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Post by ringsyde on May 8, 2006 22:23:09 GMT -5
From IGN.com: ps3.ign.com/articles/705/705838p1.html$499 - $599 for the system and a a November 17th release date makes for an interesting holiday season. I'll be interested to see the memory requirements for the games and other features. This will have a huge bearing on which system I pre-order. |
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Post by ringsyde on May 8, 2006 22:37:11 GMT -5
Here's a little more PS3 news regarding the "new" controller (from IGN.com):
Kuturagi takes the stage. He introduces the PS3 controlled ... and it's the PS3 controller?!? It looks exactly the same, but it has many new function. Most importantly, it has "6 degrees" of motion-sensing movement. (Um, Nintendo, what do you have to say about this?) You can move it up and down, you have pitch and yaw and roll movement, and it's all still wireless and, in fact, lighter than PS2's DualShock.
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on May 9, 2006 10:43:35 GMT -5
Yeah, it's lighter because it won't have a rumble feature.  I'll be interested to see how many people are actually willing to drop $600 on a system that will be phased out in 5 or 6 years. I certainly won't be one of them, but I knew that I wouldn't be getting a PS3 long before this. |
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Post by JimSteel on May 9, 2006 12:38:27 GMT -5
That cost will stop me from getting it even though I had no plans on buying
Mainly because you know within a year or two the cost will be cut in half if not more just like PS2 went from $300 down to $149 or less
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Post by GalactiKing on May 9, 2006 12:57:46 GMT -5
I never buy a system up front. I'll wait for the inevitable price drop(though it took PS2 about 3 years to drop to 150 IIRC)
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Post by ringsyde on May 9, 2006 15:10:08 GMT -5
My recent run of good luck (graduating, getting a job and being promoted) afforded me a deal with several family members. As something of a belated graduation gift, I'm preordering the system and they're paying for it. That's really the only reason why I'm getting it this year. Of course, I have enough doubts about Sony's ability to manufacture a problem-free product (and enough concern about the $600.00 pricetag) that I may ultimately decide to avoid it anyway.
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on May 9, 2006 18:38:19 GMT -5
You will probably be able to get a Wii, three extra remotes (assuming it only comes with one) and four launch titles of your choice for that same $600. Ok, maybe two launch titles.  |
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Post by ringsyde on May 9, 2006 20:45:39 GMT -5
If I wanted a Wii (which I don't).
Speaking of titles, it sounds like PS3 titles will be $70-$80 each.
If I end up with this machine, I see myself owning only Smackdown, FirePro (whatever the PS3 version will be called) and an extra controller. All tolled, that's about $820.00
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Post by Werner Mueck on May 10, 2006 4:18:40 GMT -5
Will the PS3 still have that built in "thingamagig" (I'm not as gamer advanced as you guys are) that registers your game and keeps it from being played on anyone else's console. I've listened in on conversations online and off dealing with this and the thought that it would put a stop to game trading, renting, and selling of used games. If it's true, that alone would keep me from getting the system. Paying that much for the console, I'd be able to afford one or two games and after that I'd have to rely on the occassional rental. Couldn't really "try before I buy" that way either which helped keep me from getting hammered too much in the past.
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Post by ringsyde on May 10, 2006 17:55:46 GMT -5
Yes and no. The encryption code will be used for mmorpg's and possibly Sony mega-titles like God of WAr 3 (which apparently is being worked on right along with GOW2). Sony is suggesting that they may expand the practice, but heat from gamers and from retailers involved in lucrative pre-owned sales business is probably going to stay their hand.
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Post by Mad Dog on May 11, 2006 9:11:57 GMT -5
You will probably be able to get a Wii, three extra remotes (assuming it only comes with one) and four launch titles of your choice for that same $600. Ok, maybe two launch titles. You could buy the Wii system 3 times for the price of a PS3. I'm not touching this system. I am not paying $600 for a gaming system. |
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Post by GalactiKing on May 16, 2006 8:18:46 GMT -5
I wouldn't pay 300 dollars for a game system much less 600.
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Post by pikemojo on May 17, 2006 17:28:09 GMT -5
I payed 300 for PS2 on launch date. If I had the money I would definitely consider getting PS3. Good thing I don't have the money. I will have to wait til they for sure have all the bugs worked out.
RingsYde, you will have to make sure to tell us how great this system is.
You guys are complaining about prices going up but that is the future. You can wait for the price to go down but the PS3 will most likely never drop below 200. 600 is a ton of money but if Sony delivers what they are promising it will be well worth it.
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Post by thefamoustommyz on May 18, 2006 0:01:41 GMT -5
I'll consider the PS3 long after I have worn my X-Box 360 and Nintendo Wii out.
That's what I did with this generation and haven't regretted it.
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Post by pikemojo on May 18, 2006 11:00:20 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this the other day. Does the PS3 have the ability to play dvds? If it does wouldn't that be something that could be cut pretty easily since most people now use dvd players and can buy dvd players for less than 50 bucks? I know that the dvd player was part of what made alot of people justify spending 300 on the PS2 but now most people have real dvd players that play dvds much better. I am sure RingsYde can answer this question pretty well.
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on May 18, 2006 11:32:46 GMT -5
I was just thinking about this the other day. Does the PS3 have the ability to play dvds? If it does wouldn't that be something that could be cut pretty easily since most people now use dvd players and can buy dvd players for less than 50 bucks? I know that the dvd player was part of what made alot of people justify spending 300 on the PS2 but now most people have real dvd players that play dvds much better. I am sure RingsYde can answer this question pretty well. I'm fairly certain that the answer is yes, but in various degrees of "yes" depending on which version you pick up; only the $600 version will have HDMI support, I believe. Also, cutting the DVD player functionality would run contrary to the "home entertainment center" mission that Sony and MS both seem to be striving towards. Also, since people may be able to pick up a decent DVD player for like $50as you said, it's questionable as to how much removing the DVD player functionality would actually reduce the cost of a PS3. Really, as far as the PS3 is concerned, the two highest cost-contributors are the Cell processor and Blu-Ray. Everything else is more or less incidental. |
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Post by ringsyde on May 20, 2006 17:47:02 GMT -5
Well' we started calling people about PS3 reserves today. Our "will call" list was 430 people long. Of that number, 7 made the necessary arrangements to pre-purchase the system. More than half the list balked at the unreasonable price.
Anyone remember a year or so ago when I suggested that Sony would price itself out of consumer interest and place Microsoft in the driver's seat? A few people said I was either nuts or a (Sony) hater. If today is any indication, I was pretty dead-on.
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Post by GalactiKing on May 23, 2006 12:45:44 GMT -5
Sounds like it. Actually Nintendo may just surpirse if the Wii is fairly inexpensive.
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Post by Chris Ingersoll on May 23, 2006 12:53:31 GMT -5
Why would that be a surprise? Nintendo consoles have always had an initial price-point of $200. Always. I'm not seeing a lot of reason for Wii to be any more expensive than that, with an absolute cap of $300 (which I would hope includes more pack-ins than one Wiimote). |
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Post by nelson on May 23, 2006 13:00:58 GMT -5
should be interesting though.(checks piggybank).
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