SCE Australia have sent through word this morning that the 40GB PlayStation 3 will be launching in Australia on October 11, for the price of AUD$699.
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GI.biz covers The simExchange's research report that Sony will have to cut the price of the PS3 by $100 to remain competitive.
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Apparently Sony are reporting that they have no PS3 60gb units left in its warehouses. That said a lot of stock is still in retail but the 80gb unit minus the emotion chip will soon be the only PS3 you can buy (plus this removes the price drop). This could mean additional sales whilst folks scurry for the last of the 60gb units.
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PS3 is Fastest Selling Console in UK, Resistance #1 Title
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PS3's Blu-ray drive speed could be reason for Oblivion delay
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"Sony has announced that the full open beta of online community PlayStation Home will be available worldwide on December 11. After ongoing closed beta programs, the initial public version of the service will be available as a free download starting tomorrow."
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With the Metal Gear Solid 4 80GB PlayStation 3 bundle in short supply, according to Sony, more shipments will become available to retailers soon.
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Next year will be the year that third-party development will favour the PS3, says Shuhei Yoshida. Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, the new president of Sony Worldwide Studios admitted that the PS3's launch year was disappointing because third-party developers had to build their games based upon the Xbox 360's architecture as Microsoft's hardware was released earlier.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 will drive more PS3 hardware sales than the mighty GTA IV did, say industry analysts. "Sony's PlayStation 3 can claim a relative small victory as its hardware unit sales were up 150% over last year; additionally, they managed to outpace their closest rival, Microsoft's Xbox 360," said Divnich. "This will likely continue in June as we expect MGS 4 to act as a bigger catalyst in terms of driving PS3 hardware sales than did Grand Theft Auto IV," he added.
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Just as some game makers might worry that people are buying PS3s just for Blu-ray movies, movie studios may need to worry that that people are buying the consoles just for games, according to one analyst.
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