Upcoming PS3 bundle

[dont24]

To coincide with the much-anticipated North American launch of Metal
Gear Solid(R)4: Guns of the Patriots in late Q2 2008, SCEA will introduce a
PS3 bundle, which will include an 80GB PS3, the upcoming blockbuster Metal
Gear Solid(R)4: Guns of the Patriots and a DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller
for $499 (MSRP). Full story.

 

[Posty-McPOst]

To coincide with the much-anticipated North American launch of Metal
Gear Solid(R)4: Guns of the Patriots in late Q2 2008, SCEA will introduce a
PS3 bundle, which will include an 80GB PS3, the upcoming blockbuster Metal
Gear Solid(R)4: Guns of the Patriots and a DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller
for $499 (MSRP). Full story.

Sony sucks. They didn't even include a replica plastic helmet. !protest Seriously I think they will sell a lot of these. It's almost like a price drop. I would be a little pissed though if I had bought a PS3 with MGS4 in mind and then seen this deal. The dualshocks are new right? Or at least thay hadn't been included with the console?

 

[ONUOsFan]

It's not really a price drop, is it? You can (if you can find one) get an 80GB now with Motorstorm and a controller - just not a dualshock - for $499

 

[meStevo]

If this was $399 it would print money for Sony.

The new Dual Shock controller is almost as expensive as a game ($55), so being $5 more than the normal controller, and Motorstorm never marked down since launch (wtf?), there's your price drop.... $5.

Surprised/disappointed they're maintaining the $500 price point till probably at least the holiday, shock us all and make it full BC again and it would be worth it.

 

[WalksInDarkness]

Sounds like more desperate attempts by Sony to justify the sill $500 price tag. Maybe if they included TWO controllers it would be a bargain, and I might consider grabbing it since MSG4 is going to be fun.

 

[thowe21]

I wonder how the battery life is going to be on the new DS3 controllers? All that rumble has got to use up a lot of juice. I've been pretty happy with the battery life on the Sixaxis so far.