Sony confirms UK launch for PlayTV

Sony has announced that the PlayStation PlayTV service will launch in the UK on 10 September.

PlayTV allows users to record TV while playing games, and offers live television broadcasts to handheld PSP consoles via the internet.

The arrival of the digital TV recorder for PS3 and PSP was confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves at E3 this week.

Reeves said that PlayTV is primed for rollout across Europe "from September to December" starting with the UK launch.

PlayTV will cost €99 at launch leading to speculation that the UK retail price will be £79.99.

Sony has also given a European launch date for its upcoming 80GB PlayStation 3 console.

Priced at £299 the PS3 80GB will go on sale on 27 August as part of a wider simultaneous rollout across the PAL markets.

Reeves said that Sony "will be doing promotional bundles from the middle of September to the end of December at various prices".

The new 80GB version of the PS3 will offer a larger hard drive than previous versions, but gamers will lose the backwards compatibility available on the company's existing 40GB console.

See also:

Sky and Sony offer PSP video-on-demand

Go!View on PSP service comes to portable games console  15 Jul 2008

Microsoft unveils 60GB Xbox 360

60GB for the price of 20GB  14 Jul 2008

Video game market beats recession

Software and hardware sales to hit $57bn in 2009  04 Jul 2008

PlayStation 3 costs Sony dear

Huge losses will be difficult to recoup, admits games division  25 Jun 2008

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