October 8th, 2008

PlayStation 3 News!

Sony's PlayStation 3 is a great console - at least that's what my friends having one say, and from the time I spent with them shooting one another or racing with the pedal to the metal, I must confess I fully agree with them. Unfortunately, no matter how good can be a certain device, without proper hardware and software additions it will fade away in time, as it happens with virtually everything on this planet, if I think well. Now, let's see what should gamers expect from Sony until the end of this year, shall we?

Those of you waiting to hear about price cuts will have to live with the hope until Christmas, it seems. According to the latest rumors, Sony has no plans for any price cuts until then, but...you know what they say - hope dies last, and since it doesn't cost nothing to hope for a cheap PlayStation 3...

According to Famitsu, the 80GB PlayStation 3, complete with DualShock 3 controller, will sell in Japan for only JPY 39,800 (EUR 289 / GBP 226) – exactly the current price of the 40GB unit. While this may not sound like groundbreaking PlayStation 3 news, here's a good one - only for a limited time, Sony will also include a copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III with the system. Yeah, baby, that's what I like!

Since everything interesting related to PlayStation 3 seems to be happening in Japan, here's one more - the LittleBigPlanet 80GB bundle retails for JPY 44,980 (EUR 327 / GBP 255), and includes a copy of the Media Molecule's game, as well as two DualShock 3 controllers. As an alternative, you can get the DualShock 3 bundled with a copy of LittleBigPlanet for JPY 7980 (EUR 58 / GBP 45), also available in silver, black and white.

Oh, well, it may be true that Japan is one of the most expensive countries to live in, but gamers and Internet freaks there surely have a lot of fun, not to mention those insanely fast & cheap connections...