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Verizon Smartphones $50 Less at LetsTalk Until August 31st

LetsTalk has just announced a new special offering for all smartphones it sells on Verizon Wireless' network. Until August 31st, all of them are available for $50 less than before, as long as users will commit to a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier. Following the slashing of prices f...

27 August 2011
08:31 GMT

HTC Flyer Gets Almost $250 Cheaper, Might Retire in Puccini's Favor

Whether it is because of the Puccini's emergence or not, the Flyer tablet from HTC has been found to have undergone a fairly significant drop in price, at least in the UK.Users keeping track of developments on the tablet market will likely have learned of the new project HTC has cooked up. Dubbed the...

26 August 2011
09:33 GMT

Analysts: PS3 Price Cut Will Not Affect PlayStation Vita

At its Gamescom 2011 press conference, video game hardware developer Sony has announced that it was cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console to 249.99 dollars, making it more accessible to the public in the run up to the Christmas shopping season. The problem for Sony could be that the price of t...

24 August 2011
08:12 GMT

Xbox 360 Price Cut Isn't Needed, Microsoft Says

Hot off the heels of Sony slashing the price on its PlayStation 3 home console, Microsoft has released a statement about its Xbox 360 and how its own price tag won't be modified anytime soon. Sony's PlayStation 3 has certainly been lagging behind Microsoft's Xbox 360 lately, as the North American co...

24 August 2011
05:35 GMT

Weekend Reading: Nintendo 3DS and the Price Cut of the Year

Nintendo has cut the price of the Nintendo 3DS handheld by a third on all the markets to 169.99 dollars and, considering that the platform is available starting with the middle of March, this is the fastest after launch price cut in the history of video game hardware.Nintendo also gave out 20 video games to those who...

20 August 2011
04:31 GMT

Intel Sandy Bridge CPUs Get Cheaper

Intel's CPU lineup has already gone through a number of changes, but things have hardly come to a close, especially now that new information has arisen about the price scheme of seven Sandy Bridge units.Some new information regarding Intel's or AMD's central processing and accelerated processing units...

17 August 2011
02:39 GMT

PlayStation 3 Gets New Price Cut, Now $249

Amidst the big news that came out of Sony’s pre-Gamescom 2011 conference, by far the biggest was the confirmation of a new price made made to the company’s flagship model, the PlayStation 3 home console, now $249, in North America, 249 euros in Europe, and 199 pounds in the UK.Sony opted to make quite a l...

17 August 2011
00:51 GMT

Nothing New on DRAM Market, Prices Still Falling

One would think that price cuts would qualify as a news in any market, and most often they do, but the DRAM segment, unfortunately, can be said to have reached a point where price declines are to be expected.Normally, every segment of the industry goes through phases of rising and falling prices, depending on how de...

12 August 2011
08:22 GMT

Lack of First-Party Games and No eShop Made Nintendo 3DS Launch Fail

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime once again highlighted some of the key mistakes made when the recent Nintendo 3DS was released, including the distinct lack of high quality first-party games and the missing eShop online store. The Nintendo 3DS is seeing massive amounts of publicity, largely because t...

12 August 2011
04:10 GMT

Nintendo 3DS 'Flame Red' Version On Sale in September

Nintendo is seriously raising up the hype around its 3DS handheld console, not just by slashing the price and getting ready an onslaught of new games, but also by deploying a brand new color for the device, called "Flame Red."The Nintendo 3DS was released last month and, while the console sold quite a lot of units, i...

11 August 2011
15:51 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Price Cut Already Made by Several Retailers, Buyers Still Get 20 Free Games

Several North American retailers have already slashed the price on the Nintendo 3DS handheld console, before the August 12 date officially set by the Japanese company when the 3DS price cut was confirmed at the end of July.Nintendo, after months of fledgeling sales, has finally confirmed earlier last month that the p...

11 August 2011
04:00 GMT

AMD Officially Lowers Radeon HD 6850 Pricing in Europe

AMD has recently sent out a press release to the European press to inform journalists about the company's decision to lower the reference pricing for Radeon HD 6850 based graphics cards, which now have an MSRP of 129€.The company hasn't announced the reasons that stand behind this decision, but, most p...

9 August 2011
16:31 GMT

Analysts: Sony Should Cut Vita Launch Price

Nintendo has announced that it is cutting the price of its 3DS handheld by between 30 and 40 percent depending on the market in order to make its device more attractive and a number of analysts believe that Sony should do the same for the upcoming PlayStation Vita and cut its price even before launch.At the moment So...

8 August 2011
10:36 GMT

Nintendo Apologizes to Those Who Bought 3DS Before Price Drop

Video game hardware maker Nintendo has taken the unprecedented step of issuing an apology to all those customers who have bought the new 3DS handheld before the recent price cut, saying that the move was needed to make the device more attractive to other potential players. The price of the Nintendo 3DS is now down...

3 August 2011
17:41 GMT

EA Sports Launches Season Ticket for Five Sports Blockbusters

EA Sports, the simulation division of publisher Electronic Arts, has announced that it is introducing a new service called Season Ticket for five of its most important titles: Madden NFL, NHL, FIFA, Tiger Woods PGA Tour and NCAA Football. The Season Ticket will cost 200 Microsoft Points or 24.99 dollars for one fu...

3 August 2011
03:51 GMT

3DS Price Drop Will Lead to Explosive Sales for Christmas, Says CEO

Video game publisher and hardware creator Nintendo surprised the entire gaming world by announcing that it was significantly cutting the price of the 3DS handheld in order to make it more attractive to possible customers while also offering a number of free games to early adopters. The move is expected to lower th...

2 August 2011
17:11 GMT

3DS Mii Plaza Will Get Update by End of 2011

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has announced that the Mii Plaza and StreetPass elements of the 3DS handheld will get updates before the end of the year, allowing users to get more value out of the services. The announcement was made by Satoru Iwata, who is the president of Nintendo, and is part...

1 August 2011
13:41 GMT

Weekend Reading: Nintendo and Its 3DS Crisis

Nintendo launched the 3DS handheld console in February for the Japanese market and in March for the North American and European ones, setting a pretty steep $250 price tag. Now, as we saw earlier this week, the Japanese company has slashed over a third of that price, making the portable device available for $169.99. ...

30 July 2011
07:41 GMT

Analysts: Nintendo 3DS Is Threatened by PlayStation Vita Launch

Nintendo made the surprising move of slashing the price of the 3DS handheld to 169 dollars just a few months after the original launch date and a number of analysts watching the video game industry are saying that the main motivation for the cut is the upcoming launch of the PlayStation Vita from Sony. David Cole, w...

29 July 2011
17:21 GMT

Nintendo Sees Loss on Lower than Expected Wii and 3DS Sales

Video game publisher and hardware developer Nintendo has announced its financial results for the first full fiscal quarter of 2011 and the company has admitted that the performance was pretty bad, with net sales dropping by 50 percent when compared to the same period of 2010, to a total value that is just over 94 bil...

29 July 2011
05:36 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Price Slashed to $169.99, Free Games Available for Existing Owners

In an extremely surprising move, Nintendo has announced that it's going to slash the price on its Nintendo 3DS handheld console to $169.99, a major cut from the current $249.99 the portable device is currently selling for. Nintendo launched the 3DS earlier this year all around the world and, while the console...

28 July 2011
04:50 GMT

HTC ThunderBolt Only $59.99 at Wirefly

HTC ThunderBolt, the first smartphone that brought Google's Android operating system to Verizon's 4G LTE network, is now available for purchase for only $59.99 via Wirefly. To benefit from the deal, users would have to commit to a two-year contract agreement with the wireless carrier, but that is also ...

22 July 2011
13:51 GMT

Xperia PLAY Now Only $99 at Verizon

Xperia PLAY, the gaming powerhouse smartphone that Sony Ericsson brought to the market earlier this year, is now available for purchase for only $99 on shelves at Verizon Wireless. The handset was launched on Verizon's network a few months ago, and can be purchased today for the said price tag with the sign...

21 July 2011
02:24 GMT

DROID 3 Only $69.99 at Amazon Now

Motorola DROID 3, the high-end Android-powered mobile phone that landed on Verizon Wireless' airwaves only last week, is now available for purchase through Amazon Wireless for only $69.99 with the signing of a new contract agreement. The free of contract price tag for this handset was set at $599.99, but th...

16 July 2011
05:48 GMT

Dell Venue Pro only $299 Unlocked at Dell, $99 on Contract

Dell has just put in place an appealing offer for its first Windows Phone 7-powered device, the Dell Venue Pro, offering users the possibility to purchase it for only $299 without committing to a contract agreement. The handset can be seen with the new price tag attached to it on the company's website here, whe...

15 July 2011
02:28 GMT

HTC 7 Pro Drops to £229.99 in the UK

Windows Phone-powered HTC 7 Pro smartphone is now available for purchase in the UK for only £229.99, SIM free and unlocked, if acquired via online retailer Play.com. The mobile phone, launched on shelves in early 2011 with Microsoft's mobile operating system on board is listed as in stock at the retail...

11 July 2011
10:18 GMT

T-Mobile Has Sensation 4G $50 Cheaper Through June 28

On Wednesday, mobile phone carrier T-Mobile USA added to its offering a new high-end device running under Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system, the HTC Sensation 4G, and a special promotion is already in place for the device. Launched with a price tag of $199 attached to it upon the signing of ...

16 June 2011
07:51 GMT

Nokia Phones 35% Cheaper at Amazon

Nokia's mobile phones are now cheaper than before when purchased from Amazon, and they will remain so for a short period of time, namely until June 19th. All those who would like to purchase a new Nokia handset from the retailer will enjoy a price cut of at least 35 percent for a series of unlocked devices,...

14 June 2011
13:41 GMT

Nexus S' Price Gets Cut in India to INR. 22K

Nexus S by Samsung, the second Google phone in the world, and the first handset to arrive on shelves with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, has just had its price tag cut on the Indian market. Apparently, the decision comes from Samsung themselves, and follows the recent introduction of their latest flagship Android device, ...

10 June 2011
09:25 GMT

Kyocera Echo Drops to $99 on Contract at Sprint

Kyocera Echo, the dual touchscreen mobile phone that Sprint added to its Android lineup several weeks ago, is now available for purchase of only $99 upon the signing of a contract agreement with the wireless carrier, half of what it was initially made available at (namely $199). The mobile phone can be seen on Sprin...

7 June 2011
14:21 GMT

HTC Trophy Goes $49.99 at Amazon, Adds a $25 Gift Card

Only a few weeks ago, mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has made available for purchase its very first handset running under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, and the device has already seen price cuts, one of them being put in place at Amazon. Verizon made the device available for purchase at ...

6 June 2011
12:08 GMT

Weekend Reading: Make the Jerks Pay More for Video Games

Valve's Gabe Newell is one of the video game personalities that as leader of his studio, as a designer and public speaker, gets a lot of attention from the gaming world.One of the reasons is that his company has managed to constantly launch very good and, at the same time, innovative games, form the first Half L...

4 June 2011
05:51 GMT

DS Lite Gets 99.99 Dollar Price Starting with Sunday

Video game hardware manufacturer and games publisher Nintendo has announced that in the United States the price of the DS Lite handheld line will come down 99.99 dollars starting with Sunday, June 5, and that all the games that have sold more than 1 million units will now have all-new red packages.The first Nintendo ...

1 June 2011
10:08 GMT

Steam Unleashes Ubisoft Week, Offers Discounts on All Titles

The Steam digital distribution service has just announced a brand new offer, in the form of the Ubisoft Week, which sees games from the French company receive big discounts, while collections, like Prince of Persia, are getting even bigger price cuts. After the EA Week, which started at the beginning of the month an...

24 May 2011
02:55 GMT

Rogers' Xperia PLAY Only $69.99 at Best Buy

Wireless carrier Rogers has two new Xony Ericsson smartphones available for purchase on its airwaves since several weeks ago, namely the Xperia arc and the Xperia PLAY, with the latter already registering its first price drop, courtesy of Best Buy. The retailer has made the Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY available for...

21 May 2011
06:54 GMT

Console Price Cuts Are Coming, Activision Boss Says

Price cuts to platforms like Microsoft's Xbox 360 or Sony's PlayStation 3 are coming, at least according to Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who talked about the current generation of platforms. While the gaming industry wasn't severely affected by the recession, consumer spending power has decreased, s...

11 May 2011
09:01 GMT

Nintendo Talks About $150 Wii After Price Cut

One of yesterday's biggest stories was the official price cut made by Nintendo to its hugely successful Wii home console, drop which arrived at the perfect time, at least according to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Speaking with MSNBC, Fils-Aime revealed that the price cut is a very important...

5 May 2011
18:01 GMT

Nintendo Wii Now Costs $149.99, Nintendo Selects Line of Budget Games Available

Nintendo has just confirmed that it will be releasing a brand new console bundle on May 15, which costs just $149.99, and includes not only a Wii console, a remote and a nunchuck controller, but also a copy of Mario Kart and a steering wheel accessory. Nintendo has been rumored to implement a price cut for its Wii...

4 May 2011
06:01 GMT

Nexus S Now $0 Upfront on Vodafone's $29 Cap in Australia

Nexus S by Samsung, the second Google phone on the market, is now available for purchase via Vodafone Australia for much less than initially.The wireless carrier has just made the smartphone available for $0 upfront on its $29 cap, after lowering the cost of the device only a few days ago.Initially launched for $0 u...

21 April 2011
05:41 GMT

Vodafone Australia: Nexus S $0 on $65 Cap, Galaxy Tab on $29 Plan

Wireless services provider Vodafone Australia has just announced that it made the Samsung Galaxy Tab Android-based tablet PC available for purchase for $0 upfront on the $29 Plan, which 6GB of data to use each month.At the same time, we learn that the wireless carrier decided to make the Nexus S by Samsung available...

19 April 2011
04:41 GMT

Nintendo Wii Price Cut In Effect, Black Bundle Costs $169

Nintendo has seemingly operated the often rumored price cut for its Wii console, with large North American retailers like GameStop, Best Buy or Amazon selling a black Nintendo Wii bundle for just $169, down from the regular $200 price tag.Nintendo's Wii home console has been slipping in terms of sales for quite ...

18 April 2011
04:40 GMT

HTC Arrive Goes $0.01 at Amazon for a Limited Time

HTC Arrive, the very first Windows Phone 7-based mobile phone that Sprint brought to the market in the United States during the ongoing year, is now available for purchase via Amazon Wireless for only $0.01 on contract. The retailer announced that it is offering the new Windows Phone at the said special price ta...

16 April 2011
06:48 GMT

Nintendo Wii Could Cost $150 from May 15

The Nintendo Wii could get its second price cut this year, dropping its tag to $150, severely undercutting its rivals like the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. The Nintendo Wii was a sales phenomenon for many years, but now, due to aggressive marketing and pricing from its rivals, has seen its advantage slip, being beat...

14 April 2011
04:25 GMT

PSP Gets 24 Percent Price Cut in Europe but Not in the UK

After slashing the price of the PlayStation Portable, more specifically the PSP-3000 version, in North America, Sony has now announced that the price of the portable console will also be cut in Europe by 24 percent. Sony has been trying to make its PSP more attractive these days, especially since the Next Generati...

11 April 2011
17:21 GMT

Motorola ATRIX 4G Goes $49.99 on Amazon

Motorola ATRIX 4G, the dual-core Android-based smartphone that Motorola and AT&T launched a few months ago, is now available for purchase via Amazon for only $49.99 on contract. The handset, touted as the most powerful Android smartphone on the market, offers support for AT&T's HSPA+ network, while packing a...

9 April 2011
07:11 GMT

Galaxy Tab's Price Slashed to $408 at Telstra in Australia

Samsung Galaxy Tab, the first tablet PC the company launched on the market with Google's Android operating system on board, has just got its price tag lowered at Telstra in Australia, now being available for only $408.Clearly, this move was determined by the upcoming availability of new, more appealing devices ...

8 April 2011
09:21 GMT

Samsung Galaxy Tab Now $199 at Verizon

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just cut the price tag for the Galaxy Tab, the tablet PC that Samsung launched last year with Google's Android 2.2 Froyo operating system on board. Initially launched with a price tag of $299.99 attached to it upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the w...

6 April 2011
12:11 GMT

Nintendo Hints at Wii Price Cut Once More

Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime has dropped some more hints about a price cut for the company's Wii home console in order to extend its lifecycle. The Nintendo Wii, while achieving huge sales since its release, is seeing its market share drop these days, while the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are...

22 March 2011
04:05 GMT

PES 2011 Cuts Price on April 1 on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced that Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will be relaunched on April 1 (no joke) on the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC, repackaged under the Platinum and Classics brands. The move, which includes a price cut, is designed to both boost the sales of the football simulation an...

21 March 2011
11:24 GMT

Canadian Carriers Lower $60 Plans to $55 per Month

Mobile phone users in Canada can now enjoy cheaper monthly plans on the airwaves of major carriers in the country, including Bell, Rogers, TELUS or Virgin Mobile. All of these carriers unveiled plans to make their $60 plans available for only $55 per month, following announcements concerning the waving of the $35 ac...

14 March 2011
13:41 GMT


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