Sony gives PlayStation 3 online service details

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deo game console leader Sony Corp. on Thursday demonstrated the online service for its upcoming PlayStation 3, which will let players compete and chat online and download games, music and movies. Gamers have long been clamoring for details about the online system for Sony’s much-anticipated PS3 console.

The PlayStation Network, as the service will be called, uses a navigation system already available on Sony’s hand held game player, the PlayStation Portable (PSP), Sony Computer Entertainment America said on Thursday. Sony said its service will allow PS3 users to compete and chat with other gamers on the network; download game content like weapons or maps; store and view pictures and video; download and listen to music; browse the Web; and shop at the online PlayStation Store. Online play, chat and other features will be free to users, who will have to pay to download some content.

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