Sony Playstation 3

Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 23:15 CEST - Comments: 0

S ony announced the introduction of its new 40GB of its Playstation 3 (PS3) game console. The Sony playstation 40GB model will be hitting the game stores beginning of November. The 40GB version of the PS3 will be bundled with the blockbuster movie Spider Man 3 Blu-ray Disc from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and will be available in North America for a suggested retail price of $399 (USD). Sony also announced that effective immediately, the current Playstation 80GB PS3 will be available in North America for $499 (USD), $100 below the original launch price.

 

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"This holiday season we'll be able to offer attractive retail pricing with a broad portfolio of outstanding games including Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, The Eye of Judgment, Heavenly Sword , Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Assassin's Creed, Haze and RockBand."

 

 

Low price for PS3 game console

"We're pleased to offer the new consumer a low price ($399) for this great game console without sacrificing the core technology components that make Sony Playstation 3 the most advanced high-definition entertainment computer system available today. Every Sony Playstation 3 comes with a Blu-ray drive, an integrated Wi-Fi connection, HDMI output, Cell Broadband Engine and a built-in 40GB hard-drive," said Jack Tretton, President and CEO, Sony.

 

 

Backwards compatibility or not?

The new Sony Playstation 40GB PS3 will no longer play Playstation 2 game titles, reflecting the availability of a more extensive line-up of Playstation 3 specific game titles. Playstation users looking for backwards compatibility can take advantage of the limited Playstation 2 backwards compatibility of the 80GB Playstation .

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