250GB PlayStation 3 slim Uncharted 2 bundle leaked?
By Ross Miller 
posted Sep 16th 2009 4:33PM
posted Sep 16th 2009 4:33PM
Update: Joystiq points us to this rumor from last week that Uncharted 2, Assassin's Creed II, and Gran Turismo 5 bundles are possibly slated for the UK in October for £299 ($494), just £50 more than the current 120GB model.
Update 2: We just got off the line with SCEA, who has denied the photo and told us quite plainly that there's no bundles being planned for America, but that the rep can't speak for other regions (e.g. Europe, Japan) -- not surprising, of course, you can't believe everything you read on the internet, right?
Oh wow looks nice, take that Micro$oft.
Wow. Haven't seen that gag for a while... How hilarious that you use a $ where the S should be to show the greed for money.
Seriously, can we drop it now?
Holy shit, a company being lauded for making money. Suck me sideways you tit.
that Micro$oft is silly and ignorant. every corporation is greedy and willing to do whatever it takes to get in your wallet. Stop acting like there is a difference between MS, Sony, Nintendo, and Apple. There is none. Absolutly none. EVERY last one is out for your wallet with a slightly different strategy. They would all bleed you dry if they could.
Greed in itself is probably one of the worst sin's remember.
It's a box. XBox blows away PS unless you're a teenager (or younger), in which event you shouldn't even own an Xbox.
Greed in and of itself is why we have these awesome machines, whether you like the 360 or the PS3 or the wii.
You're right that all these companies are similar morally, though MS has certainly been more aggressive towards competition in every area, that's because they can afford to be.
blewis,
I disagree that the PS3 is for kids and the Xbox is for adults. If you like artsy fartsie games, the PS3 is very competitive. I will say that Eye games seem to favor kids. I know kids who make sweet stop motion Lego and Playdough movies with that Eye utility, too. Maybe you're talking about LBP?
You may think multiplayer Halo games = adults, but that's not my opinion. It's about taste. Heavy Rain vs Gears or MGS4 vs Ace Combat or Gran Turismo vs Forza.
It's not really about how 'mature' or 'cool' you are. Hell, most of the great games are on both systems anyway.
Jeez, every one so work up that he used $, no big deal I still see Microsoft. Shouldn't effect you much, not as dumb as posts from icrap.
@Monkey with glasses
I know, I just used that as a little joke (you know, shits and giggles), but i see here that everybody got wet. You can clearly see who all the Micro$oft fanboys are. (uh oh see what I did there)
ya cause not laughing at M$ makes me a fanboy. or maybe I just want everyone to stop thinking their corporation is holy? lol
Micro$oft, $ony and Appl€
@Magallanes,
you mean Son¥, you can't use $ twice, that's just lazy.
bonjour. i want another.
Me too!
Someone needs to step up and give the ps3 a nice paint job.
avianasian, I think www.colorwarepc.com has you covered.
Will definitely pass on this. Will cost $600 too knowing Sony. Looks like Sony is trying to copy MS succesful MW2 bundle already. But something tells me flopcharted doesn't quite have the cache of MW..This will collect dust on the shelves right next to leftover copies of LAIR.
@Bill
Wow @ your comment!!
Seriously....does everything have to turn into a war?
Both bundles haven't been release and you have already stated that the MW2 bundle as successful and this uncharted2 bundle as a failure?
Also calling it flopcharted is clever...real clever. At least this PS3 bundle is for an exclusive game. MW2 is not exclusive and MS has created a bundle for it....really?
@poke..all the PS3 fanboy trolls on this site and you chose MY comment to call out for fanboyism?? wtf??? Are you serious?
Anyways the MW2 360 bundle was #6 on Amazon last I checked, almost as high as the PS3 Slim! I'd say thats a good indication it will be popular. We have no such evidence yet for this Uncharted bundle.
Anyways, MW2 is more associated with Xbox360, Xbox 360 is more associated with shooters, has a much better controller for FPS, and PS3 and 360 sell to a young male hardcore demographic that eats FPS up..so I dont think it's a stretch that demo will find a hardcore military FPS a bit more appealing than a Indiana Jones style wannabe B-movie game in third person. I am guessing MW2 will sell much better relatively on 360 than PS3.
Who cares if UC2 bundle stars a system exclusive..that matters why, again?? I dont understand, why are you seeing this as a system war? Shouldn't you want all games to be on all systems? I can only conclude you're a PS3 fanboy. And I dont see why t matters to sales either..am I supposed to think the UC2 bundle will sell better because it's exclusive?? No it will sell worse because it has a less popular game! Sony should have made a exclusive MW2 bundle if anything, that would have sold much better!
Hey, poke, I will second your fanboy comment against Bill, which was emphasized even more by his response to you.
@Bill
My statement to you still stands but it appears you see nothing wrong in claiming a bundle will gather dust on a shelf even before it has been released even though it is a much anticipated exclusive??
It is funny how you fail to see the ridiculousness of your comment...but please carry on proving this by posting again.
Consoles should cater for a variety of game types and if a game is good it is good, doesn't matter if it is FPS or not - Arkham Asylum being an example.
The question you need to ask yourself is why you are comparing the 2 bundles and pitting them against each other? Then touting the MW2 bundle as great because it is FPS and XBox360 and the UC2 bundle as essentially rubbish that wont sell? You mentioned MS and xbox first and you dont want me to out you as a fanboy??
Also if you want to talk about FPS and associations then surely it would be the PC..right?
Cool. Should be an interesting holiday season.
This will probably up the PS3 sales even more, and a nice counter to the XBOX Modern Warfare bundle. I bet it will be cheaper too.
but no cool paint job
I did like the XBOX paint job, but not with the huge "2". When the 3rd and 4th iterations come out, the box will feel older than it is. In my bizarre view, I guess.
But Sony's clearly not into the wild skins, faceplate removal, etc... it's gonna look OK on a conservatively styled component shelf. The Wii clearly wins in thie category, though. Looks awesome. About the only way I find it to be superior, but there's something.
cheaper = less included.
If they throw in a 2nd controller, then it will bump the price up to around the xbox bundle.
@ Fargus
Less included? What, like a Blu-ray player (for starters)?
Looks like Sony is watching those XBox promotions and tighting the noose in the process.
Betcha this will go for $349 or $399....most likely the 2nd one.
Eh, no it won't
I really hope they stick to 300. Then I will sell this ps3 slim I just bought to a friend and buy THIS one instead.
Also..would be nice if 360 could go down in price if they sell a 250gb version for 300.
If it's anything like the Modern Warfare 2 Xbox360 250gig bundle, 399 sounds about right.
Gotta keep that competition going! But PS3 is atleast offering an exclusive with their 250gig bundle. You can still buy Warfare 2 later if you so choose.
Still, sounds like a great bundle, but I already have a working PS3 and I don't care about the missing b-c :)
wow, Sony is bring it!
*bringing*
Actually I think the word is *branging*
Sony is branging it.
Or is it brunging? Nevermind. Forget that I even mentioned it.
I've been holding back to buy one specifically for bundles like this.. please make it happen!
Sweet I am thinking of getting a PS3 Slim as a second PS3 and this looks great.
I want to see more price wars!
MS is including a second controller in their package! ok ok, still no WiFi or BD though...
And so the hard drive wars begin.
They (Sony, Microsoft, and to a pathetic extent, Nintendo) should stop dicking around and allow us to use our external HDD if they expect more sales on their respective marketplaces. I have a 1TB HDD for Jeebus Christ sake, let me use that shit!
Oh yeah and for you PS3 owners, using FAT32 doesn't count. There should be no limit or restrictions to file size.
Because Sony is in control of FAT32 file restrictions right?...
Moreso, it just looks like you bing'd (not saying googled anymore) being able to use externals and found out you were wrong.
The Battle of the Gigabytes... Will it Never END
When it should be the battle for compatibility!... 250gb is too much when you could that money being able to play ps2 games on the ps3! (don´t know about xbox, i´m a ps3 owner)
awesome! to go with my MW2 bundle I pre ordered!
(See, it pays to not buy the consoles til they've been out years.......hahahaha)
Hahaha indeed. Seeing as I've enjoyed the 360 for three years longer and paid the same price you will, I think I win.
Well I haven't really missed out on anything these past 3 years, what with having a PC the entire time..
And Shadow Complex just came out a couple weeks ago so, not like I've missed out on the Xbox's REAL gaming experience for THAT long...
:P
This price\bundle war betwen MS and Sony is pure awesome. I'm really glad Sony dropped the overall price on the PS3 to matchup with the 360 so they can really start to duke it out. I wonder how long before they start to creep into the Nintendo price point (top console SKU...so not including the 360 Arcade), and how Nintendo will react?
Either way, this is lots of goodness.
Also, I think it's going to go for $349, as it looks like it lacks an extra controller.
In Canada there's only a $20 diff. between the Wii and the PS3.
Seriously?
I've been thinking of getting a PS3, is there really a need to use 250GB???? Especially with no Linux support.
If you download games and movies from the store a lot on top of putting your own music, movies and pics on there, then yes. I have a 250GB in my 60GB model that I am going to upgrade to a 640GB HDD as soon as they have them at newegg or best buy. I might get this bundle to, being my PS3 crashed about, oh, 25 minutes ago :_(
Hummm mine is 500GB and its only 100GB left... I dont have linux installed so, yeah you have use for 250GB...
I completely agree... (see other comment) other than saying I HAVE A HUGE E-PEEN im not sure theres a real justification for it
Some people use it, since they use the PS3 as their main media machine (games, movies, photos, music etc etc) instead of using their computer.
It's ridiculous otherwise because you can upgrade the hard drive yourself on the PS3 without voiding the warranty so yeah.
It would be good though if it included an extra controller and for like $349 then that would be amazing, but I'm pretty sure they would go the $399 route instead.
If this cost same price as xbox 360 elite would be interesting however look like this bundle lack a extra controller which elite has, but 360 lack blu-ray and that is a huge disadvantage. The elite bundle game is available in all system but the ps3 bundle game is only exclusive to ps3 so that said a lot about who got more exclusive game lately, microsoft should had include HALO OST instead of Call of Duty in my opinion, another halo looking console would be better than current ungly looking modern warfare skin.
Is it just me or are there others that dont get the ps3 slim hype yet? I COMPLETELY understand the price cut hype, but am I in the minority that actually like the ps3 orginal?now a bigger hard drive makes sense, but a 250 is a bit much for a console (ironicly i have a 250gb hd in my ps3, but thats not the point). Unless you're downloading EVERY DEMO EVER.. AND using your ps3 as a media center(which i understand a few people do, the 250gb is just not needed. Most people are doing just fine with a 20gb on the 360 i'd say that the 80gb-120gb is a REASONABLE size, at least untill there is a full game install option (such as i dont need the disk anymore). but then again, theres this crazy thing called PC's for that... anyone have a good and reasonable argument against what i am saying?
5GB of instalation for some games... So if you happen to have 30+ games like me, well you NEED way more then 120GB...
I like to keep all my movies and music on my hard drive on top of the occasional game download. Being on an aircraft carrier makes it impractical to stream as I cant leave me computer, ps3 and all associated cords out all the time, plus I dont want to worry about streaming issues, connection slowing down etc.
most people dont have 30+games, and not all games have an install option. over the life of the system if i have 20 games with a 5gb install thats still only 100gb, then, realisticly how many of those will i still have? i normally sell/barter with/trade my games with somewhat regular invervals, so i never have more than 10-12 games for one system at a time (rarely more than 9-10)[does not include downloaded games].
I also have roughly 500 songs on the ps3(could have much more, but just dont see a reason) and i can see if one were to store movies on there, but even then, you're hard pressed to fill a 250 for the AVERAGE PERSON! lets remember that a tech geek is likely to upgrade a HDD, and thus use it more. the average joe is not.
Yea, I'm really not fond of the slim. I don't like the way it looks (aside from ditching the horrible spider-man font)
I don't like that they cut linux support for seemingly no reason, or that according to engadget the blu-ray drive is slightly slower. Th price drop is fantastic and is really helping sony step up their game, but the slim really seems like a step down.
my ps3 (first version) is using a 250GB WD since the beginning, the 60GB has been powered 2 months and collect dust since then. It is trivial and allowed to replace the disk yourself, so just go for a bigger size as long as disk height is < 9.3mm. I would prefer to see Sony opening up its system to 3rd party apps or let us develop java plugins for the dashboard...
www.waltercedric.com
I reckon that's why Linux support disappeared. They can't make a profit from a PS3 App Store whilst at the same time allow you to boot a secondary operating environment in order to load your softwares for free.
The integration of the iPlayer as a 'pseudo-app' on the UK XMB and talk of integrating Facebook and other social platforms any furthur than the PS3 web browser already allows, leads me to believe that the Playstation is going to get in on the extensibility bandwagon.
Save some money and buy the regular version. Unlike it's rival you can swap out the HDD with Sony's blessing and probably for less than buying this SKU. Any notebook drive will suffice. We're rocking 500GB in our original at the moment. You might think that excessive, but we've turned our PS3 into a modern day A/V jukebox... that can also play games. Lol.
WD just came out with a 640gb drive, definately putting one of those in my PS3.
Hooray for competition. Pretty attractive bundle. Still glad I picked up a fatty while I could though. Gotta love linux support. (And the ability to rip BD's straight to your ps3)
Since I'm looking at getting a PS3 for Xmas/Bday, there's no reason for me not to get this. Good job Sony!
The original slim package by itself is already nice. Almost bought one, but now this is a huge selling point. I can live with 250 that seems adequate.
I have FAT PS3 with 4 USBs, 40GB and PS2 backward compatibility. I am going to sell it on ebay for 325-350 then buy Slim 250GB with Uncharted 2, I hope it will be listed for $349 if they put it at $399 I may buy it too. After I finish Uncharted 2 I can sell it on eBay for around $40 and then my new Slim Quiet Efficient 250GB PS3 will only cost me around $10-$35. Now that is a great deal.
Also I know that many of us love PS2 games, but why in the world would you torture yourself with those Graphics. I just can't got back from 1080p. We should also keep in mind that Sony has a lot new things in Store for us. Possible 3D Games in 2010 which will require software updates.
Additional tools, games, demos, movies, tv shows etc. you need space to put all that stuff somewhere. Other day I purchased Matrix Reloaded in HD and that took 10 GB.
I am really excited about new EXCLUSIVE GAMES for PS3, also new Blu-Ray releases and much more. It looks like this Holiday Season will be all about SONY PLAYSTATION 3. LOVE IT.
put Uncharted 2, Assassins Creed 2 AND Gran Turismo 5 in one bundle hahaahha...that owuld be awesome
Not silly at all.
If I bought 3 games with my console, they're be good candidates.
Just 50 pounds more?.... really? It´s like saying you can upgrade to a lamborguini for JUST 180,000 pounds. JUST
A Gran Turismo bundle would be awesome!
GT5; do you know something I don't know?
cool, a slimmer console along with one of the best game on ps3. Definitely awesome
They should include Uncharted 1 as well.
I just heard a rumor.. Uncharted 2 bundle for $399... confirm or deny?
You can't believe everything you read on the internet.
Otherwise I'd be a Nigerian millionaire right now.
Oh wait, nigerian government.
*facepalm*
These things are laptop harddrives. Laptop harddrives cost next to nothing. Hell, why don't they just ship these without a drive, give you a bluray with the OS or whatever, and let you put in your own, at least as an option. Then I could put a cheap 500 gig in and be done with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl8bCPfVDH0&feature=player_profilepage
Nobody hates microsoft more then this guy =)
its not just the hdd the game which its an exclusive abd as we know the ps3 has more to offer
This will probably cost $500 knowing Sony. Pass. Looks like theyre trying to copy MS successful MW2 bundle already. Which is already almost outselling the brand new Slim on Amazon.
349, i am all 4 it. sony are the biggest liar/deniars
that pic looks well fake to me.
@poke..all the PS3 fanboy trolls on this site and you chose MY comment to call out for fanboyism?? wtf??? Are you serious?
Anyways the MW2 360 bundle was #6 on Amazon last I checked, almost as high as the PS3 Slim! I'd say thats a good indication it will be popular. We have no such evidence yet for this Uncharted bundle.
Anyways, MW2 is more associated with Xbox360, Xbox 360 is more associated with shooters, has a much better controller for FPS, and PS3 and 360 sell to a young male hardcore demographic that eats FPS up..so I dont think it's a stretch that demo will find a hardcore military FPS a bit more appealing than a Indiana Jones style wannabe B-movie game in third person. I am guessing MW2 will sell much better relatively on 360 than PS3.
Who cares if UC2 bundle stars a system exclusive..that matters why, again?? I dont understand, why are you seeing this as a system war? Shouldn't you want all games to be on all systems? I can only conclude you're a PS3 fanboy. And I dont see why t matters to sales either..am I supposed to think the UC2 bundle will sell better because it's exclusive?? No it will sell worse because it has a less popular game! Sony should have made a exclusive MW2 bundle if anything, that would have sold much better!
At least it is a little better than the megapixel wars in consumer cameras.