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GB Crush
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USA
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 Posted - 03/15/2006 : 09:17:45 AM
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Like I said over in the Ghost Recon Retreat news column, when PR takes something away from the customer, PR has to give something back. Unsurprisingly, a bunch of new info has now made it out from the special Playstation briefing yesterday.
First, not only is the PS3 delayed until Novemeber, 2006, but Sony has announced it will be a world wide launch. It may be that Microsoft near-simultaneous global launch is forcing Sony's hand, since a traditional staggered release could give the 360 as much as an 18 to 21 month availability lead in Europe. Further, in its effort to combat the Microsoft console, the PS3 now officially comes with a 60GB harddrive, standard, as well as a free online service to compete with Xbox Live. There's even rumors being able to download a back catalog of PS1 and PS2 games to the device, something that very much makes sense considering how hard we hear it is to develop for the new platform.
The same meeting also announced that the PSP (another system criticized as of late for its dearth of good titles) will be able to download PS1 titles to the handheld's memory card. This will arrive along with a plethora of new updates and additions to the PSP including an Eye Toy camera, GPS and voice chat capabilities.
And somewhere, I bet Nintendo is laughing quietly that the only hype they've been seeing lately has been good. Ha! How's that for a bit of console news? Feel free to share your reaction to all this in our forums. |
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