PlayStation 3 to cost £425 News
PlayStation 3 News by Games Industry.biz
Sony Computer Entertainment UK's managing director, Ray Maguire, has revealed that to Eurogamer that the PlayStation 3 will set British gamers back £425 when it arrives here on November 17 - which he believes is "a bargain."
Speaking to Eurogamer TV in an exclusive interview to be broadcast in the next few days, Maguire said: "I don't think it's an expensive machine; I think actually, it's probably a cheap machine.
"If you think a Blu-Ray player by itself might be £600-700, and we're coming in at just £425 - it's a bargain."
At a pre-E3 press conference last week, Sony announced that the 60GB PS3 will go on sale for €599 - that's around £405 if you do a direct conversion. The 20GB PS3 will retail for €499, but well-informed retail sources have been suggesting that Sony won't release the lower spec model in the UK at all.
Which will leave us with the 60GB version, priced at £140 more than its nearest rival, the Xbox 360. Microsoft has reportedly told UK retailers that the cost of an Xbox 360 plus HD-DVD peripheral will be less than the price of a PS3 come Christmas.
"£425 is definitely not a mass market price, no," Maguire admitted.
"But you think about the price, think about the price of just a Blu-Ray player. It will be cheaper than a Blu-Ray player just by itself. So fundamentally we're going to be great value just from that point of view without even looking at the games side."
He went on to concede, however, that it'll be up to Sony to communicate this message to consumers who might not be that knowledgeable when it comes to next-gen disc formats.
"The point is that most people don't realise what they're actually getting with PlayStation 3," Maguire said.
"Number one, it's a games machine and we all know that. But also it's a high definition video playback device through Blu-Ray, and a lot of people don't really understand that part of the functionality either. There's a big story to tell people and a lot of information to be taken on board."
Look out for the full interview on Eurogamer TV - coming soon.
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Triggerhappytel
18/05/06 @ 14:39
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"okay I'm done"
Thank fuck for that! ;) PS - I can't read it either |
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PlugMonkey
18/05/06 @ 14:40
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Me neither, but I'm guessing that the PS3 is going to cost £425 over here, and a Sony bigwig is trying to claim this is a bargain.
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The12thMonkey
18/05/06 @ 14:41
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Bargin, says he?
Bollocks, says I
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chemicalcaveman
18/05/06 @ 14:50
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I was seriously thinking of making the PS3 my first Sony console. I see myself as a fairly dedicated game player, but at that price they can just forget about getting my money for the next few years, blu-ray or not.
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KingOfSpain
18/05/06 @ 14:50
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maybe, just maybe, I DONT WANT FUCKING BLU RAY....COCKS!!
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And here I thought Sony wanted to create a new movie platform winner with the Bluray by adding it as a free of cost addition to a entertainment device that's primarily for gaming.
Instead they seem to not want to do it and even try to make sure they lose a lot of the customers they already have. Sony: I think you'll find that people aren't as likely to buy the PS3 at all this time around. People have a choise from the getgo now and all you are doing is alienating your own market. Insane. |
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KingOfSpain
18/05/06 @ 14:55
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ok ok. So this blu ray shit yeah, whats it got going for it (in terms for gaming)
Well you can fit more shit on a disk. but there is one problem with that. I dont mind changing disks, it not the end of the world. Its not worth 425 to just not change disks. I hate you and you mum, dad,b rothers, sisters, pets.
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asphaltcowboy
18/05/06 @ 14:59
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"Speaking to Eurogamer TV in an exclusive interview to be broadcast in the next few days, Maguire said: "I don't think it's an expensive machine; I think actually, it's probably a cheap machine.
Is Sony just full of rich, smug bastards? |
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PearOfAnguish
18/05/06 @ 14:59
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"The point is that most people don't realise what they're actually getting with PlayStation 3,"
Getting ripped off is what they're getting. And here I thought Sony wanted to create a new movie platform winner with the Bluray by adding it as a free of cost addition to a entertainment device that's primarily for gaming. The general feeling is that Sony is willing to go to any lengths to ensure Blu-Ray is the new standard. Because they've had *such* success in the past with this kind of thing. |
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KingOfSpain
18/05/06 @ 15:00
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mazzl.
changing disks makes me hard...i love it. in fact i would paymore if the PS3 came with a floppy disk drive. I could change disks all the time /joy |
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gamingdave
18/05/06 @ 15:01
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"If you think a Blu-Ray player by itself might be £600-700, and we're coming in at just £425 - it's a bargain."
Are they admitting that the Blu-Ray capabilities, and overall output quality, of the PS3 are substandard, or that their standalone players are overpriced? |
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"I don't think it's an expensive machine; I think actually, it's probably a cheap machine"
Sounds like he's trying to convince himself as much as anyone else. And Sony, stop bringing out the Blu-Ray argument, I personally don't know anybody (friends or family) who has articulated an interest in this new format. |
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BartonFink
18/05/06 @ 15:03
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All I have to say to this is ROFL, bullshit, and bargain my arse.
They really have lost the plot They really have started to believe their own bullshine.
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people are sold on HD, I am anyway, HD is clearly better. I don't have £1500 to spend on a decent HD TV though! I'm not going to get the HD console before the HD display for it!
£425 will become £475+ once you've bought a game which will inevitably be at least £50 at launch like 360, plus there's probably some other peripheral like a second controller or a cable you'll have to buy that'll push the cost up over £500 in the end... hehe yeah, I can imagine all the chavs desperate for a ps3 and then plugging it into a 28" CRT. 'so it's like DVD, yeah?, except you can't tell until you've spent another grand'
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