More PlayStation 3 fun & games...
At the Tokyo Games Show Sony have dropped a couple of bombshells to illustrate how much is at stake with their new PS3 platform. They have announced a price drop for the Japanese market, (none at the moment for USA/Europe) to bring it more inline with an XBox 360 twinned with its new HD DVD drive.
They've also announced that the lower priced 20 GB hard drive model will after all have an HDMI connector at the back, an omission that everybody except Sony thought was shortsighted when they announced it earlier this year. There was a danger that any non-HDMI hi def DVD player would automatically be down-rezed to standard def when played.
Sony said that the change of mind was due to the unprecedented amount of flat screen HDMI enabled TVs being sold. We say it is market pressure and the lateness to market of PS3 with XBox 360 being so successful (out of Japan anyway) and being in the market for nearly a year.
Microsoft announced the number of their HD games available for XBox 360 had risen to 110 with further announcements from TGS.
Sony are definitely playing 'catch-up'.
They've also announced that the lower priced 20 GB hard drive model will after all have an HDMI connector at the back, an omission that everybody except Sony thought was shortsighted when they announced it earlier this year. There was a danger that any non-HDMI hi def DVD player would automatically be down-rezed to standard def when played.
Sony said that the change of mind was due to the unprecedented amount of flat screen HDMI enabled TVs being sold. We say it is market pressure and the lateness to market of PS3 with XBox 360 being so successful (out of Japan anyway) and being in the market for nearly a year.
Microsoft announced the number of their HD games available for XBox 360 had risen to 110 with further announcements from TGS.
Sony are definitely playing 'catch-up'.
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