More breaking news on PS3 from E3Sony Computer Entertainment announced PlayStation 3 pricing and specific availability information while showing off the final version of the console's controller at a glitzy press conference at Sony Pictures Studios in the US.
The console also can run up to seven wireless controllers at once, and all PS3s will come with a built-in hard drive, either 60GB or 20GB. Finally, it supports USB, Sony Memory Sticks, Secure Digital (SD) and CompactFlash. In addition to announcing pricing, Sony also said the PS3 will hit store shelves in North America on November 17, six days after its Japanese launch on November 11. Hirai noted that Sony is committed to shipping 4 million PS3s by December 31 and another 2 million by March 31, 2007. That means--if customers are not put off by the console's high price--Sony could be in position to avoid the criticism Microsoft took for not being able to meet initial customer demand for the Xbox 360. Meanwhile, Sony also unveiled for the first time the PS3's controller. Visually, the controller looks much like that of the PS2, though it is silver rather than black.
That is a significant innovation that the Xbox 360 does not have. Nintendo, by contrast, has long said that the controller for its own forthcoming next-generation console, the Wii, would have built-in motion-sensitive technology. That may change Tuesday morning, when Nintendo hosts its own gala press conference in Hollywood. Microsoft's press conference follows immediately afterward, also in Hollywood. It is expected that, among other things, Microsoft will formally announce development of Halo 3, the follow-up to its best-selling Halo 2. It is also thought that Microsoft will show off HD-DVD drives for the Xbox 360. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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