The WII was released on Nov. 19 and just eight days later ITWorld reports that over 600,000 units have been sold.
This indeed spells great success for Nintendo. This averages 75,000 units a day which is well above the number of PS3s sold at the time of the release in Japan.
The Wii costs $249.99. It was [...]
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Just as people thronged in Japan and US to pick up their PS3, the release of Nintendo’s WII also saw a similar situation.
Lines outside Times Square Toys “R” Us store in New York snaked upto a thosand people all awaiting the midnight release of Wii.
Toys “R” Us Times Square in Manhattan and GameStop at Universal [...]
It may be a gamers delight but $9000 for a PlayStation 3 is simply outrageous. But, that is what the PS3 is currently being sold for on eBay, not to mention the $99,999,999.00 PS3!
The unit costs $600. Even standing in the line in the cold winter sun would work out cheaper than $9000.
In another report, [...]
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After 86,400 units in two days, Sony has released the PlayStation 3 in the US as scheduled.
What I am really surprised about is the lengths that people have gone through just to buy a PS3.
Reuters reports that some gamers waited for more than two days outside Sony’s Manhattan store.
Seems like the bad year for Sony [...]
Soon after the launch of Play Station 3, it was found that around 200 PS/PS2 games weren’t running on it.
Sony has now upgraded their software to make it compatible with these games. Users will receive the same via an online upgrade.
A Sony spokesman said the glitches in the 200 games in question were related mostly [...]
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PCMag News reports that the PS3 which was launched just three days back and has already sold 86,400 copies has problems when playing about 200 software games from PS and PS2.
The PS3 was expected to play all games from the previous versions. The exact reason for this is still not known, though it is believed [...]
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The PlayStation 3 was released in Japan just two days back and Reuters reports that 88,400 units have already been sold!
I don’t think even Sony expected such a craze for their gaming console.
Unfortunately for them, only 100,000 units were available for launch because of a glitch in blue laser diode production.
The PS3 basic model sells [...]
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