19th may 2006

oh. great.

so, sony have announced that the price of the "proper" ps3 in the uk will be a whopping £425! yes, £425. £425. can you believe it? £425?

again, we (we in the uk) are being asked to pay more than the us are expected to pay for theirs, and more than the europeans (huh?) are expected to pay for their boxes. in fact, we're being asked to pay £109 more than the us. and, perhaps more importantly, we must pay £146 more than the premium xbox. is it just me, or have sony been getting really good at making themselves unpopular over the last twelve months? and this is from a sony freak.

of course, they are using the "it does play blu-ray discs y'know?" card, which - i guess - is fair enough, but such a claim will only benefit those people who wanted to buy a hd-player pretty soon, as well as a games console (i admit, "those people" includes me). but, obviously the important market for the ps3 are the gamers, the game console owners, who surely are going to find £425 (did i say it's gonna be £425?) a tad... steep. and let's not forget the thousands and thousands of under-18 year olds who own ps2's, and maybe a psp, who are expecting a ps3 for christmas. i'd hate to be one of those parents this year.

and can you imagine if it doesn't live up to the hype?

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