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by Mike Zazaian November 30, 2006 - 4:19pm, 1 Comment >>

Following myriad delays and shortages for the Playstation 3, Sony Computer Entertainment President and CEO Ken Kutaragi has effectively been relegated to a less hands-on role.

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by Mike Zazaian October 16, 2006 - 11:43am, 1 Comment >>

eBay removed all auctions for pre-ordered Playstation 3 units from its site today, leaving thousands of profiteering Playstation pushers without a place to peddle their wares, for now.

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by Mike Zazaian October 12, 2006 - 7:02pm, No Comments

GameStop will accept pre-orders for Nintendo’s Wii starting tomorrow morning, but if things go the way they did with the Playstation3 pre-order sequence, the window to place an order shouldn’t be much more than half an hour.

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by Mike Zazaian October 5, 2006 - 6:13pm, 6 Comments >>

An analyst report from financial services company UBS is predicting that Nintendo may have as many as 9 million Wiis on shelves by year’s end.

The report estimates that Nintendo has already manufactured 2 million consoles, and stipulates that between seven and nine million will be available by the end of the year. Were Nintendo even to hit the predicted 7 million console mark, it would be an improvement over the company’s last official announcement of 6 million consoles shipping in 2006.

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by Mike Zazaian October 4, 2006 - 6:19pm, 2 Comments >>

A series of repeated crashes in Playstation 3 consoles at the Tokyo Game Show have ignited doubts about the quality of the console, and its manufacturer.

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by Mike Zazaian September 26, 2006 - 3:39pm, 5 Comments >>

While Playstation fans got a scare yesterday when Sony announced PS3 games would run between $79.99 and $89.99 in Japan, King Kutaragi has quickly allayed those fears with more modest pricing on US soil.

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by Mike Zazaian September 25, 2006 - 7:53am, 1 Comment >>

Rumors of a black Xbox 360 have been stirred up by a mysterious image floating around the internet. But even if its a fake, should a black version of the console be on Microsoft’s roadmap?

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by Mike Zazaian September 22, 2006 - 12:01pm, 2 Comments >>

Some surprise updates for Sony’s upcoming Playstation 3 might make it more appealing to frustrated playstation enthusiasts.

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by Mike Zazaian September 20, 2006 - 11:00am, No Comments

Microsoft has finally given up some dirt on the release date of the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360, and coupled it with some good news for HDTV owners.

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by Mike Zazaian September 15, 2006 - 11:37am, No Comments

While the PS3 and Xbox 360 will likely make a bundle on games with their next-gen consoles, Sony and Microsoft take a financial hit with each unit sold. Not so with Nintendo’s Wii.

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