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Who wants a cheaper PS2?

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Analysts are suggesting that Sony will cut the price of the PS2 to $129 ahead of next month’s E3 Expo.

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If you’re in the market for a new PS2, it might be wise to wait a few more weeks — industry analysts are saying that Sony will probably slash the price a few extra [...]

360 Roundup: It’s OK, we’re pre-law

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

Microsoft and a number of other computer manufacturers are getting sued by Lucent Technologies for patent infringement — are they in trouble?

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• Microsoft now joins Dell and Gateway as defendants in patent lawsuits filed by Lucent Technologies, which claims that the companies infringed on a Lucent patent for a certain type of MPEG encoding.
Lucent [...]

Bootleg PS3 videos from the GDC

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Yes! Gameplay! Spinning cameras around paused game environments! Some fine young gents have posted it all, so check out the wonders.

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Bootleg videos of the PS3 displays at the Game Developers Conference abound on YouTube, so check it out and enjoy footage of Warhawk, Lair, Heavenly Sword, a car being destroyed, a space-world with flying [...]

Roundup: PS3 Delay Coverage

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

Oh, we’re back for the attack. The PS3, on the other hand, won’t be around for a few months longer than expected.

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After a long but fruitful hiatus which included a trip halfway across the country, lots of Texan hotness and a good amount of loungin’, PS3week is back. We’re never leaving the blogosphere again!
So [...]

Sony Debunks PS3 Price Rumors

Monday, April 10th, 2006

Despite a plethora of rumors swirling around the Internet, Sony has adamantly denied PS3’s high cost at launch.

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Amid speculation that the PlayStation 3 would launch this fall with a price point anywhere from $600-$800 stateside, Sony has rejected these rumors, saying the PS2 successor will be value-priced when considering the technology. Rumors ran [...]

PS3week on Spring Break

Friday, March 10th, 2006

What, you don’t take off for the holidays? We’re headed to Austin for South by Southwest, so we’ll be back in about a week. Stay tuned!

That’s one expensive disc drive

Friday, February 24th, 2006

And it means PS3 will be one pricey console. CNET dissects the PS3 and compares the cost per component to Xbox 360.

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Sony doesn’t officially comment on the price of the PS3, but there’s a healthy amount of educated guesses out there, and they’re all very expensive. Merrill Lynch’s highly publicized estimate put the [...]

Vote (for the PS3) or die!

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Sorry to be so threatening. Check out the results of an unscientific poll about next-gen gaming while we get sued by Puff Daddy.

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And yes, we know that’s not his name anymore. But that’s beside the point. Check out this recent poll on About.com — it’s a survey that asks which next-gen system you’ll [...]

What’s wrong with fall?

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

How much will Sony really lose if it launches the PS3 later this year? Some say a lot, but we’re not so sure.

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This week’s Game Over column addresses the recent flurry of news about a PS3 delay — news that Sony, by the way, has categorically denied while failing to produce any tangible evidence [...]

New Report: PS3 delayed until August

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

The DigiTimes in Taiwan quotes Sony’s manufacturers there as saying that Blu-ray problems will delay the PS3 launch until August.

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The DigiTimes has been reporting heavily on its hometown Taipei Game Show, and now they’ve got a scoop from Sony’s Taiwanese contract manufacturers. The site says that these manufacturers have reported that the PS3 will [...]