Sony hit by PS3 delay
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) shares fell as much  as 2.6 percent on Thursday, hit by another delay in the launch  of its PlayStation 3 game console, but outperformed sector  peers and the broader market by the end of the day as investors  weigh the likely impact of the delay.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Sony Corp said on Thursday it would postpone the launch of its "Home" virtual community service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early next year, the latest setback in its video game battle with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd
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Sony confirms that the $500 version of its PlayStation 3 won't be able to play Blu-ray movies at their full resolution. From the Game|Life blog.
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The head of Sony Computer Entertainment made an unusual -- some would say, gracious -- comment of regret for Wednesday's delays and cutbacks of the PlayStation 3, going so far as to acknowledge the declining hardware position of his own company.
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People who have been camping out for days finally get their PS3s today. Sadly, both their time and money has been wasted
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Sony Corp. 6758.T shares opened 2.38   percent lower at 4,930 yen on Thursday after it said it would   delay the European launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game   machine to March from November, missing the holiday shopping   season in a key market.
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Sony will delay the release of its full-year earnings by about three weeks due to stricter U.S. accounting rules, the company said Wednesday.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Sony Corp  said on  Thursday it would postpone the launch of the "Home" virtual  community service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early  next year, the latest setback in its videogame battle with  Microsoft Corp  and Nintendo Co Ltd .
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Shortages of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 console may cause customers to hold off buying new video games, extending a period of slow growth for publishers including Electronic Arts Inc., the biggest.
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Maybe you were one of the many who stood in line waiting for your first chance to own a PlayStation 3. Perhaps you were also one of the many looking to sell it for triple its selling price or more. In any event, there could be more dissatisfied Sony customers today than satisfied ones. So in the history of product launches, does this one count as a fizzle? Or is it too soon to tell?
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Music and movie joy Sony has confirmed that the next release of the PlayStation 3 firmware, version 1.9, will be available in the US "in the next few days". It's already been released to Japanese console owners, and will almost certainly come to Europe shortly.â¦
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An analyst writes... It may take another four years for the Sony PlayStation 3's sales to catch up with those of Nintendo's Wii, a games market analyst has claimed.â¦
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Sony faulted a strategic decision to set the price of the PlayStation 3 below the cost of production as a way to bolster market share.
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'Within 12 months' Sony has yet to launch the PlayStation 3 in Europe but already one analyst is forecasting a first-year price cut which will see at least â¬150 knocked off the â¬599 launch price.â¦
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Rockstar acknowledges coding for Sony's new console helped postpone the game's xrelease.
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Sony Corp. 6758.T said on Wednesday   that it would delay the launch in Europe of the latest version   of its blockbuster videogame console, PlayStation 3 (PS3), to   March of next year from its original target launch in November.
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Sony announced some changes in the PlayStation 3 specification for the Eurasia, Africa and Australia launch set for March 23, including less backwards compatibility than its North American PS3. The change is due to a hardware switch.