As Sony shoves
one more PlayStation 3 bundle down our throats while we anxiously await the appearance of a
slimmed-down version of the console, we have to admit that the game choices here are really top shelf. After
catching wind of the Killzone 2 / Metal Gear Sold 4 PS3 bundle yesterday, we now have all the confirmation we need to believe that such a bundle is indeed filtering out to Best Buy stores. The image above shows an internal memo sent out to alert employees that the new package could start arriving as early as July 6th, with the official announcement coming in the July 12th ad. If you're actually in the market for a non-discounted, thick PS3, we'd say a phone call or two is in order, no?
[Thanks, Anonymous]
Update: The $399.99 bundle is
now live on Best Buy's website and available for in-store pickup in select locations.
posted Jul 7th 2009 6:26AM
iFirst
Whats the price of the bundle???
uDumb,
Usual price, $399.99
Thanks
sigh...the ps3 marks the end of sony's videogame life
$399 and July 12, that's when my birthday is :)
Perhaps this will help clear some of the remaining stock of PS3 fatties ;-) I'm somewhat interested in the slim PS3 and cant wait to see info on it but it most likely wont be priced favorably look at the PSP Go
If anything, Sony won't drop the price; they'll just reduce the number of components (again) and thus reduce the size of the system. They're still not breaking even, so I have a feeling if they do that, they'll more than set themselves up for an actual price drop later this year.
Why is this even news? If I go to GAME or Gamestation or Gamestop I can get a bundle like this from them. Does the fact that Sony is putting it all in a box and charging the same price mean that it is suddenly newsworthy?
Why isn't it news? Are you angry because they're reporting Sony related news?
yes. That is very newsworthy. Consumers need this sort of bundle to care, and sites like this need to tell the consumers.
And it's news because I say it's news. Because I am Little Nemo the News Master.
It's on the bestbuy.com website as well.
I love my G1.
So YOU'RE THE ONE who bought one!
Doesn't look like this bundle is coming to Canada, at least it's still not on bestbuy.ca :(
Yeah, kind of saddening. I saw this and said, "Finally I can justify the cost of a PS3," only to find that it's just for Americans. Oh well. I guess I'll continue not owning a PS3.
So, is THIS going to be the move that saves the PS3?
The PS3 doesn't need 'saving' - there are millions upon millions of consoles in the wild. Every game at this point is a dual release. The only thing the 360 has going for it (IMO) is Netflix access, and that won't be for long based on the job posting from Netflix for someone to integrate it into the PS3.
Your post is what most anti-PS3 posts are... stupid.
Better online experience, media extender, project natal, just to name a few.
No, this is just an attempt to get rid of excess stock before the almost-certain move to a smaller console. It may allow them to get ahead of the MS console for the month of July, but at this point it's already near impossible for them to close the distance between the next competitor.
Project Natal? Microsoft could very well promise the world with it but it's still to be seen what that new tech can REALLY do with REAL games and how practical and easy to use/setup it is in a REAL living-room.
Better online experience? How's that? I could very well claim the PS3 has better hardware and better software but it wouldn't have much weight without providing any solid arguments.
PS3 does not need saving. 24m unit sales vs 28m for the Xbox, many of which are RROD replacements...
The only people saying that the PS3 is doing bad, are the Weblogs sites, which are in Microsofts advertising pocket. The problem is Americans are generally too stupid to see this.
Even this "news" is hited with a "you should wait and buy this slim we told you might arrive sometime"...
Nobody knows when the Slim is gonna hit, and at what price. You should buy your console on facts, not fiction.
The bottom line is this.
$399 buys you a unreliable 360 with DVD, No Wifi, Fable II and Halo3 & $80 a year online, 120GB HDD
$399 buys you a reliable (and quiet) PS3, with Blu-Ray and Wifi, with Killzone2 and MGS4 with free online play for life and 80GB HDD(but upgradable to 500GB very cheaply, and SSD ready).
Sorry, but it's no contest.
Its already out, its called the Xbox 360! :P
bigsofty you missed the durability part
i don't get the point of this bundle? is it so you never have to go to the store for another ps3 game, i mean really, it includes the 2 big ps3 sellers, hell they mise as well have waited and included god of war and called it the "everything good we have" bundle lol
"it includes the 2 big ps3 sellers" you mean two of the biggest ps3 sellers, there are many more but if spouting half-truths is the only way your argument can appear to have any value, I'm sure the republican party could use a man like you.
Geeeeez - you really don't know why they made a bundle??
Let's say you're Sony and you need to speed up the pace of PS3 purchases to clear space in inventory stocks for a new PS3 Slim. How do you do it? That's right! You're so smart! Discount it or add more stuff for the same money.
If this isn't the PRIME indication that a PS3 Slim is on the way, nothing is. I think it's also telling that they're not giving away just any games... they are giving away Killzone 2 and MGS4. Big games to give away for free...
Glad to see that Best Buy employees still can't spell.
I was so dirt at Killzone 2. Top 600 out of over 700,000. But i stopped playing, that is a great game though. Graphics are amazing so is gameplay.
Dude, you are sooo dirt.
I know I know, I was going 45+/15- every game like it was my job.
rofl.
Nice one MattyG.
Loved MGS1...hated 2, 3, and 4. Less Cutscenes, more gaming.
wow...exciting!!! put some old things together to "create" something new, how innovative. Now if we could slap a coat of red paint on it we'd really have a thrilling new product! come on engadget.
Awesome bundle, awesome value, and two awesome games. If I didn't already have a PS3, I'd be all over this.
Is a price drop coming? My local Costco only have Nintendo Wii in stock. I cannot believe a retailer like Costco is out of 360/PS3, uness there's something coming.
gah, *unless
Nice. SOME of the best ps3 games out. I want another one now. D:
I bought this bundle yesterday from Best Buy for $399, so yes this is correct. Good games too!