Buying a PS3 at launch?

[tholly]

Damn Mr. Money

I wish.....and my wallet wishes I wasn't addicted to having the newest video game stuff as soon as possible....

[donkeykong1]

I will but as many as I can get my hands on. Then I will sell all but one. That one I keep would have come out to free, because of the profits I would make from the others. So far I have 2 on preorder and going for more soon.

[Alabama-Shrimp]

Well we wont have a choice in England its the bigger expensive one where getting at arounf £500 at that much i think i'll wait a long time before i get one, Espically after borrowing an Xbox 360 this week and so far im not impressed it dosent do anything my PC cant.

[Speedy_NES]

Espically after borrowing an Xbox 360 this week and so far im not impressed it dosent do anything my PC cant.

I agree that PCs are generally better in a lot of ways, but one thing that a PC can't compete against is splitscreen multiplayer fun!

[TraderJake]

And you all thought the Wii was an awesome name.

According to Kotaku Sony has filed a patent for their PS3 controller. It's name...

P oo S

or poos. Really It should be P(infinity symbol)S, but I think all cynics and haters of Sony would much rather it be called poos. I can see the marketing possibilities already:

"Dearest, will you not come and play with my poos?"
"I play with my poos all day long!"
"POOOOOOOOOSSSS!"

Personally, I am humored, what is up with Japan and weird names? Now I can play with my Wii and follow that up with some poos flinging! Thank God for that motion sensing capabily Sony, now I can fling my poos! Too bad I am not buying a PS3. Perhaps Sony erred and put the infinity symbol in when they meant just to put in an O. Poos? Nah, PoS fits much better.


http://www.kotaku.com/gam...ller-is-a-poos-184547.php

[The Metamorphosing Leon]

Well we wont have a choice in England its the bigger expensive one where getting at arounf £500 at that much i think i'll wait a long time before i get one, Espically after borrowing an Xbox 360 this week and so far im not impressed it dosent do anything my PC cant.

Well I'm fairly certain PS3 will be a little more impressive than the 360. At least it better be.

But I agree, at this point with consoles it's like, ooo look, their clothes are moving and they're shiny because they're sweaty.

I am not impressed. The only way I'll get a ps3 early on is if I hear it's a God monster machine.

[RetroYoungen]

Chuck up another vote for "not impressed."  All of the graphics are getting to the point that they all look too much alike for me, and they're all capable of nearly the same things (save the HD-DVD and Blu-Ray crap).  I haven't seen anything that really grabs my attention, and they're "innovative" controller (covered in my Majestic Thoughts entry on my Blogger site ::/plug:: ), I'm not planning to buy any time soon.

[incubus421]

This year is all about the Wii.  Cheap, great, and I have high hopes for it.  Not to mention it's starting lineup kicks the shit out of the PS3's (in my opinion of course, because it depends on what you're into).

[David_J.]

I could buy a nice project car or a winter beater for that much on ebay, or even locally.

That and I have no intrest in this gen, or next gen gaming.

[phoenix1967]

I will but as many as I can get my hands on. Then I will sell all but one. That one I keep would have come out to free, because of the profits I would make from the others. So far I have 2 on preorder and going for more soon.

Last holiday season, the premium you could get for a 360 on Ebay was so high partly because there was no other next gen system on the market. This Christmas, if the Wii comes in at it's 199-249 price point, due to the competition it will provide against the PS3 it may be a lot tougher to sell a PS3 at premium pricing (i.e. $100+ profit).

I'd be very wary of investing too much in PS3 consoles.

[Tynstar]

I have been talking to people at game stores and they say everyone that is getting a PS3 it is for resale. Might be a flood of them on Ebay.

[phoenix1967]

Yup. Wouldn't surprise me.

And where there's a glut of sellers, the market favors the buyer. A lot of people that are planning on being able to resell just may get stuck with a PS3 that they really didn't want at the $600 price tag.

[Tynstar]

That would be awesome if they didnt even reach 600 on Ebay. Doubt that will happen but it would be funny.

[phoenix1967]

Yeah. But most people trying to sell would likely set the minimum bid to $599.99 with around $40+ shipping (to recoup taxes).

It will be very interesting to see how that buy-resell strategy plays out this time around.

[TraderJake]

If I told you I liked Sony I'd be lying.

IBM Lucky to get 10-20% Yield on the Cell Processor

Now perhaps I am really, really evil, but I surely hope that this inability to get a high yield causes manufacturing problems and shortages, and bodes terrible for the PS3. With all the stealing of ideas (although they "didn't"), I hope this system does terrible.