Exciting news from Sony's E3 Press Conference:
- PS3 price lowered to $499; new 80 GB coming at $599 -- Sales of PS3 have doubled since price cut took effect Monday
- Home demo is looking good and the virtual world is expanding constantly as the beta continues
- Extended connectivity options are being added for cell phones and other devices
- You can launch ANY game from within Home (single-player or multi-player) and then exit to home when done playing.
- PlayStation Network now has over 2 million registered users
- New version of the PSP coming in September!
- 33% lighter and 19% slimmer than existing model
- Faster game load times
- Longer battery life
- Video output to connect to television!
- Available in piano black (base pack $169), silver (media edition $199), and Star Wars edition (white $199)
- 80 first party PS3 games currently in development -- New announcements and demos:
- Echochrome -- a black-and-white puzzle game from Sony Japan
- WipeOut HD -- a 1080p update to the PS1 classic
- Pain -- a "Jackass"-like game where you inflict pain onto your character by making him do stupid stunts
- WarHawk -- some new footage shown
- SOCOM -- apparently runs entirely off PS3 hard drive -- will be available on disc and for download
- SingStar -- the karaoke game that seems a little like American Idol -- game will ship on disc, but additional songs will be available from PlayStation Store
- NCSoft has been purchased by Sony and all future games will be PS exclusive
- Over 200 Blu-ray games due out this year for the PS3
- Ubisoft's Haze will be a timed exclusive for the PS3. No other version will be released this year.
- Epic's Unreal Tournament 3 has been confirmed as a timed exclusive for the PS3. No other console version will be released this year:
- Sony has entered into a major deal with Epic to extensively optimize the Unreal 3 engine for the PS3 to provide developers with an excellent develop platform to build on
- Over 100 games based on the Unreal 3 Engine are currently in development
- Mods for the PC version can be ported to the PS3 version of the game!
- Metal Gear Solid 4 confirmed as a PS3 exclusive -- Available Spring 2008 -- will be final MGS game
- Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction -- new demo -- PS3 exclusive
- Heavenly Sword -- new demo -- PS3 exclusive
- NBA 08 -- first sports game at 1080p 60fps
- Little Big Planet -- new demo -- PS3 exclusive
- Uncharted: Drake's Fortune -- due this year -- PS3 exclusive
- Infamous -- choose to be either hero or villain -- due 2008
- Gran Turismo 5: Prologue -- first trailer -- PS3 exclusive
- Killzone 2 -- trailer shown -- PS3 exclusive
- Other games shown:
- Assassin's creed
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Resident Evil 5
- Burnout: Paradise
- Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- The Simpsons Game
- Guitar Hero 3
- NFL 08
- Rock Band
- Medal of Honor: Airborne
A lot of exciting announcements in there! For a play-by-play of the press conference check out Eurogamer's coverage or watch the video over at Gamespot.
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