As promised, this weekend I went out with the sole purpose of coming back with a PS3 to add to my gaming collection (see side column), and I have come back with a bounty that does not disappoint, so I figured I’d share this triumphant moment with all of you. Regretfully my new camera isn’t here to snap a photo or two yet, as it’s a pretty impressive pile-o-gaming if I do say so myself.
So what did I end up getting this past Saturday? Well, first I stopped by my local Fry’s Electronics to do the bulk of the shopping and walked away with:
Fry’s Electronics
PS3 80GB Bundle w/ Motorstorm
499.99
PS3 Blu-ray Remote Control
24.99
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (PS3)
59.99
Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
59.99
Warhawk bundle w/ Blue Tooth Headset (PS3)
59.99
Time Crisis 4 w/ Gundoc Light Gun
89.99
PS3 10 FT HDMI Cable
29.99
Resident Evil on Blu-ray
19.99
Resident Evil: Apocalypse on Blu-ray
19.99
Resident Evil: Extinction on Blu-ray
26.99
Zack and Wiki (Wii)
39.99
Superman Returns (Xbox 360)
19.99 - It was super cheap and needed it for the collection.
Wireless Racing Wheel (Xbox 360)
99.99
DiRT (Xbox 360)
49.99
And then of course:
Dr. Pepper 20 oz.
1.05
Dr. Pepper 20 oz
1.05
All in all I got a new system, the essential accessories to fully enjoy it, and some awesome games to play on it for a grand total of:
Grand Total = $1194.35
Not too shabby if I say so myself. That night I set up my personal PSN account and bought a few games off PSN Store (i.e. Lemmings, Pain, Everyday Shooter) and saw a few more I wouldn’t mind having.
I spent most of last night just trying out each of the games, I’ve played them all at one point or another whether at E3 or around the studio, but now I can finally delve into them here at home fully and complete them as they should be.
I’m gonna be jumping on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and ranking up online most importantly. So if you’re playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare on PS3 or own any of the above mentioned multiplayer games, or just want to be my PS3 friend drop me a Friend Request on my new PSN account:
PSN Account: fourzerotwoIW
(Update: Thanks to Matthew Granda for the awesome PSN gamercard!)
Fourzerotwo was taken by imposters, so if you play with anyone on the PSN claiming to be me and isn’t the above tag then tell them to go to hell. That only applies to PSN, I’m still the same on Xbox Live of course.
I’m happy to have PS3 to the collection as it will fully allow me to keep tabs on the PS3 version of the game and community whether I’m at the office or at home, helping me to improve another of my New Years Resolutions of ‘becoming more accessible’!! Woot!
7 responses so far ↓
Joel // January 6, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Heads up 402……..this is PSN not live, you have a friends limit of 50. Just a word of warning before you say yes to all friends request.
Other than that I’ll keep an eye out for you on CoD4 Ps3.
Illinois Guy // January 6, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Sweet.. 402 lived up to it and got the PS3..
Not a bad tab either for all that stuff
Since I didn’t see COD4 up there it must have been one of those ‘perks’ for being apart of the team, bah.
-Illinois Guy
PSN: Scrambled1
goon360 // January 6, 2008 at 11:07 pm
I was finally gonna pick up a ps3 this X-mas, but decided to hold off until HOME was ready along with a bundle that includes rumble support and an HDMI cable.(maybe one day right?)
The one game that almost gave me the edge though was WarHawk. Looks amazing! Same with PAIN. Only $10 on the PS store…not bad.
Anyways, enjoy!
DanB91 // January 6, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Im gonna send u an FR (hopefully its not full). cant wait to play u in cod4 and warhawk
PSN DanB91
-- Matthew Granda // January 7, 2008 at 9:37 pm
=))
Glad you like it!
– Matthew Granda
redman_12 // January 10, 2008 at 4:53 am
Man, developer should have more friends space…
ebrenna2 // January 22, 2008 at 1:38 pm
Great info here! Just a couple of issues still with ps3 servers. During peak periods lag now seems to be the biggest problem. Screens are jumping, freezing, and choppy at times. For example on lag I shot at a player and was shot at. I was killed respawned and started back to battle and had not fired a shot and then the kill from my previous life appeared.
Can you also address when the EU patch goes live and worldwide play restored how this will effect the servers if they are currently not handling the volume. Will the addition of the euro servers add more space.
Lastly, the IW site needs to be cleaned up with so many posts it is very hard to find your most recent post. Especially when you post in an open thread.
I have been playing online since MOH Rising Sun and have played all the COD titles which I think speaks for my creditability in presenting server issues.
Thx
psn: HunterMajWood
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