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Low-End PS3 Comes with HDMI, Cheaper in Japan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the little-consolation-to-the-us-fans dept.

jayintune writes "2old2play has a nice round-up on the main talking points from the Sony Keynote speech at the 2006 TGS (Tokyo Game Show). Most notably, Sony announced HDMI ports will be included on ALL models of the PS3. Initially, Sony was worried that if they put the HDMI in the lower version, some would complain about having to pay for something they don't want. Apparently they realized people would be more upset without it." Additionally, it's been confirmed that the cheaper PS3 will be even less expensive ... in Japan. For now, it seems this price drop only affects the Japanese Market. For many additional viewpoints on the announcement and keynote, click through to see this post's associated links.

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  1. "Price Cut", that sounds nice doesn't it... by MrChom · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I hear "PS3 price cut" so then I look at the price of all the major consoles in Japan:
    Wii... 25,000 yen...
    360... 29,800 yen...
    PS3... 62,790 yen...

    Now this is all for "Low End" models but forgive for saying that the PS3 price is still ringing the insanity alarm inside my head. The console is STILL more than double the price of either of its competitors (Yes, I know 360 isn't selling in Japan but Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon et al. may help to convince the Japanese market that 360 is worth it).

    I've never been a big fan of Sony, never will be, but their recent list of faux pas, technical errors and the mockery of the whole is world is slowly making me think that one day they might just not bother with consoles...maybe not this generation, or the next....but soon...and for the rest of my life hopefully.

    1. Re:"Price Cut", that sounds nice doesn't it... by Duds · · Score: 4, Interesting

      It makes it cheaper than a Core 360 and a Ferrari too. Don't add optional accessories that people might not want.to try and make the PS3 seem cheaper.

    2. Re:"Price Cut", that sounds nice doesn't it... by KDR_11k · · Score: 5, Funny

      There's also the possibility that I will be hit by a falling sasquatch tied to a unicorn after they have suddently come into existance from a random collision of a large number of atoms.

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    3. Re:"Price Cut", that sounds nice doesn't it... by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Funny

      Happened to me last week.

  2. Good choice of words... by asb · · Score: 4, Funny

    For some weird reason I like the statement "even less expensive" very much.

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  3. more bad marketing... by AceJohnny · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Initially, Sony was worried that if they put the HDMI in the lower version, some would complain about having to pay for something they don't want. Apparently they realized people would be more upset without it.

    So they misevaluated their market, and the media backlash made them change their minds? Shouldn't this be the kind of element that should've been identified earlier on? As largely mentioned earlier, if they're pushing the PS3 as a Blu-Ray player, it's pretty dumb to "forget" the HD output...

    Wow, I keep being surprised by how their marketing department sucks. For a consumer-electronics company, I find this plainly catastrophic.

    Or maybe the dept doesn't suck, but they're crushed under other interests, which is just as bad.
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  4. Re:Disappointing generation by Aurisor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "One would hope that as Sony is more agnostic on video formats than MS"

    BWAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

    *oh my god*

    HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    *wipes tear from eye*

  5. Re:Disappointing generation by Yosho · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yah, Nintendo fanboys will boast that they havn't played a console in years even though they have a gamecube and 12 different mario games for it

    Why would any console fanboy boast that they haven't played a console in years? That makes no sense at all.

    But anyone saying they will buy a Wii without even playing one first is just as much of a sheep and fanboy as a final fantasy droolboy.

    Except that many people have played Wiis at demos and verified that the controller works wonderfully. The only people who are calling it a "gimmick" nowadays are anti-fanboys. Besides that, there are plenty of people who would buy a Wii for the Virtual Console, regardless of whether the Wii games are any good.

    Pick up an xbox original and mod it (which is actually not that difficult), install xbox media center, and not only play nes, snes, n64, tg16, genesis, MAME, etc games for free

    If you don't like breaking multiple laws, sure. All of those ROMs aren't public domain, you know, and some of us prefer being in the legal when possible. You may say modding is "not that difficult," but a lot of people would argue that any difficulty is to much, especially when you can just plug in a Wii and go, legally.

    Alot of the xbox games have 480p 16:9 if you have an HDTV

    There are also a lot of Gamecube and PS2 games that support 16:9 and/or 480p. Your point?

    seriously, did anyone play through more than 25 hours of dragon warrior VIII or kingdom hearts 2 without wanting to rip their eyeballs out?

    Yes. What's the point of this statement, other than to troll? Should I flame all of the genres featured prominently on the Xbox that I don't enjoy, and presume that nobody else enjoys them, as well?

    Otherwise most games on the ps2 are available on the xbox, and the xbox is a bit more mod friendly (with xbox media center + emulators, etc).

    You could also argue that most of the Xbox's good games are available for the PC, not to mention all the emulators you can dream of.

    I think what may happen is alot of the people who skipped out on the gamecube may just get a Wii to play gamecube games they missed out on.

    Have you read any previous Slashdot discussions on the Wii? Almost nobody is buying a Wii because they want to play the Gamecube games they missed out on. Anybody who wants that can go pick up a Gamecube right now for $80 or less.

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