The Playstation 3 Rumor Mill by Laura Usher
STOP - The following information is rumors, nothing more. This could mean it might be true or it might not, but it sure is fun to discuss these rumors anyway. Besides, who knows for sure what the future holds. Maybe here's some clues.
The European Playstation3 Release
Gaming sites in Europe have been speculating that the PS3 *NOT* meet its March 2007 release, and inevitably it will be delayed until the summer. Some have speculated that it may be as late as September before PS fans in Europe can get their hands on the PS3's. Sony representatives are all over the place denying this and saying that things are going just as planned.
The Media-Centric
There has been a rumor since January that Sony is working on its third Playstation model, the Medi-Centric. It would not be used primarily for gaming, but for watching films. You'll be able to play your Playstation games on it too, but it will have more advanced features and added HDTV capabilities. The projected price tag is around $2500.
Bioshock For The PS3
A gaming magazine in the UK, Official Playstation Magazine UK, dropped a few hints in a recent issue that Sony was planning to release Bioshock for the Playstation. This rumor has popped up before and has always been denied by Sony (who are still denying it now), but the magazine made mention of it three times in one issue, which has led some forum posters to go crazy with speculation. The game was originally intended to be released only on the XBox and Windows.
Another Final Fantasy
There are rumblings that a new Final Fantasy game for the Playstation 3 is in the pipeline. Supposedly, it does not take place in Vana'diel, but somewhere from one of the earlier Final Fantasy games.
I Ain't 'Fraid O' No Ghost!
This is an elusive one. It is rumored that somebody, somewhere is making a Ghostbusters game for PlayStation 3. Supposedly the main character is none other than Peter Vankner, and he looks just like Bill Murray. There is no official word from Sony, or anybody else for that matter.
Changes for Incognito's Warhawk
It's no rumor that Incognito's been working on Warhawk. But, due to budget problems and changes in personnel of the development staff, Warhawk may turn out very differently from what is expected. Originally, the game would make use of the new Sixaxis controller technology, but the new Warhawk may be just a simple downloadable game.
Wipeout!
Sometime in 2007, Wipeout is supposed to be released for the PS3. It's being designed with the same engine as Motorstorm. If you've never seen Motorstorm, it came out last year in Japan with quite a bit of a buzz because of its realistic, almost photographic image and smooth movement.
Glimpses of Halo 3
For a few hours, somebody had posted clips of the Halo 3, the latest installment in a super-popular alien fighting game, on Youtube. The clip disappeared quickly, and the few who saw it said it wasn't anything special. Nobody could say for sure how it looked, because the clip's quality was so bad.
Keep Waiting...
The next game in the Tekken series, Tekken 6, has supposedly been pushed back to 2008. This is a big bummer for those of us who are eagerly awaiting its release.
Laura Usher is an avid games player and concole fan, and a gadget mad person to boot.
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How To Get A Wholesale PlayStation 3 Online
New wholesale playstation 3 consoles are legendary for selling out if they do happen to be real wholesale prices, in which the case for our 2007- not very likely. Leaving long queues of gamers desperate to get their hands on the latest toy. The launch of the PlayStation 3 so far has been great.
Sony initially planned to ship only 400,000 units of the PlayStation 3 within the US, and 100,000 in Japan. They sold without trouble or delays. Judging by the popularity of pre-orders, these will keep selling out very quickly every single month they arrive.
Preorders on Amazon site from Japan site are still getting snapped up within minutes, leaving thousands of disappointed shoppers unable to preorder the PlayStation 3. So another interest for Sony is the potential upcoming initial bulk sell of more units, within weeks. Sony plans to have shipped 6 million PlayStation 3s by March 2007.
So, you should not expect to be able to turn up to a shop unprepared and walk away with a wholesale playstation 3 anytime soon. The safest way to get hold of a PS3 is to join one of the queues that will be forming outside the main gaming outlets.
As later batches arrive, the waiting process will become quicker and easier. If you want to try your luck at pre-ordering, you will have to be quick. A couple of outlets have already allowed for pre-ordering, and they have used up their allocations for the units within minutes.
If money and ethics are not a problem, you could try getting a PS3 right now on eBay. But this is in many entrepreneurial minds a risky business, and Sony will surely be in the dislike point as many if not all units are being over sold for higher standard prices set previously by Sony.
In October 2006 Sony apparently shut down every PS3 auction on eBay. In any case, the prices were astronomical - only the hardest of the hard-core fans will want to pay $1,500- $2000 to get their PS3 today.
If price is your main concern then it might be best to wait until end of 2007 year when distributors will have PS3 available at much lower prices. In short, the options are not that good for many of us who want to get a new Sony unit. It will surely be an expensive, painful process to get our hands on one of these wholesale playstation 3 consoles today, but the majority of us, can wait for better business!
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