According to Amazon UK the 20GB PS3 may be in the UK sooner than we thought. It's just appeared on the website with a release date of 30 Oct 2007.
SPOnG contacted Sony to see if the UK will, in fact, be getting any lower end PS3s before the end of the year. While not giving a definite 'no,' Sony's head of UK PR, David Wilson, said of the 20GB console I haven't seen any. We don't have any here.
The date shown on Amazon may well be a place holder. It would certainly be an odd choice by Sony to begin advertising the cheaper PS3 on the same day as the 60GB model goes on sale.
Following last night's official PS3 launch in London Sony doesn't seem too concerned about getting the cheaper model to shop shelves just yet. Wilson was pleased with the number of units Sony's managed to ship. We've got more stock than we've ever had for a launch, Wilson told SPOnG. Mentioning the UK's first PS3 owner, Ritatsu Thomas, Wilson said He didn't need to be there! Although SPOnG imagines he's not complaining too much thanks to his brand new Bravia TV.
However, the real indicator of how well last night's launch went will be attendance and sales figures when they arrive. SPOnG will keep you posted.
For SPOnG's coverage of the PS3's launch in Warsaw and Sydney click here and here.
SPOnG contacted Sony to see if the UK will, in fact, be getting any lower end PS3s before the end of the year. While not giving a definite 'no,' Sony's head of UK PR, David Wilson, said of the 20GB console I haven't seen any. We don't have any here.
The date shown on Amazon may well be a place holder. It would certainly be an odd choice by Sony to begin advertising the cheaper PS3 on the same day as the 60GB model goes on sale.
Following last night's official PS3 launch in London Sony doesn't seem too concerned about getting the cheaper model to shop shelves just yet. Wilson was pleased with the number of units Sony's managed to ship. We've got more stock than we've ever had for a launch, Wilson told SPOnG. Mentioning the UK's first PS3 owner, Ritatsu Thomas, Wilson said He didn't need to be there! Although SPOnG imagines he's not complaining too much thanks to his brand new Bravia TV.
However, the real indicator of how well last night's launch went will be attendance and sales figures when they arrive. SPOnG will keep you posted.
For SPOnG's coverage of the PS3's launch in Warsaw and Sydney click here and here.
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schnide 23 Mar 2007 10:59
1/6
Here's a picture of the PS3 to scale:
Heh heh heh.
Heh heh heh.
TimSpong 23 Mar 2007 11:06
2/6
schnide wrote:
Here's a picture of the PS3 to scale:
Heh heh heh.
Heh heh heh.
Aye, it's not wee is it?
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schnide 23 Mar 2007 13:06
3/6
Nope, and nor is it a 360.
Boom boom!
Boom boom!
sneakyduck 23 Mar 2007 14:44
4/6
I'm starting to think they called it Wii just so we'd all get a laugh out of it and maybe play it some more.
Moschops 24 Mar 2007 17:54
5/6
sneakyduck wrote:
I'm starting to think they called it Wii just so we'd all get a laugh out of it and maybe play it some more.
Going on the number of trade-ins I've heard about - that tactic might not be working. Perhaps Nintendo ought to concentrate on getting some decent games on to the machine -- games that use the remote as it was intended.
As for a 20GB PS3 -- maybe Sony are trying to fob off all the packs thqat went unsold in the US?
tyrion 26 Mar 2007 07:40
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Moschops wrote:
As for a 20GB PS3 -- maybe Sony are trying to fob off all the packs thqat went unsold in the US?
In which case they would have better BC and may be worth looking out for if that's your thing!