Playstation 3

Xon · 23 May 2007 at 08:24

Hi all,

I was browsing around and found a place selling new PS3s for £344 (60gb version)... you reckon this is a good deal or its expected to go lower?

wedgie · 23 May 2007 at 08:47

It's a decent price, whether it's a good deal in terms of value is still down to the individual buyer.

The potential is always there for further price cuts, either official or from certain retailers.

Darkaber · 23 May 2007 at 08:58

You cant really complain about that price

wedgie · 23 May 2007 at 09:01

I don't know, if £425 is far too expensive (which it seems to be for a lot of people) is £344 really that much of a saving?

The difference between them is a night out.

Xon · 23 May 2007 at 10:16

wedgie22 said:
I don't know, if £425 is far too expensive (which it seems to be for a lot of people) is £344 really that much of a saving?

The difference between them is a night out.

Hardly, a night's out rarely costs me more than £10 and never more than £30

... prices are slightly different for a night's out here in Malta! Also the cheapest PS3 in Malta was @ £499 before this so I'm thinking its a good deal... are the blu ray functions of the PS3 really very good? Are they "future proof"?

TheDean · 23 May 2007 at 10:19

RESEARCH! We're not going to do all your leg-work for you! :mad:

thor · 23 May 2007 at 10:19

wedgie22 said:
I don't know, if £425 is far too expensive (which it seems to be for a lot of people) is £344 really that much of a saving?

The difference between them is a night out.

Yeah but the price of a game isn't even the same as a night out yet people complain they are too expensive

At £344 it's ~£50 saving over most places - if the 360 suddenly had a £50 price cut, taking the RRP from £279 to £229, people would be snapping them up.

So yeah, I think it's a good saving but it's still a lot of money. But then I can't see the RRP coming down any lower than that this year - I would expect it to come down to £349 in time for Xmas but that's it.

dirtydog · 23 May 2007 at 10:23

It is a good price at the moment. Whether and when it will be cheaper, who knows. Arguably it isn't a good time to buy one yet as there are so few must have exclusive games out for the PS3.

wedgie · 23 May 2007 at 10:23

thor said:
So yeah, I think it's a good saving but it's still a lot of money.

Which is my point really, if £425 is expensive, then £344 is still expensive.

Andybtsn · 23 May 2007 at 10:28

£344 would be a bargain IF there were good enough games out at the moment, due to there not being then some people may still think this is expensive.

Xon · 23 May 2007 at 10:35

TheDean said:
RESEARCH! We're not going to do all your leg-work for you!

I'm not forcing you to.. I asked a question if you don't want to answer it fine, don't, don't post stupid comments in my thread though.

Andybtsn · 23 May 2007 at 10:38

TheDean said:
RESEARCH! We're not going to do all your leg-work for you!

We?

dalin80 · 23 May 2007 at 12:39

i would say 399 is the average price for a new ps3 not many places still have them at 425.

i want one but it just doesn't have the catalogue to warrant it yet, my mate has just sold his wii for a ps3 so if theres anything iam really desperate to play i would just pull the 'i saved your life when you were 7' card.

Junk · 23 May 2007 at 12:53

its a top price at the moment, can't see it coming down lower this year, and ther are some great games coming out for it this year. I hope.

Xon · 23 May 2007 at 13:47

Although I'm sure I'd end up playing games on it what pulls me more towards buying it is more the fact that its one of the cheapest blu-ray players! That said most upcoming releases I want are coming out on HD-DVD ! Coupled with a player like PowerDVD 7, would the Xbox HD DVD addon play the movies via the PC? Is an HDCP card needed for this?

V4NT0M · 23 May 2007 at 13:50

Junk said:
I hope.

lol

JudgeC · 23 May 2007 at 15:03

Valkyr said:
Although I'm sure I'd end up playing games on it what pulls me more towards buying it is more the fact that its one of the cheapest blu-ray players! That said most upcoming releases I want are coming out on HD-DVD ! Coupled with a player like PowerDVD 7, would the Xbox HD DVD addon play the movies via the PC? Is an HDCP card needed for this?

I beleive you will need a copy of PowerDVD 7.0 Ultimate and an HDCP compliant GPU and screen. Although there is a company that produces and sells a program which can get around the need for HDCP compliant equipment.

Been thinking about getting the XBox 360 HD-DVD drive as well and using that via my PC.

It would be good to have both formats.

Kojak · 23 May 2007 at 15:10

thor said:
... I would expect it to come down to £349 in time for Xmas but that's it.

For some reason I think it will be £349.99 for Christmas and £300 around next summer. Could be a couple of years before it's significantly below £300 though.