edge-online.com - 2/25/2009
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The PS3 is in dire need of a price cut if Sony wants to fend off competition at retail, analyst Mike Hickey with Janco Partners said in a Tuesday research note. A price cut announcement for PS3 could come even sooner than some would expect. The analyst said, "Recent channel checks ...
gamesindustry.biz - 2/25/2009
blog.us.playstation.com - 2/24/2009
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blog.us.playstation.com —
Big news coming out of the Phoenix area,
where SCEA’s annual Destination PlayStation conference is taking place.
I’ve copied the entire press release for you below, but here are some of the highlights: There’s more, so read the rest straight from the ...
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mcvuk.com - 3/5/2009
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mcvuk.com —
playstation 3, playstation network, playstation portable, ps3, psp,
ray maguire PS3 and PSP hit UK sales milestones
Michael French Today, 8:15am Comments (3) Home console at 2m units sold while PSP is at 3m, UK MD Ray Maguire tells MCV While the firm ...
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PS3 and PSP hit UK sales milestones | Gaming Industry | ...
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PS3 price cut rumor #5,678,125,742
CrunchGear —
... does not cut the price of their console, we expect the continuation of languishing PS3 hardware sales and the potential for publishers to accelerate their reallocation of resources away from the PS3 console.”
That’s all well and good, Mr. Hickey, but when you say Sony is working on a non-Blu-ray PS3 you’ve lost all credibility. All the PS3 games are on Blu-ray discs, dumbass. I don’t think publishers are going to want to print two separate lines.
via Edge
PS3 $100 price cut imminent?
SlashGear —
... An analyst from Wedbush Morgan claimed Sony has little choices but going forward with the prediction, hacking $100 off current PS3 80GB version console to a much affordable $299 price tag, and that announcement is around the corner. ...
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