It's crazy how far some people will go for a game system. poeple are willing to pay 2k for it.

2k!?!

I'll probably wait for a price drop. But right now, the Wii is looking a lot more fun^_^

He's talking about how these people sell the PS3's on ebay for around 4 thousand. I've also heard one man made 30 grand for selling his ps3's.

Its a very corrupted world. Especially when one guy got shot after he came out with his PS3.

Japan is taking over USA, one console at a time.

I heard a guy got shot over a PS3. How stupid some people can be.

Yeah its stupid too. Why can't some people just wait a few weeks more for the console just untill the crowd thats going to buy it goes down? Me personally, I would wait untill I actually see a game I really want to and buy it, or I'll just wait and see how games I want to play comes out on either console, then I will decide which deserves my upmost undivided attention for many and many hours. But the prices for game systems are skyrocketing up, thats its crazy. I remember when I wanted to get the N64( the nintendo console before the gamecube) and it was like 200 dollars, and at that time I thought it was crazy. Well at this time price for game consoles is just plain loco. About half a grand for a video game system, well that totally burns out my wallet. In about 10 to 20 years, just wait and see the prices of the future consoles. I bet you more than anything that they might and probably will go ABOVE $1000! Its going to be really hard to buy good games that'll cost you a fortune to get. My take on the prices of the games may they someday even rise to $100, ohh my! Its going to be rough roads for video gamers everywhere to be able to even afford their games of which they so richly desire and I hope Im not around to see it.

BS

I washed cars for my first Gameboy...Someone mentioned their friend mowing lawns for a PS3... if you want it you will get it, simple as that. I ussualy wait for rev. B...just so they work things out. Most people lining up (I hope) are either die hard fans of a game soon to be out or have alot of money...so they're "excused".

One must also take into account that today Consoles do alot more than they used to, so you gotta factor that into the cost, letsay I was moving out..would I get a stand alone DVD player and a console? no I would get an Xbox and a wireless antena, thatway I can view DVDs..play games...and stream music of my PC.

Consoles hope to be the center of our living room real soon, (Altho I consider a PC would do it much better...but thats besides the point)

What's this I hear about the PS3 not being worth all the hype. Comments?

I personally can't afford a new system, so I'll probably stick with my dated systems and buy new games for dirt cheap. I love dirt cheap games. =]

i want one. but ill wait for it. ill wait for the SLIM VERSION!!! (cmon, you know their gonna pop one out...)

What's this I hear about the PS3 not being worth all the hype. Comments?

I personally can't afford a new system, so I'll probably stick with my dated systems and buy new games for dirt cheap. I love dirt cheap games. =]1)Buy 1 (one) George Foreman grill.
2)Paint it black.
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1)Buy 1 (one) George Foreman grill.
2)Paint it black.
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u win all teh internets

Yeah, yeah all the new cool things I accounted for, but Im still saying the prices for a PS3 are still ridiculous. What was the price of the PS2, $300(now its probably gone down to like $150-$200. So the PS3 is like $200 or so more than when the PS2 came out. Thats crazy. But yeah I will probably and most likely get the PS3 in time, but probably when it goes down in price and when I actually see a game I like, just like what I said in my earlier post.

Err, I'm pretty sure PS2 launch price was over $300. :mellow:

Well if it was, then it was $350. Yeah I'm pretty sure thats what the price was.

$549.99 :mellow:

NOT THE PS3! The PS2 was $349.99! Ok so you live in Canada, it must cost more there then. If not then I don't know what.

The PS2 launch price in North America was $549.99. :mellow:

No, I still think it was $350.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2

Don't be ignorant. :mellow:

The PS2 hardware can read both compact discs and DVDs. It is backwards compatible with older PlayStation (PS1) games, allows for DVD Video playback, and will play PS2 games off cheap CD-ROM discs or higher-capacity DVD-ROM discs. The ability to play DVD movies was an added incentive for consumers to be able to justify purchasing the PS2 (The MSRP was $300 in October 2000). The PS2 also supports PS1 memory cards (for PS1 game saves only) and controllers as well. The PS2's Dual Shock 2 controller is essentially an upgraded PS1 Dual Shock; analog face, shoulder and D-pad buttons replaced the digital buttons of the original.

It says $300 here.

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/1148/ps3ie2.jpg

:mellow:?

[edit] Price history
North America

US$299.99 (October 26, 2000, Launch Price) (CAD$449.99)
US$199.99 (May 14, 2002) (CAD$299.99)
US$179.99 (May 13, 2003) (CAD$249.99)
US$149.99 (May 11, 2004) (CAD$179.99)
US$129.99 (April 20, 2006) (CAD$129.99)
Japan

JP¥39,800 (March 2000, Launch Price)
JP¥35,000 (June 29, 2001)
JP¥29,800 (November 29, 2001)
JP¥25,000 (2002)
JP¥19,800 (November 13, 2003)
JP¥17,800 (June 2004)
Open price (November 3, 2004, SCPH-70000)[15]
JP¥16,000 (September 15, 2006)[16]
Taiwan (Republic of China)

NT$10,900 (January 24, 2002, SCPH-30007, Launch Price)
NT$ 7,980 (January 1, 2003, SCPH-30007)
NT$ 6,980 (2003, SCPH-39007)
NT$ 6,980 (October 10, 2003, SCPH-50007)
NT$ 6,480 (January 1, 2004, SCPH-50007)
NT$ 5,888 (June 1, 2004, SCPH-50007)
NT$ 5,888 (November 3, 2004, SCPH-70007)
Philippines As of June 2006, shop bought warrantied units of PlayStation 2 Slim (SCPH-70006) run around US$ 217. A recent month long promo of a popular console shop offers trade-in of working or non-working PlayStation console to a brand new PlayStation 2 Slim for US$ 142.

Australia

AU$749.95 (Original Price; the price begun to drop within weeks of its launch)
AU$249.95 (Slim PS2 Launch Price)
AU$199.95 (June 1, 2006 Price Drop)
Russia

RUR 4700 (current)
Europe

€129,99 (August 23, 2006) (price drop valid for all of Europe)[17]
United Kingdom (including VAT, currently 17.5%)

GB£299.99 (November 24, 2000, Launch Price)
GB£199.99 (September 26, 2001)
GB£169.99 (September 1, 2002)
GB£139.99 (October 1, 2003)
GB£104.99 (August 18, 2004)
GB£94.99 (August 23, 2006)
Germany

DEM 869 [EUR 445] (Launch)
EUR 129,99 (current)
Poland

PLN 2,599,00 zł (starting)
PLN 549,00 zł for Black Slim and 599,00 zł for Silver Slim (current)
Finland

Eur 500 (Launch)
Eur 149 (current)
Republic of Ireland (including VAT, currently 21%)

IR£ 379.99 (€ 482.58) (Launch)
€149.99 (Early 2006)
Middle East (in Saudi Riyals)

SAR 2200 (Launch) US$550
SAR 1200 (September 2002) US$450
SAR 800 (August 2004) US$ 210
SAR 550 (Current 2006) US$149
Turkey

YTL 370 (August 2006) US$255
Serbia

CSD 16000 (October 2006) €200



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[edit] References
^ Cumulative Production Shipments of Hardware / PlayStation®2. Sony Computer Entertainment.
^ Report: US video game sales grow 38% in September. Joystiq. Retrieved on 2006-10-13.
^ Japanese hardware sales, 25 September - 1 October: fully translated edition. Joystiq. Retrieved on 2006-10-06.
^ Chris Morris. "Sony slashes PlayStation prices : Pre-emptive move undercuts competition and could spark video game price war", CNN, May 14, 2002.
^ Valerie Elliott. "Merry Christmas, your PlayStation 2 is stuck in Suez", Times Online, News International, December 9, 2004.
^ 2004 Holiday Sales Results Call. GameStop. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
^ Cumulative Number of Software Titles. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Retrieved on 2006-10-04.
^ Cumulative Production Shipments of Software Titles. Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
^ http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;627857430;fp;128;fpid;406
^ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=4280
^ http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-139.html
^ http://www.ps2settlement.com/
^ Polygons per second under ideal circumstances (e.g. no texturing, lighting, or vertex colors applied). Some criticize these figures for being unrealistic, and not indicative of real-world performance. The true maximum polygons per second figure with full textures, effects, gameplay, etc. is around 16 million.
^ IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port removed and Infrared remote port added in SCPH-50000 and later hardware versions.
^ PLAYSTATION®2 GETS STUNNING NEW LOOK (PDF). Sony. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
^ Japan to see PS2 price drop. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.
^ Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Announces New Price for PlayStation 2. Sony. Retrieved on 2006-09-09.

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?

/sigh.

How specific do I need to get. :mellow:

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7337/ps3nn2.jpg

That's a pain in the ass to scroll through fyi, so I'd spoil some of that stuff. :mellow:

How about me? I saw yours but mine says different.

US$299.99 (October 26, 2000, Launch Price) (CAD$449.99)

That says AFTERWARD. :mellow:

http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9409/ps2ph4.jpg

NO it doesn't. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2#Price_history

http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/1449/ps2pq5.jpg :mellow:

Stop being so ignorant, I've given you enough proof. I'm not going to the dump to find you an old flyer about the Ps2 launch prices. :mellow:

Ok, fine, whatever. But I tell you though before it showed up like that I showed up just like what I had in my spoiler before and it didn't say afterward before, it just said like this US$299.99 (October 26, 2000, Launch Price) (CAD$449.99).

Your spoiler is a C&P where you could have simply extracted only the information that you wanted to share. :mellow:

Nope I didn't, And thats all I'm going to say about that.

Nope I didn't, And thats all I'm going to say about that.

I originally was not calling you a liar, but saying that information was not C&P is a lie. ;)

:mellow:

people should just be happy with what they got, i mean, yes, a PS3 would be nice but, do you NEED it for a porpous besides to play video games with it? I find the answer, NO. Yes, yes, i know it would nice and awsome to have one but, you know, having a PS3 isnt a life and death thing like "OMG! I NEED THIS OR I WILL DIE!!!!", see, if you dont get it the first day you wont die, some people dont get that, some dude got shot over a PS3, now that show idiocity, wait i said that already -.-

Do you need ANY videogame at all? if you do seek help ;). Problem is people want them..but this price is unreasonable. I see alot of people are skipping the PS3 in favor of the Wii and 360.

Pianocrazy's officially a blind fool and completely ruined this thread by being a blind fool who wouldn't see an elephant in his backyard if it was painted red with a massive red arrow pointing at it. And with that, I lock this thread.