Used 60Gb PS3s selling for more than new 80Gb in UK

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reask on 18 August 2008

Just got this here.

http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/08/18/used-60gb-ps3s-selling-for-more-than-new-80gb-in-uk/

UK retailer GAME is selling a handful of used 60Gb Playstation3s for the princely sum of £349.99 and upwards.

This is £50 more than the new 80Gb model which is heavily rumoured to be hitting UK shores this Friday.

In fact, 60Gb models have been selling for around £400 on Amazon, which, combined with GAME’s high pricing, could mean that backwards compatibility is something people want and are willing to pay extra for.

Just a hunch.

Is this a good deal?.

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Skeeuk on 18 August 2008

as soon as ps2 stops selling, as if my majic sony wil issue a ps2 patch for ps3`s.

personally when i got my ps3 i got hold of ff12 and shadow of collosus, after completing them i have never bought any ps2 game and never will, so im not interested in backwards compatability

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Million on 18 August 2008

Supply vs demand .

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bbsin on 18 August 2008

once PS2 demand/game sales die down and retailers don't hold an interest anymore, expect downloadable PS2 titles on PSN

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reask on 18 August 2008

Skeeuk said:
as soon as ps2 stops selling, as if my majic sony wil issue a ps2 patch for ps3`s.

personally when i got my ps3 i got hold of ff12 and shadow of collosus, after completing them i have never bought any ps2 game and never will, so im not interested in backwards compatability

You may be right about that.

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slimeattack on 19 August 2008

Skeeuk said:
as soon as ps2 stops selling, as if my majic sony wil issue a ps2 patch for ps3`s.

personally when i got my ps3 i got hold of ff12 and shadow of collosus, after completing them i have never bought any ps2 game and never will, so im not interested in backwards compatability

The 60 GB in the US had both the PS2's CPU and GPU. The 60 GB in the UK (and the rest of Europe) had the PS2's GPU, but not CPU. The 40 GB or $399 BC doesn't have any PS2 hardware. Emulation is possible, but it would require large development costs and not all games would work, so I am not sure if I should count on it.

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The Fury on 19 August 2008

I paid £325 for mine, when they were going for £400 or so on ebay. They were once a rare find as they had just sold out in stores and all those who missed them, wanted one because of that PS2 backwards compatability.

Hmm, pie.

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Munkeh111 on 19 August 2008

I think Sony should release a model for an extra £50 with the RSX built in (which would only cost them a little extra) and some extra HDD space

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woopah on 19 August 2008

i would have though most owners of a PS3 already had a PS2

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quaiky on 19 August 2008

slimeattack said:

Skeeuk said:
as soon as ps2 stops selling, as if my majic sony wil issue a ps2 patch for ps3`s.

personally when i got my ps3 i got hold of ff12 and shadow of collosus, after completing them i have never bought any ps2 game and never will, so im not interested in backwards compatability

The 60 GB in the US had both the PS2's CPU and GPU. The 60 GB in the UK (and the rest of Europe) had the PS2's GPU, but not CPU. The 40 GB or $399 BC doesn't have any PS2 hardware. Emulation is possible, but it would require large development costs and not all games would work, so I am not sure if I should count on it.

a magic patch that makes all ps2 games work at once with software emulation is really unlikely. personally i would think its more likely that they add software emulation that is optimized and tested with a few games and sell the games that its working with on psn.

Over time they could increase compatibility and at same time get more or less the whole catalogue of ps2 titles on psn.

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