Playstation 3 pre-orders start: Shortages expected.

Friday 16 Jun 2006 : 20:40 PM



Play.com are the first website to start taking pre-orders for the Playstation 3, which is due out late november.

Interestingly they are only selling the higher-end model with the 60GB drive, it seems like they've learned their lesson from the 360 launch even if Sony haven't.

However, it's not looking good for those of you that want one on launch day. Despite delaying the initial spring launch by over 6 months and Sony promising good stock levels, Play still have a notice saying that they can't guarantee delivery before Christmas. We don't know whether they're just being cautious after being burned by the Xbox 360 launch but that's not good news.

Also quite worrying is the fact that you can only buy it with 3 games (Formula One 06, Warhawk and Singstar), it's £550 and there's no £10 deposit, you have to pay the full £550 now!

Personally, after the mess that certain online shops made of the 360 launch we'd be inclined to pop into our local high street games store early and register our interest there.

Tags: PS3 Launch , Sony

Formats: Playstation 3