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News Old Playstation 3 Dies A Sad Death In Japan
This is why it was imperative the PS3 Slim didn't leak onto the Internet any more before it's official announcement at GamesCom
Japanese sales of the PS3 for the week before the Slim's Eastern launch slumped to a terrible 1,040 units. That's a mere 10% of what the console usually pushes. Of course, Sony will be expecting massive sales in Japan for...
News Microsoft Boast Basic 1Million Console Lead On The Playstation 3 In Europe
Microsoft recently announced a 9 million XBOX 360 sale mark in Europe
Sony then claimed 10 million Playstation 3 sales in Europe at GamesCom. Interestingly, an MCV article has Microsoft's Chris Lewis completely U-turn and claim a "confident" one million unit lead. Either we're confused or someone has their maths wrong. Still, there's no...
News New Playstation 3 Ads Are Comical, Brilliant & Genius All At The Same Time
"He hates candles too
!" "Come on!!" "I know, right?" "What's wrong with him?" Just part of the genius you'll experience as part of Sony's new, actually-funny-and-totally-not-weird American marketing push. The advert focuses on humour, as is highlighted by the second campaign embedded after the jump, which even...
News Square Enix: PS3 Price Cut Will Have A Big Impact Next Year
Square Enix don't think the PS3 price cut will make much of a difference this year
But next year, boy are they expecting changes."In terms of the impact (the PS3 cut) will have on this financial year's earnings, I don't think there will be a major difference," explained Squeenix big-wig Yoichi Wada. "But I expect there to be a big...
News Best Buy Offering Free Games To Prevent Playstation 3 Returns
So, here's the thing
You might have recently bought a Playstation 3 Phat. You might then have heard about the Slim and decided you want that instead. What you gonna do? Well apparently in America you can just take that system right back to where you bought it and exchange it. But for obvious reasons, big retailers like Best Buy don't want you to do...
News Kaz Hirai: The PS3 Slim Will Be Sold At A Loss, But The Business Is Profitable
Making it count
Sony are embarking on one of their most aggressive holiday seasons since perhaps the original Playstation launched. With the PS3 Slim and massive marketing planned, Sony are really taking the fight to the competition. But with lower costing system, there are simple business concerns. Namely is that system making any money? Kaz Hirai...
News Sony Prepare To Spend Lots Of Money On Marketing, ?82Million Planned For Marketing PS3 Slim
Sony are preparing to spend lots of money
You know when they said that 2009 was going to be their most aggressive holiday season yet. They bloody meant it. Sony have set aside a whopping £82Million ($134,388,496.78US) to promote the PS3 Slim across Europe. As reported by the Guardian the new campaign will be a massive change from Sony's traditional...
News Shock Horror: PS3 Slim Now Out Of Stock On Amazon USA
Looks like Amazon
com have sold out</a> of their allotted PS3 Slim pre-order units. Visiting the page right now brings up the usual box for over ordered video game hardware:Order now and we'll deliver when available. We'll e-mail you with an estimated delivery date as soon as we have more information. Your account will only be charged when...
News Good For You: Assassin's Creed II Ain't Scared Of Modern Warfare, No
Despite approximately 92
463% (not an actual scientific calculation - ed) of expected Holiday 09 games being delayed, Assassin's Creed II is sticking to its guns. The game will launch on November 17th, that's just one week after the juggernaut that's had every other game's publisher running scared - Modern Warfare 2. Producer Patrice Desilets was...
News The Playstation 3 Logo Was Replaced For Brand Visibility Reasons
Have you ever watched a trailer for a multiplatform game, where you find yourself struggling to find the Playstation 3 logo at the end? That's totally the reason Sony are rebranding the Playstation with the PS3 Slim
Gone is the Spider-Man font and full title "PLAYSTATION 3". Heck, it's all about just the "PS3" these days. Kaz...
News Timothy Bender Joins SCEA Ahead Of Sony's "Most Aggressive Holiday Season" Yet
The dude behing LiveScribe and LeapFrog, Timothy Bender, is to join SCEA
Raise your glasses folks! Tim has been appointed the role of Senior Vice President of Sales for Sony Computer Entertainment America, meaning his job is to make sure everyone knows how downright awesome the Playstation brand is. His boss, CEO Jack Tretton, had some nice things...
News Japanese PS3 Slim TV Adverts Are Both Disturbing/Friggin' Amazing
If Sony are going to bonkers commercials anywhere, we'd prefer they did it in Japan
Here in the West we're hoping to see a pretty basic Apple-esque campaign for Sony's new PS3 Slim system. In Japan, they're running the PlayFace.jp campaign. In many way it's actually quite a clever campaign. We all pull different faces while playing games. Of course...
News Playstation 3 Stumbles In Japan, Stock Shortages & Slim The Likely Reasons
The Playstation 3 fell to the very pit of the Japanese charts this week after stock shortages and impending rumours of the Playstation 3 Slim
Sony are probably going to have to put up with another week of hardware misery as Playstation 3s become increasingly difficult to find around Japan. Of course, Sony will hope that all will end well when the...
News Japanese Retailers Only Making ?700 Off The PS3 Slim
Kotaku are reporting that Japanese retailers are only claiming to be making ¥700 (roughly US$7
40) off each PS3 Slim sold. Apparently the reason for the slim (sigh - Ed) profit margin is because retailers are forced to sell the systems for the "sticker price" by Sony. As time goes on, the costs of making the systems will hopefully go down...
News NPD Group Predict 40-60% Playstation 3 Sales Increase Post Price Drop
The NPD group, the sales analysts responsible for making Sony's life a misery on a monthly basis, predict the Playstation 3 price drop (and subsequently the PS3 Slim) could cause a 40-60% increase in sales for the platform
"The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into...
News Andrew House: Don't Worry About PS3 Slim Shortages
Despite Amazon sending out stock warnings yesterday regarding the PS3 Slim, Sony Europe's head honcho Andrew House reckons there will be no shortages of PS3 Slim's come launch
I'm very pleased with how we have managed our inventory system on the existing model, House told MCV. We've done that very well in the European market. There are trucks...
News EA, Ubisoft Describe New Playstation 3 Price Point As "Exceptional"
The Playstation 3 is now pretty much cheaper around the world
It's thanks, in part, to the newly announced PS3 Slim. It's an announcement which Ubisofts Yves Guillemot and Electronic Arts Frank Gibeau are both very, very pleased about."It's exceptional news," Guillemot told GI.biz, "I think the machine is a great machine, with the...
News GamesCom 09: SCEE Would Push The PS3 At ?199 If It Were A Sensible Option
Sony's Andrew House has confirmed that Sony Europe would "absolutely" slap a £199
99 price-tag on the Playstation 3 Slim if made for "sensible business". Speaking with VG247 during GamesCom, House commented, If we could get to a more aggressive price point within the boundaries of sensible business, absolutely would we wish to do...
News British Retailer GAME Cite PS3 Slim Upgrade Deal As A "Possibility"
With previous SKU overhauls such as the Nintendo DS Lite to DSi, British retailer GAME have done "upgrade" deals, allowing customers to upgrade their older system at a nominal fee
Speaking with our local GAME store's manager today, we've learned that a similar deal is a "possibility" regarding the PS3 Slim."The announcement was only...
News Document Hints At 250GB HDD Playstation 3 Slim In The Future
A document discovered by PS3 News seemingly hints at a 250GB Playstation 3 Slim
The model number of the system, CECH-2001B (as opposed to CECH-2001A for the 120GB), is listed as carrying a 250GB hard-drive. The document is from the FCC and states that both systems were actually tested in March of this year. Sony used a fictitious company name, Sand...
News Interested In A Slim? Want To See How It Compares To Other Models?
We're sure there are some readers out there who are interested in a Slim but are not sure exactly what they're getting
Thankfully Joystiq have thrown together this easy to digest chart that compares the Slim with other current (and deceased) models of the Playstation 3. Read it, analyse it and make up your mind.
News PS3 Slim Orders Growing Around The World
Sony's newly announced Playstation 3 Slim is topping preorders around the world
The system currently sits aloft both the British and American Amazon video game best sellers lists, while it charts highly on the French and German versions of the website. This can only be good, early signs for Sony, who have clearly succeeded in building up the hype...
News KMart: The Rumours Are Reality, New Low Price & A New Exciting Playstation 3
What are you trying to tell us American retailer KMart? Your homepage is hinting towards the rumours of the PS3 Slim, and even going as far as to announcing "a new low price & a new exciting Playstation 3"
The picture is of a current PS3 and the link on the frontpage takes you to familiar bundles, but something has to be happening right? Some...
News Germany Leapfrog The UK As The Biggest European Market
The pound is weak and the British are being used as guinea pigs for increasing prices
No wonder the British video game market is down. Dropping by 20% in the first half of '09, Germany leapfrogged Britain as the biggest European market, with growth also seen in Sweden, Holland and Portugal. So far this year, Wii Fit has been the biggest seller.
News Sony Reckon The Playstation 3 Is "Just Getting Warmed Up"
Responding to the July NPD figures that were released last night, Sony have concluded they are "just getting warmed up
"When you compare all the features against other industry offerings, there is no doubt that the PlayStation 3 provides the most complete entertainment system on the market today right out of the box, said the firm in a...
News Playstation 3 Seconds Most "Active" Console Users List, Wii Bottoms It Out
Before we all get our fanboy knickers in a twist, let's provide some context
This chart - tracked by Nielsen - targets the number of active users per console for the first half of 2009. So basically, most people who are playing their consoles every day either own an XBOX 360 or Playstation 3. As you'll have noticed, the Wii sits way, way at the...
News The Telegraph Pitch Playstation 3 Slim At ?260
With all the rumours about the Playstation 3 Slim circling the Internet, it was only a matter of time before the mainstream press started to pick up on the details
In this case, The Telegraph who are reporting (via DigiTimes) that Sony have ordered enough parts to make a million Playstation 3s in the third quarter of this year; that's twice as many...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Being Phased Out In Australia Too
It seems like the 80GB Playstation 3 isn't just getting discontinued in Japan, but Australia too according to Kotaku
They claim to have spoken to several retail sources, all of whom agree that stock of the 80GB Playstation 3 in the region is painfully low. If Sony are to introduce a new SKU or platform (like the rumoured PS3 Slim), they'll need to...
News 80GB Playstation 3 Discontinued In Japan
What do the 20GB, 40GB and 60GB Playstation 3s all have in common in Japan? They're discontinued
The 80GB? Soon to join them. Japanese retailer 7-Eleven are stating that orders for the black and white 80GBs will cease this coming Sunday, August 9th. The reasoning? "Manufacturer's request". The notice even states that all marketing for the...
News OMG Girlz Can Play Gamez Too LOLZ
Whaddup Hannah Montana fans
Sony want you to know that "Girlz Play Too"; well that's according to their new Playstation Portable promotion page. All together now: OMG LILAC PSP. According to the site girls should be well into like the likes of Patapon 2, LocoRoco 2 and, erm, Petz. Personally, we really like the lilac PSP. We don't care if...
News Playstation 3 Has Sold 23.8 Million Systems To Date, 189.7 Million Bits Of Software Sold
Sony make it a common practice to reveal their lifetime figures everytime they note their quarterly earnings
Note their figures are always measured by number of consoles sold to the consumer, not retailer. 23.8 million Playstation 3s sold does not represent quite the same levels of doom and gloom that the general public tries to construe. Nor do the...
News Playstation Software Sales Down Across The Board
The hardware sales picture wasn't too rosy, but nor are the software sales
The Playstation platforms have all seen a drop in software sales. Playstation 3 shifted 14.8 million games during Q1 '09, which was down from last year's 18.9. Likewise PSP software was down from 11.2 million to 8.3 million. Playstation 2 sales were down from 11.3 million to...
News Playstation 2 Sales Are Up, PS3 Down & PSP Well Down
The world is in a recession and the games industry is finally feeling it
But there's positive news for Sony before we get into all the bad. The Playstation 2 managed to remain relevent in Quarter 1 2009 by selling one million more units than its tally last year (1.5 million vs. 1.6 million). The $99 price drop is certainly good reasoning for that...
News Playstation 3 Dominating Middle Eastern Sales
While touting your high sales figures in Europe and North America is usually top of any international companies list, Sony have always been keen to promote the Playstation brand equally worldwide
Which is perhaps why the company are seeing significantly strong sales of the Playstation 3 in the Middle East."The PS3, which is a high-end machine...
News Want To Know What The Top Five Best Selling Playstation 3 Games Are This Year?
What's up Playstation 3 owners who care about sales? We have a bit of treat for you this morning
It involves sales and statistics compiled by the lovely folks at Gamasutra. Most specifically they are looking at the Playstation 3's best selling games so far in 2009. Please note these figures are correct in terms of US sales. Exclusive title Killzone...
News Surprise: Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince Tops The UK Video Game Charts
Who would have thought? The week the movie goes on to make a gajillion copies, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince the video game leap frogs four other games in the UK charts to take the top spot
Fellow movie tie in Transformers: The Revenge Of The Fallen props up second place with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 sitting in third. If you've just seen the...
News Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Sells Big Time In Japan
Monster Hunter is big in Japan
Really big. So big is it that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - the game that just released here in the west - has sold a whopping 3.5 million units since its release in March, of which 1 million units came from the budget "The Best" line. It'll be interesting to see how the game fares in the West. Capcom have...
News Sony CEO Howard Stringer Finally Talks About Playstation Price Cuts
Ever since Activision's Bobby Kotick made his threat of boycotting the Playstation, we've been waiting for an official Sony response
Not a PR type one, we already have one of those. Like an off-the-cuff remark from one of Sony's big boys. Today that comes in the form of a Howard Stringer quote, Sony's top boss dude."He likes to make a lot of...
The UK's first-half sales (accounting for all the software sales for the first six months of 2009) have been tallied up and show continued dominance from Nintendo's "evergreen" franchises which continue to outsell any new releases with relative ease
However, Sony's Killzone 2 has given them a good push, finishing in fifth place - the first game on...
News Fight Night Round 4 Tops The UK Charts For A Second Week Running
EA's excellent Fight Night Round 4 has held the UK charts top spot for the second week running
The boxing game sits just above EA Sport's other release, Tiger Woods' PGA Tour 10. Completing a hat-trick for EA, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince landed in 10th.
News Now Tecmo Are Asking For A Price Cut
Anyone else bored of hearing the words "price-cut"? Because at the end of the day, we know exactly what's going to happen
Sony will cut the price and everyone will complain it's not enough. Thus we'll have to report a story everytime something to do with a price is mentioned. It's a vicious circle and an annoying one at that. Still, you have to feel...
News The Playstation 3 Has Sold 2.2 Million Systems In The UK, PSP 3.3 Million
Times are hard ladies and gentleman
However, companies still need your money. And money they will get when awesome games are being released. A set of new data released courtesy of British retailer has given us some perspective on where money was spent on video games in the last year. Nintendo are in the lead with 2.7 million DS' sold in the last...
News Pachter Pulls Out His Crystal Ball & Makes Some Predictions
Video games analyst Michael Pachter has been using his crystal ball again
Speaking with Industry Gamers, Pachter believes that Sony will capture "significant market share" through the victory of blu-ray. He also believes Microsoft's position in Japan will eventually cause the XBOX 360 to finish in third-place behind the Playstation 3 this...
News Check Out The Best Harvey Nichols Advertisements Ever
Posh department store Harvey Nichols just want to say, "Hey, there's a sale on
".
News PS3 Price Cut Will Occur When "Factors Are Aligned"
People are still asking for that price cut
And we keep telling 'em, the PS3 is perfectly well priced considering what you get. We understand it's expensive, but truly we believe it's worth saving for. Especially when you pretty much get everything you need in the box, without any hidden costs. Sony just want to remind everyone that the PS3 will be...
News Sony Want To Create Synergy Between Products By Next Year
One of the biggest problems Sony has had in the past few years is that they're a victim of their own success
You may not relate to it instantly, but Sony are an absolutely gigantic company. They're a record label, a movie licensing and production house, an electronics producer, a video game publisher, a hardware manufacturer, a mobile phone company...
News As Of Now There Are 25 Million Playstation Network Accounts
So here's a big figure for you to mull over whilst drinking your afternoon tea
There are 25 million Playstation Network accounts at the time of writing. That's rather a lot. Despite some people making more than one account for different regions, we're sure this all averages out at approximately one PSN account per Playstation 3 sold which is quite a...
News Capcom Aren't Dropping The Playstation Platform In A Hurry
Staycom
Concerned gamers may be getting their panties in a twist over Activision's threats last week, but when asked by worried Capcom fans over the companies future with the Playstation brand, there was a resounding level of confidence from the major third-party publisher's community manager Shawn Baxter:"I don't see that happening [dropping the...
News Howard Stringer Gets President Title, Aims To Save $3.1Billion Over The Coming Fiscal Year
Sony have been losing a fair amount of money over the past few years
The company involved with consumer electronics, music and movies - aswell as our beloved Playstation - made their first fiscal loss in 14 years last year. As such Sony have embarked upon a restructuring plan that has seen the American Howard Stringer taking the title of president...
