PS3 Prices in Europe Revealed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday April 5, 2006 @07:27AM from the don't-want-to-buy-another-one dept.

fistfullast33l writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the VP of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe revealed pricing for the Playstation 3 on a French radio show today. From the article: 'Strict currency translation suggests that American pricing may be in the range of US $605 to $726, but currency exchange alone can't tell the story. Case in point: the Xbox 360. In the United States, the Xbox 360 retails for $399, which is only 320 [euros] in exchange. Yet the Xbox 360 is priced at 399 [euros] throughout most of Europe.' The article goes on to speculate that 'the days of multi-console ownership may be coming to an end for many gamers' based on the Xbox 360 and the PS3 prices."

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Re:multi-console ownership by ciw42 · 2006-04-05 12:12 · Score: 0, Troll

Rubbish.

Increasing the graphics capabilities of your machine also means better performance for fundamental, non-game related things such as your desktop OS, watching movies, and doing any 3D or graphic design work. For music and computationally intensive software, off-loading much of the graphics processing to the card also frees up bus bandwidth (especially when compared to integrated graphics) and increases your machines ability to get on with the actual work it's supposed to be doing.