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    Default PS3 Launch Price, in retrospect

    Anyone get a PS3 at launch that still works today?

    I was thinking about it today and I now feel the PS3 was worth the money considering how long its been supported and that the hardware was genuinely well built for the most part.

    The first gen supported the PS1 and PS2 along with the new tech BluRay. It had alot of great features for the price.

    The launch games werent impressive I admit, but if u stuck with it I think it was less of a hassell than dealing with the 360, which the red ring and its problems got me into PC gaming.

    I just feel the PS3 was more of a long term investment that people thought would somehow go the way of the 3DO and be left in the dust. But I guess Sony is bigger than we realized in how long they can carry a system.

    Basically if I could go back I would have gotten a PS3 at launch and never look back.
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    I didn't get one at launch, but when the price dropped by $100 shortly after and the 60 gig models were still being made. It is one of the only systems I am going to bother keeping even through selling my stuff because it has my account and everything. That and because it's my favorite console when you count its ability to play ps1 and ps2 games.
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    sorry for bump, but wanted more opinions

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    Price point was a disaster, thank god they learned from it.

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    It was undoubtedly too expensive at launch, and taking the plunge was a bit of a gamble not being able to see the future of what the system would hold, though, considering:

    the relative price of Blu-Ray players at the time

    the eventual success of Blu-Ray as a media standard

    the built-in Wi-Fi technology

    The lack of having to pay for online play

    The evolution that the OS has gone through and the service additions and apps that are available for it now

    and the general resilience of the hardware in comparison to the launch and early gen 360s

    I think at the end of the generation PS3 launch owners who stuck with PS3 got decent value for their dollar.

    So glad to see Sony committed to a lower price point in the upcoming generation.
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    I bought the most expensive model at launch. I actually didn't preorder, but they had a couple of units at the Target by work less than a week after launch. I don't regret it, although in retrospect, I only played with it a few hours the day I bought it and then a couple of times in the next few months. In fact, I don't think I played more than a few hours at a time until a year or so after launch. Ultimately, my Xbox 360 became my lead console this generation but in the past year, I have really started to love the Sony exclusives and especially PSN titles. I'm just happy PS4 is $400 as that seems like a perfect price point for a great console.

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