Archive for May, 2006

EB Games and GameStop Not Taking PS3 Preorders Until After September

Sunday, May 21st, 2006

EB Games and GameStop stores have officially stopped taking preorders for PS3, but it was not that their corporate offices made this decision, but rather Sony.  Sony informed the stores via a conference call that one million consoles would be available on launch day for North America, one million for Europe, and one million for […]

PS3 UK Pricing Announced

Thursday, May 18th, 2006

Sony UK President Ray Maguire announced today in an interview that PS3 will cost GBP 425 for the premium model of PS3.  At this point in time it is unclear whether Sony will even sell the basic PS3 model within the UK.  This price announcement comes as a pretty big shock, especially when PS3 will […]

E3 2006 Wrapup

Saturday, May 13th, 2006

Well E3 certainly was a very interesting conference for Sony, and the future of Playstation 3, however interesting is not always a good thing.  The biggest complaint among gamers leaving the conference was the price of Playstation 3.  With a starting price of $500 for the 20 GB model, and a $600 price tag for […]