Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> PS3 overtakes Wii in Japan
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Some 55,924 PS3s were purchased in the week ending 11 November, compared to
>| 34,456 Wiis and just 5817 Xbox 360s. Clearly, the Halo 3 effect and
>| Microsoft's price cut have done their work.
> `----
>
> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/japan_wii_ps3_sales/
>
The bell tolls for Xbox.
>
> Recent:
>
> Price cut boosts PlayStation 3 sales
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| U.S. sales of the PlayStation 3 more than doubled in the weeks after the
>| company slashed the video game console's price $100 and launched a low-end
>| model, Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer told The Associated Press Wednesday.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation_sales
>
>
> PS3 + Linux + Firefox = Office 2.0 computing
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Sony and a technology site are using a conference to show off a confluence of
>| next-generation, monopoly-bypassing technology: a Sony Playstation 3
>| videogame console running Linux and Firefox as a foundation for
>| Web-based "Office 2.0" applications.
>|
>| IT|Redux, a site run by blogger and tech adviser Ismael Ghalimi, is showing
>| off the system at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. IT|Redux is the
>| show organizer.
> `----
>
> http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772115-1.html
>
>
> PS3 available pre-installed with Linux
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| TerraSoft is now taking direct pre-orders with no delivery
>| time guarantees for a Sony PS3 pre-installed with Linux,
>| priced at $650.
> `----
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7863481537.html
>
>
> Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with Eight PlayStation 3s
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| The interest in the PS3 really was for two main reasons," explains Khanna, an
>| assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth who
>| specializes in computational astrophysics. "One of those is that Sony did
>| this remarkable thing of making the PS3 an open platform, so you can in fact
>| run Linux on it and it doesn't control what you do."
> `----
>
> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/10/ps3_supercomputer
>
>
> Old:
>
> Best New Console - Sony PlayStation 3
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Sony's embrace of the PS3 as a computer rather than just a console
>| and the availability of supported Linux distributions for the
>| console will also develop and will likely bear entirely unexpected
>| fruit in future.
>|
>| Runner-Up:
>| Nintendo Wii
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>
> http://bestof.ign.com/2006/gear/1.html
>
>
> Sony's PS3 Could Still Outsell Microsoft's XBox 360 in 2006
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Should the Playstation 3 end up in second place this Christmas season,
>| Sony shouldn't feel too badly. The #1 selling console at the moment
>| remains the Playstation 3, which sold nearly a million units in
>| November, and will probably sell nearly double that in December.
> `----
>
> http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061215/22521_id.html?.v=1
>
>
> Strategy Analytics: The Pressure is on Microsoft
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Research firm Strategy Analytics claims that with the PS3 now
>| launching the pressure is actually on Microsoft to convince
>| consumers and loyal PlayStation gamers to "switch camps."
>| Ultimately, the firm sees Sony trouncing the competition with
>| over 120 million units sold by 2012.
> `----
>
> http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/feature/?id=14480
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