PS3 Sales Up 245%
December 1, 2007 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Gaming
Can you hear the angels singing?
PS3 sales are through the roof! This makes me oh so happy. Thanks to the price point drop, sales have more than tripled [and it kicked the Wii's butt in Japan].
I’ve made no bones about the fact that I prefer the PS3. I’m extremely brand loyal and the Sony controller is comfortable and familiar to me.
I want the PS3 to do well. I want people to quit focusing on console exclusives and ignore all of the hype and buy the superior [and now more reasonably priced] PS3.
Also, Sony has dropped their …read more
Sony Still Going Strong
October 26, 2007 by Amy Tucker
Filed under Gaming
Poor Sony.
You’re loosing money hand-over-fist.
¥96.7 billion [841 million dollars] down the ole crapper!
Losses are being attributed to “the strategic pricing of [the PS3] at points lower than its production costs and PS3-related inventory write downs”.
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
OK. Not so much.
Sony as a whole actually turned a Q2 profit. They even beat profit expectations.
Sony revolutionized console gaming; they know what they’re doing. [I hope]
With the announcement that U.S. markets will in fact be seeing the 40 GB PS3 at the $400 price point on Nov. 2nd, I have a feeling that PS3 sales …read more




