Actual Facts and Pricing
Firstly the retail of this in the UK is £150 however I have noticed a few companies that are selling it on pre-order for 99.95. Check out pcupgrade.co.uk. I spoke to a guy at PCupgrade last week and they told me that the OCZ suppliers in the UK are expecting them to ship to sales departments on the 11/04/2008. Which is tomorrow. Another few things I have been told by a staff member at the company is that both Microsoft and Sony have tried to license this product from OCZ for there consoles and also that there are over 60 software titles being specifically developed for it that we should see hit the market in Q4 2008. They have strategically priced it to make it a must have for everyone and not a "for those who can afford" product. I think its reasonably priced and cant wait to try it, one thing I did see though was that OCZ have mass produced it so quickly that they even spelt the name of it wrong on there press release, they called it the "Neural Impluse Actuator" hmmm...I'm hoping the product isnt as shoddy as there marketing. I'm hopeful though. Should have one by monday so will make sure I come back to you guys with a full hand on review. Just hoping the shipping dates are correct.