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PS3 price cut signals Sony bid to protect fortress Japan

by Stan Beer

Saturday, 23 September 2006

Page 2 of 2 Whether Microsoft or Nintendo, Sony is clearly worried because cutting prices two months before a new product has even been released is highly unusual. Obviously, Sony believes it has miscalculated how big a price gap between itself and its rivals the market will bear. Featured Whitepaper 5 Best Practices for Smartphone Support Based on PS2 sales, Japan can be expected to account for more than 20% of the total PS3 market, so Sony cannot afford any slip ups in November and December. The last thing Sony wants to see by the time March 2007 rolls around and the PS3 gets ready to hit stores in Europe and the rest of the world is unsold inventory in Japanese stores.{moscomment} Tags See All Tags Blu-ray  Games  Microsoft  PlayStation  Xbox  Powered By Joomla Tags Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! << First page <   1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

 

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