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May 17, 2005 - According a an article published in the May 17th edition of Japan's Mainichi Shimbun, the PlayStation 3 could be one of the most expensive mass-market videogame consoles ever created. Officials from Sony apparently told the newspaper that PlayStation 3s would sell in Japan for "less than 50,000 yen each." That translates to about $465 US dollars.

Sony unveiled its next-generation console at the Electronics Entertainment Expo 2005. The beast of a machine utilizes the powerful Cell processor, a custom-designed graphics chip by Nvidia, and 512MBs of RAM for a quantum leap in performance. The system will also be the first-ever to support high-def movie-playback out of the box, taking advantage of the upcoming Blu-ray Disc format.

Sony claims that PS3 will be roughly 35 times more powerful than PS2. If Mainichi Shimbun is correct, gamers will be asked to pay a hefty price for the high-end functionality.

I don't know about $465, probably more like $399 that is still very pricy. I won't be buying a console until a price drop if that's the case.

These are unconfirmed reports so hopefully it won't be that high.

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I think it's way too early to begin to predict the price of the Playstation 3, but if it's going to cost $465, then my answer to that is hell no.

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$465! Good lord that's a lot of money!

If I've said it once, I'll say it again, video games have become the rich man's new polo. :(

Oh well, maybe if we're nice to Typhoid he'll tell us about it sometime.

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PS2 I think cost 385 or something like that when it originally launched in Japan...

Meaning if it does launch for around 465 in Japan, it'd probably mean 399 for the US...

However as Bond said, it's still way too early to say, really...

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Originally Posted by Bond

I think it's way too early to begin to predict the price of the Playstation 3, but if it's going to cost $465, then my answer to that is hell no.

I don't think so. Cell, NV50, Blu-Ray. Think it's too early to predict, but not to early to start crying and selling some stocks.