Has there been any talk on the costs of these consoles?

I\'m leaning towards $350.

I was wrong, PS2 launched at 39\'800 Yen in Japan. PS3 will be a great deal more expensive.

Apparently, Sony is still checking, but for now, I\'d expect $350, maximum $399.

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Originally posted by seven
I was wrong, PS2 launched at 39\'800 Yen in Japan. PS3 will be a great deal more expensive.

Apparently, Sony is still checking, but for now, I\'d expect $350, maximum $399.

reaver..no source...just assuming the price..seven if these consoles come out with a tag of 399? i\'ll definitely wait for the drop...i mean i can afford it, but i just can\'t see payin THAT much for a console, regardless of how many new features it may have...

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/05/18/news_6125423.html

"An article that ran on the Japanese newspaper\'s Web site said that the PlayStation 3 could potentially sell for under $500. "The new machine, which will have a higher performance capacity than personal computers and provide sophisticated movie-quality images, will be priced at less than 50,000 yen each, according to [Sony] officials," said the paper."

I hope I have a kickass job at launch.  I\'m really interested in a blu-ray player.

I can afford them, it\'s just that for a month, I\'m not going to have enough money for anything recreational.

Something I find quite interesting is that one of our biggest newspapers (Blick.ch) is expecting Xbox360 launch price in Switzerland to be 370 CHF - which would be around $300. The strange is, is that PS2 launched at 699 CHF in 2000 - which equals no less than $570.

Microsoft already commented they would not make the same mistakes in the European market as they did last time.  How much was the Xbox when it launched over there?

400 or 450 Euro\'s.

I paid 1149 Dutch Florijn for a launch PS2 which was about 500 to 550 USD.

Yes, tax makes such stuff always expensive over here.

Ah well, I\'ll get a PS3 anyway. Money\'s not a problem.

I think it will be around $399.99-450

Rikku finally got an avatar. Does that mean you\'re leaving?

*pulls elbow towards chest*

Yes!



jk

Not leaving.

I hope at least we get the price of x360. Cause I expect the ps3 to be at least $100 more than x360. I mean considering all the entertainment features it has.

If  ps3 launches @465 I can only imagine the cost of these console will continue to go up. Just as the software is going up.
I dred the thought of $600-700 consoles.

There was a post on another forum stating that the PS3 wil cost $370 in Japan.

The post was from someone who translated an  article from a  Japanese website.

I do not forsee a console costing more then $399 personally, and $349 seems like the next logical price increase for a system in the USA IMO

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400 bucks for an HD DVD player is fine with me.  Now I get to play video games on it to?  Fuck yeah..  

My son is a lucky son of a bitch.