One Week Only, God of War III Sold 1 Million Copies

God of War III was developed by Sony and is the last version God of War trilogy.

God of War III is a PS3 exclusive first game after a few last time. Apparently, the retail sales market did not disappoint.
According to Peter Dille, senior vice president of Marketing Sony Computer Entertainment America, noted that sales of these games has surpassed one million units in the first few days after release.

God of War III, which is developed directly by Sony at their studio in Santa Monica, United States, is the latest version of the trilogy God of War and the first version produced in high definition format.

Size of game that reaches around 35GB to make God of War III to become one of the games for the console with the largest size of the history of gaming.

Quoted from TGDaily, April 6, 2010, God of War III could have ranked first as the best-selling game in March if sales are not crossed by the Final Fantasy XIII, the game could become the exclusive Sony PlayStation games.

Today God of War III is available for 60 U.S. dollars for the PlayStation 3 console. Sony also provides a version for 100 dollars which is equipped with various accessories bundle surrounding the game.

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Sony PlayStation Provide Extended Warranty

Sony plans to provide an extended service warranty. The product will be provided the facility is the PlayStation 3 (PS3) and PlayStation Portable (PSP).

Currently only the Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), which will offer the extended warranty in the region of the United States. However, if successful, this service will be expanded to other areas.

This step is thought to be Sony's attempt to take over the warranty services provided by third parties at the retail level. For information, extended warranty is a service that is making money and Sony would want to participate in it.

Interestingly, as quoted from Softpedia, Thursday, May 6, 2010, extended warranty service provided by Sony includes what is not provided by a third party. At the service, Sony took the damage caused by accidents.

If PSP owners are accidentally dropped the device until the screen is cracked or broken, the product will remain protected by the warranty. Of course, for users who purchase the additional warranty service.

Often, third-party retailers are not willing to bear problems from the product if the damage is due to an accident or user error.

From the cost side, one-year warranty for PS3 added the extra two years at a cost of U.S. $ 49.99. If you want to be three years, the costs to U.S. $ 59.99.

For PSP, additional warranty services must be purchased within the first 30 days after purchase of the PSP unit. Additional warranty costs U.S. $ 29.99 a year and two years to U.S. $ 39.99. Protection of damages resulting from accidents alone cost an additional amount of U.S. $ 39.99.

Warranty service method of product improvement. Shipping costs from users to Sony, and vice versa has been borne by the cost of such additional warranty.

Sony believes that customers are very interested in this program because the circulation of console gaming products are quite long. Also, if damaged, repair costs are very high console.

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PlayStation 3 Overpriced

Microsoft claims that the price of Blu-ray sales deadly game console Sony PlayStation 3. According to Aaron Greenberg, Director of Product Management Microsoft, Sony steps to use physical media for entertainment facilities is a mistake. Sony, March 18, 2010, now faces costs related to these entertainment features.

Microsoft itself chose not burdened by the cost of these optical drives. Without a device costing about 100 dollars in it, Microsoft could sell it for 199 gaming console dollars. Cheaper than console games are offered complete with Sony Blu-ray drive.

Unlike Sony, which allows users to enjoy HD movies via Blu-ray, Microsoft brings HD movies and television shows through Xbox Live service, or via the Internet.

Although Blu-ray play a role in making expensive PlayStation 3, but the components are not the only one that makes the console prices skyrocketed.

The proof, as Sony presents the PlayStation 3 Slim, also with a Blu-ray drive, and then in August, the price could be reduced to 299 U.S. dollars. Sales also began to increase. With these conditions, many analysts now predict that Sony was the one who will win the competition in the console market. Not Microsoft or Nintendo

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