http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/sony-ten-year-plan.ars
Sony and the "ten-year" console: a look at the argument
By Ben Kuchera | Published: January 21, 2009 - 07:00AM CT
A look at what Sony wants, and what it has

Economic fears hit retailer stock orders
The global economic slowdown is applying more pressure on videogames
publishers as retailers in the US slash their stock orders.
In a bid to limit any risk of piling up unwanted inventory - if

From the Feb 1997 issue of EGM
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Typed out for those that can't read the blurry scan
"In other Sega news, Yu Suzuki sand and the white shirts at AM2 aure

Does the Xbox 360's 'lack of longevity' matter?
Posted by Don Reisinger
Kaz Hirai, Sony Computer Entertainment America president and CEO, told
Official PlayStation Magazine in its latest issue that the Xbox 360

http://gamingpodcast.net/2009/01/20/wii-will-beat-ps2-in-sales-ps3-like-gamecube/
If the sales continue as they have been for Nintendo and their little
white Wii, gamers'll be looking at the top-dog for overall console
says–best selling console ever. This would push Sony's ...

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Stringer battles Sony ‘old guard’
By Robin Harding, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson and Matthew Garrahan
Published: January 20 2009 23:40 | Last updated: ...

Sony to Announce Restructuring Details Soon
SONY, CONSUMER PRODUCTIONS, RESTRUCTURING,
Reuters | 21 Jan 2009 | 12:31 AM ET
Sony will announce details of its restructuring plan this week amid

I've bought about half a dozen game downloads and probably tried twice as
many demos from both PSN and XBLA.
It's a great model, though I sometimes wish the prices were a little
cheaper.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2009/01/20/50-cent-game-better-than-killzone-2-and-stre
et-fighter-iv-says-ma/
Um... WTF?
This is what happens when mainstream mags review video games. I guess 50
Cent had more breasts in it.

Pachter: PS3 at $299 in April, Xbox 360 Price Cut to Follow
Leading analyst Michael Pachter has stated that Sony will drop the
PS3's price to $299 this April, but Microsoft could also lower its
MSRP on the Xbox 360.

I still expect the next-gen Xbox as early as November 2011.   I'm like
80% sure it'll be released sometime in 2011 or 2012.
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PS2 410K
PS3 726K
PSP 1.02M
X360 1.44M

I've been pretty harsh on the PS3 in the past, but I had to wonder, was I
being too hard?
So this past weekend, I sat down and put in some honest time with the PS3.
I decided to browse through PSN for some demos to download and games to buy.

It's been two entire years since the release of PlayStation3.
In the United States *and* worldwide overall, PS3 is still in 3rd
place, thus last place, behind
Xbox 360 and Wii.    Even with several sales-surges in 2007 and 2008,