{"id":520,"date":"2006-05-09T20:42:53","date_gmt":"2006-05-09T20:42:53","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2006-05-09T20:42:53","modified_gmt":"2006-05-09T20:42:53","slug":"ps3-ouch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/05\/09\/ps3-ouch\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3 Ouch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone figured it was going to be expensive.  Maybe not 3DO expensive, but still a pretty penny.  $499 for the base unit?  I think I am going to have to pass on this one.  I say that as if I will really hold back \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Will anyone actually purchase the base <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,1895,1959684,00.asp\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,1895,1959684,00.asp', 'unit');\" target=new>unit<\/a> for $499 when all the good stuff will be available in the $599 unit?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As it turns out, a little examining of Sony\u2019s announcement press release reveals the $499 model will lack support for Memory Sticks, SD and Compact Flash cards, no built-in Wi-Fi and will surprisingly have the HDMI output removed (necessary for achieving the much bragged about 1080p screen resolution).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The reality of the situation is that it will cost $599 to get in the door, and that is without thinking about the bundles that every store will cash in on in order to reserve a PS3 at launch.<\/p>\n<p>I will have more to say about this later, but first I have to see what is actually going to be available before I can even comprehend how much a PS3 purchase will cost come November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nif(wpa2a)wpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone figured it was going to be expensive. Maybe not 3DO expensive, but still a pretty penny. $499 for the base unit? I think I am going to have to pass on this one. I say that as if I will really hold back \u2026 Will anyone actually purchase the base unit for $499 when &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/2006\/05\/09\/ps3-ouch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PS3 Ouch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_bottom\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_ addtoany_list a2a_target\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" onclick=\"__gaTracker('send', 'event', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share', '');\" class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.calvertgames.com\/cgblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}