PS3 Official Price and More

Australian Price revealed. Oh my.

In the final moments of the pre-E3 Sony press conference, the details regarding the launch dates and pricing of Sony\'s PlayStation 3 were revealed by Kaz Hirai.

Firstly, like the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 will be available in two flavours – one with a 20GB hard drive and another with a 60 GB hard drive. According to Sony, the 20GB pack will come without compatibility for MemoryStick/SD/CompactFlash, WiFi or HDMI OUT (i.e. no true 1080p).

The launch details are:

Japan on November 11th
20GB - 59,800 yen
60GB - open price (retailers will set it)

US on November 17th
20GB - $499 US
60GB - $599 US

Europe on November 17th
20GB - 499 Euros
60GB - 599 Euros  

Australia on November 17th (prices quoted directly fron Sony Australia)
20GB - $829 AUD
60GB - $999 AUD

There\'s approximately a 20% increase in price (based on current exchange rates) between the US and European prices. Australasia was included with the European pricing, so it would be reasonable to expect that we will be in the higher price band.

Interestingly (if these release dates stand) while Japan will receive the console first, thanks to the time difference the PS3 will launch in Australian before Europe and America.

Also

The PS3 is basically a wireless dual shock with features similar to Nintendo\'s Wii remote. The Warhawk demonstration was pretty damn impressive.

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More edits to come for corrections if needed.

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HOLY SHIT

PS3 "Core" pack = No wifi + No HDMI + No MemoryStick /SD/CompactFlash

According to Sony

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- Rumble Suport for the controller is gone and the $500 version does not support 1080p.
- "Core" version is not upgradeable. What it has (or rather, does not have) you are stuck with.

New Controller

It\'s no longer the dual shock, obviously.



- PS3 price point in Europe is 500 and 600 euros.

Let\'s do some math.

[size=18]599 Euros = 761.2691 U.S. dollars[/size]

Sorry guys.

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It is covered in vents. Sleek looking though.













Taken from B3D:
PS3: 325mm x 98mm x 274mm / 5kg
Xbox: 320mm x 101mm x 260mm / 3.84kg
Xbox 360: 309mm x 83mm x 258mm /3.49kg

The PS3 has no controller ports. Keep your PS2\'s if you want to enjoy Guitar Hero 1&2.

[size=18]PS3 Gyro motion feature in action.[/size]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L42afYCfSyU&eurl=

The new MGS4 trailer was fantastic.

Metal Gear stampede.



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man these things pop up quick

works for me

they\'ll sell like hotcakes, undeniable

Wondering if I should invest in one and then sell it on ebay.

I\'m going to pick up a \'full\' system for me, and probably a \'base\' system or two to flip.  No doubt demand will outstrip supply, at least at first.

Wondering if I should invest in one and then sell it on ebay.

I am actually planning on buying three.

After seeing what happened with the 360, I\'m not going to pass this up.

[videoholic]

I agree. If it\'s too cheap then I can only assume they are stripping down the blue ray features.

With this price I can at least feel like it\'s a viable Blue Ray Disc player.

[Evi]

Didn\'t realize this was already posted. I\'ll go take down my thread in the Main Forum. I just made a whole bunch of threads in the Main Forum...check it out. :thumb:

Didn\'t realize this was already posted. I\'ll go take down my thread in the Main Forum. I just made a whole bunch of threads in the Main Forum...check it out. :thumb:

So you want replies in a bunch of threads your will delete?  Go delete boy-oh!

[Evi]

So you want replies in a bunch of threads your will delete? Go delete boy-oh!

What? No. I posted a bunch of threads from Sony\'s Conference today. The thread I\'m deleting is a duplicate of this one.

[Paul2]

I remember ps3 used to have two HDMIs connection, now only the "premium" version have one HDMI and everything else.  They are making two version of the consoles just like how microsoft make theirs...

Do you guys think it\'s better if they just make one version like the $600 and sell it as it is?

I agree. If it\'s too cheap then I can only assume they are stripping down the blue ray features.

With this price I can at least feel like it\'s a viable Blue Ray Disc player.

It is a stripped down blu-ray player though. It\'ll be a good demo system, I guess, to see how well it actually runs videos.

Another $200 can get me the real deal but then I won\'t have a PS3 now would I?

[Evi]

The normal version doesn\'t even have memory card slots. WTF?

Also, the new MGS4 trailer was fantastic.

hahaha man you are killing me :lmao: That was very funny

:thumb:

The normal version doesn\'t even have memory card slots. WTF?

Neither have PS1 or PS2 memory slots.