Posts tagged expensive 
New Gran Turismo 5 trailer shows Toyota FT-86 concept driving through your dreams
It's time for another edition of Expensive and Awesome Stuff That You'll Never Be Able to Do! Over at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2010, Polyphony Digital showed off a "GPS-track day unit," which is a little box with a card slot in it that you install in a very expensive car like, say, the Toyota FT-86...
Ben Heck's PS3 Slim laptop going for broke on eBay
If you're an extremely nomadic gamer with a couple of grands in the bank to spare, you might be interested to learn that Ben Heck's ultra slick PS3 Slim laptop is now up for grabs on eBay. As you might remember, the portable-ized device was originally purchased by gaming retailer The Score, then ra...
Joystiq E3 Hands-on: Novint's Falcon controller
You make your way down the hallway in City 17, and push open the door into the bright sunlight reflected off of concrete. A Combine soldier stands before you, so you life your semiautomatic weapon, and as you pull the trigger and fire, the gun recoils in your hand. Another Combine stands across th...
80GB PS3 available for pre-order from EBGames
EBGames is now offering the 80GB PlayStation 3 for preorder with the free limited edition pack-in copy of Motorstorm and the now-standard-but-still-cool five free Blu-ray movies included as well. As previously mentioned the new top-end SKU will run you $599, for 20 GB more storage space and one of...
Commodore Gaming releases high-end PCs
Commodore Gaming, a conglomerate formed when several Dutch upstarts joined forces in 2005 to buy the Commodore name (but not the technology or suicidal business sense), is finally ready for action. Today the company began selling two high-end Wintel boxes in the UK, Ireland, and online. Starting a...
Japanese PS3 games to cost up to ¥9,800 ($85 USD) [update 1]
[Update: Sony announced that pricing for first-party games would be ¥5980 ($50 USD) while third-parties have announced higher prices, like Sega's ¥7140 ($60 USD). Nothing to see here.] We'll begin by clearly and emphatically stating that the following information has no official bearing on t...
Puma puts a PSP 'round your butt
Sony and Puma have teamed up to bring you some new PSP gear. While these accessories may match your Puma wardrobe, the luxury will come at a hefty price. The above bag costs a whopping 7140 yen, which is more than the cost of 3 Greatest Hits titles in the US. Ouch. But if you have the cash to get a...
Cheaper PS3 loses HDMI, slots, Wi-Fi, 40GB
As you can see above, there are a few things different between the two PS3 SKUs planned. (Hint: the obvious alterations concern high-def output and wireless connectivity -- though Bluetooth controllers should work just fine with both, with or without any chrome case highlighting.) So what's HDMI, b...
PSP case for the rich and fashionable
In our opinion, we think these cases would be even more apt for the insanely wealthy and bored. However, if you think that those rhinestones you so meticulously glued onto your PSP are still not bling enough for you, then get your classy self to apparel maker Dunhill (not to be mistaken for the ciga...
