PS3 60GB IS going for good - but not for a few months
Yesterday we tried to go into rumor-control mode, as people were citing a European Sony exec saying that the lowered-priced 60GB console will be gone forever once current stock runs out. He said that this would happen within 3 weeks, which is what set off red flags for me.
People have been scrambling trying to [...]
Rumor Control: 60GB PS3 is going nowhere - at the moment
Yesterday there was a report that someone at Sony (with the fancy title of PRESIDENT no less) said that the 60GB PS3 was no longer being produced, and as soon as the current stock sold out, they would go back to selling a single SKU (presumably, the crippled 80GB version). He said that they [...]
80GB Playstation 3 to lack Emotion Engine
GamesIndustry.biz has discovered the bad news that the upcoming 80GB Playstation 3 will not come with the Emotion Engine chip (the Playstation 2 chip). So instead of being able to play backwards-compatible PS2 games natively, it will be emulating the games in software mode.
This means that games will lose some image quality, performance, and [...]
PS3 price drop confirmed - 80GB model coming
Sony didn’t even wait until E3 to confirm that last week’s price drop rumor was true; they have confirmed that the price is indeed dropping $100 after E3.
Furthermore, they are adding an 80GB model, which will be available this August. Currently only available in Korea, the new model will become the new high end model, [...]
Nintendo Wii Continues To Outsell PS3…By A Lot
If Sony isn’t dropping Playstation 3 prices by $100 like the rumors currently say, they really should. According to BBC, the Nintendo Wii is outselling the PS3 by a ’six to one’ margin. Actually, it’s more like a 6.5 to 1 margin, 270,974 Wiis compared to 41,628 PS3s in June. In comparison, [...]
RUMOR: PS3 price cut forthcoming?
Update: Coming in from GameDaily is confirmation from “one of the world’s biggest retailers” that the price cut is indeed true. w00t!
Consider this a total rumor right now, but folks on the DVD Talk Forum have come up with what looks to be next week’s advertising for Circuit City. In it, the PS3 receives the [...]
But I’m The Freakin’ DARKNESS!
I usually refuse to line up for anything. I couldn’t be bothered to line up for a Wii or a PS3 (even though I just wanted to flip them on eBay) or any new games coming out. Heck, I don’t even want to wake up early enough on release days [...]
