mcvuk.com - 12/4/2008
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david reeves, playstation, ps3, xbox 360 Sony: We're ahead of Xbox Michael French Today, 3:09pm Comments (3) SCEE President Reeves says PS3 installed base is 300,000 ahead of rival in PAL region Sony has moved to dispel Microsoft claims that Xbox is outselling the PS3 in Europe, revealing ...
technology.timesonline.co.uk - 12/8/2008
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technology.timesonline.co.uk —
The annual battle of the consoles that takes
place every Christmas will heat up this week when...
Sony launches its own version of Second Life for the PlayStation 3. The new service, called PlayStation Home, will allow players to create an online ...
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PlayStation fiends finally get a second life
sony.net - 12/9/2008
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sony.net —
Particularly within its electronics business, where Sony has
been most affected by the acute downturn in the...
economic climate, the company has already undertaken certain short-term measures, including adjusting production, lowering inventory levels, ...
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Sony Global - Press Release -Sony Announces Initiatives ...
joystiq.com - 12/9/2008
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joystiq.com —
Amid rumors of a December launch for PlayStation
Home, SCEA has confirmed to Joystiq that the social...
platform's public, open beta phase will arrive before the end of calendar year 2008, as we've been hearing for some time . "We've been saying it ...
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Sony: Home launch 'imminent,' will arrive this month in ...
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Microsoft optimistic as Xbox 360 has record Euro month; Sony claims overall lead
Joystiq —
... Meanwhile, Sony shucked word of Microsoft's dominant November and took a thunderous lead in the back-and-forth shouting match for the European crown. "I am confident that in PAL territories our installed base is 300,000 units ahead of Xbox 360," SCEE president David Reeves insisted to MCV, adding, "No we are not going to go down in price; neither are we going to go down in price on PS3 in spring time either." So there. ...
Reeves: PS3 is '300,000 units ahead of Xbox 360' in PAL territories
Joystiq [PlayStation] —
... SCEE president David Reeves has revealed that internal Sony numbers indicate the PlayStation 3 is "300,000 units ahead of Xbox 360" in the PAL territories. This is in response to Microsoft claims that the 360 is outselling the PS3 in Europe. Note that both ...
Sony Europe Boss Denies Spring Price Cut, Says It's Still Beating Xbox In Europe [Console Wars]
Kotaku —
... might have heard to the contrary." Reeves says not to expect its price drop history to repeat itself on the PlayStation 3, reiterating Sony's "value add" strategy and working harder to get to a break even point on its this-gen console. “We’re relying on the fact that the industry will keep growing and while we might have a comparatively smaller share of the market we will have higher sales," Reeves added, noting that the PS3 is "tracking where PS2 was at the same point in its life." Sony: We’re ahead of Xbox [MCV]
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