PS3 Price Drop

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Down to £299 for the 40GB version with Sony phasing out the 60GB version soon as they're sold out.

Sorry if this is fixtures...

 

[Conkers]

Isn't that the version which doesn't allow you to play PS2 games? Now if they hadn't got rid of that and left the extra USB ports in, then come Christmas time I might have been tempted.
Sony will do anything to get the price of it down to that of a 360. Shame it means ripping the PS3 apart until it's just skin and bones. I should imagine when this doesn't sell very well, the wi-fi will be gone and the price will go down even further.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Still plays ps2 games as far as I know, and the memory is the only thing that has been stripped down.

Saying that though, I haven't gone back to any of my ps2 games anyway, so shouldn't really be a problem...

 

[Conkers]

"PLEASE NOTE - This PlayStation 3 model does NOT feature backwards compatibility with PS2 games, or the memory stick card readers found on the 60GB Model."
That's the £299.99 40gb version from Gameplay.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7030164.stm

No facility to play PS2/1 games on this new PS3.

 

[TSB]

Glad i bought the full version, then

 

[El Presidente]

Glad i bought the full version, then

To right, as there are f*** all games on the PS3 worth playing

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

Bit desperate isn't it?

The only way they'll do well is if people can't get hold of Wii's this Christmas and end up getting one of these cheapy PS3's instead

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

X Box 360 is the way to go my friends

 

[REDLAND]

Bit desperate isn't it?

The only way they'll do well is if people can't get hold of Wii's this Christmas and end up getting one of these cheapy PS3's instead

I believe its because they have invested so heavily in Blu-Ray and America seems to be favouring HD DVD that they have done this as well !!!

Sony really need Blu-Ray to win that battle !!!

 

[JJ McClure]

Will be popping out for a 360 at the weekend now that Halo 3 is out.

 

[Drumstick]

Good man my m8 saw me playing it and went a brought an 36 elite just for halo! Worth it tho! Already game of the year!

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

I believe its because they have invested so heavily in Blu-Ray and America seems to be favouring HD DVD that they have done this as well !!!

Sony really need Blu-Ray to win that battle !!!

I'm sure I read America is slightly favouring Blu-Ray with a 60-40 share in favour of it over HD-DVD according to current sales figures

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

To right, as there are f*** all games on the PS3 worth playing

So, so wrong...

 

[magoo]

Backwards compatibility isn't an issue is it? When i got my PS2 i NEVER played PS1 games on it as they looked crap.

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Backwards compatibility isn't an issue is it? When i got my PS2 i NEVER played PS1 games on it as they looked crap.

Thats what I was thinking. Once you've upgraded, surely you don't go back?

 

[Conkers]

Thats what I was thinking. Once you've upgraded, surely you don't go back?

I would still play the PS1 Final Fantasy games. Probably the best games ever to come out on a console, especially Final Fantasy VII and VIII.
There are a small number of games I wouldn't mind playing on the PS3 but is no where near the number that I want to play on the 360. If Metal Gear and Gran Turismo weren't PS3 exclusives then I really can't see any reason to buy a PS3 over a 360 (except if you desperately want a Blu-Ray player).
I can't see there ever being a winner between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray. Both companies have invested Billions of Pounds in it and are likely to invest 10x that just to keep it alive. Once the dual HD/Blu-Ray player becomes available at a decent price (sub £150) and both HD and Blu-Ray are still hanging in there, I can't see any dropping out of the race.
The saviour of Blu-Ray has been the PS3 and it's all down to the impending releases of Metal Gear Solid and Gran Turismo (and I don't think that's an understatement at all).

 

[Woodchip]

I own a blu-ray player (due to owning a PS3) but not a HD-DVD player, and won't be rushing out to get one. I think the PS3 will save Blu-ray and vice versa.

 

[Barnet Seagull]

I still play Track n field and Point Blank on my PS2

 

[seven stands]

got a 60gb two games and two controllers for 350 from virgin yesterday my addvice is spend the extra 50 if you can