Sony Lowers Price of PS3

Sony has lowered the price of its Playstation3 games conssole in the USA. After the PS3 did not really sell, the model with a 60-GByte hard drive costs 499 US dollars from today instead of 599 US dollars. In addition, an edition of the Playstation 3 with an 80-GByte hard drive is to be available in the USA from August, sold together with the racing game “MotorStorm” for 599 US dollars.

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Sony justified the measure with the tough competition from Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s Wii. The Wii in particular is causing Sony trouble:Whether and when the PlayStation 3 will also become cheaper here in this country and whether the new model will come onto the German market is currently still unclear.