160GB PS3 'Drake's Fortune' bundle caught in the wild

Hey, pal -- remember that 160GB PS3 Drake's Fortune bundle we told you about back in August? Well thanks to the totally awesome skills of one intrepid reader, we now know that they're available for purchasing pleasure at your local Best Buy (and other spots, we like to imagine). From what we can tell based on that extremely blurry photo you see, the package will sell for a holiday-destroying $499.99, so you'd better hope grandma drops a big check on you this season.

[Thanks, Nasser]

[Robert @ Nov 15th 2008 7:16PM]

There is about a pyramid of 20 or so of these at my local Best Buy. Didn't even realize it was anything special...

[Greg Cox @ Nov 15th 2008 7:22PM]

I am wondering if i am missing something too doesnt seem like a good deal to me lol

[Metkis @ Nov 15th 2008 7:24PM]

Same, they even had a few Wii consoles in back.

[Flashpoint @ Nov 15th 2008 8:43PM]

You know PS3's not doing well when they have to constantly repackage it into SKU's with 1 out of the 10 PS3 only games there are on the market. I'm sorry, Xbox 360 won this generation's console war hands down.

I think by tax season they'll be damn near giving them away.

[Adam @ Nov 15th 2008 9:22PM]

@flashpoint

I'm trying real hard not to insult you intelligence, so I'll just repeat what has been said a million times: all 3 of the current generation systems are aimed at different audiences. The Wii if for casual entertainment for everyone, the 360 is aimed a gamers, and the PS3 is an entertainment center. It is possible for all three systems to "win" this generation. The 360 can't hold a candle to the PS3's processing power, formats supported, or internet capabilities. The PS3 will never ever be within striking distance of the 360's library, and they will always lose out when it comes to exclusive titles. And the Wii will always be the only system that people from age 8 to age 80 will be able to use. Until you can understand this, you will neither understand econmics nor for what the current generation of consoles were built.

[High Ranks make you sterile @ Nov 15th 2008 9:25PM]

Flashpoint:

he'sa trying a-real hahd not to-a insult-a you intelligence but you-sa given him no choice

cazzo vai via stronzo

[Game_playa @ Nov 15th 2008 10:46PM]

@ADAM
Ps3 has processing power, formats supported, internet capabilities AND games. How else would you explain one of the best titles ever, MGS4. And other exclusives like R2, GOW3, Uncharted, Warhawk, LittleBigPLanet, Motorstorm 2, Gran Turismo 5, Ratchet and Clank, among others. Also almost all Third-party games.

[Valicore @ Nov 16th 2008 12:09AM]

Sterile:

Ma a chi parli?

@Playa:

Why does it lag in sales? Is it just price do you think or bad advertising or what? I am serious btw, not being a smartass.

[B.C. @ Nov 16th 2008 5:14AM]

I thought that the Nintendo system won this generation of consoles since it's outsold both of the competitors. Around 35million units now.

[Ricky@Berklee @ Nov 16th 2008 5:22AM]

@Gameplaya

FIrst of all, GOW3 isn't slated for PS3 release. It is epic's choice on which console to sign it off to. Realize that wherever you heard that information is false until epic releases that statement. INITIALLY it was slated for PS3 release as Epic was going to try to give the GOW title to different consoles. However, not that they have seen GOW and GOW2 do so incredibly well on the 360, then i think they are going to stick with it. Let's face it, PS3's online network BLOWS. No one is on it and the funny thing is...its free. Whilst xbox 360 still reigns in the dough for Live, with the most players since its conception.

And also...Uncharted was mediocre. Who the hell plays warhawk? Littlebigplanet is decent, Motorstorm 2? Really? what a joke. Ratchet and Clank 14? that franchise is dead.

It's silly to argue that PS3's platform games are anything but mediocre. MGS4 was and will be the only truly great game SPECIFIC to the ps3.

Who really uses the browser on the ps3? And with that price tag, they can't even use the "Yeah, but it's also the cheapest Blu-Ray player!" argument.

For $500 US, you could buy...
Xbox 360 - 200
GOW2 - 60
Halo 2 - 30
Blu-Ray player $200

get real.

[Sean H @ Nov 16th 2008 6:29AM]

@ Ricky@Berklee

You're an idiot. Gameplaya was referring to God of War 3. Even I knew what he was talking about and i never want to waste my caash on a PS3. 360 FTW

[jared @ Nov 16th 2008 6:31AM]

@Game_Playa - most of those are 2nd party developers, not third.

@RIcky - GOW3 is God of War 3 which is most definitely coming out for the PS3. They also should be able to claim the GOW abbreviation since they had it first, and it just gets confusing when both games are labeled with it.

[Alkaid @ Nov 16th 2008 6:37AM]

word.

[Seyi @ Nov 15th 2008 7:19PM]

first? why bother? just get a 40gb and put a 500gb in it yourself...much cheaper and better!

[sinai @ Nov 15th 2008 9:19PM]

cuz of backwards comp... oh wait.

[ctbear @ Nov 15th 2008 7:19PM]

Can a pay in Pokemon Cards? I'll trade you all of my holographics
Bad economy = light wallet

[ctbear @ Nov 15th 2008 7:20PM]

they're first edition super rare ones too =]

[mohammad7410 @ Nov 16th 2008 1:31AM]

You can also pay like this:
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/11/good_idea_man_submits_drawing.php

[Homeboy @ Nov 15th 2008 7:25PM]

While Microsoft are taking the Xbox south of the price ladder, Sony are doing the opposite.

[why not the LS2LS7? @ Nov 15th 2008 7:34PM]

I guess you somehow missed the Elite and the Halo 3 edition.

Both companies still make more expensive versions, while lowering price overall.

[striggity @ Nov 15th 2008 8:07PM]

Change "are" to "is", and I agree.

[z3r0D @ Nov 15th 2008 11:18PM]

In british english, having a company be plural (Microsoft are a big company) is actually proper.

[Mike @ Nov 16th 2008 9:53AM]

You get what you pay for. The 360 is cheap, but it's also shit. You pay extra buck for a PS3, you get the best entertainment system, the best gaming system, the best build quality.

Simple as that. Clearly there are lot of retards who will try their best to convince you that the 360 has the best games, however that's just a rouse, because they wasted their cash on the first pile of crap that hit the market, and they want you to waste your cash too, so they don't feel like a total idiot...

[The Joker @ Nov 16th 2008 11:12AM]

American English is like British English 2.0 ;)

[Gex @ Nov 16th 2008 6:25PM]

Unless your British it's ("Microsoft is" and "Sony is") since it is one singular company. You describe yourself as one even though your made up of billions of cells right?

[Kspraydad @ Nov 15th 2008 7:24PM]

I'm picking one up for the bedroom.

[Kspraydad @ Nov 16th 2008 11:23AM]

I'm not allowed to pick one up for the bedroom?

[LonnieDvD @ Nov 15th 2008 7:28PM]

Bah, they should have put Metal Gear Solid 4 in that bundle.

[aaron @ Nov 15th 2008 7:30PM]

I would have gone with Little Big Planet instead...

[Chin-Poh @ Nov 15th 2008 7:29PM]

RIP PS2 backwards compatibility and memory card readers, these new 80 and 160gb models are functionally identical to the 40gb ones.
: (

[why not the LS2LS7? @ Nov 15th 2008 7:34PM]

2 USB ports. No SACD playback.

[master811 @ Nov 16th 2008 4:12PM]

But really who plays SACDs and besides you can simply attach a $5 or whatever USB hub.

Problem solved.

[AJR @ Nov 15th 2008 7:33PM]

Is it backwards compatible? If not, why would I want one at that price? What is Sony thinking?!?

[maty @ Nov 15th 2008 7:47PM]

Nope.

I've no idea why they don't. I know several friends of mine wont fork out the cash for a PS3 because its lacking backwards compatability.

[CraigJ @ Nov 15th 2008 7:49PM]

I don't get the whole backwards compatibility thing. I was kind of bummed that when the Xbox 360 started shipping that it wasn't, then I played it and I haven't wanted to play any of the old games since, and if I do I can plug in the old xbox...

[striggity @ Nov 15th 2008 8:07PM]

exactly...

there are very few PS2 games I'd want to play now that I have a rack of PS3 games. I think Sony was smart for doing this. N

[maty @ Nov 16th 2008 9:06AM]

Well I for one for one wont fork out for it.

I've got several PS2 games I love to play, and since my PS2 bust I have no intentions of buying a PS3 _and_ a PS2. My 360 meets all my needs, but I'd love to go back to some of my older games.

[kal326 @ Nov 16th 2008 12:20PM]

@CraigJ
The 360 does support backwards compatibility, its not hardware and it doesn't work with everything but at least its there. Sony went from full to support, to software support, to fuck it support.

[CraigJ @ Nov 16th 2008 3:15PM]

I know it DOES. For a long time it DIDN'T

[Josh @ Nov 16th 2008 8:38PM]

"I know it DOES. For a long time it DIDN'T"

Uh, it did ship with support for some games, and the catalog of backwards compatability has improved. This is the opposite direction of Sony, who has reduced compatability incrementally. Anyway there are a couple of things that make backcompat desirable, foremost is that it saves space in the entertainment center. During the first year of console life it is also a selling factor, as you can try to entice people not just with the limited amount of games for the current platform during the first year, but also with the back catalog for people that didn't own the last gen console. Going forward, as consoles die and production stops on the last gen console it means you don't have to hunt for a working second hand console to play old classics you still like. For example, I still occassionally break out SSX 3 and Spiderman 2 on my 360, despite the fact that they are last gen games.

I'd be a lot more excited about the PS3 if it played the PS2 games I still own (since I still own them for a reason and since I have gone through a couple PS2s). There are only a handful of PS 3 exclusive games I find interesting and the blu-ray capacity is not horribly compelling to me as I already have a media center PC with a blu-Ray drive. Thus, at least for me, backwards compatability would be a deciding factor.

[meck @ Nov 20th 2008 2:06PM]

Really backwards... most people who want a PS3 already have a PS2 and the people who do not are new to the market. So the PS2 equals... what? Me, I have a launch 60gb PS3... and was a advent PS2 player... let me tell you how many PS2 games I have played on my PS3... one, and that was just to see if it worked. The PS2 is still selling a lot for a console that has been out for a long time (look at the support for the original xbox). From a business point of view ... why would you undermine that... when all it does is make your current console more expensive while undermining sells for the PS2 (which is nothing but profit). Which brings up a another point... with all this fanboy stuff... when you hear about the xbox360 doing SO MUCH better than the PS3 they leave out the PS2... which if you look at the sell records is still selling well... combined with the PS3 sells the xbox360 (MS dropped the original xbox, like it was hot). is actually doning well. Just my thoughts... so let my bashing begin...

[ProjecT TimeZ @ Nov 15th 2008 7:35PM]

Buy a real camera, or focus.
Seriously, a third grader with trets could take a better picture.

[holycow @ Nov 15th 2008 7:41PM]

Do you mean Tourette's Syndrome?

[Smileypanda @ Nov 15th 2008 7:53PM]

which doesn't really have much to do with taking pictures anyway. I don't think PS3s are bothered by involuntary swearing. Maybe you meant Parkinson's.

[Valicore @ Nov 15th 2008 8:04PM]

Oh yeah, I mean, what a douche, taking a picture of something he sees when he is out and wanting to inform people ASAP. I mean, he should have set up a shoot so we can see the box in glorious splendor.

@Smileypanda:

Tourette's manifests in a lot of different ways, and it's not very common for people who have Tourette's to swear. More often it's a set of consistent tics and movements that are uncontrollable. Don't be lame and correct people with incorrect information of your own.

[klew @ Nov 15th 2008 8:10PM]

Tourette's is more than just swearing, it is involuntary tics and actions, so involuntary muscle spasms can fall under the syndrome. The swearing just happens to be the more comedic symptom (though not for the sufferer). Similar to how the Kama Sutra is much more than a how-to guide.

[The Joker @ Nov 16th 2008 11:21AM]

%^(*& $#@#$% THIS POST!

[Covarr @ Nov 15th 2008 7:37PM]

Glad I bought the MGS4 bundle instead of waiting for a price drop or a bigger HDD. It's not worth it to me to lose PS2 BC, at least until I finish MGS essential collection, FFX, FFXII, KH, KH2, and KHRe:CoM. Also, I don't know if I might end up buying PS2 games used in the future.

[Mike @ Nov 15th 2008 8:41PM]

If you can suffer through the first half of it, get FFX-2 also. The active battle system is the best imo.

First half is sorta girly, but the 2nd half is kick ass.

[lorddshadow2 @ Nov 15th 2008 8:45PM]

i'm just sad because they look butt ugly on my 40in. lcd. it doesn't bother me too much playing them on the ps2 in my bedroom instead of the ps3 in the loft.