Sony has confirmed the European and the Australasian launch of the PS3 and has released details regarding the prices as well as the games that will be available on the launch day. And if you are planning to buy PS3 from England or New Zealand, it is going to be very, very expensive. Here are the details:
Prices:
Europe: € 599 (approx. Rs. 34, 000)
England: £ 425 (approx. Rs. 37, 000)
Australia: A$ 999.95 (approx. Rs. 34, 000)
New Zealand: NZ$ 1199.95 (approx. Rs. 37, 000)
Retail Games for the European and Australasian PS3 Launch:
– Blazing Angels Squadrons of WWll (Ubisoft Romania)
– Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch)
– Def Jam: Icon (EA Chicaco)
– The Elder Scrolls lV: Oblivion (Bethesda Game Studios)
– Enchanted Arms (FromSoftware)
– Fight Night Round 3 (EA Chicago)
– F.E.A.R. Vivendi (Monolith Productions)
– Formula One Championship Edition (SCE Studios)
– Full Auto 2: Battle Lines (Pseudo Interactive)
– Genji: Days of the Blade (Game Republic)
– The Godfather: The Don’s Edition (EA Redwood Shores)
– Gundam – Target in Sight (BEC)
– Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Raven Software)
– MotorStorm (Evolution Studios)
– NBA 2K7 (Visual Concepts/Kush Games)
– NBA Street 4 Homecourt 2007 (EA Canada)
– Need for Speed Carbon (EA Black Box)
– NHL 2K7 (Visual Concepts/Kush Games)
– Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac Games)
– Ridge Racer 7 (Namco)
– Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic Team)
– Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2007 (EA Redwood Shores)
– Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Montreal)
– Tony Hawk’s Project 8 (Neversoft)
– Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom (Sony Online Entertainment)
– Virtua Fighter 5 (Sega AM2)
– Virtua Tennis 3 (Sega AM3)
– World Snooker Championship 2007 (Blade Interactive)
PlayStation Store Games for the European and Australasian PS3 Launch:
– Blast Factor (Bluepoint Games)
– flOw (thatgamecompany)
– Go! Sudoku (Sumo Digital)
– Go! Puzzle (SCEI)
– Gripshift (Sidhe Interactive)
– Lemmings (Team17)
– Super Rub’a’Dub)
– Tekken: Dark Resurrection (Namco)
Sony has stated that it will only launch the 60 GB PS3 on March 23, 2007, while the 20 GB models would be released later in the year. It is hoping to sell around a million PS3s. This launch is specifically for the PAL territories and Sony will release the PS3 in some African and Middle Eastern countries too.