PS3 in Malaysia NOW!!!

Went to my favorite supplier of videogames, and something caught my eyes to jump outta the sockets. After groping the floor to pick up my eyeballs (haha), I stared closely at the display. It was a Playstation 3!!

Picture taken using K790i.

The Playstation 3 is now available for retail in Malaysia. The best news of all, its the Asian version, a Region 3 unit. What's the big deal of this, I hear u asking?? Well, if we get a Region 1 (US, recently launched last Friday 17th Nov 2006) or the Region 2 (Japan, launched on 11th Nov 2006) units, they come native for 100V-110V power consumption, while Region 3 (Asia, not known to launch yet) comes standard for 220-240V power. In layman's terms, Region 3 PS3's do not need a step down transformer to power it, meaning you can directly get power from the wall sockets. The biggest advantage to this is that you dont have to worry of power fluctuations killing your spanking new (and ultra costly) PS3, or that your transformer will be super hot that it may burn a hole thru your display stand (I am assuming that you will wanna display your PS3 next to your HD TV.) I was lucky enough to be able to view the PS3 up close as well as getting prices for the bundle.

Ridge Racer 7 look absolutely stunning, had the priviledge to preview it live. The game moves at a blistering pace, and the graphics is very very good. Textures are sharp, movements are well handled, and many many special effects on screen, esp when you drift or lose control of the car. Aliasing (jagged edge found in digital graphics) is non-existant, and motion blurs to enhance speed is also employed. Admittedly, RR7 does not have extremely impressive graphics but the game, the beauty of it, and the pace is all very very good.

Did not get a chance to preview Resistance: Fall of Man as it was sold. Too bad, perhaps next time.

Now for the juicy part, the price. At RM4000, you will land yourself a Region-3 PS3 with a 60GB HDD, two Sixaxis wireless controller, and 3 games (Genji, Gundam and Ridge Racer 7). All are plug and play, ready to run from the box. This is now available in Sungai Wang, in a shop called Wega Enterprise, located at LG, near the side entrance to Parkson. Look for a fat chap called Kenny Gan, tell him that u got the shop info from the internet and he will know u read my blog.

So now, the PS3 have just climbed to the top of my Xmas (2006 or 2007??) game console wish list, 2nd being Nintendo's Wii, and lastly the Xbox360. That wish list is gonna burn a really huge hole in my wallet.... sigh...

PS. Will try to get pics for the full bundle soon.