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Postby Big Daddy » Sat Jun 30, 07 11:51 am

Why are people bitching about the price of a PS3? $600 roughly seems a pretty sound price for it.

Count your blessings you're not in the EU, 599 USD converted to GBP is currently £300 (thank you Vista). So why are good Britons paying more? I thought we were pretty high up in the hierarchy. Import purposes? Electrical issues? Or do they just hate us?

If you come from, say the Netherlands tell us the price in your local currency.

Small print: £400 is $799 converted
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Sat Jun 30, 07 5:06 pm

Europe gets the shaft on everything. But you should see Japan prices, it's around £13 for a brand new 360 game (they region lock them to be utter fuckwads) and around £120 for a premium 360.
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Postby Big Daddy » Sat Jun 30, 07 6:13 pm

Exactly, there's Sony moaning "we're losing $300 per PS3 :cry: " well maybe if you'd stop give them to Japan then you would be able to level the field!
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Postby xProtocol Rain » Sat Jun 30, 07 8:08 pm

I agree with the both of you. But who in their right mind would throw away 600.00 bucks on a shit system? I wouldn't. Especially 799.00! :|
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Postby Big Daddy » Sat Jun 30, 07 8:23 pm

In all fairness it's not a shit system for single player titles and online SERVICES, just so long you stay away from multi-format titles.
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Postby xProtocol Rain » Sat Jun 30, 07 9:07 pm

S*** Pickle wrote:In all fairness it's not a shit system for single player titles and online SERVICES, just so long you stay away from multi-format titles.


I suppose.. A friend of mine owns all 3 systems and I've played a few games on it. I don't really like it much, not worth 600 in my opinion.
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Sat Jun 30, 07 9:43 pm

Indeed it's not worth it, it will stay shit until they get good games.
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Postby Big Daddy » Sat Jun 30, 07 9:44 pm

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S*** Pickle wrote:In all fairness it's not a shit system for single player titles and online SERVICES, just so long you stay away from multi-format titles.


I suppose.. A friend of mine owns all 3 systems and I've played a few games on it. I don't really like it much, not worth 600 in my opinion.
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Postby xProtocol Rain » Sat Jun 30, 07 10:36 pm

S*** Pickle wrote:
~[Ã]~¤Çãrñàgé¤~ wrote:
S*** Pickle wrote:In all fairness it's not a shit system for single player titles and online SERVICES, just so long you stay away from multi-format titles.


I suppose.. A friend of mine owns all 3 systems and I've played a few games on it. I don't really like it much, not worth 600 in my opinion.
Careful what you say, Sony representatives could follow you home and start blabbing on about cell processers rivalling supercomputers.


Meh, he's gotta point guys. :x
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Mon Jul 02, 07 8:47 am

$600? Fuck you guys. It's twice that price in New Zealand - course, we are like technologically challenged. Mainly cause our Government sucks cock.
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Mon Jul 02, 07 1:25 pm

Converted NZ dollars means it only costs an extra £40 over there.
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Postby xProtocol Rain » Tue Jul 03, 07 12:12 am

C:Enter:£££ wrote:Indeed it's not worth it, it will stay shit until they get good games.


In the rate their going thats going to be a while. In the next couple of months there will be like 2 or 3 games coming exclusively for the ps3. I still find it funny that those damn ps3 fanboys keep babbling on about mgs being a one hitter killer. I'm pretty sure it'll be a bad ass game but seriously; what one game single handedly obliterated anything? :?
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Postby Kaiden » Tue Jul 03, 07 12:40 am

If I bought a PS3, it would purely be for MGS. :D PS3 seems to consist of Racing and Sport games, which arn't my faviorates to be honest..
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Postby clyzm » Tue Jul 03, 07 6:09 pm

If I bought a PS3, it would be for Gaiden Sigma only.
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Postby Allan » Tue Jul 03, 07 6:20 pm

At the moment, to me it seems most next-gen consoles are treading the Atari 2600 route...

Whatever isn't any good on it, is total shit.
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Postby Big Daddy » Tue Jul 03, 07 9:12 pm

Well, it's become a cut-throat industry, and with Linux making OS's for PS3, the clash of game consoles into computers is inevitable.
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Postby Siva » Tue Jul 03, 07 9:19 pm

Gears of War nearly did it for 360.

99% of the target audience knows what it is.
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Postby Big Daddy » Tue Jul 03, 07 9:34 pm

Everyone knows about Wii Sport and Legend of Zelda, now if they could do the same with Super Smahs Brothers Brawl and Fire Emblem...
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Tue Jul 03, 07 9:44 pm

S*** Pickle wrote:Everyone knows about Wii Sport and Legend of Zelda,


I don't.
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Postby Mr. Tastix » Tue Jul 03, 07 10:56 pm

Then you suck. Nintendo > All
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Tue Jul 03, 07 11:00 pm

Nintendo are fucking shite, the only good game they released was Mario Allstars with Super Mario World. Probably another few random titles but I can't be arsed thinking.
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Postby MainMan » Wed Jul 04, 07 12:16 am

Nintendo are absolute bollocks. All their games are set in some bullshit fantasy world.
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Postby James » Wed Jul 04, 07 12:18 am

Like Earth.
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Postby Bobo. » Wed Jul 04, 07 2:51 pm

Rofl, 600 Euro's in the Netherlands. Quite fucktarted if you ask me since the dollar is way lower then the Euro.
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Re: 599 USD? So what?

Postby ynnaD » Wed Jul 04, 07 5:38 pm

S*** Pickle wrote:Why are people bitching about the price of a PS3? $600 roughly seems a pretty sound price for it.

Count your blessings you're not in the EU, 599 USD converted to GBP is currently £300 (thank you Vista). So why are good Britons paying more? I thought we were pretty high up in the hierarchy. Import purposes? Electrical issues? Or do they just hate us?

If you come from, say the Netherlands tell us the price in your local currency.

Small print: £400 is $799 converted


That is a lot of money to some people. Myself for example (in the process of finding a job) can't afford a PS3 yet!
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Postby James » Wed Jul 04, 07 5:57 pm

Bobo. wrote:Rofl, 600 Euro's in the Netherlands.


What, the, fuck.
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Postby Kaiden » Wed Jul 04, 07 6:20 pm

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Postby Big Daddy » Wed Jul 04, 07 7:49 pm

C:Enter:£££ wrote:Nintendo are fucking shite, the only good game they released was Mario Allstars with Super Mario World. Probably another few random titles but I can't be arsed thinking.
I hated football to start with (sorry Psych) but Mario Strikers just gives me the false illusion that I'm actually good. Five goals in one fucking kick?!
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Postby ynnaD » Wed Jul 04, 07 8:22 pm

Pro Evolution on Amatuar has the same effect.

Top Player ftw
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Thu Jul 05, 07 12:34 pm

Mario Allstars was all the Mario games on one cartridge, not a football game lol
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