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Some disappointing news for American and European consumers today, Sony's Kazuo Hirai has confirmed the delay in the release of the PS Vita portable gaming console that was said to be released later this year, will be pushed back for an early 2012 release in the US and Europe. Japan on the other hand, will enjoy the PS Vita before Christmas pulls in this year. Seems only fair. The PS Vita will be available at aggressive price points starting with a WiFi-only model for $249, and a WiFi + 3G model for $299.
Razer has been releasing very nice headphones/headsets in the past couple of years, but all of them seem to have a very nice price tag, which some gamers cannot afford. Today they have announced a new pair of headphones that are budget, but are still looking very stylish. Razer Electra are there newest pair of headphones with 40mm drivers in each ear, tuned to pump out lows and with nice leatherette ear pads. For only $60 this is a really good deal for a nice pair of headphones. It comes with two detachable cables, one with an inline mic and one without. They will be available this October.
Nintendo has announced it will drop the price of its Nintendo 3DS portable gaming console down to $169 from the $249.99 suggested launch price. Bad sales are most likely the reason why Nintendo has slashed the price of the 3DS in hopes a more affordable price will attract buyers. The new $169 priced Nintendo 3DS will be available on August 12. If that wasn't enough, current Nintendo 3DS owners will be rewarded with 20 free NES and Game Boy Advance games downloadable from the Nintendo eShop starting September 1st. Hit up the source link for the full breakdown of the free game titles.
Star Wars fanboys rejoice! Your dreams of owning a Star Wars themed Xbox 360 are now a reality thanks to Microsoft releasing a new Xbox 360 with Kinect bundle in a cool Star Wars Droid theme staring a Storm Trooper-like white and black Kinect sensor bar, a shiny golden C-3PO themed controller and last but certainly not least, the 320GB Xbox 360 itself in the R2-D2 themed color scheme complete with cute R2-D2 sound effects. Microsoft has officially announced this Star Wars Kinect bundle at Comic Con today, where else? The bundle will be available in November, and you'll be able to pre-order yours starting today at retailers for a cool $449. Hit up the source link for more photos plus a video.
We've seen a few Transformers edition products, most recently these Transformers X Mimobot USB flash drives. Razer has stepped up its game as well to roll out a few officially licensed Transformers 3 edition products of its own, starting with the most popular DeathAdder gaming mouse. Except for a few colors and the choice between good and evil - the Autobots or Decepticons lit logos. Nothing has changed in terms of performance. You can grab one of these collector's edition DeathAdders right now for $69.99. Razer has also created matching Transformers 3 laptop sleeves that can fit a laptops of up to 15" made with a hard, flexible plastic shell for $49.99.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confirmed that there will be no Blu-ray and DVD playback support in the upcoming Wii U gaming console. Why? Satoru Iwata explains:
Wii U does not have DVD or Blu-ray playback capabilities. The reason for that is that we feel that enough people already have devices that are capable of playing DVDs and Blu-ray, such that it didn't warrant the cost involved to build that functionality into the Wii U console because of the patents related to those technologies.
Well there you have it. This should hopefully keep the Wii U's price point down a little when Nintendo releases it in 2012.
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