A fair comparison. PS3 vs 360 price.

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:05

Over and over again i'm hearing that the PS3 is overpriced
The PS3 is equivalent to the following

Official XBox 360 Play & Charge Kit
@ £12.99 Delivered 1

Official XBox 360 Wireless Adaptor
@ £54.99 Delivered 1

XBox 360 Premium Console
@ £279.99 Delivered 1

XBox Live 12 Month Gold Membership Card
@ £34.99 Delivered 1

Total:
£382.96

I haven't included the HD-DVD drive either, which would increase the price another £150 to ~ £530

Roughly the same price as a Sony Playstation 3 PS3 Console With 60GB HDD + FREE HDMI cable + Click (Blu-Ray) @ £399.

Cost of ownership is roughly the same.

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:15

dokko said:
You can get a premium console now for £300 with 4 games and an extra controller.

There isn't even 4 games worth having out on the PS3 yet.

true

but i bet a lot of people end up buying gold memberships, wireless kits and recharge packs.

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:17

You can get a premium console now for £300 with 4 games and an extra controller.

only 2/4 of the games are decent ones and the other 2 mediocre right?

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:23

wedgie22 said:
Pointless thread tbh.

yeah..

so is my life

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:33

dannyjo22 said:
Where are you hearing this exactly?

overpriced is a synonym for expensive

BBC news click said the PS3 was overpriced

GamerTV said it was overpriced

People at work told me its overpriced

The public have an impression its overpriced, probably because they cant add up the cost of the separate items.

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:43

wannabedamned said:
How is it overpriced tho?

Like i've said it's expensive, but overpriced implies it's not worth what you are paying

But considering what the console comes with, It's underpriced if anything.

but it's still expensive!

So to sum up, The PS3 is expensive, Not Overpriced

alright, expensive

but overpriced is a synonym for expensive according to M$ word

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 10:44

wyrdo said:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGGHHHHH!

lol sorry

i know

take a chill pill

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 11:25

Jabbs said:
Thats really the whole point though aint it ? not all of us want those things hd/blueray i have no interest of playing hd stuff its called choice, i just seen a 360 brand new with 6 games on fleebay going for £285 you just can't match the price atm.

That peson has 94.4% feedback!!!

neocon · 7 Apr 2007 at 18:15

suarve said:
the boring thing about these 360 vs PS3 whine thraeds is how much attention they get - i mean there are 70 odd replies to even this generic thread already. meh

i know its terrible

at least we're not out stabbing each other!

neocon · 8 Apr 2007 at 14:06

dirtydog said:
Don't forget to factor in the cost to 360 owners of replacing scratched discs as well.

absolutely

lets bash the ps3

neocon · 8 Apr 2007 at 14:10

The PS3 has one more advantage that people always seem to forget and that is that it can cook sausages on its built in grill. MS don't even have a USB grill for the 360.