Is the Sony PS3 still too expensive: how much would you pay for the Playstation 3?

I’m sorry I just can’t find a reason to buy one. I hate the cheap feeling controler. Hell it is the reason PS fanboys hate FPS’s it just isn’t designed with them in mind. 90% of the games I want to play are on the 360. I’m no movie fanatic that has to see every pixel. (upscaled dvd’s are fine by me plus with internet free) Sixaxis is a gimmick that so far has left more gamers shaking their heads versus their controllers. PSN isn’t shit compared to Live where the majority of people have mics. Yes it cost money but what free stuff is worth something? The PS3 game library is weak and platformers don’t do it for me. All and all the PS3 suffers from the hype Sony threw on it more than anything. It is a “me too “console but the sad part is you could buy the Wii and 360 for less than the PS3 and have the best of everything it is trying to be in my opinion.

yes it has technology do we need/want it? no

Even at the UK’s price of £425 I think the PS3 is pretty good value for all the technology you get with it. However, many consumers may struggle to find the need for such technologies at present. HD TV is a growing marketplace but it is still relatively small at the moment. Obviously consumers will not want to swap their DVDs for Blu-Ray if they don’t have high-def televisions, so these people are hardly going to see the PS3′s Blu-Ray capabilities as an essential feature. Sony really needs to focus more on the gaming side right now and start pricing it as games console (i.e. below £300). Then Blu-ray sales would pick up later as more people adopt HD TVs. That’s my opinion anyway.

the size dont really matter, if the size matter nobody would buy diamonds for more than 10 dollars.
“is the sony ps3 still too expensive”
as with anything in this planet the value is an individual perspective.
a glass of water has the same value in a restaurant than in the desert?
“how much would you pay for the Playstation 3?”
sure not a dime more than the regular price (the people that overpay at ebay when short supply, are crazy for me, but maybe play the nextgeneration console weeks before many people worth the extra dollars for them, as i say the value is an individual perspective)
i will pay whatever the ps3 cost the first decembers week (the date when i will buy one)

It will become better value as better games are released. Once you have some decent football titles, Killzone 2, the new GTA etc etc then £400 will seem entirely reasonable.

“yes it has technology do we need/want it? no”
speak for yourself, i need and i want all the tech the PS3 has.
the ps3 is all the cell,rsx,sixaxis,blu-ray,wifi,hdd,etc together… what make it be the ps3.
many complaint about the wii graphics, but the wii is what it is, with lower price, lower tech and wiimote… you cant say it has tech we dont want or need, neither you can say it lacks tech you want or need… why? because you dont make it/
buy it or not, like it or not, but the wii is complete as the ps3 is complete
the xbox 360 is complete with the dvd, and tons of adds and customization, versions, etc
neither lack tech or have over tech… every console is what their company wanted it to be, you buy the one you like, but stop saying the ps3 has more tech that it needed just because your console dont have it.
also in this price and TECH is included quality test product, enginering testing… just for you dont need to send your console every couple of months for repair.

I would pay $399 for the 20GB (with an included HD cable that can be HDMI or component).

I want games and not HD movies.

Hell, I’d buy one for $299 with a few GB of internal flash and the option to add my own hard drive later.

lol.. i would give about 10$ for the ps3.. and just because i want to smash it..

Look at all these PAID-by-Microsoft bashers (and if you aren’t getting paid, you are truly sad).

The PS3 is a better value than the XBox 360. Free wireless (vs $100 for 360), Free online (vs $60/year for 360), Blu-ray, Bluetooth (you can use any bluetooth headset vs. $100 headset from Microsoft).

Home will come in a month and will be MUCH better than Live.

The quality of the PS3 (and Wii) is magnitudes better than the 360 – just see the failure rates for the 360 and that for the PS3. The PS3 looks better in a home entertainment setup – touch sensitive power button, eject – trayless disc drive. Also the ability to dual boot into another Operating System is a plus.

I would pay more than it currently costs now.

I will buy a PS3, 360 is just like its counter-part the PC, JUNK. Thats why I use a MAC. By the way the PS3 is the only player with HDMI 1.3 too bad for poor old 360, and to think it took a game design for a MAC, HALO to make it popular.

oh common, last gen are you seriously telling me you didnt want a ps2 when technically it has the worst graphics by far out of the 3.
and why did you want it? because it was accessible with a good price tag and large game library.
and why did it have a big game library? because it was easy/cheap to develop for and added to the intall base gave developers lots of money.
this in my opinion is what the Wii is achieving.
most people think that they want the best graphics and stuff rammed under the hood but its a trade off in the long run for the best games and a console that succeeds. its happened time and time again (neo geo, n64, cube, game gear, dreamcast…… basically all consoles that are considered failures)
only difference is sony is losing money on the ps3 big time. graphics are killing the industry and the consoles, microsoft only keeps the xbox going with its endless pockets, in terms of the money its made its a massive, massive failure.

Look — both consoles are great machines. Both have strengths and weaknesses. But honestly, why do you buy a console? I bought both of mine to play games… not play movies. Now I can do that (play movies), but that is secondary to anything else on the console — playing music, movies, pictures… whatever.

The price for the PS/3 is not really the issue… if it had a bunch of exclusive top-notch games, it would be selling. The problem is that is doesn’t. And most of the games that are available don’t play as well as on the 360. And so far, it is not getting any better. Everytime some new game comes out for both, the PS/3 version is the sucky version.

And don’t call me a basher… I shelled out the $600 — I have a right to be disappointed and even a little upset.

Now, having said all this, I do think it will get better over time as developers get experienced with the hardware… but my advice is this, if you can only afford one, get the 360. There is just so much more to do with it at this point.

PS3 to expensive? Who ever thinks the ps3 is either on welfare or just a dumb kid with no job. Fact is the ps3 has not been out as long as the 360, so how can you even start talking shit about the ps3. Fact is the ps3 is worth the money, look at the stuff they cram in it. The 360? theres not much they cram in it. If you want the extra stuff the 360 has than you have to pay for it and when you do pay for those other accessories you will see that it is more expensive than ps3.

I hate xbox 360 fanboys all they do is talk shit about the ps3 when the xbox 360 they support is not even doing as well as it should even though its been out for a year earlier.

i think the 360 is JUNK!!! the PS3 is way better.. my brother has both of them and i have the ps3. i dont even see how people would think 360 video out put is better when its pushing out DVD.. ( games ) and if you think the PS3 is to expensive, will you pay more for the 360 when you get all the extra sh*t. and the only reason 360 has more games is cuz its been out longer. i bet if the ps3 was out 1st the 360 would NEVER catch up.

I would pay 250 for one without an HD. I cannot justify however the price increases for a larger (relatively small) HD increase. Especially not when i can now get a terrabyte(1000 GB) drive for $200. Re-release the 20gb PS3 with backwards compatability at a lower price and you will have my money sony.

Sony really needs to stop thinking none of us know that HD space is the cheapest thing in technology today.

Then again i’m a casual gamer who also has no use for a blue ray player (i wont pay $30 for the shitty movies that get put out these days.) and i also hate most of the shiny but no content or game play value games that have been released for these next gen consoles. I find it funny that in this next gen era games have almost gone backwards as it used to be that game play was #1 because of limited graphics. Now graphics are #1 and game play always seems to be either totally forgotten or an after thought.

I have wanted a PS3 for a long time now but I simply cannot justify 350+ for it. It is really cool and everything, but consumers who need all the features it offers are few and far between. I won’t get into the old tried and true stuff of the 360 diehards (free online is crap controllers are cheap looking blah blah) but the fact is it is just too pricey for me. I would pay about 200-250 for it, but that is because I could give 2 craps about blu-ray (I already have a standalone player) I don’t need the wireless (My house was built about 6 years ago and is wired for internet) and all I really want to do is play some games!! Even that is messed up with stupid-long load times and expensive titles. I’m not saying the 360 or wii is perfect, far from it. Every console has it’s drawbacks and the biggest one for the PS3 is the price.

I won't buy a PS3 until the PS4 has been out for a while.
I still haven't fully reached the extent of PS2, Xbox and Gamecube: I just don't have the time. Why spend £250 on a new console when just as many good games, albeit at a lower graphical quality, can be had on a £40 console?
I haven't played KOTOR, Morrowind, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, Metroid or Pikmin yet! There will come a day when I can get a 360 and a PS3 for under £50, pre-owned.