Europe to get the first batch of PS3's

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According to SCEE CEO :)

MCV said:
First PS3s will be for Europe

16:15, May 25th by Neil Long

As retail bites its nails over hardware allocation, SCEE president and CEO David Reeves has revealed that the first PS3s off the production line will be PAL units.

In an exclusive interview with MCV, the Euro boss moved to reassure the industry of SCE’s newfound commitment to Europe – but admitted that some European territories may only be allocated ‘small seed’ numbers of the console for day one.

“I hope we will be day and date with US and I hope that we’ll get the same quantities as US as well,” said Reeves. “I don't think we’ll be disadvantaged. In fact I believe the first PS3s being manufactured are being made for Europe – which is a first."

“Between November 17th and December 31st we'll hope to put them in as many European territories as we can, even if we have to place small seed quantities on day one."

And Reeves also responded to the recent discussions across the market over the console’s £425 price tag:

“When Blu-Ray players come out in Europe they are probably going to be between €900 and €1,000. So €599 for a Blu-Ray player – which is what a PS3 is – and a games machines with lots of good titles coming out as well is actually a steal. And the €499 unit, because that will also play Blu-Ray, is even better value.”
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Yup, eBay frenzy again. Seems like a bit of a token "yeah we care about Europe" after M$ got a kicking for the amount of 360's allocated to Europe.
 
cheets64 said:
This board will be full of "I'm on my 9th PS3" " My PS3 has ?????/???????/?????"
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why ?

sony arent exactly new to manufacturing hardware

when a new sony tv/monitor/walkman or anything else comes out is the board full of people with broken ones ?

i admit im a sony fan but the reason for that is ive never had problems with any sony equipment.

still think its expensive though, will only be trying to get one if the launch lineup has something i want
 
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Im seriously thinking about buying two PS3s before launch and selling em both on ebay. It sounds crazy considering i gotta save up £850, but it could be a very good investment. Best case scenario, they go for double the price, making £850 profit to buy a 32" HDTV, with plenty left over. But thats possibly being over-optimistic. This all depends on my pre-ordered console actually being delivered on launch day, which is not a definate.
Of course, i would have to wait around 3 months to get my hands on a PS3 after launch for keeping, but i could always get a 360 in the meantime. And by the time i get my final PS3, there should (i hope) be plenty of good games out.

Is anyone else thinking the same?

Btw how much did xbox 360s go for on ebay at launch?
 
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One thing to note, it only says that they are making some PAL units to start production - it's doesn't mean anything about how many we'll be getting or anything else.
It litterally just means that the first batch to be scheduled for production are PAL units, it could be that they start making them just an hour before they start making the NTSC ones in a different factory (or 30 seconds before someone hits the start button for the second production line).

Sorry to sound cynical, but it sounds like they are trying to hype up something that has zero importance, or relevance to the actual quantity being produced, or when we will get them* (you can produce item 2 weeks after item 1, and still get 2 to the stores days/weeks before 1).



Of more importance, and I suspect interest is the comment about small numbers of "seed" units - in short expect Sony to only be shipping very small quantities to Europe to begin with.



*It could be (and is likely) someone at Sony has looked at the shipping costs and decided it's going to save them $x a unit to make the PAL units early on, and ship them via container ship or similar rather than via air to reach the EU by release date.
 
Johanson said:
Im seriously thinking about buying two PS3s before launch and selling em both on ebay. It sounds crazy considering i gotta save up £850, but it could be a very good investment. Best case scenario, they go for double the price, making £850 profit to buy a 32" HDTV, with plenty left over. But thats possibly being over-optimistic. This all depends on my pre-ordered console actually being delivered on launch day, which is not a definate.
Of course, i would have to wait around 3 months to get my hands on a PS3 after launch for keeping, but i could always get a 360 in the meantime. And by the time i get my final PS3, there should (i hope) be plenty of good games out.

Is anyone else thinking the same?

Btw how much did xbox 360s go for on ebay at launch?
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Why cant you just let someone who actually WANTS one to use have it, instead of being a leach on society

ebay is useful for somethings - but this type of thing is obnoxious and selfish
 
FrankJH said:
Why cant you just let someone who actually WANTS one to use have it, instead of being a leach on society

ebay is useful for somethings - but this type of thing is obnoxious and selfish
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Im letting people buy it off me :confused: obviously they want it more than me if they are willing to pay a premium. Im not forcing anyone to buy it off me, its they're choice. Its not selfish at all. I mean, the people who bid know that they can get it for retail price if they just wait a while or pre-order earlier. If you think about it, its not really selfish.

And its hardly being a 'leach on society'. Its just a games console ffs. 1, there are other consoles available and 2, having to wait a while longer to play more games isnt gonna do any harm is it. If they want to pay, they will pay. I'm just making the best out of a good opportunity.

And to make things clear, ive been waiting in excitement for the PS3 since it was first announced years ago. Yet im willing to wait a few months after launch to actually own one, as i know its not really important.

Also sorry if ive ruined anyones christmas by ordering one extra PS3, which i havnt decided on yet.
 
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Johanson said:
Im letting people buy it off me :confused: obviously they want it more than me if they are willing to pay a premium. Im not forcing anyone to buy it off me, its they're choice. Its not selfish at all. I mean, the people who bid know that they can get it for retail price if they just wait a while or pre-order earlier. If you think about it, its not really selfish.

And its hardly being a 'leach on society'. Its just a games console ffs. 1, there are other consoles available and 2, having to wait a while longer to play more games isnt gonna do any harm is it. If they want to pay, they will pay. I'm just making the best out of a good opportunity.

And to make things clear, ive been waiting in excitement for the PS3 since it was first announced years ago. Yet im willing to wait a few months after launch to actually own one.
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Haha, that's some wonky self justifying there! Ofcourse it's selfish. People aren't going to think "let's buy a PS3 off ebay" if they can still get it in the shops; the only reason they'll look on eBay is because they CAN'T buy it in shops. So you're using peoples desperation to make a profit. If you don't want one, why not just give someone else the opportunity to get it for the normal price?

I can see why you're doing it, but it's not something that can be justified - especially in the way you're trying to. I'd likely do it if I was that worried about money, but I'm fine. It's still selfish though - end of.

-RaZ
 
FrankJH said:
Why cant you just let someone who actually WANTS one to use have it, instead of being a leach on society

ebay is useful for somethings - but this type of thing is obnoxious and selfish
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I couldn't care less about what people think, if i get hold of 2 ps£'s i'm gonna flog them for a lot more than they cost and let it pay for me and my families christmas.
 
JAMAL said:
I couldn't care less about what people think, if i get hold of 2 ps£'s i'm gonna flog them for a lot more than they cost and let it pay for me and my families christmas.
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Arrrw, that's very noble of you :)

-RaZ
 
JAMAL said:
I couldn't care less about what people think, if i get hold of 2 ps£'s i'm gonna flog them for a lot more than they cost and let it pay for me and my families christmas.
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Welll I for one really hope you get left with both of them for trying to rip people off
 
i think this sounds like 'We are going to run out a fixed amount of PS3's for Europe, cut off production and churn out loads of NTSC ones, then back to the PAL ones at some point' :(
 
FrankJH said:
Welll I for one really hope you get left with both of them for trying to rip people off
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How is he trying to rip anyone off ? I assume that his buyer will know the price in advance and that they know what the they are getting for the money. If individuals are willing to pay extortionate prices then its up to them and its certainly no reason to accuse someone of 'trying to rip people off'
 
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