PS3 budget lineup heading to Japan, 'likely' Europe

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Feb 4th 2008 at 1:25PM }

Savior of stingy spenders and bane of box art, the budget lineup, is set to incorporate several PlayStation 3 titles in Japan next month. IGN reports that the official "PlayStation 3 the Best" branding will highlight familiar titles at friendlier prices, with Resistance: Fall of Man, FolksSoul (aka Folklore), Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Gundam: Target in Sight, and Ridge Racer 7 pinching the first pennies -- or, uh, yanking the first yen. The "Best" games will sell for ¥3,800 ($36), which represents a saving of roughly ¥2,200 ($21) for Sony-published games and ¥3,200 ($30) for third-party titles.

On the other side of the ocean, Sony told GamesIndustry.biz that a similar "Platinum" range of budget games would likely arrive in Europe. "We have introduced a Platinum range of best-selling titles for all of our platforms to date, and it is likely that we will do so in the future for PS3," said a spokesman, noting that the timing and lineup had yet to be finalized.

We'll let you know what Sony America has to say about a budget lineup as soon as they accept our collect call.

Read -- "PlayStation 3 the Best" for Japan
Read -- "Platinum" for Europe

Tags: Budget, Folklore, FolksSoul, Greatest-Hits, Gundam, Japan, Ninja-Gaiden-Sigma, NinjaGaiden, Platinum, Playstation-3-the-best, Resistance, Ridge-Racer-7, RidgeRacer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 4th 2008 1:33PM

Still expensive, they only lowered it by £10, half the games are £45 or more -_-"

maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 4th 2008 1:34PM

Yay, thats why we can import ^^

XanthouS @ Feb 4th 2008 1:34PM

In before Ridge Racer jokes.

I'd definitely pick up Resistance and Ninja Gaiden for ~$30 US.

Grog @ Feb 4th 2008 1:40PM

If the prices are the same as Japan you're talking about more like ~$40 ($36 + tax).

Chris @ Feb 4th 2008 1:39PM

Enough with Gundam.

Make a Gurren Lagann game for the states.

Chris @ Feb 4th 2008 1:47PM

I swear I did not hit Add Comments twice! Don't hurt me.

FidliousWong @ Feb 4th 2008 2:07PM

Dude, few people in the states KNOW about Gurren Lagaan. Meanwhile, in Japan, Gundam is still by far and away the most popular mecha anime. I mean, much respect to any series that can survive G Gundam....

BananaBoat @ Feb 6th 2008 2:31AM

A gurren lagann game would be awesome...but it would suck at the same time. If you didn't notice, there is really no rhyme or reason to how much power Simon can put out at any given time. Who wants to play a game where the other character might kick it into robo-super saiyan at any moment?

Then again...yoko...in a video game....Aaaah that's nice.

Chris @ Feb 4th 2008 1:39PM

Enough with Gundam.

Make a Gurren Lagann game for the states.

Zertoss @ Feb 4th 2008 1:40PM

Yen Yank, sounds like some kind of Chinese philosophy.

maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 4th 2008 1:40PM

Pokemon for PS3 :)

B1gC72 - PSN: KillaKornbread @ Feb 4th 2008 5:20PM

if only...

it would never happen. i would love to see a full fledged RPG Pokemon for Wii though. it can be done now finally with the advent of the WFC for trading.

my 3D Pokemans, let me show you dem!

Bluebrake @ Feb 4th 2008 1:46PM

Huzzah.

Has anyone else noticed that games (across all platforms) seem to be taking a lot longer to get their first price drop these days?

Zootittles @ Feb 4th 2008 2:09PM

Absolutely. We can thank higher development costs for that.

Noshino @ Feb 4th 2008 2:21PM

"seem to be taking a lot longer to get their first price drop these days?"

yah, mainly because they are taking a lot longer to sell...

pkpk523 @ Feb 4th 2008 2:11PM

Bringing the discounted lineup here to the US would be a very smart move on sony's part as I'm sure there are a lot of gamers out there like me who got the PS3 around the holidays, and a game or two. But we're waiting for the "heavy hitters" that won't be showing up until around summer and a few inexpensive games would keep us from getting more 360 games while we wait. Personally, I love the lineup of my 360, but after sending it in 3 times in the last year, I have made a conscious decision to shift my support towards my PS3 except for the occassional exclusive.

Mooseman721 @ Feb 4th 2008 2:24PM

thats nice then.

maverick_saturn_626 @ Feb 4th 2008 2:34PM

Resistance is part of this I take it? And what do they mean that it MAY be coming to the uk? Are we once again being shifted, or thought of last in this whole thing?

Wait, has this come out in America yet? It says the best hits deals are releasing in Japan, but does not mention anything about the US :S