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Monday, Oct 13
Sony Says PS3 Price Will Remain Firm for Holidays
The Tokyo Game Show is, to put it mildly, a noisy event as game manufacturers crank up the volume on their latest racing or military combat products. But the loudest sound may have come from Kazuo Hirai, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment, who told the Finan...
Wednesday, Aug 1
PlayStation 3 To Become TV Tuner and DVR?
A next-generation machine means that it has to last until the next generation, Light said, noting that many of the PS3's capabilities can be updated through downloadable software patches. But there could be quite a few software patches and hardware add-ons before the succeeding genera...
Monday, Jul 9
Sony Reduces Price of PlayStation 3 to $499
By itself, the price break for the 60-GB model "will not make or break" the PS3, said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with industry research firm Jupiter Research. Given that the cost is still high, he added, there are "some questions about the future of this console." Among next-generatio...
No Plans To Drop Price of Xbox 360 in Japan
Darren Huston, Microsoft Corp. corporate vice president, told reporters at a Tokyo hotel that Xbox 360 prices in Japan are "very competitive," noting that the Japan price is below the U.S. price. Xbox 360 sells for about 38,000 yen (US$300; EU220) in Japan, and US$399.99 in the U.S.
Monday, Apr 30
Can New PlayStation Chief Beat the Wii?
Sony's new video games chief might best be described as the anti-Kutaragi. On Apr. 27, the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant tapped Kazuo "Kaz" Hirai to take over Sony Computer Entertainment after founder Ken Kutaragi says his final sayonara this summer. The promotion of Hira...
Thursday, Apr 12
Sony Squashes 20-GB PlayStation 3
At launch, we offered two separate models of PlayStation 3 to meet the diverse needs and interests of our PlayStation fan base," explained Dave Karraker, senior director of corporate communications for Sony Computer Entertainment America. Initial retail demand in North America was u...
Friday, Mar 16
PlayStation 3 Joins Fight Against Cancer
The PS3 will have the capability to connect to Stanford University's Folding@home program, a distributed-computing project that focuses on what is called "protein folding." Stanford University is leveraging the PlayStation 3's Cell Broadband Engine in what could turn out to be a pow...
