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edge-online.com - 1/13/2009
PS3 Price Cut in April, Analyst Predicts
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Wedbush Morgan's veteran analyst Michael Pachter anticipates that the 80GB edition of the PS3 will see its price cut by a huge figure this April, dropping from $399 to $299. Along with this, he believes that Microsoft will announce in June, the month in which E3 takes place, that the price of ...
blog.us.playstation.com - 1/20/2009
PlayStation.Blog » Upcoming PS3 Firmware (v2.60) Update
— blog.us.playstation.com — Hi, everyone, we have a system software updates for PS3 coming soon, and I wanted to provide... you with a sneak peak at the details. The PS3 firmware update (v2.60) is designed primarily to enhance the system’s media capabilities. The key feature is a ... (more) PlayStation.Blog » Upcoming PS3 Firmware (v2.60) ...

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mercurynews.com - 1/12/2009
Microsoft in no hurry to upgrade Xbox
— mercurynews.com — Microsoft will rely on its Xbox 360 game console for longer than the previous version because it's... getting harder to persuade consumers to upgrade, the head of the company's entertainment unit said. (more) Microsoft in no hurry to upgrade Xbox

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CES 2009: Unify4Life Game|Shadow for PS3
crackberry.com - 1/13/2009
CES 2009: Unify4Life Game|Shadow for PS3
— crackberry.com — Also in action at CES from Unify4Life was their Game|Shadow solution which allows you to use your... BlackBerry as a remote control for your PS3. You can even use your berry's keyboard to browse for text input on the PS3's web ... (more) CES 2009: Unify4Life Game|Shadow for PS3

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CrunchGear:  One of those analysts predicts a $100 price drop for PS3 in April

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One of those analysts predicts a $100 price drop for PS3 in April
CrunchGear — Would you pay $299 for a PS3? You may soon be able to, if we’re to believe a certain “veteran” Wedbush Morgan analyst. Michael Pachter has predicted that the 80GB PS3 will drop to $299 in April, a full $100 less than its current price. This, despite the fact that Sony is losing money left and right. He also sees the Pro Xbox 360 dropping by $50, to $249. Sony’s in a tough spot. It can lower the price of the PS3 with the hope that it will encourage folks to go out there and buy the system in such number as to offset the ...

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