Sony to phase out $500 PlayStation 3
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) plans to phase out the cut-priced $499 model of its PlayStation 3 video game machine, leaving only a higher capacity $599 model for sale in the United States, the company said on Monday.
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Console's parts now cost $400, apparently Sony's PlayStation 3 costs just $400 (Â£200) to make these days - about half of what the console cost to produce when it was launched in November 2006.â¦
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Sony Corp. said Friday it will lower the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console, heating up the competition in the next-generation gaming war against rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
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Way back on September 11 we reported on rumors that Sony would be releasing a $400 40GB PS3/'Spider-Man 3' Blu-ray bundle for the holidays and the not-so-secret new system has now been officially announced by Sony, with a November 2nd launch date in the N
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Sony Corp. slashed the planned price of its delay-hit PlayStation 3 by one-fifth in Japan, preparing for a fierce fight against cheaper games consoles from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.
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Following Sony&#39;s surprising exit from the US PDA handheld market earlier this summer, three other companies have announced their intentions to withdraw from the US handheld market.
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TOKYO -- The chief architect of Sony's PlayStation game console stepped down Tuesday as the Japanese company struggles to defend its dominance in the video game industry and revive its reputation as an electronics pioneer.
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Another video game system arrived to long lines at stores, but more customers went home satisfied Sunday clutching a new Nintendo Wii.  The $250 Wii joins more expensive competitors, the Sony PlayStation 3 ($500-$600), which quickly sold out when launched Friday, and the year-old Microsoft Xbox 360 ($300-$400), in a battle of the next generation game systems.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) plans to lower the  production cost of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles by  using less expensive chips, aiming to turn the operations  profitable between September and next March, the Nikkei  business daily reported on Friday.
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Sony Corp.  said on Friday it  will eliminate a key microchip from the European version of its  PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, reducing production costs as  well as its compatibility with PS2 games.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) will launch its  PlayStation 3 with an 80-gigabyte (GB) hard disk drive on June  16 in South Korea for 518,000 won ($556), offering the upgraded  version of its latest game console for the first time ever, the  Japanese electronics conglomerate said.
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Sony Corp. said on Friday it will  eliminate a key microchip from the European version of its  PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console, reducing production costs as  well as its compatibility with PS2 games.
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Sony Corp. is likely  to cut its PlayStation 3 price again by year-end following this  week&#39;s $100 cut, a senior executive at Japanese game software  maker Capcom Co. Ltd. said.
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Sony Computer Entertainment President Ken Kutaragi announced a drastic 20% price cut for the PlayStation 3 game console, in time for its November 11 premiere in Japan. The 20 GB model will now sell for about USD$429, instead of the USD$515 originally planned.
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Sony Corp.  plans to lower the production cost of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles by using less expensive chips, aiming to turn the operations profitable between September and next March, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.
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With the arrival of two innovative new systems about two months away, the video game world is as unsettled as it has ever been. On Nov. 17, market leader Sony will launch its high-priced PlayStation 3 ($499-$599, depending on size of hard drive), having given a year's head start to challenger Microsoft's Xbox 360.
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Sony Corp. has announced a fresh delay to the launch of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) games console in Europe, pushing back the rollout there of one of its most important new products until March next year.