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Originally Posted by kupoartist

$499 is a bad price? £350 sounds like a usual price for a new console in the UK... And you don't really need the 60GB version unless you're going to go mad insane spending even more cash through their content delivery system. I know the PS3 standard appeals to me, someone who hasn't really an intention to splash out on too many console games. I actually found this price announcement reasonable, yet i'm probably the person least likely to be buying it!

Full backwards compatability too. Right to PS1.

The cheapo PS3 doesn't have Wi-Fi or HDMI (hi-def) AV outputs with it... so for me it's a no-brainer which one I'm gonna choose...

Though to be fair, a Blu-Ray player will set you back £1,000 when they hit the stores so £600 don't sound to bad to me really considering you get a top-spec (according to SONY) Blu-Ray player, hi-def output and a PS3 thrown into the mix...

To rationalise it a bit further, I could easily spend £600 in two months just on beer and going out (£50 a night, Fri and Sat for 2 months) and have nothing to show for it at the end other than numerous hangovers...

or I could cut down going out to once a month (for 2 months) and have a nice shiny PS3 to show for it...

But then again, people do say I have more money than sense...

- S