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With the 3DS and PS3 price cuts significantly boosting sales of both devices, you’d imagine that Microsoft would reactively lower the price of its console. But they’re not."We have better service provision than anybody. We attach more effectively than anybody. I think Xbox Live is enviable," explained Microsoft’s Chris Lewis. "What we've achieved with Kinect has given us growth ... [»]
The big news from Gamescom last week was that Sony would be dropping the price of the PS3 worldwide down to $250 for the 160Gb. Unfortunately with our local Sony rep being at Gamescom as well we haven’t yet heard what ... [»]
Sony’s big announcement for Gamescom this year wasn’t entirely unexpected but that doesn’t make it any less welcome.
Sony announced on stage at their conference that starting immediately (in North America) the PS3’s price will drop to $250 (160Gb) and $299 (320Gb), ... [»]
Traditionally, Nintendo sells its hardware for a profit right out of the gate. This is unusual practice in the video game industry; Sony and Microsoft happily absorb some of the cost of their consoles when first released, subsidising the price of the hardware to increase market penetration. With the recent news ... [»]
It feels like an eternity since we last heard from our analyst at large, Michael Pachter, but he’s back and with yet another excitable prediction.According to his research we can expect a Xbox 360 price cut in June at E3 and that Sony and Nintendo will follow suit as soon as ... [»]
Over the last week or so, the price of Sony’s redesign of the PSP, the PSPgo, has been reduced in various regions across the globe. The download-only handheld hasn’t exactly received massive sales since its launch, and that could be attributed to a number of things.Obviously, price was the major turn-off ... [»]
Gizmodo (the site who in the middle of the AppleGate* scandal) Australia has posted up an article this morning stating that the Wii in Australia/NZ will be receiving a AUD$100 price cut effective tomorrow. This will be the first official price cut that Nintendo Australia ... [»]
It’s been three long days since the PSP Go was released in the UK and it has already received a price cut. Originally retailing for 225 Pounds, or R2 700, it has now been spotted for a more appealing yet still pricey 199 Pounds or R2 400. No official announcement ... [»]
In some great news for locals Core have announced that we will be receiving a massive Wii price cut on the 2nd of October bringing the local Wii price down to R2 499 or R1 000 less than it is now. This now makes gaming in South Africa just that much ... [»]
News out this morning is pointing more towards a bundled offering for PAL territories instead of a US styled price cut. According to Eurogamers mole we will be looking at getting a bundle of ... [»]
First up I think it’s about time Sony gave these things a name. The most common name for their upcoming motion controller is The Wand but I have heard some of the dev’s calling it The Globe and to be honest I prefer that one. Anyway at TGS this morning Kaz ... [»]
Amidst the excitement of the announced PS3 and Xbox 360 price drops, it was expected that Nintendo in turn would lower the price of its market dominating Wii. If you had hopes for a Wii price drop so you too could get your waggle on, I’m afraid I have bad news for you. Nintendo isn’t playing that game and ... [»]
The Department of Trade and industry in South Africa has recently been on a fact finding mission to see if the current import tariffs on electrical goods are fair or need to be changed. Basically the idea behind import tariffs is that they ... [»]
Our writer Geoff has just informed me that Makro has a friggin' sweet Xbox 360 special running for their birthday.
You can pick up an Xbox 360 Pro for R2999.99 and then Makro will give you a R1000 voucher back to spend on ... [»]
Yesterday I posted up the rumour about Microsoft dropping the 60Gb model and forging ahead with just the Elite and Arcade. Well this rumour has just been kicked up a notch with UK retailers GAME, Gamestation, HMV and Asda all ... [»]
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