PS3 European details tonight at midnight

[dobyblue]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/758/758082p1.html

UK, January 24, 2007 - Sony has announced that - wait for it - it's set to announce full European launch details for the PlayStation 3 on the dot at midnight tonight, GMT.

Depending how eager you are to learn when it's out, how much for and what you can expect to be playing at launch, we'd suggest either propping your eyelids open with matches, chugging back the caffeine and heading over to the IGN European Gaming Lobby to slather in feverish anticipation, or do the sensible thing, have a good night's kip then check back on IGN first thing tomorrow.

[frankc4s]

Excellent news

As long as its under £500 and I manage to get a few 60Gb versions I will be well happy

[dialog_gvf]

The next wave of the domination is about to begin.

There is an outside chance of 1.5 million units being sold in the UK and Europe at launch. Almost certainly 1 million. Assuming the units are available, which they should be because Sony has well stuffed the NA and Japan channels now.

Gary

[Guinness7]

It seems like the have not problem pumping them out for sale in the states so hopefully they don't give our euro friends some lame reason that they will get some small amount of units for the launch date

[minimoke]

Hello,
Here the Belgian Jury from Brussels,

The belgian jury gives the PS3 12 points.

Hope it will be available before march 23. That's my birthday... and guess what I'll get... Oh, I love my wife.

[Amon37]

Well midnight GMT is like 5:00pm here in arizona if my calcuation are correct

MST is 7 hours behind GMT.

[Petra]

STRICTLY EMBARGOED UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY 24th JANUARY GMT

PS3 to Launch in UK on 23rd March 2007
Over 30 Titles for Launch Period
1 Million units forecast for Initial European Launch Period

London, 24 January 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe today announced that PLAYSTATION®3 will be launched in the PAL territories including the United Kingdom on 23rd March 2007 at a price of £425.

Responding to retail and consumer demand, SCEE confirmed that initially only the 60GB model would be available, with the 20GB model to follow later in the year dependent on demand.

An expected one million PS3 units will be made available during the initial launch period to all SCEE territories.

SCEE also announced a stellar launch line-up of over 30 game titles for PS3, including eagerly awaited titles published by SCEE such as Resistance: Fall of Man™, MotorStorm™, Genji™: Days of the Blade, FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION and Ridge Racer™ 7. An exceptional range of titles in every genre will also be available at launch from the world’s leading third party publishers, including Electronic Arts, Activision, Namco Bandai, Sega, Take 2, Ubisoft, Vivendi Universal, and Sony Online Entertainment.

In addition to games on disc, an exciting range of fully-featured downloadable games
will debut on the PLAYSTATION®Network. These will include gaming icons such as Tekken®: Dark Resurrection and Gran Turismo® HD Concept; the fully-featured PS3 debut of the best-selling franchise Gran Turismo, realised with full HD (1080p) visual quality. Created by Polyphony Digital Inc and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, Gran Turismo® HD Concept has been downloaded by more than 350,000 users since it was released in December 2006 in North America and Japan.

Also available on the PLAYSTATION®Network will be brainteasers such as Go! Sudoku and Go! Puzzle, and innovative games such as Blast Factor™ and flOw™, designed exclusively for PLAYSTATION 3 and delivering on the promise to provide original content created by non-traditional developers and publishers.

Concurrent with the European launch, a new System Update to further enhance the entertainment potential of PS3 will be issued.

Announcing the launch details, Ray Maguire, SVP and MD of SCEUK said, “Following the hugely successful launches of PS3 in Japan and North America, we are absolutely delighted to be able to bring significant numbers of PS3 to the UK. To be able to launch with over 30 titles including retail versions and great downloadable gaming experiences across every genre shows that this is our strongest launch line-up in the history of PlayStation, and is what PlayStation fans in the UK have been crying out for.”

PLAYSTATION 3 LAUNCH TITLE LINE-UP

Resistance: Fall of Man™ - SCEE - Disc
MotorStorm™ - SCEE - Disc
Genji™: Days of the Blade - SCEE - Disc
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION - SCEE - Disc
Ridge Racer™ 7 - SCEE - Disc
Tekken®: Dark Resurrection - SCEE - Network
Lemmings™ - SCEE - Network
Go! Sudoku - SCEE - Network
Go! Puzzle - SCEE - Network
Blast Factor™ - SCEE - Network
flOw™ - SCEE - Network
Super Rub’a'Dub - SCEE - Network
Call of Duty 3 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Tony Hawk’s Project 8 - Activision UK Ltd - Disc
Gundam – Target in Sight - Namco Bandai Games - Disc
Full Auto™ 2: Battle Lines - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Sonic the Hedgehog™ - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Fighter™ 5 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
Virtua Tennis™ 3 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
World Snooker Championship 2007 - Sega®Europe Ltd - Disc
NBA 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
NHL 2K7 - Take 2 International SA - Disc
Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Enchanted Arms - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion - Ubisoft Entertainment SA - Disc
Def Jam: Icon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Fight Night Round 3 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
The Godfather: The Don’s Edition - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Electronic Arts Ltd - Disc
F.E.A.R. Vivendi - Universal Games Intl SA - Disc
Gripshift - Sony Online Entertainment - Network


PLAYSTATION 3 Peripherals Available at Launch

Peripheral - RRP in £ Sterling

SIXAXIS™ Wireless Controller - £34.99
Blu-ray Disc Remote Control - £17.99
HDMI Cable - £17.99
AV cable - £17.99
Component AV cable - £17.99
S Video cable - £12.99

[hyperdine]

Wow! U.K. is getting a better launch than I did here in the U.S. I guess they deserve it for having to wait for a few months

[Nismobeach]

Ouch! That's about $835 USD! I understand that the pound is strong and all but Sony is basically selling the units at cost over there.

[mbslrm]

I was expecting about 2 million total, for all the PAL regions....

Let's hope Sony meets its goal of 6 million shipped by April.

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Nismobeach

Ouch! That's about $835 USD! I understand that the pound is strong and all but Sony is basically selling the units at cost over there.

You have to take 17.5% sales tax into account which leaves Sony with $725 as they will get more favourable currency rates than 1.98:1, it will be more like 2.02:1 by then, as the pound will be stronger (rising interest rates/inflation in the UK) and Sony own a bank.

[Guinness7]

Nice games abvailible for download hope tekken comes out here in the states to....It wil be worth the wait for or pal friends who get great launch titles.

[Blue]

23rd March
AU$999 for the 60GB version

Offical Sony site
http://au.playstation.com/news/index...ZSFEWLXBC5EIV0

A list of the extras as well
http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenpla...es/004857.html

[dialog_gvf]

AU$999 = US$780 at today's exchange.

That's rather steep. Does that include a VAT?

Gary

[Chris Beveridge]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

AU$999 = US$780 at today's exchange.

That's rather steep. Does that include a VAT?

Gary

More than likely.

prices are always skewed higher in the UK, be it gas, electronics or DVDs.

For reference via Amazon.co.uk, the PS2 retails for £94.99. That's 186.87 US. PS2 in the US goes for what, 99.99 these days? So it's pretty much double the price for a console from 2000.

[Blue]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

AU$999 = US$780 at today's exchange.

That's rather steep. Does that include a VAT?

Gary

Yes but only 10% there are not supposed to be any other tax's. It's quite cheap compared to the Panasonic BD10 AU$2,749 or the Sammy BD-P1000 AU$1,699. Don't worry the Movie's aren't much better AU$39

[frankc4s]

More than pleased with the £425 price tag considering they chucked a blu ray player in

An xbox 360 plus external hd-dvd drive is £299 + £120 = £420, although there is talk of MS clipping the price of the xbox 360 to £199 at the launch of PS3.

A million PS3,s is another potential million Blu Ray customers

Not sure if a million units is enough for the whole of Europe though?

Now if I can just get my grubby mits on 6 units at launch

Ps that price does include VAT which I will be claiming back on 1 of the units and putting the console through as a company asset.

[partridge]

£425 is actually what was announced when November was the global launch date. So it hasn't changed, and it's what I was expecting. Frankly all things considered it's a bargain.

I just hope I can get my name down for a launch day console - it's been reckoned that around 300,000 will be available for the UK.

I've also heard that a major firmware update is due around the same time, no idea what that might bring though (upscaled DVD playback perhaps...)

If MS do drop the price of the premium 360 to £199 I will be surprised - it will show a complete lack of faith in their own product to go head to head with PS3. I also don't think they can make such a huge drop at this point as they are still not in profit with the entire Xbox project; and an Xbox profit is something they've assured their shareholders of for 07/08 financial year (I believe)

[JTK]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164689...stnews;title;0

[minimoke]

For us in the euro-zone, the ps3 will go for 599 Euro(-dollars).

This means, simply put - currency rate 1 Euro= 1 US Dollar.

You guys across the ocean had a nice bargain for your PS3's.

Luckily this is what I hoped for (maximum price, that is).