Play unveils beefy PS3 bundle

By Tom Bramwell Published 14 February, 2007

We're giving one away, too.

Our game-selling Internet friends at Play.com have sent word of a splendid PlayStation 3 bundle that's guaranteed for delivery on 23rd March.

The meaty bundle consists of the console, three games (the excellent MotorStorm, the nearly excellent Resistance: Fall of Man and, er, Genji) and a free HDMI cable for an all-in price of GBP 524.99.

PlayStation 3 launches in the not too distant future on 23rd March, with Sony aiming to have 30 games available on day one, including several through the PlayStation Network online service.

It also said this week that the first 500,000 people to sign up to its free online service would get a Blu-ray copy of Casino Royale.

And if you fancy being one of those 500,000, you could do worse than opt for Play's bundle, even if we do say so because they are lovely and sometimes hold our hands during scary bits in films.

Alternatively, you could always try and win one of the above bundles in our rather spiffing competition...

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (25) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • SeanLB #1 5 years ago

    I'm seriously considering getting a PS3 now, as I have a big lump of tax money to come back around that time. The Play offer floats my boat, but Genji.

  • bioreit #2 5 years ago

    HMV take note - THAT is how you do a bundle!

    3 games and an HDMI cable for £100 is excellent savings - even if Genji's quality is, shall we say, questionable.

  • Johnson #3 5 years ago

    Not a bad bundle - certainly puts hmv to shame.

    But 525 worth of goodness? No.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #4 5 years ago

    Well Casino Royale isn't too bad either. I just hated the extreme Sony product placement in this movie (mobiles, bluray discs etc). Still I'd rather take Genji than a PSP.

  • bushwod #5 5 years ago

    "the excellent MotorStorm, the nearly excellent Resistance: Fall of Man and, er, Genji"

    ROFL :-)

  • Stormflood #6 5 years ago

    My girlfriend's getting me a PS3. She gave me the pre-order in a valentines card. Score!

  • GiarcYekrub #7 5 years ago

    Screw the PS3 when are they getting more Wii stock?

  • Markusdragon #8 5 years ago

    Heh, advertising. This is EG's half of the competition deal, I take it; to plug play.com as much as possible for the duration?

  • dredd97 #9 5 years ago

    nearly cancelled my play pre order, but stuck it out, and now they've dropped the whoeful Formula 1 (4/10 Edge..not good) and stuck Motorstorm in, I can say I'm a happy bunny again.. (still you'd think that they'd drop the awful Genji)

    Have pre-ordered the excellent Oblivion too, after reading the little ditty about it over at GamesRadar...

    So come launch day I'll have 3 good games and a blu-ray drink coaster... and a free HDMI cable...

    as pointed out, that's how you do a bundle.. HMV take note...

  • lambtron #10 5 years ago

    "My girlfriend's getting me a PS3. She gave me the pre-order in a valentines card. Score!"

    You must have a rich girlfriend ;)

  • TheJanitor #11 5 years ago

    genji isn't actually bad though, nice bundle.

  • BadBoyBonner #12 5 years ago

    Hmmm doesn't that work out to about 20 games for the Xbox360 from Play Asia lol

    Crackdown will be putting the Smack-down
    On this crap now, I won't be putting my hat down,

    Cue Bill "Eminem" Gates "dum dum clap dum dum clap"

    Sony gimme that Crown,
    You been actin' like a Fat Clown
    Talking shit using crap noun's
    Why no need for points an 4 backgrounds?

    Ya best game is free Down load
    Drifting till the RSX gonna explode
    On last gen' twisty little Mountain Road
    Had 2b written in machine code

    The only rumble is in the Blu Drive
    Machine yo' the size of a bee-hive
    Collecting crap just like on live
    Hell, where's your external drive?

    I just KNOW am winning that Poetry Society 2006 competition! lol
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/07 @ 13:13

  • X201 #13 5 years ago

    Looks like they still haven't cleared the backlog of Wii orders though.

    At least they've learnt from it, which is good.

  • SBfistfun #14 5 years ago

    "I don't have a girlfriend. Who likes Dungeons and Dragons? "

    Hey, I'm game for shaving my crack and tucking it in, you'll never know the difference
    Edited by 1 at 14/02/07 @ 13:27

  • Agent_Llama #15 5 years ago

    Game are doing similar bundles. But if I caved I'd only want F1 for now anyway. Bundles suck.

  • Tardie #16 5 years ago

    Well I am surprised they are taking pre-orders after the fiasco with the Wii pre-order system they had in place last year. Even with a guarantee they still screwed up big time.

    I was one of many people that got screwed even though I ordered mine the same day as soon as they were available to pre-order only to get an email from them a week before launch notifying me that they could not fulfil my order.

    Woolworths and Argos both cam through with my Wii’s on launch day.

    I can see it now, Sony cut our allocation units so sorry you won’t get one.

    We shall see.

  • Brogan #17 5 years ago

    entered the comp, only way i'm getting one before a fuck off price drop.

  • MasterGrief #18 5 years ago

    'It's rather telling that Play still have them on sale - suggests there isn't the furore over getting one that there was for the 360 or the Wii...'

    Yeah or maybe Sony don't need to resort to forced shortages to make their console seem like a hot item :

    [link url=http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/11/03/00262 41
    ]http://ga mes.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid...[/link]

    Fact 1 : PS3 launch outsold 360 launch
    http://ko taku.com/gaming/top/ps3-launch-...

  • bioreit #19 5 years ago

    @ Mastergrief

    Fact 1.5: 360 launch sales at higher percentage than PS3 launch sales.

    See what I did there?

    /messing

    <a href='http://www.shift-f7.co.uk< /a>'>Shift-F7.co.uk</a>

  • kangarootoo #20 5 years ago

    @MasterGrief

    Interesting links.

  • captainrentboy #21 5 years ago

    My girlfriend's getting me a PS3. She gave me the pre-order in a valentines card. Score!

    Soooo who's she shagged behind your back then??That's a present of guilt if ever I saw one :)

  • admir #22 5 years ago

    hdmi cabels are ceap over ebay got my for 8 dollars on ebay with shipping

  • Gerr #23 5 years ago

    Well done Play.com Thats more like it. I've been watching the offer over the past 2 months and it just keeps getting better. Credit where credits due - I've been dealing with them for about a year. Consistantly good supplier.

  • Kill_Crazy #24 5 years ago

    Been using play.com for years. Always been excellent. They're selling ps3 games at £39.99. Which is still £10 too much but better than the 60-70 the xbox boys were bleating on about. :)

  • bioreit #25 5 years ago

    @ MasterGrief

    Ooh, and another thing:

    "Yeah or maybe Sony don't need to resort to forced shortages to make their console seem like a hot item "

    Because Sony NEVER held back on European PSP stock, even delaying the launch, even when there was a veritable plethora, nay glut of stock sitting on Japanese and American shelves, did they?