Richtig said Fred!

I just wanted to mention, my first game review was published in a Montreal french newspaper named La Presse. It should be published every two weeks in the Arts section, the other week e-Chantal from Divetheweb.com will be writing the review.

September 20th Update: You can now read my game review on cyberpresse.ca (in french).

Curmudgeon Gamer has an interesting chart on the prices of gaming consoles since 1976 all relative to the inflation. I do recall my first gaming console the Atari 2600, which had been bought in Canada for about 280$ (CAD) back in 1979… 280$ was about 124 movie tickets (at 2.25$ each) or 1647 post stamps (at 0.17$ each), now with an estimated canadian price of about 660$ for a PS3 it is about 63 movie tickets (at 10.50$ each) or 1294 post stamps (at 0.51$ each).

Ok so maybe if you think of the PS3 as just a game console you can find the entry ticket a bit pricey. But I recall seeing XBox 360 bundles selling for 1000$-1500$ (US) on eBay when it came out because of limited supplies in the american market. If Sony can deliver the PS3 in sufficient quantities then the early buyers will actually get a more decent price than those that bought XBox 360s…

Also worth mentioning: the PS3 might come out bundled with Linux, yep you heard right. So it’s not just a game console anymore, it’s closer to a Linux Ready Multi Core High Performance Station with Blu-Ray Drive and it runs games too.

You should visit curmudgeongamer.com to view their charts about console games prices.
You can also visit arstechnica.com to read about Linux on the PS3.

Here’s a chart from curmudgeongamer.com: