After attending the Australian PS3 Launch Gathering at Walsh Bay, Sydney, Kotaku has additional information on the Playstation 3’s launch, beyond what Sony has already told us. The pertinent information is quoted from their report:
- March 23, AUD$999.95 confirmed as launch details.
- There'll be over 30 games available for the Australian launch.
- All first-party Sony titles will be AUD.$99.95.
- Sixaxis confirmed as $79.95, Blu-Ray remote at $49.95.
- Australian launch units will ship with firmware version 1.5.
- Like Europe, we'll be getting Casino Royale at launch, and like Europe, it'll go to those who are the first register their new consoles on the PlayStation network. Only the first 20,000 to register will score one, though.
- Grand Turismo HD will be available at launch.
- QANTAS are going to be giving away 1000 PS3s in a competition. Sounds great, but considering we're rumoured to be getting only 11,000 consoles at launch (something I couldn't clear up today, either), giving away 1000 in a competition is a bit rich.
- No price point has been determined yet for micro-transactions over the service.