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Playstation 3 pricing hides glaring omissions
In the US, these will cost $499 and $599 respectively,
which works out at around £270 and £321. However, for Europe, the price
suddenly becomes EUR499 and EUR599 which makes a huge difference, jacking the
price of the basic model up to £341and the top model to £410.
However, users should be aware, that the differences between these two consoles is not just down to the size of the hard disk drives. The basic model is missing many keys features, including the Flash card reader, wireless networking support and, worst of all, a HDMI input. The HDMI input supports HDCP copyright protection which will be on every Blu-Ray-based HD movie. Without it, base model users will not be able to view HD movies. This is more than an oversight by Sony, it’s an unfair attempt to force users to upgrade to the top-end model. And, because many users are already confused by HD, millions of users that buy the base model are going to be both very disappointed and angry when they can’t watch all their new HD movies this Christmas.
UPDATE: Remember where we said last week that UK gamers were getting a raw deal at £410 for the top PS3? Well, it just got worse. Sony's UK MD has confirmed that the cost will actually be £425 when it launches on Nov 17.
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heres all us europeans gloating at the fact we FINALLY get a global release on a console, then what happenes, not only to be kicked right in the teeth with pricing, i just knew there had to be a catch somewere.
and put that along now with these ommisions on the cheaper version, quite frankly stinks to high heaven.
and from my point of view and as i suspect many many more, is unexceptable, and shouldnt be even allowed.
well i hope theres a massve stink kicked up about this, becase quite frankly no amount of shiny e3 covergae is going to shine over this appalling marketing ploy.
well heres one person that wont even bother now, out of priciple alone.
come on nintendo you have THE biggest oppertunity since ps1 came on the scene to grab some of the gaming limelight back......flert the WII out at 100 quid and you will be laughing all the way to the bank.
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I can't believe I saw spelling mistakes "which works out art around £270" or "bother now, out of priciple alone"
Posted by: Chris | May 20, 2006 9:08 AM
Well Active this is one person who will stick with his PS2 and X-Box
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