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EA Develops Android Games

The growth of Android users number who continue to increase every year, pushing the game developer Electronic Arts (EA) to develop games for the Android OS platform.

EA CFO Eric Brown reveals EA will try to take advantage of the growth of Android users. "Big waves to encourage better growth in mobile is applications, including for the Android operating system," Brown said as quoted by infosyncworld, Saturday (18/09/2010).

Not only the EA, a number of game companies will also develop games for Android. Namely, id Mobile, Ngmoco and Epic. Even Gameloft has recently been launched Asphalt 5 for Android.

The battle of game developers for mobile platform indeed continue to heat up. Not only on the side of the game, but also from the sales price. Last June, EA lowered the selling price for the iPhone platform games. A number of famous games such as Madden NFL, FIFA 2010 and SimCity sold only approximately USD0,99.

There are at least 14 games are trimmed by EA, ie SimCity, Madden NFL 2010, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010, FIFA 10, Need for Speed Shift, Need for Speed Undercover, Command & Conquer Red Alert, NBA Live, CLUE, Trivial Pursuit, CONNECT 4, Battleship, YAHTZEE Adventures, and The Game of Life: Classic Edition.

PS3 Slim

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE) finally unveils the slimer version of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) videogame console and cut prices on existing models that have been struggling for momentum in the marketplace. Sony PS3 slim will be marketed in the first week of September and will retail for not more than $300.

Sony lopped $100 off the prices of PS3 consoles currently on the market to $299 for models with 80 gigabyte hard drives and $399 for those with 160 gigabyte hard drives.

"By launching a vast library of exciting and attractive software titles for PS3 this holiday season and offering customers a line-up of hardware models and pricing to match their preference, SCE will build on the momentum and accelerate the expansion of the PS3 platform," Sony said in a release.

The slim PS3 is about two-thirds the size of existing models but has all the features of previous models, including Blu-ray high-definition disk players, according to Sony.

Since their launch with much fanfare in 2006, PS3 models have boasted power and rich graphics, but at premium prices when compared to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Nintendo’s innovative Wii consoles.

Sony has since found the console wars to be bruising but is banking on its refreshed, lower-priced PS3 line and the release of blockbuster videogame titles to improve its fortunes in the crucial year-end holiday shopping season.

The maker of Bravia televisions, PlayStation game consoles and Cyber-shot cameras maintained its forecast for its first back-to-back annual losses since it was listed on the stock market in 1958.