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PS3 to retail at $499? |
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Gamers
all around the globe have been anticipating every little bit of
information regarding Sony's much-awaited PlayStation 3 next-generation
console. Here's a little info that may (or definitely may not) douse
the interest of many - PS3 may cost about $499.This rumor has been circulating around after Californian developers supposedly leaked the said figure. According to them, SCEA (Sony Computers America) publishers that are continously involved in the console's development has been informed that the price is final (argh, no amount of haggling will work).
Although the rumor is still, well, a rumor (with emphasis to the word "rumor"), it is almost good enough to be taken as a fact. Considering all the hype about it being a far superior machine than, let's say, Microsoft's Xbox 360 that was pegged as much as $399, it is then quite logical for it to be a dollar under $500 (you are free to disagree, and no, I'm not in Sony's payroll).
Besides, consumers have long been spoon-fed with the expectation that PS3's price will only be equal to the amount of hype it has undergone. PlayStation development lead Ken Kutaragi, in a press conference staged in Tokyo, even stated that “I'm not going to reveal its(PS3) price, I'm going to only say that it'll be expensive”.
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now it appears you're stating that 500 dollar is quite expensive, i remember ps1 debuting at about 300 quid (uk), and this is not far off that value (although it'll probably be 400 quid just cos they're bastards).
also, there has been a lot made of a stupid financial analysis' company's (merril lynch = idiots) take on the ps3 where they stated that it would cost 900 dollar, so at least it won't cost that much.
that is, if this news is true...
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Actually, the general opinion of just about every developer in the industry is that both consoles will be about the same graphically.
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I really want to play games...
not watch movies.
100 extra bucks for a movie player that is just like a DVD player except more GBs of space and a slightly higher resolution that I won't notice under the title of Blu-ray?
thanks but no thanks.
If it costs 500bucks...I'm going to buy it for the games...not the movies.
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