Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) announced that they put the new model machine of family-use game machines "PlayStation 3(PS3)"

on the market in Asia including Japan, Europe, and North America in September on the 18th. After the capacity of the hard disk is increased from 80 Gbyte of a present model to 120 Gbyte, it makes it to the thin type. It puts it on the market from a present model for 10,000 yen and 29,980 yen (including tax) in Yasui in Japan on September 3.

It opposes "Xbox360" of Micro Soft of U.S. that sells "Wii (Wee)" of Nintendo early with low-priced of 25,000 yen as the weapon and the reprint edition for 19,800 yen.
It aims at a drastic sales upper load by year-end sales battle.

Sale schedule of new model machine of 299 dollars in United States in Europe on September 1 in 299 euro.
A present model has already ended production, and ..new model machine.. aims at replacing ..SCE.. sequentially.
100 dollars, and each "The direction of the market is considered" (SCE), and policy of not cutting the price of a present model in Japan and Asian market in North America and Europe though discounted by 100 euro.

As for the new model machine, the thickness of the main body is 33 Miri thinner than that of 65 Miri and present models, and weight is also lighter by 1.2 kiloes. Enjoying downloading not only the game but also music and the image and the moving image, etc. more by the enlargement of the capacity of the hard disk becomes possible. An easy manipulation of the game machine can be done as a couch commander if it connects it with the LCD TV of SONY that corresponds.

- New "PlayStation 3" put on the market in September and controller Http://www.nnn.co.jp/knews/090819/images/2009081901000168.-.-.CI0002.jpg

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http://www.nnn.co.jp/knews/090819/20090819016.html

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