Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Kotaku: $499 Playstation 3 To Be Gimped
Posted by Jeremy Charette in "NEWS" @ 08:50 AM
"With the news that the most frugal console Playstation 3 console will still cost five hundred bucks, you might have been led to believe that that extra hundred bucks is only going towards more hard-drive space. Unfortunately, early word indicates that you're going to be missing out on a lot of stuff if you decide to scrimp. If the image above &mdash - found in the Playstation 3 press release by the guys over at the Penny Arcade forums — is correct, the five hundred PS3 will not only contain a mere third of the storage space of its more expensive brother, but it will also be missing HDMI, memory card support and built-in WiFi."
Well, we knew it was going to be expensive, but $600!? Are they insane? I think that's beyond what the average family can justify, and there were groans and jeers about Microsoft's $400 pricing for the Xbox 360 Premium system. Not to mention the fact that the $500 "base" system will be severely hampered compared to it's more expensive brother. If Microsoft can drop the price before the PS3 launch, and release the HD DVD add-on drive for less than $200, the Xbox 360 will look like a relative bargain.
Well, we knew it was going to be expensive, but $600!? Are they insane? I think that's beyond what the average family can justify, and there were groans and jeers about Microsoft's $400 pricing for the Xbox 360 Premium system. Not to mention the fact that the $500 "base" system will be severely hampered compared to it's more expensive brother. If Microsoft can drop the price before the PS3 launch, and release the HD DVD add-on drive for less than $200, the Xbox 360 will look like a relative bargain.
