Paul Frew
Latest's PS3 and 360 news - No PS3 price cuts and Extra 3-60 Warranty
July 7th 2007 05:31
Psxextreme.com reports that rumours of a PS3 price cut has been squashed, as PS3 President, Ryoji Chubachi, has announced there will be no immediate plans for a PS3 price cut.
"We have no immediate plans as of now'', said the Sony President in a report from Bloomberg.
BIG DISSAPPOINTING NEWS for PS3 fans, Beautiful Katamari has been reportedly CANCELLED for the PS3 due to ‘programming issues’. The game is still scheduled for a 360 and Wii release.
In brighter news from Sony, the gaming giant might be launching their own version of the hugely successful ‘Bring It Home’ E3 coverage for PS3 owners.
Gamesindustry.biz reports that Sony might be streaming their E3 content, including demo’s, trailers and coverage of the event, on the Playstation Network.
*Picture from sony.net
In other consoles news:
Death has a (circular) face
US news: Microsoft will give 360 owners three years warranty and free fixing of their console if it is plagued with the Red Ring of Death, read's a statement at Xbox.com.
“Microsoft stands behind its products and is taking responsibility to repair or replace any Xbox 360 console that experiences the “three flashing red lights” error message within three years from time of purchase free of charge, including shipping costs.”
The statement also mentions that Microsoft will be spending $1.05 to $1.15 billion on repair costs.
Meanwhile, 11.6 million 360 consoles has already been shipped off to gamers around the orb, however, it is still shy of the promised 12 million by June 30th, 2007.
*Picture from Gamespot.com
Quick News Headlines (Sourced from Filefront, Moneytimes, Kotaku, psxextreme and PALGN)
- On July 9th, Chris Early, former president of GameSpy, will be running as General Manager of games on Window’s Live.
- Nintendo has revealed new hardware and software for their DS: a DS camera and Face Training game. This could be their response after Sony unveiled their Go!Cam for the PSP, with built-in microphone and take pictures and record videos.
- Tokyo Game Show set to be huge: over 162 companies showing their wares.
- THQ Aussie-based studio, Blue-Tongue, are handling the Wii port for recently announced game: de Blob. Defeating evil with colour, gamers who loved the Katamari games should watch out for this one.
- Gears of War for PC MIGHT be announced at E3
- Sony apologises for Resistance use of a Church Cathedral as backdrop in the game.
- Super Paper Mario will be released in Australia on September 20th, reason for delay because of timely translation of the game in several European languages.
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