PlayStation 3 Built-to-Order

OMEN · 06-17-2006, 06:03 AM

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Kutaragi really wants you to know the PS3 is a computer. Plus, 120GB hard drives?

June 16, 2006 - PlayStation head-honcho Ken Kutaragi has been making a concerted effort lately to let people know the PlayStation 3 is intended to be a computer and not just a game system. Adding further leverage to this argument are comments Kutaragi made recently in an interview with Japanese newspaper Nikkei BP.

According to GamerNode, Kutaragi hinted at the PlayStation 3 being offered on a built-to-order basis, as many PCs are.

Kutaragi says, "A PS3 just for you!
"As the PlayStation 3 is a computer, we might even offer it on a built-to-order basis, customized to the needs of each and every user," Kutaragi is quoted as saying. "The hardware components have been designed in a modularized format with this possibility in mind."

When the PS3 launches this November, it will be available with a 20GB hard drive for $499 or a 60GB hard drive for $599. As an example of built-to-order possibilities, Kutaragi indicated that larger 120GB hard drives could be available as early as next year.

IGN

Kaneanite · 06-18-2006, 08:06 AM

Meh, if they're going to be like that, I might as well get a fucking desktop computer for gaming. Their gimmicks are lame.

Ooooh, blu-ray. Oooooh, 3 "shades" to choose from; black, silver, white. Oooooh, it looks like your George Foreman grill. Ooooooh, build to order like a computer. Pfft.

Gunstar Chaos · 06-18-2006, 09:17 AM

Yea me too, I rather buy a new computer for that price, computers probably have better graphics as well.

Conscience · 06-18-2006, 10:54 AM

of course, if its gonna be like a computer, its gonna cost like one.

Gunstar Chaos · 06-19-2006, 10:36 AM

So users will be able to install programs on it or use it to do homework? No? Then no it shouldn't cost like a computer.

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