Sony PS3 Packaging Revealed

When gamers dropped everything they were doing last Tuesday morning on October 10th to rush themselves over to GameStop for a PS3 pre-order, they did so blindly not knowing exactly what they were getting. Gamers dropped down a $100 deposit and didn’t even know which system (20GB or 60GB) they were getting. Yesterday, Sony finally lifted the curtain on their PS3 packaging details and letting gamers who were lucky enough to get a pre-order through GameStop know what they were getting.



In the box you’ll get the PS3 console of course, One SixAxis wireless controller, and AC cord, a USB mini-cable, Ethernet cable and composite AV cables. The first 500,000 lucky PS3 owners will also get a copy of the film ‘Talladega Nights: The Ballard of Ricky Bobby’ starring Will Farrell to promote the Blu-Ray movie player aspect of the PS3. This should come to no surprise since Sony also bundled the ‘Spiderman 2’ UMD movie with the PSP when it was released.

"As the industry leader, SCEA has always offered comprehensive entertainment systems that stand the test of time," said Kaz Hirai. "The PS3 system features technologies that are truly next-generation. With so much packed into our system, we're confident that the PS3 will be just as 'future-proof' as our other PlayStation products, allowing consumers to enjoy a myriad of digital entertainment content for many years to come."

When it comes to perriphaels, additional PS3 SixAxis controllers will run your $49.99 and a memory card adapter to transfer data between your PSOne and PS2 data onto the PS3 hard drive will cost $14.99. Coming in December will be the Blu-Ray remote control for $24.99.

Fellow gaming website IGN also reports that the SixAxis wireless controller will have a 20 meter wireless range and a single charge will last up to 30 hours. As for the system’s power supply, it will be packaged internal to the system eliminating that huge power brick we’ve become so found of with the Xbox 360.