Are European PS3 owners getting Ripped off?

**PSPages** · May 25th, 2007, 20:44

Apart from the obvious facts like a delayed launch, the removal of the PS2's Emotion Engine chip (to reduce production costs) and a higher price tag, it seems the short fall for PS3 owners in Europe continues.

While the US and Japanese Playstation Store's are bursting at the seams with goodies, gamers in the EU are starting to feel rather left out. Being a Friday the store was due it's weekly update and there was a certain sense of excitement about what we could be getting.

Well the store has now been updated and what do we get?

Calling all Cars - Trailer! (not the game like the Jap and US stores have, a TRAILER!)
flOw - Trailer! (I see a pattern here)
Spiderman 3 - Trailer!

End of update! So we get an update consisting of 3 Trailers! Pretty crap considering the amount of content the other stores are continualy getting. It's like openning your christmas presents to find nothing but socks, a scarf and a hat (actually that would be more exciting)

There's no reason why they can't release the same content on all stores. There are great demo's of games like Ninja Gaiden Sigma on the other 2 stores as well as a host of Playstation games too.

It seems like Sony really could'nt care about those of us in the UK and Europe which is infact quite a sad story.

DiGG THIS

Please share your opinions on this matter. Are we too moany or are we being given reasons to moan?

**Buddy4point0** · May 25th, 2007, 22:19

they ost deffinantly are, good thing i live in the us.
although i dont have a ps3 anyway

**conkeroo** · May 25th, 2007, 22:58

Call me a noob but this is the first ive heard about the lack of the ps2 emotion engine chip being omitted from the european version of the ps3. Does this mean that to play ps2 games, its on an emulation software basis only and that they wont play as well as the us and asia versions of the ps3? I was considering buying a ps3 at some point but im not going to be jipped if i want to play my old ps2 games. What gives?

**blackrave** · May 26th, 2007, 00:02

Yeah, you're pretty much right, conkeroo. But firmware updates increase compatibility for PSX/PS2 games all the time, so it shouldn't really be a big problem.

I agree with the article. We are so getting ripped off with that price tag! :@
But I'm sure the PS3 will be well worth it in the future, with more updates and better, exclusive games.

**Buddy4point0** · May 26th, 2007, 00:04

cn i ask, why is this in the psp section?

**Solidsnake3000** · May 26th, 2007, 02:01

damn thats messed up

**Anger** · May 26th, 2007, 02:47

we have every reason to be angry at them and guess what - we are!!! sony just thinks it can screw us all over and still make piles of money. there only just starting to get a glimpse of this from the horrendous sales of there ps3. and it can only get worse. its sad knowing that if they actually gave a $#@! about there customers they wouldnt have had to put the price so sky high, and would therefore have sold a $#@! load more than they have till now. i for one wont feel sorry for them when they leave the games industry because of the way they think they can continue to $#@! on us from a great height. hopefully most of us voted with our wallets. that is the only way sony may actually realise they have ****ed up big time. pardon my french.

@ conkeroo - yes it will be totally software driven meaning yes we are getting screwed over yet again. and of course it means for the more intense games it will not perform as well as on those machines with the emotion engine. our only saving grace is there planning to remove it from all future ps3's so there basically saying to hell with backwards compatability. i say to hell with sony.

**hd_** · May 26th, 2007, 07:17

It is more like getting a picture of socks, a scarf and a hat.

**mnky** · May 26th, 2007, 10:25

its not just the ps3, everything gamewise is screwed up here. Prices are nearly twice as high, ps3 games here cost around the equivalent of $120, wii games $80. Its annoying.