Rumored PS3 Price (Got $736 to Spare?)

J.M. Vargas · Postby **J.M. Vargas** » April 6th, 2006, 6:42 pm

[url]http://gear.ign.com/articles/700/700258p1.html[/url]

Again, these are educated guesses. Come May 8th Sony will reveal the final price at E3 which should be closer to the magical $499-500 price point most consumers expect to pay for a cutting-edge videogame system. Either that or Sony is going to load the box with extras (coupons, Blue Ray flicks, a second controller, free game, etc.) and try to pass this as a killer bundle. Hey, nobody ever said this hobby was cheap!

Anayo1 · Postby **Anayo1** » April 6th, 2006, 8:10 pm

Five years from now I'll be picking one of these babies up at a thrift store for thirty bucks.

Booyah! XP

Michael Danehy · Postby **Michael Danehy** » April 6th, 2006, 10:20 pm

[QUOTE=Anayo]Five years from now I'll be picking one of these babies up at a thrift store for thirty bucks.

Booyah! XP
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Haha, you can't even get PS2 for that cheap yet.

Paul Campbell · Postby **Paul Campbell** » April 7th, 2006, 4:50 am

But you will be able to soon after the PS3 comes out..... Ha ha.

bluemonkey1 · Postby **bluemonkey1** » April 7th, 2006, 9:41 am

I really can't imagine Sony selling it for more than $500. Loss making is irrelevant compared to market share.

John Rowland · Postby **John Rowland** » April 7th, 2006, 3:03 pm

[QUOTE=Paul Campbell]But you will be able to soon after the PS3 comes out..... Ha ha.
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That hasn't happened to the original Xbox yet.

sega saturn x · Postby **sega saturn x** » April 7th, 2006, 4:38 pm

Honestly even if the system was only 400$ I wouldn't be all that interested. It seems like sony is going to push this blue ray garabge as hard as they can, and I have no desire to change from DVDs, thanks you very much. So paying more for a format I don't want anyway sounds like bull to me. Some of the games do look cool though, so maybe I'll get one in a few years after blue rays fail and I can pick it up for cheap.

wur1 · Postby **wur1** » April 7th, 2006, 4:53 pm

[QUOTE=John Rowland]

[QUOTE=Paul Campbell]But you will be able to soon after the PS3 comes out..... Ha ha.
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That hasn't happened to the original Xbox yet.

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I hope this harkens the end of the PS's dominance, so franchises like Metal Gear can return to NIntendo systems.

bluemonkey1 · Postby **bluemonkey1** » April 8th, 2006, 9:11 am

SSX Blue Ray is superior to DVD so why do you call it garbage?

Paul Campbell · Postby **Paul Campbell** » April 8th, 2006, 4:06 pm

Blue Ray holds more data than DVD, but that doesn't mean it is going to help the games be any better. I consider it garbage in this case because I can't see how it really helps the games be any better, considering Sony is most definitely pushing it with the PS3 to help the format's chances in the non-gaming world, where it is in a major war with HDDVD. Sony is hoping the PS3 will be the launching pad for Blu-Ray, so they are pushing it hard, whether or not it will help the games. Sure the disks will have increased capacity, but the question is, will the games NEED this capacity.