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Pricing for PS3 games announced

26 September 2006 0:57 by Matti "Siggy" Vähäkainu | 67 comments

Pricing for PS3 games announced Japanese site Impress Watch has reported that PlayStation 3 games will cost up to £52 ($100), gathering information from "multiple information sources." Most of the upcoming PS3 games will drop in the £39-52 ($75-100) range while even the most popular PS2 releases barely exceed £39.

It seems like Sony is going to be taking back money lost in the console creating process by selling over-expensive games. This already traditional business strategy has been also performed by Microsoft, yet you can get Xbox 360 games almost £20 ($38) cheaper. The cost of the PS3 unit, whether it is the dropped $410 in Japan or the more costly in the US or Europe, with these expensive games, it will lighten consumers' wallet quite a bit.

PlayStation 3 will launches November 17 in the US, November 11 in Japan and March 2007 in Europe.

UPDATE: According to SlashGear Sony is taking preorders of PlayStation 3 games for "only" $59,99, which is comparable to Xbox 360 game prices. All the seven games available in Sony Style USA have the price of $59,99 and include Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, Call of Duty 3, Full Auto 2: Battlelines, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tony Hawk's Project 8, and Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom.

Source:
The Inquirer


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    Wild9 (Junior Member) 29 September 2006 14:09 Send private message to this user   
    As for the UK..how are families earning some of the worst wages in Europe, going to afford these titles?
    raceman94 (Member) 29 September 2006 17:41 Send private message to this user   
    Damn! $100 for one game? What the hell is Sony thinking? Well, wait, they do need some way to make up for all of the batteries having to be replaced...
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 29 September 2006 20:49 Send private message to this user   
    Wild9
    10 to 1 they think they can live off their fan base by these prices.
    adrian089 (Newbie) 30 September 2006 11:53 Send private message to this user   
    is the ps3 even gonna have better graphics?
    it seems to me the ps3 is gonna cost alot more game wise and system wise than the 360. If im gonna spend 600 on a system its gonna be a computer which also plays games. i can get used to the xbox controller to play madden.
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 30 September 2006 11:58 Send private message to this user   
    adrian089
    the PS3 is a monster with the limits tooken off DVD size meaning larger textures (better graphics) and its power it should be a jump is graphics simalur to the Xbox to the 360,you will see a diffrance but in the end its just "paint" covering gameplay and thats my gripe for the past 5 years
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 30 September 2006 12:00 Send private message to this user   
    gameplay being extra extra rusty...darn it still no easy edit *L*
    davidl1l (Junior Member) 1 October 2006 10:07 Send private message to this user   
    this shyt is just to high...stop buying it...
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 1 October 2006 10:30 Send private message to this user   
    frist round of PS3 games are listed at 59.00


    begs the question do they really plan on trying to go to 100 I'll give it 50/50 I think they will try,but reailty will smack thier arrogant arse back..
    Javafriek (Junior Member) 5 October 2006 17:00 Send private message to this user   
    They will quickly dwindle their fanbase with tactics like this. Bad Sony..Bad!


    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 13 October 2006 9:52 Send private message to this user   
    wait these are euro prices in the states they shouldn't go above 70 but then I don't trust Sony *L*
    bhetrick (AfterDawn Addict) 13 October 2006 10:51 Send private message to this user   
    Quote:
    Wow, I know I am being sarcastic but you can now trick a regular XBox without any mods (soft ones included) into thinking your burned ones are pressed and signed by MS? THats the first I have heard of this.
    @ Pop_Smith... Actually you can. There's a firmware hack (just like for the 360) available for the xbox 1's dvd drive.

    Newegg.com is selling burners for $700 with free shipping.




    ocelot101 (Inactive) 16 October 2006 8:49 Send private message to this user   
    anyone kno when there wud b mod chips for ps3???
    bhetrick (AfterDawn Addict) 16 October 2006 9:25 Send private message to this user   
    1/17/07 @ 2:32 pm.
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 16 October 2006 10:14 Send private message to this user   
    ocelot101
    it takes at least a year for people to dev and create mod chip for a system.
    ocelot101 (Inactive) 17 October 2006 9:34 Send private message to this user   
    lol bhe trick thanks tho
    bhetrick (AfterDawn Addict) 17 October 2006 14:21 Send private message to this user   
    ya...just playin'
    ocelot101 (Inactive) 18 October 2006 4:52 Send private message to this user   
    for some reason i cant post comments on any other forum so here it gos anyway
    could anyone please help me and tell me exactly what i need to make backups games for my ps2 i got a free down load of DVD Decrypter and i put in my game and the i put in my blank DVD+R disk and some1 told me thats all i needed to do but when it was finished i put it in my ps2 and a red menu came up telling me to put in a ps2 game i have been tryin this for ages now and would be grateful for any help thanks
    munkeeboy (Junior Member) 7 November 2006 6:21 Send private message to this user   
    INFLATION! the worth of dollars is changing, soon 100 bucks for games is gon be like normal and we all gon be spending sooo much money to just get our hands on a single game....
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 7 November 2006 6:24 Send private message to this user   
    munkeeboy
    well Sony is playing with the prices theya re normal at 60ish altho in year I bet/know they will go up 10$
    munkeeboy (Junior Member) 7 November 2006 13:28 Send private message to this user   
    oh boy. but thats probably true. better start saving...

    "A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 7 November 2006 13:31 Send private message to this user   
    I been thinking about the 100$ games,I think collectors Editions will be 80-100 I can see that,but the msot I have seen a new game for is 70ish so in a year or so 70-80 will be a normal top number for the PS3 mabye the 360 and mabye for PC games.



    FIGHT THE M.A.F.I.A.A.
    Sony has declared war on importers the consumer will be next with CD's,Videos/Games not far behind that....boycott SONY!
    http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8062.cfm
    munkeeboy (Junior Member) 8 November 2006 21:08 Send private message to this user   
    yeah, what was it. halo 3 collectors edition or something, its 100$ and it comes with likke a master chieft helmet replica. so yeah. in this catalogue i got, well its a japanese one so it really doesnt apply for the price in america, but it should work for speculation. resistance fall of man is 5,980 and ridge racer is headed for 7,329. so yeah, probably 50 to around 80 bucks...there were only two lineup titles that were more than 8,000 yen. Armored Core 4 and this Train simulation game. the rest havent been announced yet.

    "A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
    Leema01 (Newbie) 9 November 2006 5:56 Send private message to this user   
    WOW thats like £40-£55 in the uk
    +console+other bits = a lot of cash
    i think i will spend about £650 on ps3 in march 07 ,uk launch (thanks to regional games and console)
    munkeeboy (Junior Member) 10 November 2006 5:27 Send private message to this user   
    oh yeah, ps3 is coming out in japan tommorow. 11/11/06. even though im not getting one yet im pretty excited. its actually coming! and the games are beautiful. its amazing. its gonna be all gone, in like a day or two. crazy how people can afford the money for a console and a game...maybe more than one.

    "A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
    ZippyDSM (AfterDawn Addict) 10 November 2006 5:50 Send private message to this user   
    bah....graphics a good game do not make....however we wil finally get to see real info about the damn thing.



    FIGHT THE M.A.F.I.A.A.
    Sony has declared war on importers the consumer will be next with CD's,Videos/Games not far behind that....boycott SONY!
    http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8062.cfm

    This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 12 November 2006 8:51

    munkeeboy (Junior Member) 11 November 2006 18:31 Send private message to this user   
    no kidding. i think they should have revealed alittle more a little sooner, so that customers could actually know a little more about what they were going to be spending 500$+ on.

    "A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad."
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