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Well after alot of debating by many industry analysts, the PS3 pricing was finally announced.  The PS3 will come in two SKUs, the 399EUR version without HDMI, memory card or 802.11 b/g wireless and the 599EUR version everything. 

It is also intriguing the PS3 wireless does not include the more recent addiction of 802.11a, especially as 802.11b/g has far more devices using those standards of wireless.  Time will tell if this is upgraded to include 802.11a or wait for the new 802.11e in the final stages of standardisation.

Also raising concerns and picking holes in Microsoft approach when the Xbox 360 rollout in two SKUs, Sony now appears to see the benefit and enter the market with the same approach.

More details or the differences can be found over at MaxPS3.

Will wonders never cease as Peter Moore, agrees with Sony the PS3 will be an expensive machine purchase.  Sony President, last week admitted the aim of the PS3 now being positioned as an ultra powerful, but conversely premium priced machine.

Microsoft on the other hand is touting the Xbox 360  would be affordable and an announcement is imminent. Like CVG I also agree the announcement will be at the Games Covention in Leipzig, Germany, which runs from August 17-21.

For the full article discussion head over to ComputerAndVideoGames.com

I read a surprise article today, where president on Sony, Ken Kutaragi  warned the PS3 will not be cheap.

"…the PS3 can't be offered at a price that's targeted towards households."

This seems a little short sited to me aswell as who are the aim it at then? Do must know the kids dont have the money, so perhaps they believe mum and dads are happy to shell out so much for there kids.  A 10 year life cycle it may have, but more people today want benefits right away, especially when forkin out so much dosh for the technologies.

I see it now, hey buy our PS3 the most powerful console on the planet, but next year were bring out the DVDs which will play on it and the year after you get get an affordable LCDTV which will show it true digital picture quality...and so on.

For the full article head over to TheInquirer.Net.

Well if you are like myself and been wondering whether the KillZone 2 incredible game footage at E3 was in fact a realtime demo on the PS3 or just a clever pre-rendered game demo, I found the answer - at last.

In an interview with Killzone PS3 designer, Jan-Bart Van Beek at ps3.ign.com he answers a few questions about the demo, the machine and most importantly was the demo real.  The quote to the question and answers is:

Is the Killzone sequence a fair example of what people can expect from realtime gameplay on PlayStation 3?
Jan-Bart: Yeah, it's basically a representation of the look and feel of the game we're trying to make.

Well there you have it, not a decisive yes its a pre-rendered demo or yes its running on PS3 hardware.  What Sony have now done by the demo and this interview by the games designers is state to the gaming world this is what the PS3 is capable of - I hope for their sake the can make it happen!