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Games Industry Wire

January 30th, 2007

PS3 Prices To Be Cut 25% 12 Months from Launch

Tony Smith of Reg Hardware is reporting that Sony is planning on cutting up to 25% off the price of the new Playstation 3 within 12 months of its March 23rd European launch. The forecast is for Sony to cut up to or more than 150 Euros off of the 599 Euro starting price for […]

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January 30th, 2007

Wii Sales Top 4 Million Worldwide

VGCharts has a graph up of next gen console sales and it shows that the Wii has surpassed the 4 million unit sales mark and currently sits a 4.02 million sold worldwide. Breaking the figures down even further 1.53 million have been sold in the Americas, 1.45 million in Japan, and 1.04 to “others”.
Comparing the sales […]

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January 27th, 2007

PS3 To Be Released March 23 Overseas

Although the next gen console has already made its debut in the US as well as Japan and other regions the highly advertised system will be released March 23 overseas. Areas for release include Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and biggest of all Europe. Sony is battling for market share with competitors Nintondo and Microsoft […]

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January 26th, 2007

PlayStation 3 to Sell for $835 in Britain

Technology blog is reporting that Sony will debut the PlayStation 3 in Britain with a euro-equivalent price of $835 dollars. The price is more than $200 over what the system costs in the U.S. but it is actually no surprise. Sony could charge nearly any price they wanted to for the system on its debut […]

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December 27th, 2006

Looking for a Wii

I’m frantically searching for a Wii for my… Ok, it’s for me. I really NEED to play Zelda. Apparently I’m not the only one. It seems there is a small set of people who are trying to trade their PS3s for a Wii.
If you know of any Wii sales online, please […]

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December 8th, 2006

Correction on PS3 Numbers

Raj Patel say the PS3 will not even hit it’s 1M goal this year, much less 2M. He says they are currently at 197K. Yikes! That’s WAY les than OM reported yesterday.
And the XBox lead grows…
Tags: Microsoft, PS3, Sony, XBox 360

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December 7th, 2006

XBox 360 Leads, Wii and PS3 Far Behind

In sales, it appears that XBox 360 will sell 10M units+ by years end. Compare that to 4M Wiis and 2M PS3s. Now remember, Wiis and XBox 360s are profitable sales and PS3s are not.
For those scoring at home, this means (assuming all of those units ship and sell), the world’s next […]

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December 6th, 2006

My Gaming Wishlist

This year I have big needs and I’ll bet some of you do too. Here’s what I’d like to get from my sexy santa (buttering him up):
Upgrade from my Apple iPod Nano to this Apple 60 GB iPod
I need some tunes to plug into my Xbox 360.
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More games on my GameFly plan
Three per month […]

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December 1st, 2006

links for 2006-12-02

DS Woman’s Cooking Game
(tags: gaming girl+gamers DS)

Wii News: Nintendo Releases Safety Information
Monitors and TVs have been broken LOL
(tags: wii wiimote)

Top 10 Nintendo Wii Complaints
Some valid, some silly, but all useful for making an informed purchase.
(tags: wii)

Tags: PS3

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December 1st, 2006

Wii, PS3, XBox 360 Games For Large Discount

Many Nintendo Wii Games priced near $50. Add small filler to break $50 and get $20 off $50 using Google Checkout. You will get most Nintendo Wii Games for $30 + $4 shipping. Most Playstation 3 Games are $60 - $20 off using Google Checkout = $40 + $4 shipping. Big Savings.
I like Google Checkout […]

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