Not cheap. ( Kinect may have a similar problem.) But Dille says that consumers will realize the value built into the system, including a Blu-ray player, 3-D game capabilities, and the PlayStation network where users can play online games and download videos.

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Handsets have long come with rudimentary games installed, but smart-phones allow users to download new games or play online via a wireless internet connection.

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The first is that it wants more people using, and spending on, its PlayStation Network online game network, where users can download games, movies and other media.

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Nintendo also offered twenty free download-able games from its Nintendo online store, the Nintendo eShop, for any of the 830, 000 U.S. customers who purchased a Nintendo 3DS since its U.S. launch March 27.

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Ubisoft has halted sales of PC video games from its online store after hackers discovered a way to download titles without paying.

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