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By peternelson on 11/14/2006 10:40:12 AM , Rating: 2
Some consoles have a novel concept of multiple controllers that is rarer on a PC game.

This enables you to socialise and cooperate with your friends and enjoy the experience together.

I think the crazy ebay prices are driven by:

a) the resale market speculation ie I think I can get even more for it (until the bubble bursts)

b) Xmas presents holiday time. You kid really wants a PS3 for Christmas like his friends SAY they will have. What parent cannot fail to spend thousands of dollars to stop their kid crying on Christmas day? (Well actually I wouldn't pay that if I had kids).

Given that there will be more shipments before Xmas makes this a little silly.

Anyway since here in Europe launch won't be until March, I suspect there will be less of this because of the lack of the Xmas effect.

The other option would be importing, but I don't think I'd do that because

a) Sony frowns on it
b) second hand goods
c) not easy to return to store if it develops a fault
d) possible regional restrictions on playing noneuro discs (including backwards gen PS2 titles)
e) possible restrictions on power supply and composite video standard being unapproved or wrong for our territory.

For similar reasons I wouldn't import a PSP either.

On the other hand we europeans pay the highest prices in the world for playstation stuff, so we probably deserve to be front of the allocations.

I don't think people's claims that the US pricing is overpriced are correct. Clearly many many people are willing to pay much more than that.

And Sony can always reduce prices later. If they launched cheap and then tried to raise prices there would be mass outcry so they are better to price it where they have and keep options open.


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