UK to get PS3 vending machines - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 4th Nov 2008, 12:03

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/11...ing-machines/1

At the Stuff Live Expo Sony and Universal announced plans to bring vending machines offering PS3 games to the UK.

Tyrmot · 4th Nov 2008, 12:21

Saw similar to this when I was in the states last - you could even buy digital cameras and PSPs out of them!

johnnyboy700 · 4th Nov 2008, 12:26

Wow, sounds like a great idea. Maybe the rest of the world will catch on rather than just Sony.

Diosjenin · 4th Nov 2008, 12:34

Uh... if you "haven't yet seen one" for yourselves... what's that picture off to the right?

markwalker84 · 4th Nov 2008, 12:47

But the majority of UK PS3 owners dont have the flash media slots on their machines... Bit of an ugly solution isnt it?

yakyb · 4th Nov 2008, 12:48

looks liek a method of stopping employing people to me

Buzzons · 4th Nov 2008, 12:56

oh wow! that was the exact reason i didn't get a PS3 ... getting it / games / hd content was clearly so hard in the first place - shock amazon/play/hmv/tesco/etc/etc/.. how could i have lived without a vending machine to walk to to get one..

*sigh* who honestly cares?

DougEdey · 4th Nov 2008, 12:58

Because they haven't seen one physically...

Woodspoon · 4th Nov 2008, 13:07

cant see it working.
To use marketing speak, people enjoy the "shopping expierence" too much when buying games/movie/music, for this to work.
Most people may know exactly what they want when going into a shop, but that dosent stop them looking around and browsing through everything else on offer, just in case there's something that changes their mind or there's something extra.

iwog · 4th Nov 2008, 13:10

All I can think of is the local chavs/criminals getting the idea to steal/break into one for the thousands of pounds of goods/cash inside...

kylew · 4th Nov 2008, 13:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by markwalker84

But the majority of UK PS3 owners dont have the flash media slots on their machines... Bit of an ugly solution isnt it?

USB flash drives work with the PS3.

xAx · 4th Nov 2008, 13:22

One of these in my local cinema already

proxess · 4th Nov 2008, 13:25

Wouldn't they sell more if they had a women's used underwear vending machine?

naokaji · 4th Nov 2008, 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by proxess

Wouldn't they sell more if they had a women's used underwear vending machine?

thats what you get for your 10th purchase, it's how they plan to stop theft as for the chavs in the area it will be closest they ever get to a female.

j/k

Shadowed_fury · 4th Nov 2008, 14:32

Similar sort of thing like this in the bull ring (Birmingham), vending machines with memory cards/digital cameras in

mmorgue · 4th Nov 2008, 14:48

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Originally Posted by johnnyboy700

Wow, sounds like a great idea. Maybe the rest of the world will catch on rather than just Sony.

Actually, vending machines like these have been around for years and years in Japan.

When I was there in 1995, I saw vending machines that sold virtually everything, from electronics to alcohol to soiled girls' knickers, etc.

However, they have a different cultural attitude when it comes to theft, etc. As people here have already stated, i couldnt imagine one lasting the nite; the teenage scum would destroy them and loot them. :/

johnnyboy700 · 4th Nov 2008, 14:56

Hell, doesn't surprise me as Japan seems to be centuries ahead of everyone else when it comes to Hi-Tech gadgetry. I seem to recall seeing something like these machines on a TV programme a while back but I guess the image didn't register on the old brain box until now.

Carpet3 · 4th Nov 2008, 15:19

so who do you go to for the guarantee? just direct to sony?

Timmy_the_tortoise · 4th Nov 2008, 18:12

Seen one already a few weeks ago... Vends DVDs and Blu Rays...

There's a section for games, but there's none available.

I would NEVER use it.

Joeymac · 4th Nov 2008, 18:23

Looks like an RRP vending machine. I can't imagine you would get anything at a remotely "good" price.

However if a 3rd party did this, had a huge network of vending machines and you could pick up items you ordered from the likes of play/amazon/HMV/Zavvi/whatever... after buying online at the normal online prices. This would be the greatest invention of all time.

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Tyrmot Multimodder Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London Posts: 204	Saw similar to this when I was in the states last - you could even buy digital cameras and PSPs out of them!

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johnnyboy700 Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 783	Wow, sounds like a great idea. Maybe the rest of the world will catch on rather than just Sony.

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markwalker84 Minimodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 20	But the majority of UK PS3 owners dont have the flash media slots on their machines... Bit of an ugly solution isnt it?

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Buzzons Mod Master Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 2,085	oh wow! that was the exact reason i didn't get a PS3 ... getting it / games / hd content was clearly so hard in the first place - shock amazon/play/hmv/tesco/etc/etc/.. how could i have lived without a vending machine to walk to to get one.. sigh who honestly cares?

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Woodspoon Minimodder Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 44	cant see it working. To use marketing speak, people enjoy the "shopping expierence" too much when buying games/movie/music, for this to work. Most people may know exactly what they want when going into a shop, but that dosent stop them looking around and browsing through everything else on offer, just in case there's something that changes their mind or there's something extra.

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xAx What's a Dremel? Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bucks, UK Posts: 13	One of these in my local cinema already

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johnnyboy700 Hypermodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 783	Hell, doesn't surprise me as Japan seems to be centuries ahead of everyone else when it comes to Hi-Tech gadgetry. I seem to recall seeing something like these machines on a TV programme a while back but I guess the image didn't register on the old brain box until now.

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Joeymac Multimodder Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 221	Looks like an RRP vending machine. I can't imagine you would get anything at a remotely "good" price. However if a 3rd party did this, had a huge network of vending machines and you could pick up items you ordered from the likes of play/amazon/HMV/Zavvi/whatever... after buying online at the normal online prices. This would be the greatest invention of all time.