European launch of the Playstation 3 (PS3)

The PS3 that will be launched on 17 November at the European market will approximately cost a 100 Euros more than the Xbox 360 of Microsoft.

Gamers in Europe who wish to buy the newest game computer of Sony, the Playstation 3 (PS3), must be willing to pay its price. The PS3 that will be launched on 17 November at the European market will approximately cost a 100 Euros more than the Xbox 360 of Microsoft.

European consumers can buy the simplest version of the PS3 for 499 Euros. Game-freaks that want to obtain the more luxury variant will have to spend another 100 Euros. The extensive Xbox 360 is currently offered in shops for about 400 Euros.

Sony presented its newest generation game computers at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. Gamers can not wait to have possession of the Playstation 3 that actually would have been in the shops this spring. Problems with the DVD-player that works with the new blue-ray-technique caused a delay for the launch.

Xbox 360

Because of the delay of the PS3, there is almost no competition for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft. However, Microsoft has difficulties to answer the demand of its Xbox 360 because of a limited production capacity. Sony thinks to have two million game computers available at the introduction in November. At the end of the year there will yet be another two million in the stores available. At present time Sony is the market leader in the gaming industry.

In the tough competition between Microsoft and Sony, the Japanese innovator of characters as Mario and Pokémon didn’t play a role with the GameCube. The enterprise wants to rebound through innovation. The Wii, as the successor of the GameCube is called, has a steering remote control which gives the gamers the possibility to move for instance a tennis racket by moving their arms.

Movement sensor

However at the presentation of the PS3 it appeared that Sony already copied this trick from Nintendo. The steering of the PS3 has been equipped with a movement sensor. During a demonstration in Los Angeles, a virtual duck jumped out of the water through movement of the controller.

The list of games that are available for the PS3 in November, isn’t yet complete. Sony has showed some games such as a shooting game and a ninja fighting game.