UK Buyers: Need to buy PSP to get PS3

[Saurgrist]

British gamers trying to order a PlayStation 3 from HMV were in for something of a shock today. The high street chain e-mailed customers to let them know it has opened up preorders for its PS3 as part of a bundle that includes a PlayStation Portable and two PSP games: Killzone Liberation and Gangs of London.

The total price of the HMV bundle comes to £674.99, almost £250 more than the console itself. Buying games for the new console is likely to add at least another £50 to that sum.

In the US, similar "deals" were offered to consumers in the launch period of the console there, including one from CompUSA which made customers purchase a Sony 40-inch (or larger) HDTV to secure a PS3.

Customers who opt for the HMV bundle will "take precedence" over others who simply order the console on its own. The e-mail it states that the company will have only "up to 5,000" units available.

A HMV spokesperson commented, "The reason we went down this route, which has met with a mixed response, is in order to maximise the number of consoles to as many as we can get from Sony. Inevitably, there's a limited number, and we decided to do it this way to ensure we could meet as many of our preorders as possible."

Various Web sites have been offering pre-orders for the PS3 for some time now, including Littlewoods, where the console has been touted at £579 with one game, making it around £100 above Sony's quoted price.

Only the 60GB version will be available during the "initial launch period," meaning that gamers strapped for cash cannot choose to opt for the cheaper 20GB console.

Link here: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6165373...stnews;title;1

This is dumb... why would anyone want to spend that much money? The people who don't can't get one at this time, which is not good marketing.

[TGLucario]

i agree...its all about money, say if some1 doesnt 1 a PSP but wants a PS3?

[Saurgrist]

Originally Posted by Disco Racer King

i agree...its all about money, say if some1 doesnt 1 a PSP but wants a PS3?

I guess they have to wait for the next batch... they also aren't having the 20 GB one available at launch for you guys, so it's either $600 (or the equivalent) as well as a PSP for extra, or nothing at all. What a ripoff.

[Phil]

Sounds like Sony are not making enough money form there sales, why would anybody buy both at the same time its just too much

[SuBzErO]

This is rediculous...I mean I would buy ps3 for US. $599 because for everything it comes with it is defiantly worth it.

I mean look at it this way in order to buy a ps3 with everything ps3 has you will spend over $900 if you buy it out of the box and not build it.

[Oyabun]

Very smart the company sony is, i agree with above its all about the money up there