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PS3 has early support in Japan |
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Wednesday, 13 July 2005 |
According to recent Japanese survey conducted by Info Plant, via
marketing data service C-News, Playstation 3 is currently dominating
the interest of potential Japanese consumers. One thousand Internet
users between the ages of 10 and 59 were questioned about their
expectations and purchase intent for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and
Nintendo Revolution. The participants were equally split into four age
groups and each group was also divided equally for gender.
Despite the Xbox 360's advantage of a several month prior release, this
survey indicates that it will fall behind in Japan. 60 percent of
respondents stated that they would be most interested in the
Playstation 3, 8 percent said that they are most interested in the
Nintendo Revolution, and 2 percent said they were most interested in
the Xbox 360.
Source: GameDailyBiz |
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Playstation 3 likely to price at $400 US |
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Thursday, 07 July 2005 |
 According to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Toyo Keizai, Merrill
Lynch Japan Securities has recently calculated an analysis that the
production of a single PlayStation 3 console will cost Sony
approximately 54,000 yen to make ($494), as of its initial release in
2006.
Merrill Lynch Japan estimates that the machine's main
components--namely its Cell chip, RSX, and BD-ROM drive--will cost
about 11,000 yen ($101) each. After adding the other electronics that
will be used in the PS3, the machine's production cost goes up to
54,000 yen.
Given that Sony's PS3 will face stiff competition from Microsoft's Xbox
360, the chances that Sony will release its console at its production
cost is slim. Under the assumption that the Xbox 360 is expected to
sell at around $299, Merrill Lynch Japan predicts that Sony will sell
each PS3 at the price of 44,800 yen ($410) in Japan and $399 in
America. That would mean Sony would suffer a loss of more than 130
billion yen ($1.18 billion) during the first year of the PS3's release.
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PS3 hard drive to be sold seperately... |
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Wednesday, 06 July 2005 |
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The hard drive for the PlayStation 3 will not be bundled with the
machine, but will instead be sold as an add-on unit, according to press
reports in Japan which seem to confirm earlier hints dropped by SCE
boss Ken Kutaragi.
The latest issue of Famitsu includes a feature about the PS3
hardware which says that the device will ship with a slot for a hard
drive - which can be found on the underside of the machine, and is
designed to accommodate a 2.5" hard drive package - but not with the
drive itself. |
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