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Week recap: PS3 Resistance; Xbox 360 10M; Wii Fit order
Published: May 18, 2008 8:54 AM PDT
Sales for Sony Corp.'s Playstation 3 were slow in Japan in the latest hardware tally. The hardware ranked No. 4 in overall sales.
Sony this week recorded a fourth quarter fiscal profit on lower losses in the game unit. The company predicts 10 million PS3 units sold this fiscal year. Konami Corp. this week said that it will sell a limited edition Gun Metal Grey PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle to online customers for $599.99. The company will start pre-orders in May. Sony this week released the upcoming 2008 to early 2009 game lineup for the PS3, PSP, and PS2. Titles include Resistance 2, SOCOM Confrontation, LittleBigPlanet, Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee 2, and SIREN: Blood Curse. GTA IV PS3 SKU sales closed in on the Xbox 360 SKU this week at Amazon.com. The PS3 version held a rank one behind the Xbox 360 version in a close head-to-head sales match.
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