My console days are nearly over, I've seen the light I'm going for a new gaming PC

In reply to a post by Gzero:

No one is batting an eye lid at the PS+ required for Multiplayer?

Did they say what they would do to make it worth this subscription or did they bring it about because they could?

Not considering that XB Live has needed gold membership for online play for 10 years.

Sony has held back for as long as they could.

If they dropped the price of the console to £350 but need subsidy in some form then PS+ is at least an optional extra rather than even more cost on the games.

Horses for courses Swanny ...and if thats your wish then thats all fine and dandy.

Obviously what you buy on your new high end PC as im guessing it wont be basic spec will look ultra nice,but and its a BIG but there will be plenty of future games that you may require that will only be on consoles.

Im a Gambling man and i predict buy Christmas you will have a Playstation 4

In reply to a post by time2die:

Horses for courses Swanny ...and if thats your wish then thats all fine and dandy.

Obviously what you buy on your new high end PC as im guessing it wont be basic spec will look ultra nice,but and its a BIG but there will be plenty of future games that you may require that will only be on consoles.

Im a Gambling man and i predict buy Christmas you will have a Playstation 4

I'm off to Game this weekend to lay down my £20 and they are boosting the trade in price on my PS3 by £20 and I hand over the console when I pick up the new one.

even my wife feels that the PS4 "might be fun" and she is interested in the new stempunk game,

So I shall be playing one type of game on the PS4 and the rest on the PC.

And The Last of Us is on route to my house as we speak so hopefully thursday evening will be a sweet Gaming session of the highest order.

In reply to a post by undecidedadrian:

In reply to a post by time2die:

Horses for courses Swanny ...and if thats your wish then thats all fine and dandy.

Obviously what you buy on your new high end PC as im guessing it wont be basic spec will look ultra nice,but and its a BIG but there will be plenty of future games that you may require that will only be on consoles.

Im a Gambling man and i predict buy Christmas you will have a Playstation 4

I'm off to Game this weekend to lay down my £20 and they are boosting the trade in price on my PS3 by £20 and I hand over the console when I pick up the new one.

even my wife feels that the PS4 "might be fun" and she is interested in the new stempunk game,

So I shall be playing one type of game on the PS4 and the rest on the PC.

And i would not hang about as i can see preorders going through the roof and limited availability .

How much are they offering for your Playstation 3 by the way........

Edited by time2die (Wed 12-Jun-13 13:45:40)

I have a 250GB slimline and they are offering £90 trade in boosted to £110 against a PS4.

It also has Assasins Creed 2 bundled in but that doesn't affect the price but the game needs to be put back in the box as it was "special edition".

The current PS 3 prices are.

Trade in Cash
PS3 SLIM 120GB £70.00 £63.00
PS3 SLIM 160GB £70.00 £63.00
PS3 SLIM 250GB £90.00 £81.00
PS3 SLIM 320GB £90.00 £81.00
PS3 SUPER SLIM 120GB £80.00 £72.00
PS3 SUPER SLIM 500GB £100.00 £90.00
PS3 SUPER SLIM 500GB RED £125.00 £112.50
PS3 SUPER SLIM 500GB BLUE £125.00 £112.50

Not very good prices are they,i got £100 for my Xbox 360 from Blockbusters the other month when i decided after the Microsoft Xbox One reveal i no longer wanted anything to do with them as a consumer.

Best deal i ever had regarding trading a Playstation 3 in was when they first introduced the slim edition,took it to Gamestation who apparently had to match CEX price and i got £220 for it against a new Slim Playstation 3 which i think i ended up paying £30 for it.

I think even those prices you quote will tumble even further when we get closer to the street release date and the fact i see Game inundated with Playstation 3 and Xbox 360s .

That is why I am going in and placing my money down now, and hopefully will secure the trade in price at time of order.

If not I may decide to wait.

Trouble is that since the last round of console releases in 2005/06 we have seen a lot of retailers fall by the wayside.

I won't use CEX due to their frankly laughable prices and so GAME is at least giving me at least something half decent.

I think that GAME want to get boxes out of the door and may make a very small loss against console trade ins just to get those all important sales.

I don't use CEX either but for some apparent reason at the time i took the Older model playstation 3 in the manager at gamestation told me that was the deal for it.

I even suggested that £220 for a 3 year old playstation was a great price and he said they had to match CEX.

I don't like CEX myself and i don't know what they offer,but they may have a real good deal on Playstation 3 trade ins so keep your eyes peeled and if you see them selling for a far higher price then use that knowledge against Game to get a better deal.

I used Game for many years but they let me down with there online deliveries on there website and have since moved on to a far better online retailer who I'm guessing you have heard me sing the praises of before.

The only problem is i have to use certain companies like Blockbusters to trade in games and consoles i no longer want and online retailers apart from game don't do that.

As for a lot of High Street retailers falling by the wayside then Microsoft will more than likely be responsible for a fair few more,not that there is anyone on the high street anymore,i can only think of Game,Hmv,and Blockbusters that actually sell games as a lot of the smaller independent shops have closed because of the likes of Game and there Greed and buying up Gamestation.

Thats why they went into administration in the first place,some High streets had 2 Game shops and 2 Gamestations when there was no need.