Okay, so this Friday (August 1st) sees the first tranche of PS3 budget-priced games both here in Blighty and over there in North America. Here's a quick comparison of the offerings we are currently aware of:
UK: Price = £19.99 ($39) - called 'Platinum' as you'd expect from PS2 history.
USA: Price = $29.99 (£15) - called 'Greatest Hits'.
Game Line-Ups
USA - in Red Boxes
[i]Warhawk (no headset)
Motorstorm (also UK)
Resistance: Fall of Man (also UK)
Call of Duty 3
EA Sports Fight Night Round 3
Need for Speed: Carbon
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
Assassin’s Creed
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Ninja Gaiden Sigma[/i]
UK - in Yellow Boxes
[i]Uncharted: Drakes Fortune
Heavenly Sword
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Resistance: Fall of Man
Motorstorm[/i]
So far then, more first-party titles come to the UK (well, Europe) but no confirmed third-party titles as we go to press. North America, however, does get third-party input.