UK launch of the PS3

Nyck · **UK launch of the PS3 -** 03-23-2007, 07:15 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6474045.stm

[quote:8abcf]Sony has launched its PlayStation 3 (PS3) console in Europe and Australia, hoping to retake its gaming crown.

The company trails Microsoft and Nintendo in sales of next generation consoles and the launch has been beset with problems in the last year.

But the PlayStation brand remains strong with gamers and one million PS3s will hit shops on day one.

At the London launch everyone who bought a PS3 also received a free 46-inch HD television and a taxi home.

In total, the giveaway amounted to £250,000 worth of televisons to more than 100 gamers.

At the head of the queue, 17-year-old Ritatsu Thomas said the giveaway and PS3 had been worth the 36-hour wait. [/quote:8abcf]

wow.

Sgt. Paine · 03-23-2007, 07:16 AM

did they get a blowjob also?

ninty · 03-23-2007, 07:17 AM

i don't even want a ps3 but if they were giving away a free tv i might just stand in line for one

Coleman · 03-23-2007, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ninty

i don't even want a ps3 but if they were giving away a free tv i might just stand in line for one

imported_Fluffy_Bunny · 03-23-2007, 07:22 AM

Over here first eh? I should have got one just so I could sell it for triple the price on ebay.

Pyro · 03-23-2007, 08:23 AM

holy shit....id of done that for a tv as well...holy fuck.

geRV · 03-23-2007, 10:30 AM

Gonna see plenty of tv\ps3 combos on ebay.

Had to laugh sony said this was a form of apology, for the late release, so 125 people get tv's and the whole of europe says you;re forgiven sony? oOo:

TGB! · 03-23-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by geRV

Gonna see plenty of tv\ps3 combos on ebay.

Had to laugh sony said this was a form of apology, for the late release, so 125 people get tv's and the whole of europe says you;re forgiven sony? oOo:

They could have given them nothing.

geRV · 03-23-2007, 11:10 AM

[quote="TGB!":7a0a8]

Quote:

Originally Posted by geRV

Gonna see plenty of tv\ps3 combos on ebay.

Had to laugh sony said this was a form of apology, for the late release, so 125 people get tv's and the whole of europe says you;re forgiven sony? oOo:

They could have given them nothing.[/quote:7a0a8]

[img]http://twiggs.org/images/5203-bakery-crisp-chocolate-chip-cookie.jpg[/img]

Last i checked people went to buy a console, all sony got out of it was some asskissing positive pr for a change.

Gonzo · 03-23-2007, 12:08 PM

wtf, with all the problems my ps3 has i deserve a new tv

Miscguy · 03-24-2007, 04:44 PM

[quote="Fluffy_Bunny":40b5c]Over here first eh? I should have got one just so I could sell it for triple the price on ebay.[/quote:40b5c]

You do realise that ps3's on ebay are selling for less than retail in some instances.
[img]http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/pics4/ultimate-ps3-ebay-justice.gif[/img]

Taken from [url:40b5c]http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=17482[/url:40b5c] which was a fairly comical read.

geRV · 03-24-2007, 05:17 PM

Think its safe to say that besides japan and america the ps3 has had a pretty dissapointing debut everywhere else. Price point being the main thing pissing people of over here. Untill it starts delivering this "supercomputer" performance that kuturagi has been talking out of his gaping ass about for the last few years i don't see sales picking up anytime soon.

For all the hype its no better than the 360 despite sonys bs numbers and teraflops performance charts. I think people have also (finally) clued into the fact that the majority of what sony shows of these jawdropping game demos never really materialises in the finished product. Motorstorm is a good example of a game that had these amazing graphics in videos supposdly showing gameplay, it does look pretty good but nowhere near what they initially showed (gametrailers.com vid review showed this pretty well). Guess the supercomputer graphics of an outdated graphics card couldn't handle it. rolleyes: Still awaiting more pre-rendered killzone 2 bs as well.

Only thing im enjoying on the ps3 at the minute is the everybodys golf demo from the japanese demo site. Some nice little touches in it like sometimes you can see little spiders crawling around inside the cup. biggrin:

Sony need to eat some humble pie this time around and learn not to be cocky arrogant fucks like everything they produce is gonna sell like hotcakes. The sooner they get rid of kuturagi the better, last i heard he's practicaly ex-communicating himself from their electronics division and passing the buck of the blame to them because of lack of essential components.