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News: Sony on PS3 price: We've a business to run
News: Sony on PS3 price: We've a business to run
UK boss doesn't think PS3 price will be an issue this Christmas.
 Sony Talks Firmware
Sony Talks Firmware
psp.ign.com — October 27, 2008 - Version 5.0 and Version 2.5 of their respective firmwares gave the PSP and... the PS3 some much asked-for features. So what's in store for Sony's evolving wonder devices? For answers, we turn to Munechika Nishida, who posted his ... (more) Sony Talks Firmware
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news.sel.sony.com — TOKYO, Oct. 31, 2008 – Sony Corporation will support voluntary recalls announced today by various PC manufacturers... and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission , encompassing about 35,000 notebook battery packs in the U.S. , with an additional ... (more) Sony Electronics News and Information
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Sony rejects PS3 Christmas price cut
PR News: — ... Sony Computer Entertainment managing director Ray Maguire had told VideoGamer.com, that they understand that they will always get pressure from consumers over the price, but Sony has a business to run, and as a result need to do the right thing for the company and its shareholders. ...

Sony: PS3 price isn't an issue this Christmas
Joystiq [PlayStation] — ... Speaking to VideoGamer.com at the London Game 3.0 conference Ray Maguire, Managing Director of SCEUK, indicated that there were no plans to drop the price of the PS3 this year. "We have a business to run, and we have to make sure we're doing the right thing for the ...

Why No PS3 Holiday Price Cut? Sony Running A Business, Thinking of Shareholders [Sony]
Kotaku — ... for PS3 and I think for this particular Christmas, with the kind of quality of games we're seeing coming out this Christmas, I don't think the price of the console is going to be an issue at all. With so many games going multi-platform, unless a consumer is dead set on getting Sony exclusives, he or she will definitely be shopping on price come this holiday shopping season. Competition will be all the more fierce as rival Microsoft lowered prices for its game console last month. Sony on PS3 price: We've a business to run [Videogamer]

Sony makes it pretty clear: no PS3 price drops this holiday season
Engadget — ... There's no doubt that Microsoft's Xbox 360 will have the price advantage this holiday season, and if you were hoping to see a bona fide price cut following Sony's introduction of the $399.99 80GB PlayStation 3, you'll probably be waiting 'til late 2009. ...

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