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Nokia N900 is the first high-end device the Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia delivered to the market with the Maemo 5 operating system on board. The company was initially expected to launch the device sometime in October, but it was only a few days ago that it actually became available for purchase. However, the hand... |
21 November 2009
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The HTC Hero is the third mobile phone Taiwanese company HTC Corporation launched on the market with Google's Android operating system on board and, until not too long ago, the handset was seen as the nicest Android-based device available. The Hero can be purchased in the US too, via wireless carrier Sprint, wh... |
16 November 2009
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The NPD Group sales numbers for September will not be coming out until Monday but the various console manufacturers have already begun putting out statements related to the order in which the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii will arrive. Microsoft seems determined to preempt the expected dominance of ... |
16 October 2009
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T-Mobile G1 and T-Mobile myTouch 3G are the first Mobile phones to ever reach the United States market with Google's Android operating system on board, but now they are facing stronger competition in the Android area (Sprint's HTC Hero), something that determined Walmart to operate a little cut on their pri... |
12 October 2009
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When the PlayStation 3 Slim launched, with its reduced 299-dollar price point, Sony quickly moved to say that in some territories, sales increased by 999%. Microsoft also signaled that feedback had been positive to the similar price cut of the Xbox 360 Elite. Now, it's Nintendo's turn to declare itself happ... |
8 October 2009
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It seems that the United Kingdom release of FIFA 10, the latest football simulator from Electronic Arts, has managed to spark a small war between supermarkets interested in offering the game to customers and specialized videogame retail stores, which are alleging that prices for the game in the bigger chains are affe... |
5 October 2009
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Nintendo has announced that it will be offering a Wii Sports Resort bundle in the United States for a limited time. The price of the bundle will be set at 59.99 dollars and will be bringing buyers two Motion Plus add-ons for the Wiimote. Players will be able to pick it up starting with October 12. The offer is part o... |
25 September 2009
03:49 GMT |
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Nintendo has officially confirmed that it will be dropping 50 dollars from the price tag of the Wii home gaming console beginning with September 27 on the North American market. On October 1, a similar price reduction will take place in Japan, bringing the console down to the yen equivalent of 220 dollars. Apparently... |
24 September 2009
04:49 GMT |
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Another bit of information regarding the Nintendo price drop on the Wii is flowing around the endless void that is the web. Beside all the recent appearances of all sort of advertisements that are to be laid out in retail stores, it seems the closest thing to an official statement has been released. Or at least the c... |
21 September 2009
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It's official, even if Nintendo is not interested in confirming it. Yet another add has been leaked from a major retailer showing that the Nintendo Wii is set to get a 50-dollar price cut at some point in the near future. The most recent evidence has been offered by Best Buy, as you can see from the admittedly r... |
21 September 2009
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For about two weeks, previously unsubstantiated rumors about a reduction in the price of the Nintendo Wii home gaming console have been getting clear proof. Wal Mart talked about a price rollback for the device, without mentioning the new price. Then, a Toys R Us ad was leaked to the press showing that the price woul... |
19 September 2009
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If there's something we know for sure, that is that, even in the face of mounting evidence, Nintendo continues to keep its mouth shut when it comes to the possibility of a price reduction for its Wii home gaming console. Someone leaked a Target circular that clearly shows that the device will be selling for 199 ... |
18 September 2009
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Yesterday, we talked about how Wal Mart, one of the biggest retailers of gaming consoles around, had already prepared an advertising flier about a price “rollback” for the Nintendo Wii.We chalked that up as being just a rumor but now the evidence is mounting and the possibility of the Nintendo home consol... |
15 September 2009
16:41 GMT |
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In its usual manner, the Cupertino-based Mac maker has quietly slashed prices across its entire iPod line, making 8GB nanos available for as low as $129 and the 8GB iPod touch for just $189. Classic iPods are also cheaper ahead of Apple’s music-focused event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francis... |
9 September 2009
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Palm's latest mobile phone, the Palm Pre, is available in the United States only on the airwaves of wireless carrier Sprint, and through this company's partners, and features at the moment a price tag of $199.99 upon the signing of a two-year contract agreement with the operator. While this price doesn'... |
7 September 2009
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Does the price really matter? At one end, the answer seems to be yes. After all, Amazon has announced that it will have some issues shipping all the PlayStation 3 Slim consoles that have been pre-ordered, at the same time limiting each consumer to one purchase, and Microsoft has been very quick to cut the price of th... |
31 August 2009
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In September, both the Xbox 360 Elite from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 Slim from Sony will be retailing for the price of 299 dollars, which is 100 lower than in August. A cut of one third of the price of gaming consoles is pretty significant however you look at it and the impact on the videogame industry will lik... |
31 August 2009
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Can Microsoft take the price of the various Xbox 360 versions even lower, after reducing them in September last year? This has been one of the main questions that videogame industry analysts and some gamers have been asking ever since Sony announced that the new PlayStation 3 Slim hardware would be delivered starting... |
26 August 2009
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With the PlayStation 3 Slim announced by Sony at Gamescon and confirmed as arriving on most markets on September 1, a lot of people are now wondering how Microsoft and Nintendo, the two rivals of the Japanese manufacturer, are preparing to respond to the new hardware unveiled and to the price cut attached to it. We m... |
26 August 2009
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At GameCon last week, Sony at last unveiled what was a long known secret for much of the public, the PlayStation 3 Slim, the new revision of its home console set to challenge both the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the Nintendo Wii for sales numbers during this holiday season.Now, Amazon is announcing that the device, w... |
24 August 2009
03:54 GMT |
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Ashampoo is well-known for its large portfolio of software and, for the users familiar with the company, for its constant offering of huge price cuts for its products. Its discounts have rolled in at Softpedia as well, the company providing a 50% shave off the original price of its programs for any Softpedia user.No ... |
22 August 2009
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As you all know, yesterday reputed electronic and gaming company Sony held its press conference at the GamesCon event, which is unfolding in Cologne, Germany. It was a highly anticipated day, as many gamers and game journalists wanted to see which rumors regarding the Japanese company would come true. One of the mos... |
19 August 2009
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The video game industry is a big business where new things and marketing strategies are being thought of every day. That is why the companies involved try to keep their big announcements and surprises a secret until they are ready to reveal them to the world. But leaks happen all the time and moles carry out preciou... |
13 August 2009
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As we've started another glorious month, analysts are once again called upon to share some insight on how video games and video game consoles have sold during the previous month. As it is still summer, you can bet that things weren't that great for console manufacturers, and the trend recorded in June, with... |
11 August 2009
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During recent months, things haven't been so rosy for video game companies, starting with small developers, who keep their high-end titles for the end of the year, and ending with console manufacturers, which have recorded losses across the board, with a few exceptions here and there. This is evident with the s... |
5 August 2009
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The PlayStation 3 is currently the most powerful game console available on the market, but this hasn't guaranteed the success that Sony wanted for its device. Its high price tag and rather bulky design made fans orient themselves towards the Nintendo Wii or the Xbox 360. But it seems that things might change in... |
5 August 2009
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This summer season is especially dry in terms of new game releases, but one title is certainly making a lot of profit off of this “drought” as THQ's UFC 2009: Undisputed is by far the most played game out there. The mixed martial arts title is making a big amount of money for the publisher, which has... |
4 August 2009
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The PlayStation 3 is the most powerful console of this current generation, costing Sony a lot of money to develop and to market. But while the platform has a lot of aces up its sleeve, from online functionality to a lot of exclusive games, most of the customers are still put off by its high price tag, ranging around ... |
3 August 2009
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Early this year, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell, one of the world's leading vendors of portable computer systems, announced the introduction of the much-anticipated Adamo laptop, an ultra-portable computer system that has been designed to compete with the likes of Apple's MacBook Air or HP's Voodoo Envy.... |
22 July 2009
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Sony is one of the biggest companies currently active in the gaming industry, owning one of the largest brands in video games, PlayStation. But while the label is known all around the world, the latest home console in the series, the PlayStation 3, isn't the most popular device on the market. This is largely du... |
16 July 2009
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The gaming industry is definitely a tough one, and the worldwide recession is taking a pretty big toll on it as well, even though it isn't as tough as on other branches of the industry. That is why a lot of companies are trying to squeeze out the maximum amount of profit with the least amount of risk involved. ... |
8 July 2009
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More and more people are asking Sony to cut the price of the PlayStation 3 in face-to-face talks. And it's not only gamers and analysts who are talking about that but actual game developers and publishers.Kenji Matsubara, who is the Chief Executive Officer of the newly created Tecmo Koei, told CVG that “Wh... |
7 July 2009
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There's a lot of pressure on Sony to cut the price of its flagship console, the PlayStation 3 by 50 or even 100 dollars. There were rumors that the reduction would be announced at the E3 trade show, which took place in early June but Sony did not say a word on the subject.Now, analysts and even game developers a... |
7 July 2009
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The PlayStation 3 is one of the most powerful and feature-rich consoles currently available on the market. But even though it has a lot of interesting qualities, it is let down by its big price tag, at around $400.That's why a lot of people have been busy speculating about a price tag that would be made by Sony ... |
26 June 2009
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It appears that the Xbox 360 Arcade consoles that are being shipped around the world at the moment are different in at least one respect from those that were shipped just a few months ago. A group of modders keeping a close look at the hardware under the hood of the videogame console are saying that the new version o... |
18 June 2009
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The PlayStation 3 is the most expensive console on the market. With its $399 price tag, it dwarfs the $250 Wii or the $200 Xbox 360, which is why a price cut for Sony's big black box has been preached by analysts for quite some time. We've seen time and time again just how unfounded those estimations were,... |
18 June 2009
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After the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) and its pretty big announcements from all of the major console manufacturers, the rumor mill started spinning once more about the things they didn't say or weren't elaborated upon enough. Luckily, in order to share some more insight to the gaming industry and to... |
17 June 2009
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Nintendo has been experiencing some very strong sales ever since it released the Wii and DS consoles onto the market a few years ago. But after a long time, when it seemed that almost every person on the planet was buying one of these devices, sales were beginning to decline for the Japanese company. This, coupled w... |
9 June 2009
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) has once again become the biggest event in the gaming industry. That is why a lot of companies like Microsoft, Nintendo or Sony have made some big announcements at this year's edition. But at least in regard to Sony fans are still left a bit disappointed as they believed t... |
5 June 2009
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Sony's Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer has announced that his company is set to halve the number of firms from which it gets its parts in order to prepare it for a plan that should see it turn around its fortunes. The move would cut the purchasing costs for parts by around 5.3 billion dollars, which is a... |
26 May 2009
12:31 GMT |
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Price cuts have been the central point for a lot of rumors, especially since the economic recession has had a big say in just how much money people can spend on items these days, making them a relatively mandatory solution for keeping sales up. The gaming industry is now filled with voices that call for both the Pla... |
26 May 2009
02:40 GMT |
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For much of the five months that passed since the beginning of 2009, analysts, pundits and rumors have indicated that Sony needed to cut the price of the PlayStation 3 in order to make it competitive in the console fight, especially when taking on the Xbox 360.The talk was of taking 100 dollars off the price of the c... |
18 May 2009
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2008 was supposed to be the year of the PlayStation 3, yet the Sony console did not manage to perform particularly well. Now, Sony is again talking about how its flagship console will be revitalized this year, with new and exciting titles coming to it and with more features added to attract potential customers. Still... |
22 April 2009
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Game distribution is a big business, with major retail chains holding the key to titles reaching the average gamer. Even though digital distribution has caught on, with services like Steam or Direct2Drive being very popular, this doesn't worry companies like GameStop or Target. Now, the CEO of GameStop, Dan DeM... |
16 April 2009
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Nintendo is one of the biggest companies currently active on the market, as it has made some huge amounts of profit from the very successful Wii and DS consoles, which took the world by storm and, after quite a few years since their individual launches, are still registering heavy demand. Recently, we reported on th... |
9 April 2009
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We live in some very troubled financial times, when a lot of gaming budget has been seriously cut due to other expenses. That is why a lot of companies have resorted to major promotions and price cuts in order to attract people into buying new things.Valve's Steam and Microsoft's Xbox Live services have alr... |
8 April 2009
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During the last few days, a flurry of rumors and speculations appeared on the Internet regarding Sony's big announcement, which was made yesterday. From the much awaited PlayStation 3 price cut to the introduction of new features for the PlayStation Portable to even the announcement of a new console, everyone be... |
1 April 2009
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Sony has been a very successful company in terms of gaming over the time, but sadly, during the past two years, the market hasn't been under the Japanese company's domination, as the PlayStation 3 and PSP have achieved mediocre sales, being beaten by its local neighbor, Nintendo.Seeing how the PS3 is gettin... |
31 March 2009
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On March 31, the fiscal year officially ends for Sony, the big game publisher and console manufacturer based in Japan. Taking into account the history of the company and some inside sources, there are reports suggesting that a big announcement will be made, in relation to its PlayStation brand of gaming dev... |
30 March 2009
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There have been a lot of calls lately, coming from both game developers, like the guys who have created LittleBigPlanet, and from analysts of the videogame market, for Sony to cut the price of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console by about 100 dollars in order to bring it closer to the price of its closest rival, the... |
24 March 2009
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