FYE folks are telling me the price has been set at $499 and will be released at the end of April although they don't know if that's the bundle price or just for the system. I ordered 4 and can scan the receipt if anyone is willing to host.

philadelphiaLawyer said:FYE folks are telling me the price has been set at $499 and will be released at the end of April although they don't know if that's the bundle price or just for the system. I ordered 4 and can scan the receipt if anyone is willing to host.

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Sit back and wait until fall 2006 if you like, you might be able to buy one off me on eBay.

Boxcutter said:It's not arriving until fall 2006, it's a little early for preorders!!!

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CES is coming...

PLAYSTATION 3

Jon Attaway
28 Dec 2005

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off what promises to be a very memorable year for PlayStation fans - and PlayStation.com will be there.

If you're a keen gamer, then it's likely that you're already familiar with the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, the huge event held in Los Angeles every May. But it's not the only event to factor in the industry's calendar. With gaming becoming ever more popular, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has become more important to companies like Sony Computer Entertainment, the company behind the PlayStation success story.

Held in Las Vegas each January, CES is enormous. As the name implies, the event isn't just about games - it's about all the devices that companies hope will excite us all over the next 12 months and beyond. The latest TVs, camcorders, MP3 players, speakers - the latest and greatest examples of all the gadgets you could possibly dream of, basically - vie for the attention of the thousands of attendees.

More than ever, CES is increasingly important to gamers. This year, it's arguably more important than ever, because the technology that's set to be showcased there will feature strongly in PLAYSTATION 3.

As announced at E3 last May, PS3 will make use of the new Blu-ray disc format, and exploit true high definition displays, all the way up to 1080p. What does this mean to you? Well, with the right equipment you'll soon be able to enjoy games and movies in astoundingly lifelike detail. Rest assured, we'll have plenty more information on this in the coming months.

We'll also be at CES when the show kicks off on the 4th January, and will be reporting back with all the news that matters to PlayStation gamers - so make sure you keep an eye on PlayStation.com bright and early in the New Year.

i am guessing ur doing this to make profit huh?

cant wait til ces. I'll be getting the japanese unit if it is released first since japan and US share the same region code

So here is my prediction for 2006: Sony will not launch the Sony PS3 globally as Microsoft did with their Xbox 360.

Sony confirmed again early December that they are on track to launch the Playstation 3 in Spring 2006. The Sony PSP did launch in Spring 2005 in the US. Sales where ok, but it was not great either. The PSP was already on the market in Japan in December 2004. The Sony PS2 launched in Spring 2000 in Japan. The US launch date was in October 2000.

I predict it will be the same with the PS3, because the global launch of Microsoft did not bring any advantage in my mind.
On the one hand you have still tons of disappointed consumers in the United States who wanted an Xbox 360 and did not get one. In Japan the Xbox 360 sales numbers did disappoint. Europe is in between. If Microsoft would have focused on the US first, it might have been better.
Sony can start selling the PS3 in Japan in the middle of Summer and it would still be a huge success. For the US and Europe the main season to launch a video game console is autumn. There is no way around that. Every other launch time would mean a soft launch.
Additionally, even if Sony is officially against it, the export of Japanese market consoles and games is a not a small factor that improves sales numbers sure a bit. 'Sony Fanboys' all around the globe will order a Japanese Sony PS3 (myself included) if it would only be available in Japan for a couple of month. I know lots of people owning a Japanese Sony PSP, who did not wait for the domestic launch.

Interesting article on the PS3.

JusJustice - Do you have a link to an article where a Sony official confirmed a Spring 2006 PS3 launch?

I agree w/ you that it won't be a multi-market launch. It's tough to do and the 360 launch was close to a complete disaster (6 weeks after launch, and the consoles are still almost impossible to find). I'm sure they'll find a nice way to bash Microsoft for doing it too

PS3 also has the advantage of being the second console, and they can see that no matter how much hype there is, you need to have a solid set of launch games. Xbox 360 pulled their schedule in and beat many of the launch games. If DOA4 was ready for launch, I think things in Japan would be a lot different.

Someone here I think mentioned that the regions for BluRay were different than for DVD, so importing a console isn't going to be as risky as it was in the past. You should be able to play all US games...unless they have some other way of region locking that they haven't disclosed yet

FYE is yanking your chain. There is NO WAY they know how many boxes they're going to get in any wave. This won't be decided until a ship date has been picked. They're making a best guess, just like all of the stores did w/ the 360. It's definitely better to sign up sooner rather than later though.

I know about 5 peeps that pre-order the 360, I was one, and none of us ever saw that 360 on launch date. I got one from camping bb.com so why get excited on a pre-orders that from the 360 experience are useless. IMO

ca1avera said:I know about 5 peeps that pre-order the 360, I was one, and none of us ever saw that 360 on launch date. I got one from camping bb.com so why get excited on a pre-orders that from the 360 experience are useless. IMO

it all depends when you preorder AND who you know had 3 preorders all made in late july all came in on launch day