Pricing confirmed for UK first party PS3 games

[Steven W]

Sony has announced the pricing of first party PS3 games for the European launch.

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[GeorgeTuk]

Thats pretty good actually. Still not enough games there for me, or rather not the quality.

[mcmiller]

wonder what the quality of the download games is goin to be like, old ps1 games maybe

[MadduckUK]

did they break compatability with ps2 (and therefore ps1) games so people, rather than using there little collection of classics have to re-buy them as DLC?

[mcmiller]

did they break compatability with ps2 (and therefore ps1) games so people, rather than using there little collection of classics have to re-buy them as DLC?

i was under the impression that they broke the compatability because they changed it from hardware to software emulation and they where trying to fix it, but maybe that it is the case

[menthel]

Nice to see a little kindness from sony to us! Roll on FF13 and my ps3 purchase...

[Speedo]

Playstation Network titles will range from £2-£6 and amongst the launch titles will be, flOw, Go! Sudoku ,Lemmings, Ridge Racer 7 and Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection.

Is that correct? I'll hold off importing RR7 if so .

[Steven W]

Is that correct? I'll hold off importing RR7 if so .

NO!!! It's only a free demo! It's a full title due to be released, not a Network game. Apologies.

[Fabula]

That's not too bad.

If the retail is listed at £40, then they should be available cheaper.

Xbox360 games listed at £50 are usually available for under £40. And PC games listed at £40 usually come in under £30.

That should make the cost of the console slightly less extortionate. If you are getting the PS3 games at £30, then there is a £10 advantage over the Xbox360 games. So if you are planning to buy about 20 games, then the PS3 will end up costing about the same as the Xbox.

[Tom Scott]

It would appear £39.99 means £39.99 and not 30 quid, I've had a quick look on most of the retailers I can think of and all the games were £39.99.

Pretty good price point, can't be making that much profit on them as Blu-Ray disks aren't that cheap to produce.

[Steven W]

That's not too bad.

If the retail is listed at £40, then they should be available cheaper.

Xbox360 games listed at £50 are usually available for under £40. And PC games listed at £40 usually come in under £30.

That should make the cost of the console slightly less extortionate. If you are getting the PS3 games at £30, then there is a £10 advantage over the Xbox360 games. So if you are planning to buy about 20 games, then the PS3 will end up costing about the same as the Xbox.

Yeah, good point. The price of the games is pretty good, especially if it stays around that mark.

[YorkieBen]

Im surprised at the price, it will be interesting if they will keep it at that price or if it is just a launch thing

in the USA PS3 games and 360 games seem to retail at the same price point (I mean rrp)