Sony announced during the E3 on the return of PlayStation 3 80 GB capacity copy in the market again with affordable price of $ 399, the offer was released by Sony under the name of “Core Pack” .
The price of PlayStation 3 in the offer will be the same price for the 40 GB but with doubling in Hard disk cpacity.
80 Gb PS3 will return again in the market next September on the new rate. This step comes after Microsoft reduced the price of Xbox to $ 299.
In her opening statement in the occasion of E3 conference for electronic games, Microsoft revealed a series of updates provided for the first time for the games platform Box 360.
Unlike the disclosure of the new unit with a capacity of 60GB, the company announced its intention to release a update for the operating system of the XBox 360 the end of this year, which will includes complete development for the user interface to appear in whole new look and the main menu will turn into a sliding lists three-dimensional form.
The new update will add personal photos Virtual three-dimensional (3D Avatars) in addition to updates on the properties of the images participation, instant messages and visual communication.
The company described the update as a new machine ! but without the need to buy anything box that the update will be free for all users of box.
The other Added was Microsoft supporting for NetFlix service for renting movies to make it possible for XBox 360 owners who use NetFlix to transfer broadcast to their games platforms they own and watch these movies that they have rented through xbox.
Rumours have already appeared exactly as valid, Microsoft announced the launch of a new version of the Xbox 360 with 60GB storage capacity to replace the Xbox 360 Premium Package, which was contain Xbox 360 with only 20GB storage capacity and without any change in the price, It will be sold as old units price as $350. The previous 20GB capacity units will be sold for a temporary period at a price of $ 299 to implement the company’s stocks of these units once and for all.
Second is the Trophy System, it’s function briefly to show the extent of progress and achievements of you in the Games for other players. Number of games in support of this feature is still a little, but certainly will increase in the near future.
The funny thing, is that the Xbox lovers were and still enjoy services very similar to this since the date of XBOX 360 had lunched almost three years ago.
These features will be available as part of the updating to version 2.40, which is available now.
Answers to frequently asked questions for those interested in these services can be found here