Playstation 3 Slim

SCE Worldwide President, Kaz Hirai has confirmed that the PS3′s motion control system is set to launch in spring next year.

Kaz told the Times that Sony required some “great software” in order for a successful launch.

“We are slating it for spring of next year,” he told The Times. “One of the things is that we just don’t want to put out the controller. We need a great software that supports the controller at launch. It’s something that we’ve been working on for the longest time.”

In other PS3 news, NPD is taking the not so big jump by stating that the new slimline PS3 with the price cut should boost sales by 60 percent in the US. Thank you Mr and Mrs. Obvious.

“The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and it most certainly will re-energize sales of the platform,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier.

“We would expect to see in the range of a 40 per cent to 60 per cent unit sales increase when September sales are reported.

“Content is still the key motivator of a hardware purchase decision. Other systems might too take a price cut, so there’s a lot playing into which system tops sales any particular month.”