The Guildmasters

Hi all,

Yes you read it right, a 500 Gig PS3 system. It will be available in either Black or White color. Apparently it is 25% smaller and a whopping 20% lighter than the current PS3 model.

Also the 250 Gig model will be out as a bundle in United States on 25th September for about $270 which will include Uncharted 3 and a $30 digital download voucher for Dust 514. However this probably won’t be your best bet as on 30th October United States can get their hands on the 500 Gig model bundled with Assassins Creed 3, no price has been given for that bundle as yet.

I don’t have a date yet for Europe release but it will be before U.S and they won’t be getting the 250 Gig, only the 500 Gig, which in my opinion is the one to go for anyway.

Eventually everything is going to get bigger so if there is a choice to have either 250 or 500gig you may as well go with the larger one.

There will be comments how this one looks less appealing than previous models, and maybe even cheaper looking but at the end of the day with that much space added, you won’t suddenly find yourself having to delete previous games to make room, at least not as much.

My concern is why make this now when the next gen has been announced and will probably hit the market in a year or so, either Sony is having some financial troubles (which i doubt) or there are going to be some insane games due out that takes up a ton of space, this is fairly likely due to the realistic games that are being made with constantly evolving engines giving extremely realistic graphics, story lines and extremely fast loading times.

Another point to mention is why come out with a 250 Gig version when we already have a 320 Gig version (as seen below) for less than $300.

Well, let me know your comments on this and I will try and get hold of the two screenshots that Sony released.

Tony 🙂

I know I said I would find better ps3 bundles before christmas but it turns out there are better ones out there now.

Since christmas and the new year has come and gone there are better deals as sales take a downward turn and here is the latest ps3 bundle offer for those who acted wisely and saved their money.



This bundle is quite amazing really and I can’t tell you if it’s a limited time offer as yet.

You get to choose your console and yes there is a choice, remember the 250gig ps3 I wrote about a while ago? That’s the choice, either the normal 120gig or the 250gig which i’m sure a lot of people have been looking forward to. If you choose the 250gig you have to add an extra $50 though, let’s face it it’s worth it.

You also get to choose an extra controller and there are four to choose from, the sony dualshock wireless controller in black,red,silver or blue. I’ve updated this part as at first this didn’t seem like a good deal, what makes it worth it is you get an extra controller and it’s my personal experience you need at least two to get the full value out of some of the ps3 games.

You get to choose your game and it’s not just a couple like you would normally expect, 57 in total, although some require an extra $10 added and some an extra $20 added, the reason is probably to give you more choice in the bundle instead of being landed with a game you don’t really want.

My recommendation if you don’t want to pay any more extra would be either fallout 3 or resident evil 5. If you don’t mind paying an extra $20 for a more recent game then you can pick uncharted 2 or call of duty modern warfare 2, I’ll list all 57 at the end of this post and put the extra price too.

Then you have the accessory to choose with your bundle, the accessory available without paying any extra is the sony blueray remote.

If you want to pick one of the other four accessories then it’s extra so I would recommend sticking with the remote, I paid $20 for mine and it was worth it.

So total price is $399 if you choose the 120gig console, the controller color of your choice,one of the slightly older games (which are still cool),and the ps3 remote, that’s pretty good, I wish i’d have had that much choice when I bought mine.

The only extra I would say is actually worth it is the extra $50 for the 250gig, especially if your like me and enjoy the trophy hunting and messing around in the playstation network/home.

Ok here are a list of the games available in this bundle:

1. Skate 2

2. Star Wars:Force Unleashed-Ultimate Sith Edition

3. Fight Night Round 4

4. Cars: Race O Rama

5. Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010

6. Dark Sector

7. Fallout 3

8. Cabela’s Outdoor Adventure 2010

9. Overlord: Raising Hell

10. Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm

11. Socom: Confrontation – Game Only

12. Madagascar 2:Escape 2 Africa

13. Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires

14. Resident Evil 5

15. Baja 1000: Off-Road Racing

16. Call Of Juarez:Bound In Blood

17. Mini Ninjas (+$10 )

18. Need For Speed Undercover (+$10 )

19. Saints Row 2 (+$10 )

20. Star Wars:Clone Wars-Republic Heroes (+$10 )

21. Disney Sing It: Pop Hits With Microphone (+$10 )

22. Bakugan: Battle Brawlers (+$10 )

23. Spiderman: Web Of Shadows (+$10 )

24. Sonic Unleashed (+$10 )

25. Prototype (+$10 )

26. F.E.A.R. 2:Project Origin (+$10 )

27. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (+$10 )

28. Harry Potter: Half-Blood Prince (+$10 )

29. G.I.Joe: Rise Of Cobra (+$10 )

30. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (+$20 )

31. Dragon Age: Origins (+$20 )

32. Assassins Creed 2 (+$20 ) This was a great game, gave me my first platinum trophy.

33. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 with bonus unlockable walmart exclusive code (+$20 )

34. Madden NFL 10 (+$20 ) Huge game this one, never seen so much in one sports game, my son will be writing a review shortly, if he can leave it alone long enough

35. Tekken 6 (+$20 )

36. Little Big Planet: Game Of The Year (+$20 )

37. UFC Undisputed (+$20 )

38. Fallout 3: Game Of The Year (+$20 ) This is the one worth getting as each of the DLC is $10 a piece on playstation store and there are 4 of them.

39. Borderlands (+$20 )

40. Call Of Duty: World At War (+$20 )

41. Dirt 2 (+$20 )

42. Tekken 6 with bonus walmart tattoo arm sleeve (+$20 )

43. Wet (+$20 )

44. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 with bonus comic book (+$20 ) we’ve all seen how marvel comic books increase in value (only if you look after them)

45. Wolfenstein (+$20 )

46. Dragonball: Raging Blast (+$20 )

47. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (+$20 )

48. Batman: Arkham Asylum (+$20 )

49. Resistance 2 (+$20 )

50. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (+$20 ) One of the few which are worth an extra 20

51. NCAA Football 2010 (+$20 )

52. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (+$20 )

53. Need For Speed: Shift (+$20)

54. Fifa Soccer 10 (+$20 )

55. NBA Live 2010 (+$20 )

56. NHL 2010 (+$20 )

57. Brutal Legend (+$20 ) I played the demo for this and it was quite funny and amusing with a pretty cool storyline, dude you gotta try this one.

Ok that’s all of them, I cannot guarantee these items will remain available, all this information was correct at the time of posting.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT MANY OF THESE GAMES ARE RATED MATURE WHICH MEANS YOU MUST BE 17YRS OR OLDER TO PURCHASE.

Tony