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PS3 Pre-Orders may not happen!

I haven't seen anyone talk about this issue yet. I know there might be some people who will not buy the PS3 because of the ridiculous amount in cost.

I was reading on ign about how the PS3 will be dropping the launch unit amount from 2 million down to 400,000. Japan is getting only 100,000 at launch date. A bit strange I think.

I was wondering when the pre-orders were going to take place, so I called EB.. They told me if they were going to do pre-orders, it would be in October sometime. Gamestop says that Sony will take pre-orders on certain dates within the next month. So that means you would have to call everyday to find out if you can put a pre-order down for a PS3. I'm almost afraid that they might ask you to put down the payment in full

I really hope that it doesn't get as chaotic in the US as it did 6 years ago when the PS2 came out. People shooting each other for the system...Maybe it might happen this time too.

I'd also like to hear what some of you may have come across in terms of the pre-ordering issue or anything else.

Links

PS3 Launch Shipments Slashed By 75%

SCEA's Official Word On PS3 Shortage

PS3 Premium/Core Ratio: 80%/20%?

I'm wondering if this system is worth the ludicrous asking price. May be better to wait for a year for the inevitable price drop, and more games to be released.

Xbox 360 is 400 euro with HD cable

PS3 is 600 euro without HD cable, HD cable is 100 euro. Is also delayed till March in Europe and dont have next gen soccer games. The only game for me who is reason enough to buy a PS3 is FFXIII and the next Chrono Cross (not official yet) and my biggest wish a remake of FFVII. And if they come its prob in 2010 or something. Metal Gear Solid 4 is also great but I think it will hit the 360 a few months after the ps3 release....

So im very happy with my 360 at the moment and im not thrilled by the things sony is doing at the moment... so for the next years i will play only 360 and maybe a Wii..

The next Chrono Cross? Hmm.. Damn. Where did you hear that from?

And I also thought the PS3 for $600 is doing the HDMI support which does the whole HD thing?

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Originally posted by BiG MiKE The next Chrono Cross? Hmm.. Damn. Where did you hear that from? And I also thought the PS3 for $600 is doing the HDMI support which does the whole HD thing?

Sony announced on the day of the delay in Europe that also the HDMI cables will be sold separately.

I have readed about a next Chrono Cross for ps3 some time ago on a gamesite, it was a rumour but they were pretty sure about it... So lets hope it will come for sure.

I asked at an EB here in Canada, and they said they were NOT taking any pre-orders for ps3. He said the company has said straight no to it because of what happened with the 360. MS promised more units than it was able to deliver and they are scared the same will happen with Sony.

So..I gotta wait online at like midnight waiting in the cold for a ps3? That's gonna be gay. It's gonna be Chaos City the day when ps3 arrives. But Nov. 17th is also on a Sunday. Should be interesting.

lol... half a grand for a toy?

Here in Ontario it will be closer to a full grand for the premium package.

If the premium package is infact $700 it will be $800 after tax, throw in a game and another controller...

God that's expensive.

Wii it is

OMG fuck Devil May Cry 4 looks AMAZING

maybe i will buy a ps3 sooner then i was planning

Sony's at it again. Short supplies, hype effect. The truth is, the console is crippled, the chip's ram reading is SIXTEEN MEGS/SECOND. For those who are not familiar with hardware, I'll use a simple word : ridiculous. This is why they are in a short supply...

$600 for the console
$100 for the cable(what a ripoff)
$ 60(minimum) for a game
$ xx for additional stuff you don't even know but will be compulsuary (as usual, thank you Sony)
$ 800 roughly to play Tekken 12 or Granturismo 7 ?

You've gotta be kidding, right ?

I predict a lot of non-working consoles. People, one advice, hold on to your money, wait a little(a week or 2),and see what happens...

Mario, come back, they've all gone crazy..

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Originally posted by Mmanu Sony's at it again. Short supplies, hype effect. The truth is, the console is crippled, the chip's ram reading is SIXTEEN MEGS/SECOND. For those who are not familiar with hardware, I'll use a simple word : ridiculous. This is why they are in a short supply... $600 for the console $100 for the cable(what a ripoff) $ 60(minimum) for a game $ xx for additional stuff you don't even know but will be compulsuary (as usual, thank you Sony) $ 800 roughly to play Tekken 12 or Granturismo 7 ? You've gotta be kidding, right ? I predict a lot of non-working consoles. People, one advice, hold on to your money, wait a little(a week or 2),and see what happens... Mario, come back, they've all gone crazy..

I'm still in love with Mario 64. LoL, I thought that was one of the best games to ever happen in history

Thankfully I have the HDMI cord already. Oh well. My brother and I already have over $900 for the system + accessories. I'm just waiting on when they will take pre-orders.

I know I won't be paying that high price for this system when it comes out. I can wait a year after it drops to see if the price goes down. Looks like I'll be stuck with the PS2 for awhile longer then planned lol.

Gamestop says that they will be taking pre-orders sometime in October. The minimum to put down on it is $200. Not too bad.

There is a local video games place outside of NYC that took my pre-order im friends with the owner. This was pre lessing the number of units, but he said he was going to be getting 20 PS3's I pre-ordered 3 (1 in full 100 on the other 2) I just hope he is still getting them since I ordered 3 to sell the other 2 on Ebay for financial gain

BigMike Ill be coming back to the US in a few weeks Ill go to the store and find out for you if you'd like

I planned on buying one on release, but I don't get a best buy employee discount on it, and i'd have to wait inline since we aren't allowed to hold consoles for ourselves until a few months after launch. On top of that the release lineup is underwhelming to me. Btw, the cut in supply was caused for the same reason the euro delay was, a problem with one of their component companies, however they still plan on hitting a few million units shipped by the end of 06.

The Italian video game stores now say that Europe wont get them until March 2007

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 The Italian video game stores now say that Europe wont get them until March 2007

Yea. That's old new now. Tokyo Game Show begins today. Hopefully some news on pre-ordering should be available to us gamers.

So it seems that even the retard pack will now have hdmi, and to top it off the japs get the retard pack cheaper than the rest of the world [source]. Probably to compensate for the fact that only 100k consoles will be available on opening day. Since europe wont see any PS3s till march it would be nice to show the same gesture to the people here, but apparently europe is to rich to even notice the difference between 600$ and 600� so why bother dropping the price

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Eurogamers.com coverage of Kutaragi`s TGS speech In Europe, meanwhile, it's very expensive because... Er... Apparently it's expensive because the Euro exchange rate is so different to what it used to be, when it was one Euro to one Dollar, but European people don't notice that. This is also news to us! Ken drinks beer in Europe because wine is too expensive. It's good that he's focusing on the important stuff.

And i found this one also wery amusing. Its from the same eurogamers coverage.

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Also, apparently when Sony announced the price in America, everyone thought that it was really cheap given the functionality of the console. News to us!

And just becouse i feel like it, here are a few pics to finish this post off.

lolz if we cant pre order i will be wiating online out in the cold for a very long time to be on time to get 1 for shure lol

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Originally posted by babyvsrhino a problem with one of their component companies

It was because of a company in Taiwan, who produces the blue lasers for the Blue-ray players and HD-DVD players. They said they cannot produce enough working laser diods to fill demand.

So normal blue-ray and hd-dvd player production has been slashed, and will comence again next year.

The other problem with the ps3 is that they cannot produce the cell processor(the cpu in the ps3). They were only getting a 10% manufacturing yield, which means only 10% of all the chips produced, actually worked.

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Originally posted by Remy D OMG fuck Devil May Cry 4 looks AMAZING maybe i will buy a ps3 sooner then i was planning

bro 3 words final fantasy remake !!!!!!!!!

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/734/734349p1.html

Japanese PS3 Price drop. It might be possible for the US too

Aside from that though, we may have to wait outside the night before to get a PS3 it seems. I guess we'll have to wait for the Tokyo Game Show to be over this weekend before we get some final statements.

let me just go on record to say that:



IF SONY DOES COME THROUGH WITH THAT FF7 REMAKE. THEN I'M GETTING THAT FUCKING PS3.

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