PS3 news and tidbits thread

[v85rawdeal]

It plays the same as my copy of Pro Evo 3 on the PS2, it looks like ass, and even though it looks like ass, they couldn't even manage to make it a smooth ass.

Pro Evo 2008 - The only game with celulite

[Harrison]

Very good

[Sharingan]

Firmware 2.0 out very soon

The US PSN store will receive a demo of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune in tonight's update, for those interested.

And both Ratchet & Clank and Call of Duty 4 are starting to filter into shops. According to reviews, Infinity Ward (CoD's developers) did an ace job with Call of Duty 4: it's every bit as good as the PC counterpart.

[Harrison]

Great news. I've just got hold of COD4 on the PC, but haven't had chance to play it yet. Am looking forward to it though.

[AlexJ]

New firmware out, ability to add your own themes to XMB amongst other things. Seems quite cool.

[Sharingan]

So I'm off work, and walking into a few shops just to see if they have Ratchet and/or Call of Duty 4 yet ... imagine my complete shock when I saw them charging 75 (seventy five!) bucks for Ratchet. WTF.

And that's not one shop - I peeked into 3-4 different ones and every single one had the same price tag.

I can live with 60 bucks (even though that is quite a bit of money still), but 75? What made them think people are willing to part with 75 big ones for a game (however brilliant it is)? I know that development costs for games have been rising, but I certainly hope game prices aren't gonna see a rising trend. 50-62 bucks a game has been the standard throughout the PS2 era, and that's about the most I'm prepared to shell out.

[Harrison]

How much is that converted to UK Pounds?

Would it be cheaper if you order it from the UK? Amazon.co.uk have it for £39.98 or when purchased along with COD4 for £79.97 for the two. And that includes free UK delivery. Not sure about delivery costs to other countries.

Or on ebay you can buy a new sealed copy for £18.99 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=180177360653