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How well does Sony say the PS3 and PSP are holding up against the competition?

Sony Japan President Hiroshi Kawano took the stage connected Thursday at TGS to talk numbers game and dates.

But what better direction to kick off a press conference than to sit down back and appreciate one's own sales figures? According to Kawano, the PS3 has sold 38 zillion globally with PSPs numbering 62 million. Of those figures, the hardware purchased by Japanese gamers amounts to 5 million PS3s and 15 cardinal PSPs.

Kawano's presentation heavily touted the PlayStation's labour in social movement, see, and 3D. During this depart of the presentation, IT was revealed that a new firmware upgrade (3.5) is on the way on September 21st which will enable 3D Blu-Ray support on the PS3.

Atomic number 2 also found time to reveal Japanese release dates for a whole lot of upcoming hardware. Among the announcements was a 320GB White PS3 coming October 2nd, an idol-themed Kiss-marked PSP on December 23rd, and a Winning 11 PS3 package connected October 28th. He likewise brought on Monster Hunter 3 producer Ryozo Tsujimoto to talk at extreme length nearly a red-hot Monster Hunter-themed black and gold PSP approach on December 1st and retailing at 19,800 yen ($231). Seriously, that Monster Hunter intro was probably the single longest item of the day … only in Japanese Islands.

TGS 2010 reporting is finished jointly by Fintan Monaghan and Lisa Gay.