To confirm earlier reports of discontinued models and old stock drying up, today Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter stated in a Podcast that we're about to see a PS3 price cut and the introduction of a new hardware SKU.
To quote: “The retail commentary I’ve seen has come out of the UK. I have not seen at US retail. We heard Japanese retail a few weeks ago say they weren’t going to be getting any more PS3s...
It appears the rumor from last week was accurate after all.
We now have a date for the Xbox 360 Pro model, with the shot (below) from a Meijer catalog due on August 30, 2009 and indicating the XBox 360 Elite is in line for a Pro-sized price cut to $299.
To quote: You'll remember, of course, that the origins of this rumor - Ars Technica's ever-reliable Microsoft mole...
Today caliblue15 of BlueRayCenter Forums (linked above) has received some alleged retail pics of the XBox 360 Arcade/Elite from an anonymous Best Buy insider.
They beg the question if Microsoft is indeed discontinuing their XBox 360 Pro SKU for just the XBox 360 Arcade and Elite console versions.
However, some speculate the XBox 360 Pro won't be gone as it's still...
According to Belgium site RTLinfo, Sony has been briefing retailers of an imminent €100 (£85) price cut on the 80GB PS3.
The rumors follow the news that Sony is informing Japanese retailers that the 80GB PS3 model will not be shipping after August 8th, while Sony has cut the cost of its 160GB PlayStation 3 bundle from Amazon by $50.
To quote: "Sony are looking to make a big splash...
I think this is another sign of new PS3 coming into town...
According to Kotaku (linked above), the Japanese stores have started to get a notice to discontinue selling the 80GB as of August 9th, which is about right before the new PS3 Slim is supposed to be announced.
To quote: The 20GB, 40GB and 60GB versions of the PS3 have been discontinued. According to this, it...
"It's in third place." "Sony messed up." "Sony is doomed!" Unless you're new to the Internet (in that case, welcome!), you've probably heard all of the anti-Sony PlayStation 3 comments before.
Ever since its launch in 2006, the PS3 has been often called a failure by some Web sites and people (and of course, fanboys).
According to an internal memo JoyStiq (linked above) received, Zellers – the Canadian retail chain – may no longer be stocking the 80GB PlayStation 3 Core bundle.
The memo specifically notes that employees are not to take rainchecks on an advertised deal allowing customers to purchase an 80GB core bundle with any PS3 game under $30 for a total price of $380 (after a...
Today FrostyTheSnowman has released his XBox 360 Modification USB Drive version 1.6. This essentially replaces his disc version of the popular DOS-based tool set.
A memo which tells GameStop that the Onyx/Black DS Lite systems have been discontinued has sparked rumors that Nintendo is preparing to make way for the new DSi.
To quote: Earlier this week Gamestop sent a memo to its retail locations revealing that the Onyx/Black Nintendo DS Lite system has been discontinued. Once stock is gone, as the memo informs, retailers are to...
The Associated Press reports that Sony's PS2 console has just sold 50 million units in North America. To date, Sony still has total faith in the system and commented they do not plan to do away with it any time soon.
To quote: The Sony PlayStation 2 debuted in 2000, before the beginning of the Bush administration, when Google Inc. was still a private search startup and...