$350 250GB PS3 hits US Nov. 3
Oct/09BC
GameSpot: Nearly two months after the 120GB PlayStation 3 Slim went on sale in North America, Sony has officially unveiled plans to release a higher-capacity version of the console domestically. Today, Sony Computer Entertainment America used the official PlayStation Blog to announce that it is releasing a 250GB PS3 Slim in North America on November 3 for a suggested retail price of $349.99.
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US PS3 sales up 300% at ‘top retailers’
Sep/09BC
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GameSpot - Though the PlayStation 3 Slim’s domestic impact won’t be revealed until the NPD Group reports September sales numbers in October, Sony is already touting its success in the US. In a brief statement sent to the media today, Sony Computer Entertainment America offered enthusiastic but selective data pointing to the popularity of the $299 120GB console.
“Our top retailers have reported a 300 percent lift in PS3 hardware sales and an increase of 140 percent in total hardware revenue across the PlayStation portfolio when comparing the first week of September to the week before the $299 price adjustment,” the company said, while also touting its new humorous ad campaign. The statement did not mention that US retailers began selling the PS3 Slim during the last week of August, earlier than planned.
SCEA’s announcement comes the same week as harder, independent information about PS3 Slim sales emerged overseas. Research group Chart-Track said the new console sold 40,000 units in its first week on the UK market, boosting overall PS3 sales 999%. In Japan, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain said 150,832 PS3s were sold from August 31 to September 6, the biggest weekly total since the console’s launch in November 2006.
PSP Go - Hands-On First Look
Jun/09BC
With the leak of the PSP Go happening mere days before E3, hype on Sony’s new product simply skyrocketed. After getting some hands-on time with this little device, I have a strong feeling that Sony will win out this generation of handhelds.
With titles like Little Big Planet, Rock Band and Jak and Daxter on the horizon, the PSP Go is becoming more and more of an appealing device. Although it will not be any type of performance increase over the PSP 3000 series, the physical form factor is a huge plus. It no longer uses a UMD drive, and it has a 16GB internal flash drive. The idea here is to make everything data based for a fast, compact media device. For the major tech geek, this is a fantastic upgrade from its predecessors. But if you are not as fluent in internet downloads and gaming, you will be best sticking with the PSP 3000.
It seems Sony also plans to accommodate both parties, the hardcore gamer and the casual gamer. Even though the PSP Go will be released this fall, the PSP 3000 will still be on shelves for gamers who prefer to have their game library physical.
The size of this new device is just phenomenal. Being that it is actually smaller than the DS Lite, I think the term “DS Killer” may be safe to use. Its new slide screen really makes it seem like a potentially awesome idea. With minor features they either forgot or neglected to add, the PSP Go isn’t quite exactly the “ideal” handheld device.. not yet anyways.
Where the Start and Select buttons are, they could have easily added a potential right analog stick. Also when I picked up this device, I noticed there were fingerprints on the screen galore. This told me it was easily mistaken as a touch screen when closed up, and that is simply just how it should have been.
If the PSP Go I saw at E3 is the same PSP Go I’ll be playing October 1st, I may just want to save my money for the next big handheld. My PSP 2000 seems to do me just fine, so I’ll just stick with that until I can no longer play the latest games on it.