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Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Financials, PS3, Retail, Sony, Trade | 2 Comments »
In a research note following the release of Sony financials yesterday, Lazard Capital's Colin Sebastian said he believed the results showed there was now less need for the firm drop ... Read more..Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 Posted in Canada, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony | No Comments »
SCEA put out a press release today saying it's to adjust prices on the Canadian PS Store to put them in line with the weaker US dollar. "We are continually looking ... Read more..Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Asia, Hong Kong, Korea, Microsoft, Retail, Singapore, Taiwan, Trade, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
According to this Bloomberg report, Microsoft has dropped the price of Xbox 360 in Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan. The price of a basic version will drop by 17 ... Read more..Saturday, April 26th, 2008 Posted in DS, Nintendo, Retail, Trade, Wii | No Comments »
Speaking in this Reuters article, Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has said the company has no plans to drop the price of its two consoles this year. "Our earnings projection for the ... Read more..Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 13 Comments »
Microsoft put out a press release this morning claiming that European Xbox 360 sales have "more than doubled" since the company cut the console's price in Europe over Easter. “Xbox 360 ... Read more..Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Apple, Mobile, Retail, UK, iPhone | No Comments »
The price of Apple's 8GB iPhone has been slashed by £100 in the UK in what seems like preparation for the new version 2, 3G-enabled models rumoured to be on ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Nintendo, Wii | 8 Comments »
Nintendo UK's told GI that talk of a Wii price cut in Europe this morning is "rumour and speculation". And we've just received the same comment while writing this. "Rumour and speculation ... Read more..Wednesday, April 9th, 2008 Posted in Europe, France, Nintendo, Retail, Rumour, Wii | 11 Comments »
Jeux-France has rumoured that Nintendo Europe is drop Wii's price in Europe this Mai. The site, citing a "source at Nintendo France", predicts that the machine with Wii Sports with drop ... Read more..Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in America, Microsoft, Trade, Xbox 360 | 1 Comment »
In the wake of yesterday's European Xbox 360 price drop, US analysts have said they expect similar action from Microsoft in America before the end of the year. "I expect a ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 3 Comments »
Speaking here, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has predicted that the now-announced European Xbox 360 price cut will boost sales of the console by 20 percent in the region. "Price elasticity of ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 33 Comments »
No more guessing, then. Microsoft just confirmed what Amazon had the good grace to admit this morning: the RRPs of all three European Xbox 360 SKUs will drop on Friday. "Microsoft ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, Microsoft, Retail, Trade, Xbox 360 | 5 Comments »
The simExchange Jesse Divnich is convinced that the impended European Xbox 360 price cut is a specific reaction to the recent death of HD-DVD and emerging dominance of Blu-ray. "I've always ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Retail, UK, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Oh dear. Amazon UK has now changed all it's Xbox 360 hardware prices back to their original levels, following cutting them this morning. The Arcade pack is now listed as £189.98, ... Read more..Monday, March 10th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Xbox 360 | 19 Comments »
Any announcement is going to be a little late, from the look of it. Amazon UK has cut the price of all its 360 SKUs this morning, following news last ... Read more..Sunday, March 9th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Retail, Xbox 360 | 28 Comments »
According to this, Dutch retailer Bart Smith has seemingly confirmed the rumoured European Xbox 360 price cuts that did the rounds earlier this week. According to that page, Xbox 360 Elite ... Read more..Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Retail, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
As per usual, Microsoft has refused to comment on yesterday's rumours that Xbox 360 is going to see a price cut across Europe next week. "We do not comment on rumour ... Read more..Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Microsoft, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 8 Comments »
Speaking under condition of strict anonymity, a senior UK source has confirmed to videogaming247 that Microsoft is readying a European price cut for Xbox 360, saying that NDAs are in ... Read more..Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in Microsoft, Retail, Rumour, Xbox 360 | 6 Comments »
Says so here. Apparently the price is going to be cut by €50 across all SKUs. That report claims to have "corroborated this story with numerous UK retailers this morning", ... Read more..Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in Canada, Microsoft, Retail, Xbox 360 | No Comments »
A rumour circulating just before Microsoft's GDC press conference yesterday is rumour no longer. Microsoft has dropped the price of Xbox 360 in Canada. Both the normal and Elite machines ... Read more..Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Xbox 360 | 2 Comments »
According to this, a rumour's spreading that Microsoft Europe's readying to drop the price of the Xbox 360 Core pack to €199, making it €50 cheaper than the European Wii. ... Read more..Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 Posted in Trade, Wii | No Comments »
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has suggested a Wii priced at $199 without a bundled Wii Sports could help keep the console competitive in 2009. "The console has a price advantage over ... Read more..
