Sony’s 80GB PS3 launches today
Today marks a special day in Sony‘s campaign in the next-generation console cycle as the new 80GB model of its high-end PlayStation 3 console launches in stores across America. The 80GB model, which is set to replace the existing 60GB PS3, was announced shortly before this year’s E3 Business and Media summit in Santa Monica.
The new PS3 carries a larger hard drive, the standard Cell Broadband Engine, SIXAXIS controller, Blu-ray drive and 1080p HDMI output. It’s priced at US$ 599 and comes bundled with the platform’s best selling game MotorStorm.
The arrival of the 80GB PS3 is in conjunction with the price reduction implemented for the still unsold 60GB versions. Sony explains that the price reduction was spurred by the plan to sell all of the 60GB PS3s by fall of this year and have the new ones take over the shelves.
Peter Dill, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s (SCEA) senior vice president for marketing, says, “The 80GB PS3 offers expanded options in the PS3 family of products for those who want to enjoy more downloadable content.”
Sony claims that it will have some 120 first and third-party games by the end of the fiscal year in March of 2008, along with 270 Blu-ray movies and more downloadable content in its PlayStation Network service.
Today marks a special day in Sony‘s campaign in the next-generation console cycle as the new 80GB model of its high-end PlayStation 3 console launches in stores across America. The 80GB model, which is set to replace the existing 60GB PS3, was announced shortly before this year’s E3 Business and Media summit in Santa Monica.
The new PS3 carries a larger hard drive, the standard Cell Broadband Engine, SIXAXIS controller, Blu-ray drive and 1080p HDMI output. It’s priced at US$ 599 and comes bundled with the platform’s best selling game MotorStorm.
The arrival of the 80GB PS3 is in conjunction with the price reduction implemented for the still unsold 60GB versions. Sony explains that the price reduction was spurred by the plan to sell all of the 60GB PS3s by fall of this year and have the new ones take over the shelves.
Peter Dill, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s (SCEA) senior vice president for marketing, says, “The 80GB PS3 offers expanded options in the PS3 family of products for those who want to enjoy more downloadable content.”
Sony claims that it will have some 120 first and third-party games by the end of the fiscal year in March of 2008, along with 270 Blu-ray movies and more downloadable content in its PlayStation Network service.
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