"The $299 price point is important to getting to a point where the next segment of price-conscious consumers can jump into the market and it most certainly will re-energize sales of the platform," NPD analyst Anita Frazier told InformationWeek in an interview via e-mail. "We would expect to see in the range of a 40% to 60% unit sales increase when September sales are reported."
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Europe Opening Weekend Sales 600,000 consoles
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“They have to cut the price, because if they don't, the attach rates [the number of games each console owner buys] are likely to slow. If we are being realistic, we might have to stop supporting Sony.”
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"A press statement from SCEA said Thursday, "...As expected, the demand for Grand Theft Auto IV drove sales of the PlayStation 3 entertainment system within the first 24 hours." "Bob McKenzie, SVP of merchandising at GameStop, concurred: “From our position, the launch of GTA IV has been tremendous in driving traffic to our stores, as well as providing a vigorous lift in PS3 console sales over this time last week."
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The new HKMG process is allowing IBM to build circuits at 32nm. IBM says that this size reduction allows for 35% higher performance that similar chips made using 45nm technology. IBM also says that power savings on 32nm chips are from 30 to 50% compared to 45nm parts.
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SCEE has officially announced a revamp for the PlayStation Store for mid-April in the PAL territories. "The new design will deliver a hugely improved navigation system, much greater scope for categorisation and a dynamic new user interface,” said the company in a statement. There will now be no content updates for the Store until it relaunches."
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Ray Maguire:“Achieving one million PS3 sales faster than both PSOne and PlayStation 2 is even more gratifying considering PS3 is a premium product introduced at a premium price,” “Our momentum will continue with the introduction of in-game communication in the summer, firmware update 2.4 and the strongest line-up of games through our third party partners and our own studios. I’d personally like to thank our trade and business partners for helping us on the start of the PS3 journey.”
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After slowly gathering momentum since its inception in late 2006, Sony’s PlayStation 3 now offers consumers a variety of some of the best software available on the market; with the holiday season fast approaching, we at PSU would like to take the time to remind gamers what games they should not miss out on, or indeed what titles are simply that great to warrant purchasing yourself a PS3. Join us now as we guide you through our definitive Top 5 Must Have PS3 titles this Xmas.
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Computer Base is reporting that the new 40GB PS3s will make use of the shrinkafied 65nm Cell processor.
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Certainly not very good advertising for an expensive console ...
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