In addition to the already announced premium MGS 4 PS3 bundle package, Sony today announced that it plans to release three more standard MGS 4 hardware bundles in Japan.

The “Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots Welcome Box,” as they call it, will be available on June 12 in three different flavors – Clear Black, Ceramic White and Satin Silver. Priced at 49,800 yen ($481), each bundle packs a 40 GB PS3, a copy of MGS 4, and two controllers – namely, a SIXAXIS and DualShock 3.

SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT JAPAN TO INTRODUCE “PLAYSTATION®3 METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS

PS3, SIXAXIS™ Wireless Controller, Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns Of The Patriots And A DUALSHOCK 3 Wireless Controller Come In One Box

Tokyo, May 2, 2008 – Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ), a division of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) responsible for business operations in Japan, today announced that it would release “PLAYSTATION®3 METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS WELCOME BOX with DUALSHOCK®3”on June 12th, 2008, as a limited offer, at a recommended retail price of 49,800yen (including tax). It will become available concurrently with the release of the software title, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, from Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Konami).

“PLAYSTATION®3 METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS WELCOME BOX with DUALSHOCK®3” comprises 40GB model of the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3®) computer entertainment system (CECHH00 Series), Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots for PS3, and a special bundled item of DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller in addition to the SIXAXIS™ wireless controller that comes together with PS3. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots is scheduled to be released from Konami on June 12th, 2008, as the final chapter of the highly popular Metal Gear Solid franchise, which has sold more than 22 million units to date worldwide.

The PS3 system for this bundle pack will be available in three different colors of “Clear Black”, “Ceramic White” and “Satin Silver”, and users will be able to choose the color of their preference.

With this offering, SCEJ will continue to further expand the PS3 platform and create a new world of computer entertainment with innovative and exciting new titles and an enhanced line-up of the PS3 systems.

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