PlayStation 3 and packaging spotted in the wild
By Ryan Block 
posted Sep 21st 2006 3:15PM
posted Sep 21st 2006 3:15PM
Oh deary us, pictures of the PlayStation 3 before it's launched? Looks a lot like some Sony dudes setting up at TGS when these were snapped, we can't imagine anywhere else in the world right now that would require such a setup. So what if we want our cake (Wii), and to eat it too (PS3) -- we could live with all three next-gen consoles.[Thanks, Iboro Ekpo]
those r the "cheap" 20 gig ones who wants those
who wants those? no one. that's why they are using them as display bricks.
;)
Nice...I'll take one of those puppies!
i want one :D, why are they using the cheap ones?
Is it me or does the guy in the first picture look like he's about ready to break his back lifting the PS3?
Nice to see they're actually making these things.
It only shows the boxes...
I can't wait for this to his the stores!!! Sony lovers and hatters have waited a bit too long. But the day count is getting smaller and smaller till we can actually use this beauty.
Lol, looks like Miyamoto has joined the dark side!
They're using the cheap ones as demo units cause they are cheap. Why would you demo a high end model of somthign is it looked the same and operated the same.
. . those boxes do actually have product inside them, right? :)
Is it just me or do some of those ones on the top look dangerously close to falling over.
Nice to know these are actually being made. Packaging is pretty nice too although that really doesn't matter. Now if I could only find this place and get a couple for me and my friends... then sell a few on ebay so I can buy games and extra controllers... hehehehe
oh noes! that person forgot to lift the ps3 with his knees, not his back!
If something looked the same and operated the same, then why is it still called the cheap model? It does exactly what the other model does, only it doesn't have some of the bells and gadgets that never existed on game systems before and were never needed.
It's funny how something that has a Blu-Ray drive, a hard drive, bluetooth and whatever other random stuff that's packed in there could be called cheap. It's all just a marketing gimmic! They want you to buy the $600 model;)
this looks just like the PSP box
Also, those could just be display boxes and not the actual unit box. They do that for Gamestop and those types of stores, it's possible that the same thing is happening here. For instance, the display box for the PSP was huge and not the actual box at all.
"oh noes! that person forgot to lift the ps3 with his knees, not his back!"
oh man, well done! :D
i've always wondered what the GDP of Germany (as depicted in video game consoles) looked like.
Heh. They're almost certainly empty boxes. Why on earth would they bother packaging the units before shipping them off, then unpackaging them again to display? Notice they're only unpackaging the units from plain brown boxes. The boxes with artwork are just empty mockups (not to say that they're not the final design, just that they have nothing inside them).
It should be worth noting, while the boxes are for the 20GB version, the consoles themselves are clearly the 60GB versions. You can tell this from the fact that the front of the console is chrome, and the rest of the console is that clear black plastic and not flat black like the 20GB version. Also you can see Sony's "1080p" logo on the TVs the systems are being hooked up to, so you'd figure they'd want to go ahead and feed the displays the highest quality source via HDMI
I guess they need to lower their Launch dates estimate to 499,800
Seriously, do they need that many for demos at TGS?
Hey that Does look like miyamoto lol
WHY does he have his pants rolled up?!
Did he just get done WADING in PS3's?
I would LOVE to be wading in PS3's... it's like a sea of bliss! :)
Actually there's a flood coming and he's trying to use them as sandbags.... (notice his highwater pants)
They're probably empty boxes, since it looks like Mr. Lift-with-your-back is taking that one from a brown box that seems larger than the pretty boxes. Given Sony's problems so far, that's probably every PS3 in existence right there.
Wait, why do they have so many?
They don't seriously think they can sell that amount, do they?
Damnnnn....I can't wait!
Looks like Doomsday for the beleagured software giant is right around the corner! This thing is going to kill the Xbox... I want one now!
I read on another blog from someone at the TGS.
They said these are empty promo boxes and if you look at them closely you can see that. Otherwise their weight on top would make them fall.
They also pointed out that the guy unpacking the PS3 units for display is doing so from a brown box not a PS3 box.
now lets hope they don't explode like the sony batteries. that'll be one heck of a firework show.
They have to be empty boxes. That many ps3's stacked on top of each other would knock the earth out of orbit.
Because when you only release 500,000 consoles worldwide, you can *afford* to have them all packed by hand.
wow im just speachless. lol cool tho
Isn't that the spider-man font?
These boxes have something in them (don't know if the system, but you can tell in the third pic by just how the sit upon one another; empty boxes seems more "fluffy"), but if there is such a shortage, why open 50+ systems and put them on display (over $25,000)? I guess 50+ of you guys will be receiving "slightly used" PS3s!
It's weird to think that in that last image, you're looking at anywhere from $31,500 to $37,800 worth of game consoles (don't know which version they are).
Holly f***, the actually DO exist, after all? :D
Using Sony's sexy X Series TV - 1080p!
Damm I want a PS3
Those boxes look empty to mee. Notice how the one on the bottom are just as crisp and puffy as the ones on top? Not a whole lot of weight crunching the ones on the bottom.
Also, any place that had that many setting out in the open like that are just BEGGING for some kind of riot/ looting frenzy...
The guy's jeans are rolled up because he's about to be wading through the waves of BS that the Sony guys'll be spouting.
And, a little tip to Engadget: let us change our friggin' passwords already!
Why do people not realise they're promo boxes, despite 10 comments prior to their own stating so?
You'd think they'd have dropped the god-awful Spiderman font though...
If anyone wants one, I've got 5 PS3 20GB Basic packs for sale, $469 each, just comment here with your bank account number, sort code, home address, where you hide your spare key, where you keep your valuables and what time you are most likely to be out of the house. Alternatively, you can have one of the 3 PS3 Deluxe Packages I've got for just three easy payments of YOUR SOUL!!!!!
ummm, hello?
no wonder it's so delayed, there's one guy working on the assembly line.
little help please?
I've always found it really strange that they chose to use such a well-known font in the logo. Usually you don't see companies (especially with two well-publicized properties) using the same fonts like that. Then again, it is Sony Pictures doing Spidey 3, so I guess maybe they saved having to buy another license for the font that way.
Two things:
1. Yes, Sony is in production, unfortunately, all the PS3s pictured are all the units they've produced.
2. Whether or not the boxes are empty or have a machine in them they won't topple over, their center of gravity is still within the confines of the bottom unit, unless they are weighted extremely (70% of mass) to the side with the 20GB marking - take a physics course.
Playstation 3 looks like they're ready to kick the Wii's butt.
Empty boxes for empty hopes. These are just the boxes that sit on the shelves at EB Games, saying "Coming soon..."
80gb Ps3 - $600
20gb Ps3 - $400
Empty shiny boxes that make everyone think you might actually meet your own timetable for launch? Priceless
Nice to see you can use a dictionary. Ummm are you smoking something or what?
Dolomite @ Sep 21st 2006 4:05PM
Looks like Doomsday for the beleagured software giant is right around the corner! This thing is going to kill the Xbox... I want one now!
Wow, Sony's taking a big risk putting their entire stockpile of PS3s in one location. What if something happended to them, they might have to push Europe back to '08.
People fear the Playstation 3, cause they know nothng can stop it, not even itself. That's why people wish those boxes are empty.. casuse they know.. they know...
u-g-l-y you aint no alibi you ugly.
Wow what a good cutting edge design that is.
forget the PS3 why does this guy have his jeans rolled up to his knees????
Hmmmmmm... Looks like those boxes could be display boxes.. In any case, I can't wait to get my hands on the PS3 when it is released. Let's just hope it's not all hype and the PS3 does show its true colors. Sony is know for over hyping the PS Game Demos. Also, I wasn't impressed at E3, it would have been nice to see the actual units in action to see the true power of the PS3. Let's keep our fingers crossed. Go Cell Processor!
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The pictures of the guy lifting the ps3 out of the box into something is actually a PS3 Test kit.
This is totally a hoax. Can't you guys see how the logo goes off of the boxes. PS3 is vaporware and this is just part of Sony's plan to get millions (maybe bazillions) of dollars in preorders.
Meh, expensive piece of trash..
I see they're sticking with the classic "Spiderman" font. Dammit Sony, why?
haha, that Spider-Man logo is so ridiculously ugly.
You know, just that first wall of PS3's (there seem to be more behind it) is worth retail $28,500.
I was reading this month's issue of GAME INFORMER.
They did a price analysis of the PS3 compared to the reat of video game legacy consoles.
Incredible facts such as the release price and reduced prices of consoles.
Basically, PS3 isn't the first console to release with a $600 price tag - yet, it is the first majorly hyped and anticipated console to do so - and the price reductions tend to work the exact same way over a period of time. I suggest any one here who's a PS3 detractor read that article.
I allready know I'm buying the 60 GB version.
What I find so hilarious is young 13 year old school children drooling over this thing who don't have jobs to buy it. I use "PS3" rumors to tease my cousins for example.
Technology doesn't work that way, How much did a crappy 29" CRT TV cost 15 years ago? probably four times what a (much better) one does now.
I remember my family buying a 286 pc, it came with a 20mb hard drive and cost $4000+, in todays prices that would probably be $10,000+
Likewise a sound card used to cost $100+ for the most basic version, they come free on your $35 motherboard nowadays (and are much better).
LOL at the Spiderman font. Sony needs to fire their designers.
I'm gonna go ahead out on a limb and say these pictures weren't Photoshopped.
Call me crazy. hah.
Come on Ireland release...
The PS3 just had it`s price lowered... For anyone who is actually interested in the TGS.
Kutaragi apparently just announced at the Tokyo Game Show (TGS) keynote that the 20GB PS3's WILL HAVE HDMI connectors. In reference to the PS3 box pics, Sony probably demo'd the 20GB models at TGS because they were cheap, but yet actually DO have HDMI on them (some comments above questioned why Sony would demo a PS3 at TGS that didn't have HDMI).
IGN, who covered this event, did mention that HDMI may only be available on just Japanese 20GB PS3s since TGS is a Japanese event. If they do add HDMI to the 20GB model, then the $100 difference is for WiFi, CompactFlash/SD/Memory Stick/Memory Stick Duo card readers and 40 more GBs. This doesn't seem like a good value unless Sony follows Microsoft's suit and packs the console with tons of high priced goodies like wireless headsets and whatnot.
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/734/734010p1.html (HDMI announcement is near the bottom.)
And as for the PS3 price lowering, Kutaragi also mentioned that the 20GB will cost 50,000 yen (~$429 USD). It's important to keep in mind that direct currency conversion is NOT an accurate estimation of how much the 20GB may cost in the US; the 20GB may be worth about $429 USD in Japan, but it will most likely cost much higher in the US. Prices will vary throughout different markets.
HDMI in the cheaper version as well, think i might pick up one of the 20 gb version save myself some money
I had a PS2 couldnt wait for PS3 bought a 360
sign me up
Cheap!! $500 ain't cheap idiot
Oh no, he is getting finger print marks all over that shiny PS3! Now Sony will have to spend another year cleaning them all off before release. Cant market a console if the first PS3 looks like a police file.