First PlayStation Network Pricing Revealed @ Elektriq

Blast Factor is the download in question.

IGN reports that the Sony Answer to Geometry Wars will sell for 840 Japanese Yen or approximately $7. Now for those who are screaming highway robbery, be patient. Sony is offering a free demo download for those who want try it before they buy it.

Blast Factor will require around 95 MB on the HD, which of course suggest that even the simplest of PlayStation Network downloads will exceed the size of the original XBLA titles. Well, that's what we're speculating.

Pricing plans for PlayStation Network titles outside of Japan has yet to be announced, but at least we have figures to work guess-timates around. Figures and numbers can be so refreshing sometimes, in the light of on-line pseudo debates about the Network's effectivity.

MORE virtual console games revealed on ESRB website

A short while ago reports emerged of some new virtual console games turning up on the ESRB website, similar to the Sega virtual console titles that were discovered on the site a few weeks ago. These new titles were:

• Duck Hunt (E for Everyone)
• Hogan's Alley (E for Everyone)
• Kid Icarus (E for Everyone)
• Kirby's Adventure (E for Everyone)
• Pilot Wings (E for Everyone)
• Pro Wrestling (E for Everyone)
• Punch-Out (E for Everyone)
• Wild Gunman (E for Everyone

Well, it seems as if even more classic games have shown up under the Wii section of the ESRB's website! The following 13(!) games have been listed:

• Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (E)
• Kirby's Super Star (E)
• Mario Kart 64 (E)
• Star Fox 64 (E)
• Super Metroid (E)
• Kirby's Dream Land 3 (E)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (E)
• Excitebike (E)
• Ice Climber (E)
• Dr. Mario (E)
• Mario Brothers (E)
• Ice Hockey (E)
• Soccer (E)

Some of these aren't new, but they are new to the ESRB's list. More importantly, most of the ARE new! While the release dates of these titles are still up in the air, we can assume they will be available within the first few waves of releases, which would mean we would have access too all of these downloads by February or March 2007.