PS3 Indian Launch Date, Price Revealed

[iMav]

After months of rumors and speculation, Sony's PlayStation 3 will finally be officially launched in India on the 27th of April, 2007, courtesy of Milestone Interactive. As of now we'll have to make do with the 60 GB model that'll be available for Rs. 39,900.

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[abhijit_reddevil]

^^^WTF!!! The XBOX 360 is much better priced, if Rs.25000 is a better bet for some people. Sony can never hope to penetrate the Indian market with absurd pricing like this.. I would better buy a XBOX 360 and a 21" Sony Wega combined, if I had 40k to spare...

[tarey_g]

Another console to face doom in Indian market , 360 is a big flop here , what is Milestone Interactive thinking.

Rs. 39,900. . Are they joking it would go ahead and buy some games such has crysis and a ipod and tv withthat money but not for buying consoles which cost that much plus sending 2500Rs each money for the money will give a heart attack with that type of amount. Iam going to forget about consoles once and for all. It is wayyy too much. Iam sure a rich people can buy it after they buy iam sure they will have thoughts wheather it is money well spent or if he top 10 richest person in the world.

Sony and Microsoft is a ripping everyone money. Also if i really need consoles i would go for nitendo wii. WII is winning the battle of consoles.

[s18000rpm]

also add "not so Special Exclusive's" (games) on PS3 to spend 40K

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[Third Eye]

PC>Consoles

[mail2and]

It's available at Alfaa without warranty for Rs 25k

[iMav]

ya i saw it there ppl were buying like crazy

it was a crowded section on tht floor

[Tech Geek]

It is better to go for a PC ....

[Pathik]

it sgonna be a great flop... until the pirated games r available...

[gxsaurav]

Any console is useless & a flop in Indian market, unless the pirated games are available for it.

PS3 will fail in India, cos it uses games in Blu-Ray only & Blu-Ray writers themselves cost a lot, also Blu-Ray blank disks are not even available in U.S.A. PS3 will be just a novelty & will fail in Indian market.

Believe me or not, but MS did a nice trick with XBOX 360, sticking with the DVD format for consoles. They know they need Piracy to survice in Indian market. By this year end XBOX 360 with Mod chips to play pirated disks will be easily available in the markets of India. Not to forget that XBOX 360 has a long list of games available with hits such Quake 4, Kemro & Gears of War, while Metal Gear for PS3 is far from available.

With the incresing panetration of broadband in India with people willing & paying Rs 1k for a 256kbps line , we have a market for XBOX Live too. Though the speed is damn slow for Live content downloads, but comon....we already leave our computers on whole night downloading, don't we. While PS Home is not even out.

It won't be wrong to say that XBOX 360 has won the console war so far. PS3 is a 10 years investment though due to the scalibility of the CELL CPU, but comon....40k, yo learn something fron Nintendo. Wii is much like a modified Gamecube but saling super solid just cos it's fun to play Wii game.

if you want to buy a PS3 buy it only after 2 years or when the pirated games are easily available. If you are buying a new console, just get a XBOX 360 Core system for 20k or wait till this years end till the mod chip based XBOX arrive in the market. You won't miss the harddisk in India where proper broadband & XBOX Live is not available. Besides, the 65nm CPU based XBOX 360s will be out too by then resulting in cooler operation.

[Josan]

Better To Use My Old Pc Than This For gaming Coz Its high price

[soham]

The americans are crying foul over the price of 600$. what would they say if they hear that it costs even more in India. This sis ridiculous pricing. And that too without any free games or Blu Ray movies.

Originally Posted by mail2and

It's available at Alfaa without warranty for Rs 25k

You mean the 60GB version or the 20GB one.

Iam glad they did not price the ps3 has 1lakh rs

[hailgautam]

Originally Posted by mail2and

It's available at Alfaa without warranty for Rs 25k

Fine, but where is the Alfa? Calcutta is it?

[kirangp]

wow....I think only Sony Indian President himself will buy it...No one in their right mind can buy this thing in India..SOny & MS u better do some quick thinking about the prices otherwise this will be the last release of any major console in India...God screw their minds real tight..hehe

[iMav]

Originally Posted by hailgautam

Fine, but where is the Alfa? Calcutta is it?

mumbai ... suburb - parla

[Pathik]

Vile parle to be precise..

[iMav]

Originally Posted by pathiks

Vile parle to be precise..

opposite cooper hospital go straight

[Josan]

i realy luv to buy a one PS3 if it cost me around 22k or even lesser............................................ ........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VJ_Lunar]

Major suckage, and this is gonna be the Euro PS3 version, right? That means no backward compatibility for PS2 games. Then again, I'm most sure people who own a PS2 here don't buy their games.

The price for games sound about right though, but the 360 titles are still much cheaper (even when you compare them to their US counterparts, since they usually run for $59.99 plus sales tax depending on states). At least the online service will be free right out of the box, and this is where Sony's got to bring in the dough from the Indian Gaming Community. HOW are they gonna do it, I have no clue whatsoever.

Thanks for pointing this out, mAV3. Posted the news at our forums

[tarey_g]

Originally Posted by VJ_Lunar

Major suckage, and this is gonna be the Euro PS3 version, right? That means no backward compatibility for PS2 games.

NO backward compatibility?
Correction , sony released a euro compatbility list of games and it represents a sizeable chunk of the previous systems' libraries, roughly 72%, and with updates that figure is guaranteed to grow. It's already much much better than the 360 but still people bash sony. How sad

[Ethan_Hunt]

Well let's look on the brighter side,atleast this console made it's way "officially" much faster than any other console till date in India.

Coming to the price bashing factore once again,for a console which was retailing for around 45k for the 60GB version in greay market a month back this price is still low.The Xbox 360 Premium in Planet M costs around 27k itself & mind you this price had been stagnant since day 1 of it's launch.But hey people still tend to buy 360 simply for Gears of War.Sony still has a long way to go both in terms of price & games variety when it comes to matching up with Microsoft.The first generation of Sony's games seem pretty good though judging from Resistane:FOM & the much awaited Motor Storm.It's just a matter of wait until it comes out with stellar titles rivalling the 360.At this point on the 360 has the best price-to-performance ratio.Blu-Ray titles are almost priced on the same range as that of a Dual Layer DVD of the 360 i.e. around 2.8k.Not too sure what official pricing Sony will have once the console is released.At the first initial months I reckon sony will have a tough time with the Indian audience as the price point is way off the hook.Add to the fact the price of HDTV's are still in 65k+ range would mount to low sales.

It would be wise enough to wait another year may be till the price & games stabilises & then go for the console.

[VJ_Lunar]

Originally Posted by tarey_g

NO backward compatibility?
Correction , sony released a euro compatbility list of games and it represents a sizeable chunk of the previous systems' libraries, roughly 72%, and with updates that figure is guaranteed to grow.

My mistake, I was hearing otherwise. Thanks for the correction.

It's already much much better than the 360 but still people bash sony. How sad

Define "better", please.

allwyndlima: At least a price drop is forthcoming for the 360 Premium and Core packs, partly due to the announcement of the Special Black model (coupled with HDMI and a 120GB HDD).

Despite how people are labeling the Xbox 360 here as a failure, it's not like the software sales in India are hugely reflective of how well a console is sold; it's more about pushing as many units out of the window. Do you think PSP software sell well in other countries? Heck no. But there is still a demand for just the hardware alone.

Let the developers and publishers worry whether or not the sales don't meet their status quota. If there's a demand for something, they'll provide for it. Otherwise, I doubt most game publishers are breaking sweats to produce 100k copies for a country where it doesn't even make much of a difference when you consider sales from the places that count (USA, UK); rather, they're perfectly content shipping 10 times less that amount.

[ssdivisiongermany1933]

it's pathetically price , say no to consoles , yes to gaming pc's
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[VJ_Lunar]

Um, consoles are awesome. WTF are you talking about?

[prasad_den]

^^^ Ya.. but console prices aren't awesome..

[Harvik780]

Yes console gaming is much cheaper than pc gaming as u don't have to upgrade consoles in years.Pc games might be cheaper(not considering piracy) but consoles games currently have amazing graphics

Originally Posted by Harvik780

Yes console gaming is much cheaper than pc gaming as u don't have to upgrade consoles in years.Pc games might be cheaper(not considering piracy) but consoles games currently have amazing graphics

Even PC has the graphics than consoles does not match. For example :- Crysis and Spore.

[goobimama]

Btw, there is a 20GB version for $100 less right? So 35k should be the price of the 20GB?

@harvik: Let me know when consoles can game at 2560*1536....well then again, one would need at least an 8800GTX + C2D with some high end stuff amounting to much more than 40k....