Sony PS3 Coming This Fall
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- Category: Electronics
- Published: Monday, 22 May 2006 00:00
Here in Silicon Valley, with the annual game developers conference in full swing, the industry is buzzing about the Playstation 3, the next generation video game console from Sony. There is a lot of speculation and rumor swirling around this launch by folks in the business or gameland as we like to call it. From what we can tell this looks like a developer's dream come true. Here's a quick list of why we're excited.
1. Sony announced that the PS3 will ship in November 2006 in the U.S. OK. Time to save up. Christmas season 2006 is going to be crazier this year. Rick will have to fall in line for me on this one!
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