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Sony has announced further price cuts across its entire PS3 hardware range in Japan, and also confirmed that the 40GB model that is soon to debut in Europe will also be making an appearance in the territory. The 60GB model will see its price drop from YEN 60,000 to YEN …
Read More »PS3 price slashed again in Japan
Sony has announced further price cuts across its entire PS3 hardware range in Japan, and also confirmed that the 40GB model that is soon to debut in Europe will also be making an appearance in the territory. The 60GB model will see its price drop from YEN 60,000 to YEN …
Read More »60GB PS3 to be phased out in Europe
SCEE is to discontinue the 60GB PS3 in Europe, leaving its new 40GB machine as the only available SKU in the territory. The platform holder has told MCV that is looking to sell through remaining stock of the 60GB SKU in the run up to Christmas. On Friday, the platform …
Read More »60GB PS3 to be phased out in Europe
SCEE is to discontinue the 60GB PS3 in Europe, leaving its new 40GB machine as the only available SKU in the territory. The platform holder has told MCV that is looking to sell through remaining stock of the 60GB SKU in the run up to Christmas. On Friday, the platform …
Read More »Trade calls for pre-Xmas PS2 price reduction
Leading industry figures have called on Sony to drop the suggested retail price of PS2 as the console nears the final stages of its hugely successful lifecycle. The system, which burst onto the market seven years ago, currently holds a suggested retail price point of around 95.But publisher bosses have …
Read More »Trade calls for pre-Xmas PS2 price reduction
Leading industry figures have called on Sony to drop the suggested retail price of PS2 as the console nears the final stages of its hugely successful lifecycle. The system, which burst onto the market seven years ago, currently holds a suggested retail price point of around 95.But publisher bosses have …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet is key for PS3
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has stated that Sony’s upcoming LittleBigPlanet is such an important title to the firm that it could be the catalyst for the machine’s delayed take-off in Japan, Next-Gen reports. We think that LittleBigPlanet will be a console seller in Japan,” he told investors yesterday. LittleBigPlanet …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet is key for PS3
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has stated that Sony’s upcoming LittleBigPlanet is such an important title to the firm that it could be the catalyst for the machine’s delayed take-off in Japan, Next-Gen reports. We think that LittleBigPlanet will be a console seller in Japan,” he told investors yesterday. LittleBigPlanet …
Read More »Hirai: Our original price-point was right
In an exclusive interview with consumer site Spong , Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai has come out in defence of the firm’s PS3, claiming that it was satisfying demand, and not the machine’s launch price, that proved the biggest hurdle for the firm. I think the original price-point was …
Read More »Hirai: Our original price-point was right
In an exclusive interview with consumer site Spong , Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kaz Hirai has come out in defence of the firm’s PS3, claiming that it was satisfying demand, and not the machine’s launch price, that proved the biggest hurdle for the firm. I think the original price-point was …
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