Where can I preorder a PS3?

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 12:25 pm

Yep. Which is why I need to find a US site where I can preorder one that'll ship to the UK

Does anyone buy games or anything and import them? I can't find any sites that are selling it...

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:24 pm

Sony will miss a christmas release... how stupid is that =/

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 1:54 pm

PS3 will cost 600$/600 Euro in Europe.

At the launch, they prepared 100.000 units in Japan and 400.000 units in USA, so I believe there will be no preorders at all.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 3:00 pm

just get a tent and your nuclear apocalypse kit and cue outside a ps3 shop. for a few weeks.

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:04 pm

And by the way - PAL for the win.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:22 pm

NTSC or whatever.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 5:54 pm

don't ask advice on video recorders from a guy who burns urinal cakes as aromatic candles.

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 6:08 pm

vx trauma wrote:don't ask advice on video recorders from a guy who burns urinal cakes as aromatic candles.

And posts fake pictures of bonzai trees.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 8:58 pm

Damn it, it's a real tree.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 9:26 pm

Wow, that is absurd

I had no idea consoles would reach this level of price-gayness.

I was thinking $350 maximum.(US)

Why the fuck don't they just sell a core box with the special graphics shit (Super-bus and chips) and tv outputs then let people upgrade with PC components?
(You'd have to bundle some to get people started, of course.)

$600 US for the good one? Is the $500 one upgradeable to the better standard?
Buy a brand new fucking PC for that much, then upgrade from there.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 10:59 pm

Redeye wrote:Is the $500 one upgradeable to the better standard?

The $500 one has an upgradable hard drive but I think that's it. The 3 things you get from the $600 one include a built in flash card reader, built in wi-fi, and an HDMI port, which while all nice isn't exactly neccesary.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 1:43 am

Fuckin upgrade-your-DVD-collection-to-BluRay-now bullshit.

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:57 am

Wolfman Walt wrote:The $500 one has an upgradable hard drive but I think that's it. The 3 things you get from the $600 one include a built in flash card reader, built in wi-fi, and an HDMI port, which while all nice isn't exactly neccesary.

It's also interesting to note that while the $600 model has the HDMI port, it doesn't come with the HDMI cable, which apparently costs some $100 on its own. Now, I could give a shit since my TVs are from the 80s and I'm not getting a PS3 anyways, but I kind of want Sony to fail on this one so that Blu-Ray fails and we're not stuck with a shitty Sony dominated format for a decade or so.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:16 am

If anyone thinks Blu-Ray is going to take off anytime soon they're sadly mistaken. Look how long it took DVD to become the standard.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:50 pm

It took DVDs like 3-4 years to become the standard, which is pretty fast considering VHS was the standard for a million years. Though the DVD was a pretty big step up from the VHS, Blue Ray and HD DVD are just a small step that isn't essential now.