No price cut in Europe, but we get two games and two controllers.
Get Motorstorm and Resistance for free with a new PS3While our US friends have been enjoying a price cut on the PlayStation 3, in Europe Sony has decided to adopt a different approach. The console will still retail for £425 but anyone who buys from July 18 in the UK (August 1 across Europe) will receive two games and two controllers. There's also no sign of the 80 GB PlayStation 3 in Europe.
"With sell through of over 1.2 million units in the SCEE territories to date, PlayStation 3 has proved to be an instant and huge success", said David Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. "The exceptional value of the new Starter Pack will bring the excitement of PlayStation gaming to a much wider audience. Add to this a stellar lineup of software titles for the second half of the year and we are confident that this amazing value Starter Pack will encourage many more keen gamers to join the PlayStation 3 community."
The two games will be a choice from any two of Sony's first-party titles: Resistance: Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Formula One Championship Edition, Genji: Days of the Blade and Ridge Racer 7. It's believed that consumers won't be forced to buy set bundles and the titles will be full retail copies in their original cases.
wyp100 wrote at 10:12 on 13 July 2007
no change
I'm sorry, but this doesn't change anything - the reason I haven't bought a PS3 - no compelling games - still stands. In fact, I can't see any reason to get one until MGS4 comes out, and even there, there are murmours it's not going to be a PS3 exclusive. What the PS3 needs in Europe is a decent price cut and just one excellent exclusive
Anonymous wrote at 12:49 on 14 July 2007
I don't know why but sony never seem to give europe the prices or th quality of everywhere else.
Will they ever learn