Sony’s shares are up by almost 5% from yesterday which seems to suggest its mostly to do with the recent victory Blu-ray has had over HD-DVD.

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Sony announced today that starting March 19th, Japan will see a budget PS3 series called “PLAYSTATION 3 the Best.” Games include Folkore, Resistance, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Mobile Suit Gundam: Target in Sight and Ridge Racer 7. Each title will retail for ¥3,619 (US $34). Its not yet clear if this will reach American/European shores.

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The image reproduced above was seen in Sony’s CES 2008 booth where MGS4 was demoed off to the crowd using the new DualShock 3 controller. Sony and Konami Digital seem to hope that this move silences the buzz once and for all.

Hopefully dismissing rumors of an Xbox 360 port?

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 Sony Corporation is currently trying out a new tactic to pump-prime PlayStation 3 software development from video game designers and developers.

Accordingly,  the company has just sliced 50% from the price of PS3 development package. A few developers are still having second thoughts on releasing their games on the console because of its cutting-edge technology.

A new technology like the Cell and Blu-ray, needless to say, means that the games will be made quite differently from already tested formats like those in the previous generation of consoles.

If this strategy works well from Sony, fans can begin to expect seeing more third-party video game titles for the console and that in turn, will further boost the sales of the PlayStation 3. Here are now the new prices for the PS3 development package:

* US$ 10,250 in North America
* 950,000 Yen (US$ 8,600) in Japan
* 7,500 Euro (US$ 11,250) in Europe

Source: [The Age]

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The newly designed PlayStation 2 will hit stores in Japan on November 22 with a recommended price tag of 140 dollars. The internal design architecture of the new system has been completely overhauled.

Source: [Physorg] 

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“Mr. Tretton conceded that removing that capability, along with a few other features, isn’t dramatically reducing Sony’s cost of manufacturing the console but will instead encourage buyers of the entry-level PlayStation 3 to purchase more games designed specifically for the new system.”

Source: [Gamernode]

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