The achievements were one of the big reasons i chose the 360 version of Lego Star Wars II over the Xbox or any other version.

Can anyone confirm if a standard male to male HDMI cable will work on the ps3 or would I need a specific one to use on the PS3 like a Sony made custom one. I looked at the pics on the official site and do not see any HDMI out just the Multi av out port on the back!

HDMI on PS3 is standard.

Looking at the pics on the official site I see no HDMI out on the back of the system for video. I see a Multi AV OUT port which is what we have on the PS2. My question is does this mean I need to get a specific HDMI cable to use on the PS3 since a standard HDMI cable purchased from Best buy for example would not be compatible?

I think it is supposed to have a standard HDMI out, see this gamepro picture.

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=68588

Plus I don't think special hdmi connections are allowed under the hdmi spec. I read that somewhere over on the AVS forums, but I'm sure some of the other dvdtalkers would know. That is a good thing in my eyes, since the big three hardware manufacturers love to make money on their proprietary cables. I would rather just pick a standard hdmi cable up from monoprice (Best Buy charges too much for cables).

Anybody know what my odds are of landing one of these in a couple weeks when they come out?

if you have over $2000.00 and an ebay account you may get one.

With the PS1, people were still looking at the system with a lot of questions. I was easily able to buy one for $299, and I remember a lot of people questioning the price.

Nope. So you are telling me I have no chance of picking one up at Best Buy or Walmart?

You might have to campout for it on release day to get one, as for how many hours in advance who knows.

Here is a link with pictures of a boxed prototype, you can clearly see the HDMI out on the back.

http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/74...68/imgs_1.html

Pretty much. From the looks of things it seems like it will be worse then the XBox 360's launch. I can see maybe another small allotment between launch and the end of the year, but unless we've all been mislead, it'll probably be hard to get one until early 07.

What I am curious to see is what possibly happens if at the last minute EbGames and the other small stores do not get their "promised" allotment and these people who bought preorders off Ebay are told the seller does not have it right away. Only a couple auctions have I seen where the buyer is smart and says I will ship as soon as I have it as opposed to saying they will ship on release day.

Also of note, I cannot recall but I do not remember that large of a pre-selling for the 360(or at least such high prices). Why I mention this is that I am curious to see what kind of effect this will have on the selling price of systems after they release. Perhaps all the "extreme" bidding will be done with the preorders. I still believe that they will sell well but not at such high prices. I must say seeing prices of $1500-2000 for a system that no one truly has even played shows extremly blind faith in the Sony product. Damn the fact that I did not go on DVDTalk the day before the news of the EbGames preorders or I would have been there myself. The line for TRU preorders on the 29th are going to be ugly

I still can't believe the thing doesn't come with Component cables... Is there any sort of confirmation from Sony that it DEFINITELY won't come with them, but the the PS2 ones do work?


Also, I see on EBGames.com a PS3/PS2 controller adapter. Does this mean that games like guitar hero II will work on the PS3 if I get this adapter?

Looks like composite cables to me.

I see composite, ethernet, power, and usb/controller-charging cables. What's the one on the left with the yellowish end?

Looks like a memory card adapter.

Here's some more pics. http://media.ps3.ign.com/articles/74...68/imgs_1.html

That's the first I've heard of that being included. Nice of Sony to throw that in, if true. I could easily see that being something for which they want to charge a premium.

I don't think thats a memory card adapter, the cable looks like its too long to be that. Sony has stated the adapter will be $14.99

I agree. I love video games, but there is no way I could ever justify spending that much cash on a console. I can wait until spring to buy it for the normal retail price at Wal-mart. Launch consoles have historically been pretty faulty too. It usually takes them at least a batch or two to work out all the bugs. I can't wait to see the faces of these people who buy a PS3 for $2000 only to have it die within a year.

On another note, does anyone know if there will be a VGA cable option for the PS3?

Remember, this is a British site. It could be component cables since it's a debug unit, not retail packaging. I'm sure Sony wants to make sure any magazine or website looking at their games will be using, at least, component if not HDMI. It could also be something to hook up to a PAL tv instead of NTSC. It's definitely not a memory card adaptor.

He can buy one of my auctions with that.

Keep an eye out on amazon.com preorders. Amazon.ca just released a batch about 2hrs ago. Unfortunately I missed it.

did they send out e-mail alerts?

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Did anyone camp out at Toys R Us for a PS3 Pre-order? How did you do?