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Tuesday, May 09 2006

Playstation 3 Priced and Dated  by James W at 08:20

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Sony have offically priced and dated the release of their next-gen console. Like Microsoft, they too will also be going for a worldwide simultaneous launch, with the North American release on November 17th. Given recently news about production problems lets hope they don't also follow Microsofts lead with supply problems. The price will be from $499 to $599 USD, depending on whether you get a 20GB or 60GB hard drive. At the current exchange rate that translates to about £268 to £322, but since we pay more for electrial equipment over here its almost definatly going to be more than that.

** Update **
Here's some shots of the final hardware and controller
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Felon
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09 May 2006 08:31
looking gat £299 or £349 at a rough guess, supply will be limited and completely sold out for xmas no doubt.
Tricky
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09 May 2006 08:58
My guess would be more.. £350-400
Felon
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09 May 2006 09:04
Now I was thinking of getting a 360 but was trying to hold back and get a PS3, if your guess is right jim I think ill be getting a 360 as 350-400 quid is a bit steep.
Spitfire
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09 May 2006 10:29
Commodities gets - buy three sell two & your cushtey Rodney
malis
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09 May 2006 11:15
Because sony want this to be a multimedia entertainment centre it's going to push the price up accordingly. But tbh, i'd rather save and buy a Wii for cheaper and just enjoy games. I can play music and dvd's on my PC.
Midnight
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09 May 2006 16:03
There's only going to be 4 million on initial release which will leave everyone short considering how many of the 60 million PSX owners will probably want one. They spoke a lot about it on Radio 1 today.


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