PS3 is 6 hours from release in Europe, and people seem stoked.

I know demo pods are not a good judgement tool of a game or the console it's displaying. But I did notice a couple of things while going by (and playing) PS3 demo pods today.

1 All of the people who walked by or played then thought the games had amaziong graphics. Even when I was playng Gengji day of the Blade.  Yeah, I know, Gengji, supossedly one of the weakest looking PS3 launch games made some people go "Wow"

Of course that could have been a "Wow this looks crappy" the "wow "during Gengji was not really explained further. But I'm gonna asume it's a "wow" as in "Wow this looks amazing". 

2 One thing was missing in every store in any store, on every PS3 display, in the whole center of Amsterdam.

The Price. It was noware to be found.  

People seem to be stoked about the PS3 and the Playstation name allone is enough to get everyone from men women and children to go play it. But What happens when they see the price?

I don't think Sony would have any trouble selling in Europe. People see the Playstation name and graphics that are much better than on PS2 and are amazed. Except the price is insane, and they don't know it yet. Europeans don't even get the choice of the cheaper 20 GB model at the moment. 

The Playstation name is still carrying a lot of momentum, but I think the price may put an end to that.

Not to mention, where is the add blitz? The system is coming out in about 6 hours and I have seen one PS3 comercial on tv, half, and if I hadnt known the this is living slogan was for PS3 I wouldnt have known it was for the pS3.

Sony seems to be dropping the ball big time. They seem to think the Playstation name alone is enough to sell units, and while it may be enough to amaze casual passers by who dont know the price once the price is known, people may actually start looking at that other box that can play games that look pretty, the xbox 360.

And no, they won't look at the wii the Wii, even if they wanted to they cant it's sold out everywere. :P

Demand is always high at launches...

Why anyone buys a system at launch is beyond me.

I hope Ebay is prepared to get swamped!jeaglegs

Lol, you cant be serious? 

On the contrary, the mood in the UK at least is rather dampened and dreary like the weather. Of course you will have crowds in London but venture elsewhere and indifference prevails. Every newspaper article I read (of which there are few) has the colossal price looming in the background like an omniscient spectre.Caviglia

Like how the Daily Mail today had the PS3 in an article with the headline "Sony Paystation" (or something like that). They had a list showing that the UK pays the most for the console

I hope Ebay is prepared to get swamped!jeaglegs

On the contrary, the mood in the UK at least is rather dampened and dreary like the weather. Of course you will have crowds in London but venture elsewhere and indifference prevails. Every newspaper article I read (of which there are few) has the colossal price looming in the background like an omniscient spectre.Caviglia

[QUOTE="Caviglia"]On the contrary, the mood in the UK at least is rather dampened and dreary like the weather. Of course you will have crowds in London but venture elsewhere and indifference prevails. Every newspaper article I read (of which there are few) has the colossal price looming in the background like an omniscient spectre.Mass_Effect

Like how the Daily Mail today had the PS3 in an article with the headline "Sony Paystation" (or something like that). They had a list showing that the UK pays the most for the console

I don't know about the Daily Mail, I am more accustomed to using it as loo-roll. However The Independent was keen to repeat the price and the lacklustre response in the US and Japan.

[QUOTE="Caviglia"]On the contrary, the mood in the UK at least is rather dampened and dreary like the weather. Of course you will have crowds in London but venture elsewhere and indifference prevails. Every newspaper article I read (of which there are few) has the colossal price looming in the background like an omniscient spectre.thedarkomen

Pre-suppositions are not healthy.

[QUOTE="thedarkomen"][QUOTE="Caviglia"]On the contrary, the mood in the UK at least is rather dampened and dreary like the weather. Of course you will have crowds in London but venture elsewhere and indifference prevails. Every newspaper article I read (of which there are few) has the colossal price looming in the background like an omniscient spectre.Caviglia

Pre-suppositions are not healthy.

[QUOTE="jeaglegs"]I hope Ebay is prepared to get swamped!Magical_Zebra

Lol, you cant be serious? 

Just a vague joke that most launch units will just end up on ebay like hot potatoes rather than going home and being played :P  I'm betting in a week or two it will be "I hope they have the permanent shelf space for the PS3".

I don't know about the Daily Mail, I am more accustomed to using it as loo-roll. However The Independent was keen to repeat the price and the lacklustre response in the US and Japan.

Caviglia

 Its my mum that buys the Daily Mail (apparently its only because the ink doesn't come off on your hands :lol: ).The Daily Mail really hate computer games. They said King Kong was a top Xbox 360 game, and Sonic was a top PS3 as well; which just shows they know nothing about games.

One thing is for sure - the PS3 will not be sold out at launch in Europe. This is very surprising to me. I fully expected it to be sold out, but I can still go to a number of websites and purchase it online throughout Europe, including www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.fr, and www.amazon.de. Those pre-order buttons have not gone away once since they've been up.

As much as I bag on cows, I wish everybody out there has a safe and fun launch...

Enjoy!

What you refer to as "stoked" is actually just that pent-up demand that is always seen when a new console is launched. Once intitial sales are complete, sales will abate considerably.thinicer

People seem more exited around the PS3 demo pods then the were around the 360 demo pods at launch.

Around 360 pods at launch it was usually "yeah it looks great, but I'm waiting for PS3"

We'll see how it works out. :)

[QUOTE="Caviglia"]

I don't know about the Daily Mail, I am more accustomed to using it as loo-roll. However The Independent was keen to repeat the price and the lacklustre response in the US and Japan.

Mass_Effect

 Its my mum that buys the Daily Mail (apparently its only because the ink doesn't come off on your hands :lol: ).The Daily Mail really hate computer games. They said King Kong was a top Xbox 360 game, and Sonic was a top PS3 as well; which just shows they know nothing about games.

Most newspapers are riddled with misinformation when it comes to video-games, it is a shame they recieve a token amount of space whilst other media take up huge swathes of column inches.

1. Genji although a crappy game...has amazing graphics. 2. Unless everyone in Europe has been living in a cave for the past year, they probably know that the thing costs more than it's competition.Truth-slayer

Unfortunatly when it comes to games most people live in a cave. in Europe it's usually a cave with a slimline PS2 and Fifa 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 50cent bullet Proof :?

[QUOTE="thinicer"]What you refer to as "stoked" is actually just that pent-up demand that is always seen when a new console is launched. Once intitial sales are complete, sales will abate considerably.Gaara79

People seem more exited around the PS3 demo pods then the were around the 360 demo pods at launch.

Around 360 pods at launch it was usually "yeah it looks great, but I'm waiting for PS3"

We'll see how it works out. :)

That was because nobody knew the price tag that the PS3 was going to have when the 360 launched in November 2005, and everybody expected the PS3 to be the unquestionable graphical powerhouse that would destroy the competition and be the runaway leader this generation. Well a lot has changed since then....