10,000 PS3 dev kits sent out

Here's somewell needed info for the PS3..

Sony’s PlayStation 3 finally has a bit of good news to cheer the hearts of beleaguered fans.

Everything seems to be on track to meet the November launch deadline after Sony sent out 10,000 PS3 development units to games programmers.

The dev kits allow programmers to play unfinished games so they can tweak and test them.

With just three months to go until the consoles are supposed to hit the shops, Sony will hope that's long enough for them to get cracking and boost the number of titles available at launch.

Sony confirmed it has shipped more than 10,000 of the consoles to 208 companies based in 11 countries.

The firm said it was the largest number of any PlayStation platform that had ever been sent to developers.

PS3 consoles are already available to pre-order for fans who want to make sure they don’t have to talk to their families this Christmas.

But at a whopping £550, the console will have its work cut out against an Xbox 360 that is likely to drop its already-cheaper price.
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