No gun metal grey PS3 for UK News

No surprises there then, all the UK seems to get is inflated prices, delays and a damn good bum raping from various companies.

The special edition is a joke as well.

Well when you say UK you do mean the whole of Europe. It is a damm shame that such a large market gets treated like the ugly duckling. Still we take it, which means companies can get away with it! Snake!!!

Meh.

If they dont bring the 80gb version over here pronto i'll bum rape the lot of em!!! Scumbags.

Is the 80GB one the one that still has BC, in software at least?

How dare they call that a "Special Edition"?
a 40GB PS3, a copy of the game, a single sixaxis. While other territories get the 80GB PS3 + DualShock controller at a LOWER PRICE!



This whole deal can be summed up in an imaginary (yet likely) quote from a Konami top exec:

"FUCK Europe"

Yeah sorry, I did mean Europe, not just the UK.

Konami in shit at Europe shocker.

Oh noes! I can't get a grey PS3! Whatever will i do

: /

And still europe loves the hand that slaps them.

Hey guys if Europe bends over willingly then they really deserve what they get. The Uk is litterally the only country that complains about this stuff. Every other european country simply goes out and buys the bundles.

I don't understand why we don't get the 80GB. It makes _NO_ sense.

can't see the backwards compatibility issue ever surfacing because sony are trying to recoup their cost and by doing that it will obviously cost them extra. They will just say go and buy a PS2. As for the MGS4, had they introduced the ltd edition into the UK bundles with the DS3, I would have purchased that one but, seeing as how sony have been fucking the rest of us silly, i am going to give it a miss. I just do not understand the mentality of sony and/or knoami!

@lambtron - we get the 40GB as it's all old stock from the other regions while they get the newer 80GB. We're getting all the old Sixaxis stock too and when there are finally no more to be sold we'll get the "last gen" feature of rumble.

Sony: "Europelol"

Amirite!

I didn't really expect this to make it to Europe anyway, but it's still a little bit disappointing to have it confirmed.

Personally, I'm not going to even think about buying / playing MGS4 until I can go and buy a PS3 with a Dualshock 3 in the box. I don't particularly blame Konami for this - it's Sony that is limiting Europe to the "crap" version of the PS3 controller for some unexplained reason (probably to offload excess Sixaxis stock) and still refuses to release that nice 80GB bundle over here.

We'll still eat up that £80 limited edition. (I hope that figurine is made out of solid gold)

Importing the PS3 dualshock... NOW!

Killerbee: it's exactly that, just unloading stock. Seeing as Europe is the one territory where the PS3 is selling on the brand alone, Sony don't actually need to make any effort in terms of special editions, proper controllers etc. What is it with continental Europe and the PS3, do Sony have really good marketing over there, or is the BluRay revolutionin full swing or something?

What I don't understand is how Sony managed to amass such a stockpile of Sixaxis in the first place. Surely they knew the DS3 would happen as soon as the lawsuit was settled? Maybe they were just expecting to sell a lot more consoles early on.

Hi Europe, this is your good pal Sony here.

Unfortunately, we don't give two shits about you, despite the fact some countries seem to slavishly love us.

Instead of a cool PS3 gun metal, we're going to give you the finger. Thats right, the finger. Fuck you.

We know this is controversial, but we know that we have legions of sony fans here, that will suck a line of our shit a mile long, and still come back for more, so, its no big deal.

Thanks and so long suckers.

monkie_king

No, its just that they HAVE to pick a territory where to dump their SIXAXIS+old PS3's, and it can't be neither Japan nor the US.

Come on you stupid European consumers. You've already shown Sony you'll lap up whatever piss poor version of the PS3 they serve up to you. Why stop now?

I know it's been gone over 100 times before, but I really would go and buy a PS3 tomorrow if I could have that US 80GB MGS4 bundle. A Dualshock 3 and the return of backwards compatibility would be all it'd take to persuade me.

Why Sony can't understand there's a market for the "premium" version of the console over here in exactly the same way there's a market for it in America is beyond me.

Instead of a cool PS3 gun metal, we're going to give you the finger. Thats right, the finger. Fuck you.

Seriously. Who gives a fuck? It's a grey PS3. I already have a PS3. I don't need a grey one. I don't care.

Think the special edition is a rip off? Don't buy it. Import the game from America. It'll work just as well.

Where is the love Konami/Sony? The love, where is it!!!????

I will be buying MGS4 when it comes out, the standard edition, with a 10% discount and playing it on a friend's PS3 that I'll borrow for a weekend. If the GUN METAL GREY PS3 80GB(60GB,even) and Dual Shock bundle had been released the I'd most likely have pre-ordered one by now.

The fact that it's not even budled with the Dual Shock 3 is the worst insult of them all. Sony should be ashamed, as should anyone who buys their overpriced Metal Gear Solid 4 player.

Dualshock 3 is delayed in Europe because of localisation issues, obviously.

I wish EG would try and hold Sony to account on this issue, ask them straight up why the new hardwarehas been out for some time in the US / Japan and yet they still havent even announced it here.

I am so glad I got the old 60GB doodah, also glad I got a yesasia DS3, all the way from exotic Croydon. Under £25 if you use a voucher and quidco!

Couldn't give a fig about gunmetal grey, current box matches my front room setup nicely thanks!

localisation issues on a controller? :s

Why all the complaints? I thought us savvy Europeans only craved all things Xbox 360 anyway?

"I already have a PS3. I don't need a grey one. I don't care."

I'm alright, so fuck everybody else. Truly a wonderful sentiment.

"Come on you stupid European consumers. You've already shown Sony you're lap up whatever piss poor version of the PS3 they serve up to you. Why stop now?"

But frankly what's the alternative to bending over? Boycott the PS3 and buy a 360 instead?
Well, I already had one of the latter for several months before I bought my PS3, but I couldn't stand the noise and a Blu-ray player built into my game console also seemed like a great incentive to buy a PS3 (and it certainly didn't fail to deliver there, my Blu-ray movie collection is growing and I'm never buying a regular DVD again).

The problem with showing your contempt towards the treatment you're receiving from a large corporation, is that you'll need to rally millions of people in a boycott if they are to receive the message.
Since that's probably not a particularly easy feat, all you'll get for being one of the few boycotters is missing out on a product you wanted. Those of us who choose to buy it might be treated like third-rate customers, but at least we'll have a functional product - even if it's overpriced and lacking certain features or services compared to the same product sold in other parts of the world.

There's really no easy way for the European consumers to win this one. But at least we can thank Sony for making a harddisk upgrade cheap and easy (I just put in a 250 GB drive the other day, took three minutes and didn't cost me much more than the price of a game) - and ordering a DS3 online isn't a problem either if you've got a credit card, though I did end up having to wait three weeks for mine to be delivered.

"Screw you, Europe" says Konami while sticking two fingers up repeatedly! LOL

fucking typical!!!

so what do we get in the uk then? sweet FA! i bet that even LBP comes out in the states first!

oh and for all of you moaning about dualshock 3, ever heard of the internet,,, oh wait your using it,, why not buy one from the multiple sites that sell it, for the same if not cheaper price than the uk will get anyway. it all works fine.

@urnget2005

I dont want to order a seperate DS3 from the internet as I dont own a PS3 yet and dont want to buy one whilst they are still including out-of-date hardware in the box.

Once again I repeat, No DS3, no blu-ray player for me yet.

Why haven't any retailers confirmed they're offering the Metal Gear saga disc, with preorders, yet?

I want to punch someone.

I know this looks like Sony shafting Europe, but in fact from a corporate level Sony gives each region the same treatment, that is local management with complete autonomy to make decisions on pricing and bundles in their respective markets. SCEE would have made the decision to sell a non-BC PS3 in Europe, and I imagine they would say their success is because of, not in spite of, their strategy. SCEJ doesn't sell a BC PS3 either by the way, despite what some posters here seem to think.

This doesn't however explain the lack of DS3 in Europe, which I agree is shitty.

Also, I hope the people whining that we don't get the gun metal grey one realise that it's a 40GB model with no BC that's retailing at $600. it's not a good deal at all.

I'm alright, so fuck everybody else. Truly a wonderful sentiment.

Not quite. Everyone else is exactly as alright as me: able to purchase a perfectly functional black PS3.

I'm presuming the majority of people looking forward to this game are looking forward to playing the game. If you're looking forward to it as an opportunity to buy a PS3 that's grey, then frankly you're a bit weird. It's a PS3. That's grey. Who cares? Why would anybody care enough to even offer a shallow sigh, never mind have a tantrum?

Lost functionality rankles a bit. Delayed European release dates get on my nerves. But the absence of a grey PS3?

As those above have said, the 'gun metal' is ghey anyway! Trust me, when you first take your black PS3 out of its box your first impression will be "oooh shiny, like black glass". Trust me, it's true.

MGS is boring anyway!

Shiny black covered in horrid smudges, scratches and finger prints... or a nice Matt Gun Metal PS3... bizzarely the Gun Metal one would have been the only one I would have considered buying. I hate getting smudges and crap all over my stuff. Hohum no MGS4 for me then.

"localisation issues on a controller? :s"

They are having trouble getting it to rumble in Spanish!!!

"No, its just that they HAVE to pick a territory where to dump their SIXAXIS+old PS3's, and it can't be neither Japan nor the US. "

QFT

It still looks black to me.

"localisation issues on a controller? :s"

They are having trouble getting it to rumble in Spanish!!!

My Dualshock has rumbled in Japanese since last November, my PS3 rumbles in English and I rumble in Finnish and there's never been any incompatibility!

Sony's "localisation" issues are probably at the warehouse! :D

We love the PS3 in the UK so much that it maybe even beating the 360 in sales. And Sony still do us up the shitter. What is wrong with them.

I have a PS3 and a DS3 so i dont really care, but the gun metal grey one does look nice

I agree with a poster on here that mentioned what I was thinking...

Instead of stirring up the console wars with cheapo journalism for the sake of hits, why can't Eurogamer grow some balls and start asking Sony what the fuck is going on in Europe? Why is it we always suffer compared to the rest of the world?

Lets make these big corporations squirm a little - Eurogamer could back up any arguments by printing off all the comments PS3 owners have left on this site.

My thoughts are that Eurogamer doesn't want to rock the Sony boat by upsetting them!

I'm sure Eurogamer could ask - and, in the past have asked - Sony about their future plans, but Sony will just give stock responses - "nothing to announce at this time"; "no plans at this stage"; "we don't comment on rumour and speculation"... it's a bit pointless asking them after a while.

Sony won't say anything about Dualshock 3 in Europe until well after MGS4 has launched - otherwise they're making the MGS4 + Sixaxis bundle they have just announced look a bit like a waste of money.

I'm sure DS3 will arrive soon; hopefullly with some new hardware bundles (like the 80GB) but right now Sony are still managing to sell PS3s with 40GB and a Sixaxis, so there's really no incentive for them to rush this. The only thing that'll make them think otherwise is if their sales dry up. Unfortunately most Europeans are just too nice to them.