PS3 Price Drop

-|ScottFree|- · 5 Apr 2007 at 19:01

No there are some hotdeals in the uk

Have a look around.. cannot mention competitors!!!

Fortyseven · 5 Apr 2007 at 19:04

-|ScottFree|- said:
No there are some hotdeals in the uk

Subtle as a kick in the teeth...

Shure · 5 Apr 2007 at 22:24

chrisstevens said:
Same here, I've been told it'll be with me by the 18th at the very latest but I'm hoping for tuesday!

Cancel that its here!

For some reason I expected it to at least come with a component cable!

AngeluiMorte · 6 Apr 2007 at 08:29

chrisstevens said:
Cancel that its here!
For some reason I expected it to at least come with a component cable!

Dont be silly you got free blueray, wireless and hdmi they're never going to give you the cable too

And who said you dont need anything extra to play on a PS3

Andybtsn · 6 Apr 2007 at 12:07

Shadow Phoenix said:
Dont be silly you got free blueray, wireless and hdmi they're never going to give you the cable too

And who said you dont need anything extra to play on a PS3

I don't think I've ever got the cable I needed with consoles I buy, 360 I needed the VGA cable, PS3 the HDMI cable and PS2 i needed the 'uprated' scart cable, cant remember the original Xbox but no doubt I had to buy another one!

Things change I've changed · 6 Apr 2007 at 13:01

I'm finding PS3's + 1 game for 350inc vat but they are the 20gb versions, whats the main difference between the two apart from the obivious difference in hardrive size ?

Andybtsn · 6 Apr 2007 at 13:20

lowrider007 said:
I'm finding PS3's + 1 game for 350inc vat but they are the 20gb versions, whats the main difference between the two apart from the obivious difference in hardrive size ?

That must be the US version I think?

I'd pay the extra £50 for a PAL and 40gb more HDD tbh.

GarethDW · 6 Apr 2007 at 13:42

-|ScottFree|- said:
No there are some hotdeals in the uk

Have a look around.. cannot mention competitors!!!

Wow, just saw this and that is a good price.

Energize · 6 Apr 2007 at 17:19

andybtsn said:
That must be the US version I think?

I'd pay the extra £50 for a PAL and 40gb more HDD tbh.

When games are region free it doesn't matter anyway.

Sweetloaf · 6 Apr 2007 at 17:57

Energize said:
When games are region free it doesn't matter anyway.

PS1 and 2 games aren't iirc? So there isn't that much to gain, I'd rather pay more with the knowledge than if it goes wrong, I can walk into the shop where I bought it rather than ship it overeas.

Andybtsn · 6 Apr 2007 at 18:06

Sweetloaf said:
PS1 and 2 games aren't iirc? So there isn't that much to gain, I'd rather pay more with the knowledge than if it goes wrong, I can walk into the shop where I bought it rather than ship it overeas.

What I was getting at when saying PAL, also the extra GB space is well worth it.

Energize · 6 Apr 2007 at 18:55

Sweetloaf said:
PS1 and 2 games aren't iirc? So there isn't that much to gain, I'd rather pay more with the knowledge than if it goes wrong, I can walk into the shop where I bought it rather than ship it overeas.

Most ps1 and ps2 games don't work anyway, the ones that do aren't the best sellers either.

Sweetloaf · 6 Apr 2007 at 18:59

Energize said:
Most ps1 and ps2 games don't work anyway, the ones that do aren't the best sellers either.

True, I just wouldn't want the hassle of shipping if it broke and I would lose all backwards compatability never mind half a shoddy half attempt.

Energize · 6 Apr 2007 at 19:39

I'm waiting for the 20GB to be released here, I'll never use the extra 40gb of space when I can just use my htpc which plays any video format not just h.264. I'd never use wifi for gaming and have no use for memory card readers.

silversurfer · 6 Apr 2007 at 21:50

What makes you think it'll ever be released here. Your best bet might be a purchase in europe somewhere but I think the whole of europe is only receiving this one machine, Im not sure what the thinking behind it is.

European gamer demographic is richer or older or costs of sale are higher here for sony maybe due to EU import taxes/quotas

Phemo · 6 Apr 2007 at 21:56

I've got a feeling they will release it here eventually. I noticed that the specs listed in the manual bundled with a UK machine mentions the 60GB and 20GB models. Surely if they had no plans to bring it to any English-speaking countries other than the US they wouldn't mention it at all?

Vixen · 6 Apr 2007 at 22:05

Phemo said:
I've got a feeling they will release it here eventually. I noticed that the specs listed in the manual bundled with a UK machine mentions the 60GB and 20GB models. Surely if they had no plans to bring it to any English-speaking countries other than the US they wouldn't mention it at all?

Cheaper to make one manual for everywhere than make a separate one for Europe

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WatchTower · 6 Apr 2007 at 22:44

If you wanted a 120Gb+ harddrive wouldn't people be better off waiting for the 20Gb one then buying a harddrive and fitting it them selves? I hear you can upgrade it with PC hardrives if it's a certain speed to prevent over heating.

Energize · 6 Apr 2007 at 22:49

Yes you can use standard 2.5" sata hdds. 7200rpm should be fine, the heat output is only slightly more than 5400rpm.

Andybtsn · 6 Apr 2007 at 23:02

Energize said:
Yes you can use standard 2.5" sata hdds. 7200rpm should be fine, the heat output is only slightly more than 5400rpm.

I thought the 7200rpm HDD would run slower than the 5400rpm counterpart?

Thought I heard that somewhere...