Casino Royale Blu-ray for PS3 early adopters News
PlayStation 3 News by Tom Bramwell
Sony has announced that the first 500,000 people to register their PlayStation 3 on the PlayStation Network after the console's European launch will receive a free copy of James Bond film Casino Royale on Blu-ray.
Sony's Darren Carter, VP of brand and consumer marketing, described it as a "phenomenal incentive" for consumers to sign up to the console's online service, which allows for free online gaming as well as downloadable content through the PS3 Store.
"Casino Royale not only makes the most of the features and capabilities of the Blu-ray format, but is one of the most exciting and entertaining movies to debut on Blu-ray this year," Carter added.
The film will play back in 1080p resolution, having been encoded with the MPEG-4 AVC codec and stored on a 50GB, dual-layer Blu-ray disc, offering consumers a chance to sample one of the console's unique selling points - its high definition Blu-ray movie playback.
The platform holder implemented a similar scheme for the North American PS3 launch, offering Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby on Blu-ray with the first 400,000 units sold.
PlayStation 3 launches in Europe on 23rd March.
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JediMasterMalik
12/02/07 @ 14:07
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AWESOME!! =D
Edit - So much better then ricky bobby, can't wait.
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kangarootoo
12/02/07 @ 14:09
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I still haven't sene this film, but I hear it is the dog's nuts (and probably the cat's too).
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JohnnyWashnGo
12/02/07 @ 14:10
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Lol, "phenomenal incentive".
I can see the t-shirts now - 'I wasted £400 on an overpriced games console and all I got was this crappy film' I don't see how this is either phenomenal or an incentive to blow lots of money? |
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kangarootoo
12/02/07 @ 14:12
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@kincaide
I just saw Talledega Nights this weekend, and I have to say I was disappointed. Don't get me wrong, its a great film, but its not a patch on Anchorman IMO. There were some great ideas in it, but some of the ad lib stuff just didn't quite have the same kick. |
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GiarcYekrub
12/02/07 @ 14:16
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Why would you need to watch Casino Royale(sat playing cards...boring) in HD it's not as if it's got many special fx like say the Brosnen Bonds ... now they'd be cool in HD
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JediMasterMalik
12/02/07 @ 14:19
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Geez, what a bunch of killjoys....
+1 Are you guys really gonna complain about this? Really? It's biggest selling bond film to date, I don't think Sony had to do this to sell the damn things. |
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Hypnopedia
12/02/07 @ 14:23
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Top Film, Top Bond.
Quite tempting seeing as my 2nd 360 died 2 weeks ago out of warranty.... :D |
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BadBoyBonner
12/02/07 @ 14:25
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Well I liked Casino Royale more than King Kong - but will be buying neither Hi-Def dvd drive or discs.
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"It's biggest selling bond film to date, I don't think Sony had to do this to sell the damn things. "
They are just giving away Bluray movies because they LOVE us!!!! Happy Valentine! "Quite tempting seeing as my 2nd 360 died 2 weeks ago out of warranty.... :D " Stop bullshitting us. Warranty in Europe on electronics is - by law - 2 years.
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JediMasterMalik
12/02/07 @ 14:29
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I'm guessing they are doing it to make themselves look better and not make us more angry at them for the delay. Though I guess if you wanted to you could call it love. :o
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the_dudefather
12/02/07 @ 14:29
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not a bad deal, pretty good movie
and at least sony will make back the money from advertising (ie: sony product placement :P ) |
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Now, now. It's easy to sit here and shout "a blue ray movie is not a phenomenal incentive for buying a PS3".
But that's not what was sad no is it? Read it again: "phenomenal incentive" for consumers to sign up to the console's online service You've already bought the PS3, now they'll give you a movie if you sign up to the online service. Makes more sense now? |
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Hypnopedia
12/02/07 @ 14:31
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"Quite tempting seeing as my 2nd 360 died 2 weeks ago out of warranty.... :D "
Stop bullshitting us. Warranty in Europe on electronics is - by law - 2 years. Sadly not - bought it direct from a distributor NOT Retail and they don't want to know... |
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ChuckRialto
12/02/07 @ 14:40
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Pretty pathetic attempt to boost their proprietary Blu-Ray movie format - what happened to the PS3 being about the games?
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I don't see what the big deal is... literally. The last paragraph for me says "The film will play back in 1080p resolution, having been encoded with the MPEG-4 AVC codec and stored on a 50GB, dual-layer Blu-ray disc, offering consumers a" and the comments box is just dumped on top of the article...
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sanctusmortis
12/02/07 @ 14:48
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Quelle suprise. After all, the film's full of Sony ads, why not give it away to the rabid fanboys?
I enjoyed the film, but the ads grated. The phones, the security footage BD-ROM, the Blu Ray players, the pointless "driving a Ford Mondeo, rendering 3D maps on my Sony Ericsson K800i", the "spies use VAIOs"... too much. Almost as bad as I, Robot. |
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Halo Jones
12/02/07 @ 15:03
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Too all of you who already have registered your PS3's in other regions may find that this offer is only open to Europe only. Your PS3's will have had their details logged when you first registered online.
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SuperGamerMatt
12/02/07 @ 15:09
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It should be the Ultimate Edition as it will go well next to the 20 other Ultimate Bond DVD's I recently purchased. :P
HD got free King Kong by the way. In my opinion not as good as Casino Royale. |
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It doesn't make up for the extra price of the machine, but anyone planning on early adopting will have squared that factor away long ago. It's a lot better a movie than Spiderman 2 that I got free for registering my PSP.
Personally I couldn't give a toss about this HD format war, but this is certainly a good way for Sony to start people building a library of films on the format. Not that that helped UMD, but Spiderman 2 is a pretty crappy film (Dunst's wet T-Shirt aside), whereas Casino Royale is a bloody good see. I doubt anyone buying a PS3 would kick this offer out of bed for farting, anyone else with bad words to say about it is just bitching for the sake of it. |
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