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Killzone 2 PS3 bundle confirmed for UK News

PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

20 January, 2009

Sony has confirmed the Killzone 2 PlayStation 3 bundle for the UK.

The price will be GBP 299.99, but - as with the game - the date has yet to be set. We're promised something "shortly", even though retailers agree on 27th February - the confirmed US release.

Americans will also be treated to a demo for Guerrilla's exclusive PS3 shooter a day before release, or from 2nd February if pre-ordering from GameStop. There's no word on exact European demo plans, but we've been told to expect one.

Killzone 2, first announced via the infamous E3 2005 target render trailer, is shaping up rather well. We've had plenty of time to get acquainted with the handsome game, with our latest hands-on impressions published just under two weeks ago.

That and much more can be found over on our Killzone 2 gamepage.

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Proffitt8
20/01/09 @ 10:36
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Sony Stop Tempting Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Skeletor
20/01/09 @ 10:42
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300 GBP should be around 324 Euros. Is this the price reduction MS and analysts hinted at recently?
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 10:44
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Does this tempt you? You can have my PS3, it's gathering dust and more...
booner
20/01/09 @ 10:44
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A price drop to £200 would be nice. But they will rake it in with this game release first!
peteb
20/01/09 @ 10:48
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A month before the games supposed release and they can't tell people when its coming out for sure in UK yet. This is exactly what is wrong with Sony this gen.

Also, looking forward to it!
schnide
20/01/09 @ 11:03
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Don't you think you can let the target render thing drop now, EG?
mcbi4kh2
20/01/09 @ 11:04
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Not a chance, it will be mentioned in the first paragraph of the review.
Vanmunt
20/01/09 @ 11:06
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You can have my PS3, it's gathering dust and more...

unlike your dildo.
mcbi4kh2
20/01/09 @ 11:11
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@Vanmunt
lmao!

@Broombeer
I have a friedn who is looking to swap a ps3 for an elite 360 if you're interested?
Thunderbolt!
20/01/09 @ 11:12
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'A price drop to £200 would be nice. But they will rake it in with this game release first!'

Methinks not, its still to expensive for the average joe. Killzone just doesn't have the pull of 'H*** and G**.

Its a gamers game and most gamers will have either a PS3 or 360 by now.

I would say it can expect modest sales
Moonprince
20/01/09 @ 11:23
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Halo and GOW are not 'gamers games'??
FirewalkR
20/01/09 @ 11:28
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I'm also curious... I know GBP has been dropping hard against EUR, but 299... 324 euros, in the mainland the PS3 is still selling at 399 euros. Has it been 299 GBP for a long time?
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20/01/09 @ 12:21
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They're wasting their time with all these special bundles adding to the confusion. Just sell the bloody console with a headset, the remote and a HDMI cable in the box and have done with it.
Gaol
20/01/09 @ 12:36
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It's been £299 for ages FirewalkR; Sony are making a lot less per unit sale in the UK than they were this time last year. So I wouldn't expect a price cut anytime soon, they are probably struggling to keep the price on a level for us sterling paupers.
sanctusmortis
20/01/09 @ 13:12
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That boxart be fugly.

Price is the same as the LBP pack, so it's an 80GB with DS3. Same ol', same ol'. Maybe Sony should stop these pack-ins with special boxes and just, y'know, have a single box for the 80GB SKU with which they just include the bonuses?
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 13:39
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@Vanmunt: Man, what are you funny! You must be the clown of the familiy aren't you? Grow up, you don't even know what to use a dildo for.
Machetazo
20/01/09 @ 13:41
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sanctusmortis: "That boxart be fugly. "

Although, it saves Sony spending ad money, since there's just no possible way you could miss that on the shelf.
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 13:41
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@mcbi4kh2: I already own 2 Elites, so no, thank you.
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20/01/09 @ 13:44
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And although I'm from The Netherlands and Killzone is a game product (one of the few) of the Dutch, I still know it's going to be overhyped to the max and when it's out it's going to be so underwhelmingly bad. Like a deja-vu, so to speak.
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stepneg
20/01/09 @ 13:47
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Still to expensive for what would be in addition to my 360's, I want one but it's not worth £300
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 13:50
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@stepneg: Why would you want one?
kangarootoo
20/01/09 @ 14:00
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"Man, what are you funny! You must be the clown of the familiy aren't you? Grow up, you don't even know what to use a dildo for."

Unlike your good self, obviously



...oh come on, Vanmunt's comment was kind of funny. Being able to laugh at yourself on occasion is a good thing.
drumbaby
20/01/09 @ 14:02
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"@mcbi4kh2: I already own 2 Elites, so no, thank you. " *

* both broken
zedzee
20/01/09 @ 14:38
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PS3 price, especially in the UK, has been a problem from the first day of release for Sony fans such as myself. If Sony would just stop messing around with bundles - in unsuccessful attempts to make their extortionately priced console look attractive - and actually focussed on being competitive, as well as bringing back backwards compatibility, then I might consider the damn thing. Otherwise, I'm quite happily enjoying several titles on my PS2 and PSP units at the moment.

Nintendo started with a reasonable price. Microsoft has now reached a more-than reasonable price. So what is Sony's problem? Surely they must realise now that they will NEVER recoup their hardware development costs for this third generation and must therefore focus on being competitive to increase their installed base? Is that not a reasonable and logical point?

I mean, even stand-alone BluRay players now cost less than the PS3, so that argument about people buying it because it's a cheap BluRay player is no longer valid; something that harks back from the old days of the PS2 being a cheap DVD player.

So what is Sony's problem? Do they not want to win our hearts and minds this time around?
teabagger
20/01/09 @ 15:37
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"Why would you want one?"

Says the person that, apparently, owns two Elites....
Mind you, I guess having two could be useful in the same way that I have a spare inner tube for my bike in the cupboard.

;)

zuljin
20/01/09 @ 16:01
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@xXBrombeerXx
"And although I'm from The Netherlands and Killzone is a game product (one of the few) of the Dutch, I still know it's going to be overhyped to the max and when it's out it's going to be so underwhelmingly bad. Like a deja-vu, so to speak."

If you know its going to be crap then why are you here? Why bother finding out about it at all?

But don't worry I'll correct your statement for you:
"I still know it's going to be overhyped to the max and when it's out I have no idea what its going to be like because I haven't played the damn thing."
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 16:51
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We'll see boys. And yes I do own a PS3, just add Biker_Bob_1971 and you'll see. I'm pissed at Sony for delivering such a crap machine and ridicule myself for falling for the same trap as the PSP was. Neither gets played and yes, the xbox 360 is my choice of console. It's my 7th 360 console drumbaby, but I don't bother, I get a new one each time and I always have a spare one, so no problem there.

Edit: Do I really need to take a picture of my PS3? Sigh...and ooh...it's a launchmodel with PS2 comptability! I'll even put myself on the picture for you.
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Pedrolot
20/01/09 @ 17:15
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That case is lush..
Pedrolot
20/01/09 @ 17:16
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@ xXBrombeerXx

Personally, after 7 xbox's. I think your mad.
Skeletor
20/01/09 @ 17:19
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Considering the price of the PS3 I can pretty much echoe what zedzee wrote...a German electronic chain is selling a standalone bluray player for €169 at the moment and even this price will most likely plummet over the next couple of months. There's no way Sony will be able to keep their €399 price tag if their really want to move units the way MS does.
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xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 17:21
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Oh..but this is my 3rd PS3, and that's getting hardly used while the 360 gets overused. Mind you the 2nd refurbished PS3 from Sony wasn't repaired AT all. Their mistake, granted, but still. I'm not mad, I just like games. And when you have the money, why not? I never had to pay anything for a repair. I don't mind. And so do 28 million.
FenderMaster
20/01/09 @ 17:22
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Bargain
Pedrolot
20/01/09 @ 17:23
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xXBrombeerXx

You like games..the only excuse you need imo..
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 17:51
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I told you: I bought the story of teh powa of the cell. Look, just add me on the friendlist and I'll videochat with you and let you see my PS3 through the PS3 Eye, ok? Will that be enough proof? I just find it a very bad console, may I? It's my OPINION. Just buy a decent Blu-ray player and an Xbox 360 and you see what I mean. I feel cheated of 700 Euro for a machine which does a half decent job, gets overhauled time and time again losing features instead of gaining them and creating stupid XMB options and tools (Life For PlayStation, Home? Anyone?) which no-one ever uses. But ADD me and you will see I'm not an Xbot or fanboy. I hate MS as much as Sony for their arrogancy. But at least Microsoft did a decent job developing the system to a very good games console with like Live serivce. Sony doesn't even know what the PS3 is about. The hardware of MS may be faulty, but at least they don't charge 200 Euro for repairs like Sony do. Now you...
tomnol
20/01/09 @ 19:30
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You can have my PS3, it's gathering dust and more...

There is this thing called eBay. You don't even have to let us know.
xXBrombeerXx
20/01/09 @ 20:33
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Don't worry, I shan't bother any of you anymore. It seems I can't have an opinion these days. Why don't you all camp with Hirai? He says PS3 is tha winna, and Hirai is always right, right?
xXBrombeerXx
21/01/09 @ 05:38
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I hope you can understand some Dutch but this popular Dutch consumer program talks about the too frequent burning of the Blu-Ray laser within 1 1/2 year of usage. Sony lets the consumer pay 200 Euro for repairs, which is against Dutch law, since such an apparatus should have a longer life expectancy than 1 1/2 years. Sony refused but after sueing threats from this program, they yielded. BUT apparantly Sony STILL asks the 200 Euro. Shows their arrogancy and they will probably go to court now. Oh..and well built? As I said, this is my third. The first had a burned blu-ray laser. Within 8 months. Wish you lots of happiness with your PS3...! Have fun watching the show. There are also many angry consumers' (I am in one of their threads too) comments in their. You see, it probably all went well with your PS3 (still), but I'll speak to you again when yours breaks down...

http://www.trosradar.nl/index.php?id=uit...
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Rottentomatoes
21/01/09 @ 08:05
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"10p says this game will be mediocre at best."
"I still know it's going to be overhyped to the max and when it's out it's going to be so underwhelmingly bad. Like a deja-vu, so to speak."

Haha, you can see the jealousy lurking through their little fanboy veins! I love it!

They're in for a horrible surprise.
farticusmaximus
21/01/09 @ 08:47
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"I'm guessing if everyone could afford one all this PS3 trash talk would soon stop"

Lol, no. Just no.

The PS3 get as much stick for it's lack of decent games as much as it's price.

They could cost $1.50 and I still wouldnt want one. When it gets a decent games catalog then I'll buy. Not before.

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