索尼推出便携式PlayStation

　　索尼计算机娱乐公司在E3展览会上推出了新款便携式PlayStation游戏机PSP，此举主要是为了在便携式游戏机市场上向占据主导地位的任天堂Gameboy发起挑战。 　　索尼透露了PSP的具体细节，称其拥有在线游戏功能，而且图像和声音质量优于最新款的Gameboy。索尼表示，其计划在PSP在全球面市的第一年里就实现300万台的销售目标，这款游戏机长17厘米、宽7.4厘米，重260克。

　　索尼最开始将在日本面市32MB、带有彩屏和音频视频功能的PSP，明年年初这款产品将在美国和欧洲市场上面市。

　　索尼并未透露PSP的售价，在日本，一般的PlayStation游戏机售价为177美元。分析人士称，考虑到PSP附带的新功能较多，其售价可能会高出任天堂的最新款游戏机不少。索尼称，任天堂的GameBoy系列游戏机在全球便携式游戏机市场占据95%以上的份额。

　　TOKYO (AFP) - Sony Computer Entertainment unveiled its new portable PlayStation game consoles to be marketed globally early next year aimed at a segment dominated by the Nintendo Gameboy.

　　The unit of Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. announced details of the PlayStation Portable, or PSP, saying it had online gaming capability and that its graphics and sound quality were better than the latest Gameboy.

　　The company is targetting first year worldwide sales of three million units of the portable device, which measures 17 centimeters (6.75 inches) by 7.4 centimeters and weighs 260 grams (nine ounces).

　　Sony will initially market the 32-megabyte consoles with colour screens and audio and video capability in Japan by the end of this year with sales planned for the US and European markets early next year, it said in a statement.

　　It did not give the price of the new console. A regular PlayStation game console costs 19,800 yen (177 dollars) in Japan.

　　The global portable game console market is more than 95-percent dominated by Nintendo's GameBoy series, according to Sony.