No gun metal grey PS3 for UK

By Ellie Gibson Published 20 May, 2008

Konami confirms MGS4 plans.

Konami has confirmed there are no plans to make its Metal Gear Solid 4 hardware bundle available in the UK.

That's a shame, because Konami's bundle comes with a limited edition gun metal grey PS3. It can be pre-ordered via the publisher's website - if you're fast, as a limited number are on offer each day, and if you're American, as the bundle is "only available for pre-order to US residents".

So is there any chance the UK will get a similar deal? "Nope, sadly not," said a Konami spokesperson. "The only bundle we are doing is the Play.com special edition with figurine."

The special edition, you may recall, includes a soundtrack CD, a "Making Of" Blu-ray disc and the six-inch tall figurine. It costs GBP 79.99 and is available to pre-order exclusively at Play.com.

If you really must have a hardware bundle, Sony will be offering a PS3, Sixaxis and copy of the game for EUR 439. However, a Sony spokesperson told us, "I believe we will only be getting the standard black PS3 with the MGS4 bundle."

Metal Gear Solid 4 is out on 12th June. All manner of videos, screens and words about it can be found over on the gamepage.

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Comments (68) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • LHH #1 4 years ago

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

  • Aretak #2 4 years ago

    The special edition is a joke as well.

  • Zander #3 4 years ago

    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!!!

  • PlugMonkey #4 4 years ago

    Meh.

  • Buztafen #5 4 years ago

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

  • monkie_king #6 4 years ago

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

  • dahsif #7 4 years ago

    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"

  • LHH #8 4 years ago

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

  • phatb0y #9 4 years ago

    Konami in shit at Europe shocker.

  • bengray66 #10 4 years ago

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

    : /

  • Xerx3s #11 4 years ago

    And still europe loves the hand that slaps them.

  • penhalion #12 4 years ago

    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.

  • lambtron #13 4 years ago

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

  • chronom4n #14 4 years ago

    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!

  • systems #15 4 years ago

    @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.

  • Quint2020 #16 4 years ago

    Sony: "Europelol"

    Amirite!

  • Killerbee #17 4 years ago

    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.

  • Psychotext #18 4 years ago

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

  • Prodigy_BE #19 4 years ago

    Importing the PS3 dualshock... NOW!

  • monkie_king #20 4 years ago

    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.

  • anomagnus #21 4 years ago

    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.

  • dahsif #22 4 years ago

    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.

  • yupyup #23 4 years ago

    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?
    Edited by 1 at 20/05/08 @ 12:10

  • Killerbee #24 4 years ago

    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.

  • PlugMonkey #25 4 years ago

    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.

  • Dead_Man_Typing #26 4 years ago

    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.

  • richardiox #27 4 years ago

    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.

  • Widge #28 4 years ago

    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!

  • Lexx87 #29 4 years ago

    localisation issues on a controller? :s

  • NickD7 #30 4 years ago

    PS3 would have to give free blowjobs before I would pick one up. The colour of the thing really isn't a issue for me.

  • drumbaby #31 4 years ago

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

  • Aretak #32 4 years ago

    "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.

  • Miths #33 4 years ago

    "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.

  • Darren #34 4 years ago

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

  • turnget2005 #35 4 years ago

    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.

  • richardiox #36 4 years ago

    @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.

  • gizmo #37 4 years ago

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

  • Machetazo #38 4 years ago

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

  • menage #39 4 years ago

    I want to punch someone.

  • the_genius #40 4 years ago

    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.

  • PlugMonkey #41 4 years ago

    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?

  • Gradius #42 4 years ago

    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.

  • el_pollo_diablo #43 4 years ago

    MGS is boring anyway!

  • Nova5lag #44 4 years ago

    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.

  • RoddyCool #45 4 years ago

    "localisation issues on a controller? :s"

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

  • RedPanda #46 4 years ago

    Post deleted at 14:31:59 28-01-2012

  • Nithron #47 4 years ago

    It still looks black to me.

  • MKorkia #48 4 years ago

    "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

  • ps3_2310 #49 4 years ago

    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

  • CannonAnBall #50 4 years ago

    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!

  • Killerbee #51 4 years ago

    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.

  • CunningLinguist #52 4 years ago

    They don't release it here because of localization issues and the fact that they need a larger installed base in the states. So all resources go to where they are needed the most. Since in Europe the PS3 is selling well, they have no reason to go out of their way and release such a bundle. In the US though it's a different story, since it's 360 land. They need that little extra to sway the customer. It's the same thing Microsoft is doing in Europe with the 360 by lowering its price. It's that simple.
    Edited by 1 at 20/05/08 @ 13:58

  • anomagnus #53 4 years ago

    @plugmonkey

    congratulations, i'm so pleased that you're happy. You seem to have the same attitude as sony.

    i don't have ps3, and have been waiting for MGS4. I actually really liked the silver PS3. Now, i;m not saying i;m not buying the pack, ultimately, the color of the box isnt that important.

    What is important is the CONTEMPTIBLE attitude that sony has to Europe.

    it knows that it has a strong install base in Europe, but rather than reward loyalty, it punishes it, and gives all the best trinkets to the US market, in a desperate attempt to court their sales.

    Sony really are a bunch of cock suckers.

  • canIdoyabombsforya #54 4 years ago

    Dust grey is the best colour for a PS3.

  • anomagnus #55 4 years ago

    arbiter,

    You're only focusing on a single issue, the DS3.

    Really, the MGS4 pack seems to be a comedy of errors, from the reportedly disastrous web pre-order, to the lack lustre package that Europe seems to be getting. I wont even mention the MGS online beta.

    It just really seems like a cack handed approach from a company that should be capable of more. I hardly see how they could win the console war, when one of their premium titles is SO badly handled.

    I haven't seen MS cock up a system seller like this.

  • dahsif #56 4 years ago

    "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. "

    NO NO NO
    Politicians are even more skilled than regular PR people when it comes to rhetorical deception, but some (very few) journalists are smart and ballsy enough to ask them the hard questions and demand that they be answered in a straightforward manner. (Look at Hard Talk on the Beeb for instance)
    The real question is; Does Eurogamer WANT to be that kind of journalist, or does it want to "play nice" and (over time) lose interest (or even respect) of gamers, and a few thousand hits/week that will go elsewehere?

  • UkHardcore23 #57 4 years ago

    Sony shafting the UK as usual, gutted they havent brought the White PS3 over here!!!!

  • Killerbee #58 4 years ago

    oooo, I'm gunna moan about something I was never going to get.. oooo stuff sony... oooo ds3... ooo no BC......BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRING. If you wanted a PS3 with all the bells and whistles you shoud'a bought a 60gigger when you had the chance

    Except Europe has never been given that chance, because our 60GB models were already cut down from the US / Japan launch models that offered full hardware backwards compatibility.

    Sony can choose to sell their product in whatever way they want, just as I can choose whether to buy it or not. If the PS3 bundles were universally crap wherever in the world I was, I probably would just shrug my shoulders and buy a 360, but the point is, they're not. SCEA are soon to be releasing a great bundle in the form of the 80GB MGS4 pack. It's far and away the next best thing to the original US/Japan launch models which are sadly no longer available. What's unfair and what surely justifies all the complaining and criticism of this company is that they're choosing to favour one region of the world over the others. And Europe is particularly justified in complaining because we come last in just about every decision that Sony makes - it really is quite astonishing how poorly Europe continues to be treated by Sony when all the PR seems to say that Europe is the most important territory for winning that global leadership position.

    Sony shouldn't be surprised if some people hold off buying their product because there's the possibility that a new, better version may soon arrive, and when they go and trail that new, better version just across the ocean, it's got to be blindingly obvious.

  • Bumhug360 #59 4 years ago

    Someone needs to tell play

    [link url=http://www.play.com/Games/ PlayStation3/4-/5601357/Sony-Playstation-3-PS3-Gun-Metal-Gre y-Console-+-40GB-HDD-+-MGS4/Product.html?dpr=2723&P36=8FSTPF
    ]http://ww w.play.com/Games/PlayStation3/4...[/link]

    They seem to be selling them

  • magikdodo #60 4 years ago

    @bumhug360: hey, just spoke with someone on the telephone at play.com
    and she confirmed the bundle will be delivered on the 12th of june 2008
    but doesn't come with a dual shock 3..comes with the sixaxis, at least
    thats what i was told.

    i'm pre ordering mine like now..cheers

  • Ryze #61 4 years ago

    Yep - so while they keep fucking the EU over, I wont buy their product. Ninty too.

    At least I can buy a fully functioning import Wii. If I get an overseas PS3, it wont play my DVDs or any locked Blu-Rays.

    IDIOTAS!

    /waits...

  • Kiigan #62 4 years ago

    I don't think anyone really cares about the grey-coloured PS3 model.

    However, the special edition of MGS4 is a disgrace. 80 quid for the game with an action figure and other crap (documentaries etc). Oh and the second part of Saga is nice, even though the first part wasn't available here. And making it exclusive to Play.com... would any MGS fan really go with Play.com if they want the game on launch day?

  • unmarked_one #63 4 years ago

    I would have got the 60Gb BC model after the price cut, except I'd just upgraded my PC. Point being, there WAS an acceptable PS3 available here - for all of 2-3 months. Not being cheap but when you know there's a price cut coming, you wait for it (and then get fed up waiting and splurge on your PC - doh!). Same if you know there's better available abroad. Trouble is, most people don't.

    I imagine there are plenty out there who missed out on the rush and are waiting (and waiting) for something as good to reappear. So we end up getting it in a year or so when it hardly seems to matter anymore or - hey, I've got a decent PC here. It's just like having a beefed-up 360 (In that all the decent 360 exclusives [and Halo 2] turn up on PC sooner or later).

    I'll shed a tear for MGS4 (and a bucket for FF13), but Fuck Sony.

    Waiting...

  • JaysonG #64 4 years ago

    Yeah it's nice to see I'm not the only one that feels this way about the manner we're being treated in.

  • Davemanz #65 4 years ago

    So the gray one is only a 40GB model while the standard bundle is an 80GB one? I don't care how pretty it is, I'm not paying $100 extra dollars just for the game and a gray PS3. I'll get the regular bundle and get an 80GB PS3 at standard price and MGS4 for free, thanks.

  • MGG #66 4 years ago

    Dave, you're not European, are you?

    Anyway, as a European not living in Europe at the moment, I'm still not paying any money to thieving Sony. Even if I can get a cheaper/better PS3 than you guys without importing, I refuse to give them my cash. Sure I'm missing out on some games, but I can live with that. The biggest issue I have is that my 360 is still in the UK and I ain't.....

    Imported USA Wii is all I have :(

  • magikdodo #67 4 years ago

    hmm..shady play.com.they've removed the listing for the gun metal
    gray ps3 from their website and had the temerity to lie to me when i called them up.

  • wellsie #68 4 years ago

    They don't have a buy button on play.com any more but they have not cancelled my preorder

  • Davemanz #69 4 years ago

    @MGG:

    No, I'm in the US (for now), but the Konami website says the Gunmetal Gray PS3 is the 40GB model. I also didn't realize that it's 100 dollars more than the standard bundle, so essentially I'd be paying 200 dollars for my PS3 to be gray and to get the game. The other bundle is a great deal, though, and I'll most definitely pounce on it.