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Platinum Comes to PLAYSTATION®3
17/07/2008 09:36
E3, Los Angeles – July 16 2008: The people have spoken: now, the most critically acclaimed and best-selling titles on PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) are due for release as part of the PS3™ Platinum range from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). Offering gamers the greatest titles at unbeatable value, some of the best PS3 games will hit stores shelves on August 1st with a RRP of €29.99 – meaning there’s no excuse not to include them in your collection.
Whether you’re an intergalactic adventurer, a high-speed off-road racing nut, or simply enjoy thrashing your friends in competitive tennis, the PS3 Platinum range offers something for fans of every genre.
“If you’re a longstanding PS3 owner with gaps in your collection – or perhaps you’ve just joined the family – the PS3 Platinum range is your chance to pick up some of the very best games at a wallet-friendly price,” said David Reeves, President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. “With great titles spanning a huge breadth of gaming experiences, this August is a great time to be a PS3 owner.”
To qualify for Platinum status, a game must achieve more than 400,000 units across the PAL territories. Confirmed titles in the Platinum range include: Heavenly Sword (SCEE), MotorStorm™ (SCEE), Ratchet and Clank™: Tools of Destruction (SCEE), Uncharted: Drakes Fortune (SCEE), Virtua Tennis (Sega), Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft) and WWW Smackdown Vs Raw 08* (THQ).
The PS3 Platinum range offers the best in next-gen gaming at unbeatable prices – with each of these titles available with a RRP of €29.99. If these PS3 classics passed you by the first time around, this August is the time to make sure your games library is up to date.
* WWW Smackdown Vs Raw 08 not available on August 1st – release date to be confirmed.
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About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd
About Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), based in London, is responsible for the distribution, marketing and sales of PlayStation®3, PlayStation®2, PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) and PlayStation®Network software and hardware in 99 territories across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Oceania. SCEE also develops, publishes, markets and distributes entertainment software for these formats, and manages the third party licensing programs for the formats in these territories. Since the launch of PlayStation 3 in November 2006, over 27 million units have been sold globally and continue to be sold at a record level. Maintaining its position as one of the most successful consumer electronic products in history, PlayStation 2 has sold over 140.7 million systems worldwide. Since its launch at the end of 2004, over 55.9 million PSPs have been sold globally, highlighting the importance of the portable entertainment market. With the huge increase in interest and accessibility of network applications and network gaming, over 38 million accounts have registered to PlayStation Network, the free-to-access interactive environment, and over 780 million items have been downloaded.
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