250GB PS3 bundles aplenty headed to Europe?
By Donald Melanson 
posted September 21st 2009 3:51PM
posted September 21st 2009 3:51PM
Well, Sony may still be denying any plans of a 250GB PS3 bundle for the US, but it looks like the rumors just keep on cropping up in Europe, and this latest one is quite the doozy. According to Joystiq, that all too familiar inventory screen above comes from a purported Norwegian GameStop employee, and quite clearly reveals no less than five different 250GB PS3 bundles, including your choice of Ratchet & Clank, Assassin's Creed 2, FIFA 10, Need for Speed: Shift, or Uncharted 2 for a game. Prices are reportedly the same for each (a 500 kr, or $85 increase over the standard 120GB model), although there's unfortunately no release dates given for any of 'em. Of course, there is a confirmed date for the Tokyo Game Show, which would seem like a prime opportunity for them to get official, if they are indeed the real deal.
WTF does a Gig cost double the amount in a console, compared to a PC?
A majority of console owners don't know any better then to spend that much more for a bigger hard-drive compared to a PC gamer, plus their is a lot more kids that play consoles and their parents buy it for them and most of them won't buy a bigger hard drive on his own a transplant it and its over all ease.
Oh come on, you really don't know? It's the same reason people pay $80 for an HDMI cable at Best Buy.
@Mark
That is true the dumb ass factor is about 80% of it.
I don't know...seems pretty cheap to me seeing as how you're getting a $60 game and 130GB more room for $85. What is that, like 20 cents per GB for a laptop drive? Quit bitchin...damn.
what's the big deal about harddrive space?
just marketing?
Really? You don't know?
DLC, M2TS... Any of these random letters mean anything to you?
And the more obvious; more disk space.
You could also argue that your question, questions the harddrive's existence in PS3. But games (many which have compulsory installs), movies, music and for us Europeans, PlayTV take up a lot of space.
Oct 1st is the date we were told at work and its defo not a rumor
Hold one everybody, didn't you forget to add game value to that price. So game $55 bucks, $85-$55 result 130GB for 30$ that is not that bad is it?
Yep, it comes out to quite a good deal when you think about it.
Isn't happiness more important to how much money you end up keeping in your wallet?
Yep, and you might as well keep all that money in your wallet because the PS3 won't bring any happiness.
the ps3 you can upgrade the hdd by yourself the 360 not so much since the size is capped. it would be worth it if you didnt already have a ps3.
Why is this non-story getting quite so much repetitive coverage? Anyone can upgrade the HDD in any cosmetic persuasion of the PS3. The console even comes with instructions as to how.
If you are like me, I waited and waited and waited till the 160Gb Uncharted bundle came out, so there are probably still people, waiting and waiting for a 250Gb uncharted 2 bundle.
That's me, I'm waiting for the Uncharted 2 bundle, hopefully it gets to Canada. And yeah I know I can upgrade the drive myself, but the game is gonna cost me the $55-60 anyway, so an additional 130GB for $30 and zero work - that's a good deal in my book.
I'm a former EB employee and I can say that screen means absolutely nothing about shipments. All that tells me is that Gamestop has a SKU for a few PS3 bundles. There are literally 100's of thousands of SKUs in the computer that a typical store will never see. Ever.
I wouldn't hold any value to this until you actually see hard evidence that bundles are on the way there.
sure...and next you're going to tell us santa clause doesn't exist
sheeeeeesh
This is pointless. Anyone can upgrade a ps3 to any hard drive
you see that screen on the pic ? you see how the lights reflect ? that's the reason why I'm not buying a glossy screen ever again.
Prices in Norway is usualy a bit higher then the rest of europe, so might be cheaper for everyone else.