Rip-off bundles in rip-off Britain for PS3

A Piece ripped from a gamer website.



I woke up on Saturday morning to find an e-mail from HMV sitting in my inbox, with the subject line about the PS3. On opening, I discovered that the pre-order ?deal? was little short of outrageous.

For the Americans amongst us; HMV primarily sells music CDs, but now has branched outwards to include a whole range of games, DVDs and even a select range of board games. It has diversified as a company considerably over the last 8 years, and is now a respectable game website (though I have heard their shipping time online is something to be laughed at).

If you are signed up to the HMV newsletter, you already know what I?m talking about. To stand a chance of getting a PS3 on the 23rd March, you have to buy a 4GB PSP and the PS3. If you succumb to this deal, it puts you on the ?Priority List?, so you have basically just pre-ordered a PS3. But, if anyone read the Terms and Conditions, you will discover that even if you do this, you might not get a PS3 on release day. Why? Because HMV cannot guarantee just how many PS3s they will receive. All this and I haven?t even mentioned a price.

?674.99. That includes a 4GB stick, a PSP, Killzone Liberation and Gangs of London. What if you already have a PSP? Tough luck I?m afraid, as you cannot pre-order just the PS3 on HMV. Having looked around, it would seem you cannot just buy the PS3 alone in many places; it has to come in some sort of bundle, even if you don?t want half the games that come with it.

I?m going to stop short of going on a rant about what a piss-take this is, and let you all say it in the comments. If you do want to purchase just the console, head over to Argos who are currently taking pre-orders, whilst not including anything else with the PS3. Sony however seem to be quite liking the PSP/PS3 deal:

A Sony spokesperson told GamesIndustry.biz, ?This is just one of a number of value added incentives that retailers will be offering to mark the launch of PS3. Consumers are free to shop around to find a package that best suits their own needs, and offers the greatest value for money.?

In lighter news, rumours are abound that because of the high price of the PS3, credit will be offered. Therefore, you can pay for the PS3 in monthly installments, with an interest rate of 0%, so you won?t pay any extra, but it makes it more manageable for those who don?t like spending ?425 outright. News of this is yet to be confirmed, so for now sit tight and wait for the news.

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i could have an xbox 360 and a wii for that kinda price
or evena new pc/laptop

Retailers in the US do the same thing.

Fortunately, demand for the PS3 is so low that units started appearing sitting on shelves within a month of retail release. You can walk into most any store and pick one up. It's easily available unbundled, as the bundled units didn't sell.

Im not actually buying any consoles machines anymore... No offense people.. but 1. im 28 this year 2. i have a life beleive it or not.. 3. the price of them.

Man im sounding like my dad..

the ps3 i out in America and we have to wait another 2 months almost

and the bundle thing isrediculous

i knew the ps3 fans wouldnt be happy with the ps3.

oh and the graphics suck. i played it at my friends house and i honestly thought it would be better. i mean i knew it would suck but not that much. the peoples heads were all jagged and stuff cause the bad graphics and everything! and the price is outrageous!

a revolutionary processor and an of the shelf out of date graphics card yeh well worth the price

It's just not worth the money. Maybe if they had priced the system at 300 they would sell more...but no one wants to pay that money for a system that isn't all that great...

Get a Wii and be done with it

yes there are
these people are known as idiots

and no ones buying them...

Buy a PC and update it every 2years..

it looks dated already
and some of the developers arnt using the software properly
only ninty seem to know how to use it right

now wii is fun. the whole controller idea is really cool. and there games are fun & addicting. i could play all day with a wii.