Best Buy Co. Inc. on Sun. price cut a stand-alone Blu-ray disc player to $249 in the latest high-definition promotion.
Entries from August 2008
Best Buy price cuts Blu-ray player to $249
August 31st, 2008 · No Comments
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Week recap: PS3 80GB; Xbox 360 plummet; Wii fall
August 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 fell this week in the latest Japan retail figures. The hardware ranked No. 4 in overall sales.
Tags: News · Week Recap
Transformers No. 1 Blu-ray disc at Amazon
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
The Transformers ranked as the No. 1 best-selling Blu-ray disc at Amazon on Sat. at the end of its debut week to U.S. retail.
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Rock Band 2 Xbox 360 sales up at retailer
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Advanced sales for Harmonix Inc.’s Rock Band 2 increased on Fri. at Amazon.com several weeks prior to the title’s U.S. debut.
Tags: News · Xbox 360 · Systems · Retail
Sony fires Warhawk, NHL 09 to PS3 Store
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Sony Corp. this week released a new wave of downloadable content to the Playstation Store for the Playstation 3.
Tags: News · Playstation 3 · Systems · Retail
Nintendo raises forecast on higher Wii, DS sales
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Nintendo Co. on Fri. raised its full-year profit forecast 26 percent on increased sales projections for the Wii home console and Nintendo DS handheld.
Tags: News · Nintendo · Wii · Systems · Business · Retail
Fallout 3 Xbox 360, PS3 sales increase at retailer
August 30th, 2008 · No Comments
Advanced sales for Bethesda Softwork’s Fallout 3 for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 increased on Fri. at retailer Amazon.com.
Tags: News · Playstation 3 · Xbox 360 · Systems · Retail
Blu-ray backed PS3 80GB holds in top five retail sales
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Sony Corp.’s new 80GB Playstation 3 SKU held in the top five at Amazon.com on Fri. on high-demand for the product.
Tags: News · Playstation 3 · Systems · Retail
Nintendo DS holds lead over PSP at Japan retail
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Nintendo Co.’s Nintendo DS handheld held a lead over Sony Corp.’s PSP in the latest Japan retail sales figures.
Tags: News · Nintendo DS · PSP · Handhelds
Wii sales fall in latest Japan figures
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Sales for Nintendo Co.’s Wii fell nearly 30 percent in the latest weekly sales tally from Japan.
Tags: News · Wii · Systems · Retail
Xbox 360 Japan sales plummet post ‘Tales’ spike
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Sales for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 plummeted back to dismal territory following a initial boost from Namco Bandai Inc.’s Tales of Vesperia RPG.
Tags: News · Xbox 360 · Systems · Retail
PS3 sales drop at Japan retail
August 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Sales for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 dropped in the latest Japan retail figures.
Tags: News · Playstation 3 · Systems · Retail
Ratchet and Clank PSP Pack pre-orders blast retail
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Amazon.com this week began taking pre-orders for Sony Corp.’s new Ratchet and Clank PSP Entertainment Pack, which includes an updated PSP hardware SKU.
Tags: News · PSP · Handhelds · Retail
PS3 Dualshock 3 price cut to under $50
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Amazon.com this month price cut Sony Corp.’s Dualshock 3 controller under $50 in the latest round of video game discounts.
Tags: News · Playstation 3 · Systems · Peripherals · Retail
Best Buy to burn Blu-ray disc Labor Day sale
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Best Buy Co Inc. stores this weekend will tout a new Labor Day sale on high-definition Blu-ray disc titles.
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Target clearances Xbox 360 20GB hard drive
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Target Corp. stores this month began holding a 30 percent clearance on Micorosoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 20GB hard drive in the latest round of video game discounts.Select Target stores in Southern California clearanced the 20GB hard drive SKU to $69.98, down from an MSRP of $99.99.
The 20GB hard drive was made available […]
Tags: News · Xbox 360 · Systems · Peripherals · Retail
Tales of Vesperia Xbox 360 sold out at retailer
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Amazon.com this week sold out of Namco Bandai Inc.’s Tales of Vesperia Premium Edition for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 due to high-demand for the RPG release.
Tags: News · Xbox 360 · Systems · Retail
PS3 titles rank in top 10 after discount
August 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Game titles for Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 ranked in the top 10 on Wed. after several sharp discounts at Amazon.com.
Tags: News · Playstation 3 · Systems · Retail
Xbox 360 to hold EA Sports Xbox Live weekends
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Microsoft Corp. on Wed. said that it will hold a series of Xbox Live weekends in conjunction with the EA Sports Challenge series on the Xbox 360.
Tags: News · Microsoft · Xbox 360 · Systems · Retail
Acer Aspire One netbook sold out at Best Buy
August 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Best Buy Co. Inc. stores this week sold out of Acer Inc.’s Aspire One netbook due to high-demand in its debut release at the retailer.
Tags: News · PC · Retail · Technology