Chris Kohler
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PS3 Online Shops Use Real Money!

Eurogamer went over to visit Sony’s worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison and talk about the PlayStation 3’s online service, and have returned with an article full of interesting tidbits. For example: We’re not going to talk in much depth about PlayStation Store, because what we saw was still undoubtedly being worked on frantically to prepare […]

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Eurogamer went over to visit Sony's worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison and talk about the PlayStation 3's online service, and have returned with an article full of interesting tidbits. For example:

We're not going to talk in much depth about PlayStation Store, because what we saw was still undoubtedly being worked on frantically to prepare for the November launch. However, there are a few elements that it's worth talking about - the first of which is the Wallet, which lies at the heart of how you buy things on the Store. Unlike Nintendo and
Microsoft's offerings, Sony doesn't hide the price of items behind an arbitrary "points" scheme - instead, everything simply lists a price in your local currency, so European types will see a Euro price, British people will see prices in Pounds Sterling, and so on.

I like it. Expect full and complete details to be revealed next week at Sony's Gamer's Day here in San Francisco.