Comments on: PRE-ORDERS BREAKING RECORDS IN EUROPE?

By: Maj. Adama

Maj. Adama — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:05:02 +0000

I’m confused - if the pre-orders are soooooooooooo amazing. how come every single one of the major retailer still have stock available?

Hell, Play.com (who aren’t fibbing at all about the level of pre-sales) keep adding more ‘free’ stuff to thier bundles in an effort to shift them - first a HDMI cable, now a Click Blue-Ray

Hmmmmmm I wonder what the chances were of getting a Wii or a 360 over a week after pre-order started………..

By: John

John — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:10:15 +0000

Well as from this morning there will be an extra 2 consoles up for pre order at Game.co.uk ive just cancelled and so has my brother ive had it with the way europe are treated by sony.Cya all

By: Jas

Jas — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:03:37 +0000

I am looking forward to the PS3, but not and this price and the piss poor quality of the launch titles and the lack of numbers, what about 20 titles with about very little exclusives. I will wait for the next batch to hit the shores I think.
And before anyone asks, yes I do have a 360, a PS2 etc, but I am a gamer, I can’t wait for my PS3 but not yet. At the moment the Xbox rocks over the PS3 apart from the HD-DVD vs Bluray. HD-DVD is going to splat real soon against Bluray, no major studios support it. I have a major DVD collection most HD-DVD titles I already have on DVD. All the new releases are coming on Bluray.

By: Panajev

Panajev — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:25:20 +0000

599 Euros model only at launch, record pre-orders even with such a delayed launch…

I could not think of a better way to top this off than…

this: http://www.scee.presscentre.com/Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=4331&NewsAreaID=2

Great, now it is clear that PAL users get even less value for their money than other territories: we pay the same and get WAY worse backward-compatibility… wow…

By: phil

phil — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:55:28 +0000

Also went on Amazon uk’s web site for blue ray dvd and they had some more interesting selection eg House of Flying Daggers, The prestige etc on closer inspection the seller was from the US and I presume these wont play on my Ps3(assuming I get one).

By: phil

phil — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:59:55 +0000

i thought all blue ray movies were region coded, is that not the case?
Also i based the poor selection of movies currently on Blue Ray on Hmv, Virgins and Amzons web site dint see Superman returns or Harry Potter.
is there somewhere else I should look for comprehensive list of available in the uk Blue Rays on Ps3 launch date?

By: TGO

TGO — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:26:16 +0000

@Phil
geez….Superman Returns(you can pick up the US version of it for Â£10 as it not region locked) & Harry Potter are already on Blu-ray mate
And Blu-ray is now out selling HD-DVD 3-1
its HD-DVD thats got sweet fa

By: TGO

TGO — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:17:48 +0000

@ Basil Brush
News flash..! We got ripped when the PSone and PS2 was released so whats the big deal?
We paid Â£300 for a Â£150 machine back in 2000
And don’t call me a fanboy just because I’m shocked by this report
you had no reason to be call me that so don’t
unless you are the one who is the fanboy and doesn’t like this report
yeah that may be it
And with 1 PS3, 4 games + blu-ray remote ? * checks wallet* nope I ain’t broke
I’ve still got Â£200
what about you?

By: phil

phil — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 16:12:37 +0000

what might help Ps3 is some better titles on blue ray. Whilst Hd dvd has king kong, harry potter and superman blue ray has …? Sweet Fa as far as i can see. If that keeps up blue ray will got the way of betamax.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:13:41 +0000

The Guardian casts doubt on those excited “pre-order” numbers today (http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2017959,00.html) - the level of Woolworths pre-orders suggests it’s barely matching those for the Wii in the UK.

After all, perhaps those trumpeting these numbers didn’t have many Wiis or Xbox 360s allocated?

And certainly the sales in Japan do bear out a continuing non-hitness of the PS3 at present.