FYE, Hastings Ad Reveals $100 Price Cut on Sony's PlayStation 3

Submitter: PS3 News - (http://www.joystiq.com)

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Category: PlayStation 3

Following analyst Michael Pachter's prediction from earlier today comes another PS3 price cut ad leak... this time from Hastings, a Texas-based retailer.

According to the ad, the current stock of 160GB PS3s will be cut to $400, a $100 savings over the original.

In related news, CAG is reporting FYE is now selling 80GB PS3 consoles for $299, with the Uncharted bundle for...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://www.vg247.com)

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Category: PlayStation 3

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...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://www.eurogamer.net)

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Reports surfaced yesterday suggesting that work on Square Enix’s action RPG Final Fantasy XIII Versus had halted while members of the game’s development team went to help finish up Final Fantasy XIII.

This isn’t completely true, however, as Square Enix issue a statement today, clarifying that only “some” of the devs working on Versus XIII moved over and that work on...

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Submitter: PS3 News - (http://www.konami.jp)

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Category: PS3 Online

According to their Web site, Konami has now postponed their Metal Gear Online Public BETA for gamers outside of Japan.

To quote: IMPORTANT NOTICE for all METAL GEAR ONLINE PREMIERE BETA players

We would like to thank all players for their keen interest in taking part in the beta test.

However, we regret to inform you that due to extraordinary...

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Submitter: Starlight - (http://playstation3uk.net)

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Category: PlayStation 3

So, this years Game Developers Conference is just around the corner beginning February 18th, and ending Feb 22nd, and these are the games we are hoping, no begging, to see!

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Dev: Kojima Pro | Publisher: Konami | Release: Q2 2008 | Platform: Playstation 3

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots has been playable at...

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