Sony’s new game console the Playstation 3 has launched in Japan. Eager Japanese ran to the stores to get their hands on one of the shiny new machines. The Japanese are the first to be able to purchase Playstation 3. Americans are next in line, and should get their new toy next week. Europeans have to wait longer due to manufacturing problems. Europe is the second most important gaming market after the United States. Sony was planning to launch the PS3 simultaneously in all 3 markets. The estimated price of the machine in Japan will be almost 50,000 YEN, 499 USD in the US, and 470 EUR in Europe. Why the console costs more in Europe is a mystery. The high launch price has received a lot of criticism from the gaming world. The Playstation 3 will be able to play your PS1 and PS2 games due to it’s backward compatibility.
Gamers flocked to stores in Japan today as the long-awaited PlayStation 3 games console finally launches.Sony’s latest addition to the massively successful PlayStation family is being billed as the next generation of home entertainment.
Next week American customers will be able to get their hands on the gadget, but European gamers are being forced to wait until next March after manufacturing problems hampered the company’s attempt to pull off a simultaneous worldwide launch
November 19th, 2007 at 5:24 am
not all ps3s can play the ps1 and ps2 console games.
November 26th, 2007 at 6:38 am
True, Rob. Some of the new lower priced Playstations are not backward compatible or require extra hardware.
Thanks for your message.