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Hey all,

I love my skyline but I also love my games too, and I have an awesome deal on the new playstation 3, that has not even been released in australia yet. Anyways now down to prices;

If we can get 10 ppl buying the price will be 1150

If we can get 20 ppl buying the price will be 1000

They are all brand new with 60gb hdd.

Aiming to start this group buy asap, and finishing by the end of Feb.

So let me know, and I will start up a list.

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chinkeboi Rising Star

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first of all you must specify where you are getting this group buy from..

and secondly.. are you creating a group buy on Australian release ps3's or are they foreign ones?

Because i own a ps3 (they're awesome) HOWEVER mine is a jap one. These are region locked for blue ray discs which are available off the shelf in australia atm. As far as games go... we'll just have to find out when they start releasing them locally here in australia.

Kaido_RR Grand Master

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Lol if you're after a Jap one... you can get one for $400 less without the GB prices :happy:

no you can't

the RRP for 60gig ps3 is around 60,000yen which is just under $700 Aus

then add shipping cost

shipping 8.2kg via ems = 12,900yen

the price is $810

This doesnt inc any buyers fee you would need to pay (as no one will do it for free)

also if you check out ebay you will be lucky to find one under $1000

ALSO NOTE THAT: PS1 GAMES, PS2 GAMES, DVD MOVIES AND BLUERAY DVD ARE REGION LOCK! (so you can only play Jap games or REGION NTSC 2 DVD MOVIES AND BLUERAY) only the ps3 games are region free. At the moment i have RR7 And Resistance both jap and they are all in english BUT some games like AC4 are not completly in english. Also the console is mulit-language on startup you selected what language you want and also for the PS store you can also selected your region (once the ps3 has been rls in australia you will be able to select it as a region)

satanic Grand Master

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Who said anything about buying a Japanese version from JAPAN? Think outside the box mate, they don't release a version for every single country where it is sold and I can tell you there is one place where they are cheaper than all...

PS: they're not fake or dodgy, just the way they are... CHEAPER!

Kaido_RR Grand Master

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Who said anything about buying a Japanese version from JAPAN? Think outside the box mate, they don't release a version for every single country where it is sold and I can tell you there is one place where they are cheaper than all...

PS: they're not fake or dodgy, just the way they are... CHEAPER!

ok fair call, didnt think outside the box hehe :happy:

satanic Grand Master

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FYI the place I'm talking about is in Hong Kong... I don't know why, nor does anyone else but the PS3 is the cheapest there... even confirmed on Wikipedia

My family just came back and they were able to confirm my prices as well...

Richmond98 Enthusiast

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Just found out that we will be selling PS3 at $998 from big w when they are releasted. May be cheaper if its advertised anywhere else cheaper as they will price match.

FLYNLO Collaborator

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big w?? yeh im sure everywhere they are released in oz, they will be around the $1000 mark, obviously these prices are for hardcore people who want one now... i heard games can simply be downloaded of the net? does anyone know about this... with 60GB im sure u must be able too somewhere?

midnight Experienced

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just remember that there will be no local warranty if u get one from OS. and for a 1k machine.... I think youd want one.

as far as I know u cannot download games from the net....ie there is no chip or firmware yet.

on the otherhand theres a chip coming out for wii very soon :laugh:

hanyou Grand Master

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Just found out that we will be selling PS3 at $998 from big w when they are releasted. May be cheaper if its advertised anywhere else cheaper as they will price match.

did u get a cost price for the sau community? :)

Beer Baron Grand Master

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Hey all,

I love my skyline but I also love my games too, and I have an awesome deal on the new playstation 3, that has not even been released in australia yet. Anyways now down to prices;

If we can get 10 ppl buying the price will be 1150

If we can get 20 ppl buying the price will be 1000

They are all brand new with 60gb hdd.

Aiming to start this group buy asap, and finishing by the end of Feb.

So let me know, and I will start up a list.

just to help you out and save you all some money cause I am a nice guy, I can beat your 10 for $1150 price. I can happily sell you 10 for your group buy for $950 each. or if you really think you want 20 make it $890 each. could probably do it even better than that if I carefully do the sums.

I have to be honest though, considering the aus release is only a month away and priced at $1K I have NFI how you are going to charge more for a japanese version which will be arriving at the same time they are released in aus? considering a japanese PS3 costs ~$650 in japan I don't think this is going to work. I personally bought a PS3 at the launch in japan last november and played it for a few months then sold it for $1800 but those days are over my friend. so I would suggest if you want one for youself send me a pm and I'll get one for you cheaply, but if you are doing this to make a profit I'd suggest taking this grand idea elsewhere. I'd also suggest that if you are trying to save money paying $1150 for a japanese PS3 when the aus release is weeks away is nuts. and remind you that aus DVDs and BDs and Aus PS2 and PS1 games WILL NOT play on your PS3. My feeling is that you are just trying to turn a quick buck but haven't really thought this through...

fEkuaR Experienced

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Just get an XBOX 360 :laugh:

Considering that performance reviews between the two systems have indicated that The Xbox 360 CPU architecture has three times the general purpose processing power of the Cell. The Xbox 360 GPU design is more flexible and it has more processing power than the PS3 GPU. And the memory system bandwidth in Xbox 360 exceeds the PS3's by five times. I dont know why anyone would want to pay MORE money for a less powerful system. Aslong as the game makers continue to push out good titles on the both systems i dont think i could justify spending the extra money on a ps3 when the superior system other then not having blueray is cheaper.

Busky2k Veteran

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^^ Its not about the horsepower. Its about the games. The PS2 has always outsold the XBOX even though it was technically inferior.

And I call BS on the XBOX 360 being much more powerful than the PS3. Fanboi.

fEkuaR Experienced

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^^ Its not about the horsepower. Its about the games. The PS2 has always outsold the XBOX even though it was technically inferior.

And I call BS on the XBOX 360 being much more powerful than the PS3. Fanboi.

have you read reviews or benchmarks on the hardware? or same games compared on the two platforms? Wouldnt hurt before you claim that its bullshit :sorcerer: IGN and Gamespot have a read and you will see that the xbox 360 is deffinately a more powerful machine.

Giveitall Community Regular

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like Busky2k had said. Its the games. There are some games that only release on PS console. That who people really after. you will never find Final fantasy or Grand Turismo on Xbox.

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