Sony Announces New PS3, Movie Downloads, Single Sign-On, and More

At Sony’s E3 press conference today, the company released new information for the entire PlayStation product line, with news about the PS3, PSP and PS2. First, the PS3 will be sold in a new SKU, which some outlets consider replace all of the existing PS3 consoles, an 80GB model which will sell at $399. The PlayStation store now features movie downloads from Sony Pictures, Fox, MGM, Lions Gate, Warner, Disney, Paramount, Turner, Funimation. Content can be bought online from a PC, and synced to the PSP.

New information about Home, which will offer “game-themed rooms,” and what Sony calls “SSO” – single sign-on for the PlayStation Network, were also released. Infamous, MAG, DC Universe Online, and God of War III (in the form of a pre-rendered trailer) were also shown off.

Finally, a new PSP bundle will be released in the form of a new “Entertainment Pack.” The package will include a silver PSP slim, 1GB Memory Stick, National Treasure 2, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, and a voucher for Echochrome. The bundle will retail for $199 and go on sale this October.