStation Network you'll get Casino Royale on Blu-ray. It's a dual layer disc, 50 GB with lossless audio and MPEG-4 AVC in 1080p.

Source: http://ps3.blogg.se/120207135910_casino_royale_till_de_500_000_fr.html
(In Swedish, but the news is official for all of Europe)

English source: http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=283

That's awesome. I wish I was from Europe. =(

Is MPEG-4 AVC the best encoding method available?

 

[mckmas8808]

Is MPEG-4 AVC the best encoding method available?

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ceb]

If you're amongst the 500 000 first PS3 users that register your console on PlayStation Network you'll get Casino Royale on Blu-ray. It's a dual layer disc, 50 GB with lossless audio and MPEG-4 AVC in 1080p.

Source: http://ps3.blogg.se/120207135910_casino_royale_till_de_500_000_fr.html
(In Swedish, but the news is official for all of Europe)

English source: http://threespeech.com/blog/?p=283

Shit, I'm getting my console shipped, so I'll likely not have it until monday or tuesday. Hopefully not all of the buyers will register their console before I get the chance to.

 

[DefectiveReject]

i was in GAME at the weekend and people were putting deposits down. No signage outside had prices on as to final hardware or game price etc.

Anyway
People are paying £50 and asking how much remained to pay
GAME store employee "£375 and then games if you want them."
Man "£375?? and how much are games?"
GAME store guy "we don't know yet but ignore the scaremongering"
Man "can i cancel my pre-order?"

Other guy "Yeah i'll still take one, will i get it day one?"
GAME store guy "you should, but if any lorries crash or anything, there's nothing we can do about that"

I was laughing my ass off

No one is showing the hardware price ANYWHERE (that i went to at the weekend!) as to how much it is

 

[pswii60]

i was in GAME at the weekend and people were putting deposits down. No signage outside had prices on as to final hardware or game price etc.

Anyway
People are paying £50 and asking how much remained to pay
GAME store employee "£375 and then games if you want them."
Man "£375?? and how much are games?"
GAME store guy "we don't know yet but ignore the scaremongering"
Man "can i cancel my pre-order?"

Other guy "Yeah i'll still take one, will i get it day one?"
GAME store guy "you should, but if any lorries crash or anything, there's nothing we can do about that"

I was laughing my ass off

No one is showing the hardware price ANYWHERE (that i went to at the weekend!) as to how much it is

Well, I pre-ordered my PS3 at GAME on Saturday (£50 deposit), No 5 at my local store so absolutely 100% for launch day. However, I went in at lunch-time, so they'd only had 4 pre-orders that Saturday morning they started. They have been taking names for the last year and called over 400 people on Thursday and Friday to tell them about the pre-order process beginning on Saturday so was surprised. (EDIT: I know this because I know the manager)

However, March isn't the right time to ask people to flash £425 of cash. I will, because I'm a muppet and can't wait to play online Motorstorm. But I dont know anyone who is getting one or who can afford one for some time. Problem is, I have a few friends with 360s, so I know I can play 360 games online against them, but it looks like I'll be playing against strangers when I get Motorstorm It's gonna be difficult to convince my mates to cough up the cash!!

I think it's true that online gaming is 'viral' to an extent, and MS's big successful push in this space for the last year will make life more difficult for Sony, as people are more tempted than ever to get the console their mates have already got. It's not just about 'sharing experiences' now, it's about playing online against each other.

 

[pswii60]

On another note:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=72870

Just been announced that the first 500,000 Euro PSN signups from PS3 get a free copy of Casino Royale BR.

Good news indeed. Why they can't just stick it in the box to save postage though??!

 

[Wollan]

They want the most possible online user when the Killzone demo drops?

 

[reminder]

Awesome, thank you Sony

 

[kaleii]

On another note:

http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=72870

Just been announced that the first 500,000 Euro PSN signups from PS3 get a free copy of Casino Royale BR.

Good news indeed. Why they can't just stick it in the box to save postage though??!

I just wrote that 8 posts up

 

[nelsonroyale]

well I put down the preorder for motorstorm and resistence.

Think Im going to preorder the ps3 from amazon on thursday, since they are pretty damn reliable

peace

 

[pswii60]

I just wrote that 8 posts up

Oh yes, so you did

 

[Wollan]

I have a pre-registered PSN account which has my Norwegian address. At the time of release I will be in Australia again and I will pick it up there (from my pre-order at EBgames). I guess I will have to get someone from home to ship the movie to me once it arrives there (though I'm wondering if the shipping cost is worth it).

 

[Samuray]

I have a pre-registered PSN account which has my Norwegian address. At the time of release I will be in Australia again and I will pick it up there (from my pre-order at EBgames). I guess I will have to get someone from home to ship the movie to me once it arrives there (though I'm wondering if the shipping cost is worth it).

By the way, is there any way to verify if the pre-registration is still good and valid? Before hooking up a PS3, I mean.

 

[Kafel]

Microsoft's boat to the people lining in the cold for their midnight PS3, in Paris :

 

[diddlyD]

Microsoft's boat to the people lining in the cold for their midnight PS3, in Paris :

Microsoft needs to learn to speak French.

 

[mr_nothin]

Microsoft's boat to the people lining in the cold for their midnight PS3, in Paris :

:lol :lol is that serious?
They are trying to make people feel guilty about buying a PSTriple

 

[justjohn]

Microsoft's boat to the people lining in the cold for their midnight PS3, in Paris :

very classy microsoft, very classy indeed

 

[NZNova]

MS doing the have-the-price-diff-between-the-ps3-and-the-360-in-beer in New Zealand. It's so rare you see someone do a perfect : D face.