PS3 Shipments Cut in Half
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Sony will ship only 2 million PlayStation 3 systems this year, not 4 million as previously announced. And Europe won't get PS3 at all until 2007. From the Game|Life blog.
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The release of Sony's PlayStation 3 will be delayed in Europe until March because of problems with producing a key component, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday. The much-awaited update to the popular game console will go on sale in November in the United States and Japan as planned, but fewer units will be available for the launch dates.
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Sony Corp sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America over the holiday season, the company said on Sunday.
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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 Corp.  cut the price  of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United  States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game  console's lackluster sales.
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The European version of PlayStation 3  will play fewer PlayStation 2 video games when it launches on  March 23 compared with models launched earlier in Japan and  America, Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Friday.
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'Within our reach' to sell 6m by April 2007, prez states Sony's plan to ship 2m PlayStation 3 consoles worldwide by the end of the year and a further 4m PS3s by the end of March 2007 is still "within our reach", company President Ryoji Chubachi told reporters this week.â¦
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TOKYO -- Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the U.S. and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Sony Corp. 6758.T on Friday cut   the price of its new game machine PlayStation 3 by 20 percent   in Japan, in a surprise move that will attract more customers   but likely widen losses in its game division.
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Sony's game unit said Monday that it had sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America during the key year-end holiday shopping season.
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Sony is now $399 away from giving PlayStation 3 consoles away.
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Any hope from Sony that its fortunes were turning around with the PlayStation 3 were dashed Tuesday as data showed it was falling further behind the Nintendo Wii in sales on its home turf.
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The PlayStation 3 going on sale in Europe next month will play only some of the games for its predecessor video game machine &#151; a move designed to cut costs and speed up production.
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Sony's upgrade video-game console PlayStation 3 will be delayed until March in Europe, but will go on sale in November as planned in the U.S. and Japan, the executive in charge of the project said Wednesday.
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Sony Corp. said Monday that PlayStation 3 game machine sales totaled 1.2 million in North America during the key holiday season, boosting the strength of the company's Blu-ray video format because the PlayStation 3 also works as a Blu-ray player.
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By Sam Lagrone, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 9--On a recent trip to my local game-monger, I noticed something odd  in the window: PlayStation 3s for sale.   No line, no hysteria, no clawing, no unwashed people waiting for days.
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TOKYO -- Price cuts for the PlayStation 3 video game console are among the factors Sony is studying as it seeks to break even in its money-losing gaming business next fiscal year, a company executive said Wednesday.