I got a PS3!

[Twisterdog]

Ok ... just by the title of this thread, you can guess that I am the mother of teenage boys, eh? ;)

The rare and elusive Play Station 3 ... vastly overpriced and rarer than hen's teeth ... and I got one tonight for my son for Christmas!

No one is going to appreciate this pointless thread unless you, too, have been hoping and searching to make Sony $600 richer by Christmas.

[binka_nugget]

$600! :eek: How did you manage that?! What a lucky son!

The only way someone can manage to get one here is to buy one off someone else. They're going for $1000+ :eek:

[anna_66]

CONGRATS! Your son is definately one lucky boy:D He better be pretty nice to his mom;)

Was reading the paper yesterday and someone was selling two...one for $1000 & one for $1300:eek:

[BitsyNaceyDog]

You are indeed one of the lucky ones to get it for $600. You have very lucky boys! My friend was lucky to find one in a store too, so he also paid $600. I can't believe all the people paying over $1000 on ebay for one, it's so ridiculous.

I too thought $600 was too much money for any gaming system, but my husband broke it down and justified it to me. The fact that it plays blu-ray alone justifies the price, I don't think you can get a blu-ray DVD player for under $1000. I believe it also up-scales your regular DVDs to HD, I'm not 100% sure though. It has wireless built in so you don't have to buy a separate adapter- they run $100 if you have to buy them separate. I can't remember all of what he told me to convince me that $600 was actually a reasonable price.

We'll get one someday, but right now all our 'extra' money is buying baby things.

[Zippy]

Congrats!
It is pricey.But if you love that kind of stuff and can afford it.Go for it.If does alot of stuff.Online gaming,dvds,cds,ect...My brother knows more about it then me.

[catnapper]

Lucky you got home in one piece.... there's news reports around here of people being held at gunpoint after leaving the store with one! :eek:

My dad works at Walmart and they often have people standing in line in hopes of getting one..... 20-30 people, and all they have is one or two units. :eek:

[Blue_Frog]

Lucky kids you have! I was trying to find a PS3 for my boyfriend, but no luck. I spent the money on an Xbox360 with a couple of games and controllers, etc. instead (shhh, it's supposed to be a surprise ;) )

At least we're both game junkies, so we can have tournement game time while we have a couple of days off from work :)

[Miss Z]

Wow, I'm sure that'll really make his Christmas! I don't think the PS3 has arrived here yet (I think it arrives here in January? not entirely sure) and I'm sure they'll be just as rare and elusive, and pricey!

[Argranade]

Wow he'll love it so much they he'll play it for only 7 hours a day if your lucky .. my brother can play it all day but then he's just a natural. :rolleyes:

My dad got my brother X box 360, $500 .. plus he still needs to get some games with it .. I'm getting my brother the new wrestling game for x box 360 & the hunting game .. I don't like hunting in real life but this is just a game and the graphics are so real lol I just like walking in the game getting killed by the lions. :D

I was going to get PsP but then I want to buy my more important birds some toys lol, I need to fill up there little stockings with seeds and chew toys, oh ya my big gift is going to be a green cheek conure .. maybe a cinnomin coloured one with an beautiful cage of course.

[Twisterdog]

Yes, ridiculously expensive.

But, we have two boys, so it's Christmas for both of them. And, it DOES do amazing things ... it has a 60 gig hard drive, for one thing. That's twice as big as my PC!

And it has a wireless router, so it can serve basically as a LAN and link all our PC's in the house. I have no concept electronics and technology, but my son swears it's worth the price.

I was SOOOOO tempted to buy all they had, put them on my credit card, and then sell them on eBay for $1,000 or more. But, then I felt guilty and greedy about it, so I didn't.

[dogzr#1]

You lucky duck! I"m so jealous! I've been wanting one for like...ever! We recently got the XBox360 (ok, about 10 months ago) and it already broke down. :( I don't think we are getting the PS3 this Christmas, but I hope we at least get the Wii!

Congrats to your boys! I'm sure they'll love it!