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Nintendo can't meet holiday Wii demand

article published on 1 October, 2007

Reggie Fils-Aime, the president of Nintendo America has made comments indicating that the company will not be able to meet the demand for its ever popular Wii console during the upcoming holiday season. “We have been sold out worldwide since we launched,” said Fils-Aime. “Every time we put more into the marketplace, we sell more, which says that we are not even close to understanding ... [ read the full article ]

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4. October 2007 @ 22:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
"Sony is rumored to be coming out with a $400 dollar version for the xmas rush".

Yes, Sony is coming out with a much cheaper PlayStation 3. It will be out in the next few weeks in Australia at AU $699 instead of the current $999. The deal is, it will be a be 40GB hard drive, it will only have 2 USB ports instead of 4 and it will drop compatibility with older games (PS2, PS1). As for the price in the U.S, I am not sure.
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5. October 2007 @ 08:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by dantheaf:
"Sony is rumored to be coming out with a $400 dollar version for the xmas rush".

Yes, Sony is coming out with a much cheaper PlayStation 3. It will be out in the next few weeks in Australia at AU $699 instead of the current $999. The deal is, it will be a be 40GB hard drive, it will only have 2 USB ports instead of 4 and it will drop compatibility with older games (PS2, PS1). As for the price in the U.S, I am not sure.
Ummmmmm the PS3 60/80 has already droped comapbilty with the PS2 PSX games its called emulation and they are working to get it to 80% like MS is on the Xbox/360 thing.
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5. October 2007 @ 17:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the only difference will be two less usb ports, the new ps3 would be a steal.
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5. October 2007 @ 18:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by wetsparks:
If the only difference will be two less usb ports, the new ps3 would be a steal.
Ya even without the card reader it still would be good.


Now if it had 2 less USB, no wi fi,no card reader and a smaller HDD I would have to wodner what sony is smoking, but I hope they learn they cant do to much to it.
 
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