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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedGame makers bank on accessories, software to sell more systems. (videogame console companies Sony Computer Entertainment America and Nintendo of America)
Video Business, June, 1998 by Wilson, Wendy
ATLANTA - The two leaders in the videogame console business came to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) here with no major platform changes but with upgraded peripherals and a slate of new games designed to boost system sales. Beginning June 16, Sony Computer Entertainment America will package its new Dual Shock Analog controller with all PlayStation game consoles.
The controller, priced separately at $30, vibrates in players' hands when objects and characters collide. The $149 suggested price on PlayStation hardware packages will not be affected by the addition of the controller. Kaz Hirai, executive VP and chief operating officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, projects that 7.5 million more PlayStation systems will be sold in North America through...
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