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1. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 19 February 2008

   ... for PS3 Spong   Sept 1 Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM spec adds Microsoft's video codec EE Times     22 HD ...

2. CES 2007: Sony hits one million shipped PS3s, hints at new features

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Sunday, 07 January 2007

   At its pre-CES press conference, Sony spent very little time talking about the PS3, which is kind of surprising considering it is the first big event for Sony since the release of the console in November. ...

3. Nintendo estimated to have sold more than 600,000 Wii consoles at launch

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 20 November 2006

   ... Wii available than Sony of its PS3, the bright white device still sold out within minutes. More than 1000 people were waiting in line at the main launch store, the Times Square location of Toys R Us. The ...

4. Sony launches Playstation 3 in the U.S.

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 17 November 2006

   ... Walmart and Target will be handing them out in the morning. Ebay sales are picking up steam, with sellers asking for as much as $7000. What it is all about: The PS3 in detail ... Waiting for the PS3: Tent ...

5. Taiwan gets 500 PS3 consoles for launch, U.S. PS3 allocation reduced again?

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 15 November 2006

   ... according to Sony's Taiwan branch. See the Sony Playstation 3 in detail ... Gamers in Taiwan, however, will have an opportunity to buy a PS3 through unofficial channels, which reportedly have been importing ...

6. Lines begin to form at retail locations for PS3

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 09 November 2006

   Video game blog Kotaku has posted an image of the outside of a Best Buy store in Burbank, CA, with three people reportedly already in line outside for the November 17 launch of the PS3, still eight days ...

7. Rumor Mill: Best Buy PS3 allocation to be cut?

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Wednesday, 08 November 2006

   Neowin.net is reporting that Best Buy's PlayStation 3 allocation may be cut in half. An anonymous Best Buy employee told the website that the store will get getting approximately half of the units promised ...

8. Microsoft targets 15 million shipped Xbox 360 consoles by June 2007

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 07 November 2006

   In yet another bid to draw attention to itself before the release of the more closely watched PS3 and Wii consoles, Microsoft today announced the latest shipment forecasts for its Xbox 360 system, which ...

9. Save your $$$: November gets gadget-filled release docket

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Friday, 03 November 2006

   ... around the world are eyeing are the Wii, the PS3, and the Zune. Back in 2001, the Gamecube and the Xbox were released within days of each other, in the middle of November. Now, a similar event is about ...

10. Japanese PS3 allocation cut 20%

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 30 October 2006

    ... Sony dropped the price for the Japanese version of the console 20% in September. Related Article: Sony cuts PS3 price and adds HDMI  ...

11. Wii pre-orders sell out in day one

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 16 October 2006

    ... that it officially stopped taking pre-orders for the Wii by the end of Friday, 13 October, the day pre-orders first became available. Click here for pictures of the Nintendo Wii console... Unlike the PS3, ...

12. Want a PS3? That would be $2500.

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 October 2006

    ... of speculators to pre-order Sony's upcoming Playstation 3 (PS3) today. In fact, pre-order processes were wrapped up within minutes on many etailer sites: Gamestop/EB Games, for example, had sold its entire ...

13. Nintendo Wii kiosks to be exclusive to GameStop

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 04 October 2006

    ... planned to be in a fierce competition with Sony's PS3, but last month Sony announced that production issues forced a huge cutback of the launch allocation for North America. Only 400,000 units will be ...

14. Microsoft to launch $170 HD DVD player for Xbox 360

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 20 September 2006

    ... pressure on Sony. According to Microsoft, the new drive is 1080p capable, which puts the high-end and hard drive-equipped (20 GB) Xbox 360 in direct competition with the HDMI, 1080p capable PS3. However, ...

15. Sony drastically cuts PS3 launch allocation

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 06 September 2006

    ... in Japan. However, the severe shortage has caused Sony to push back the release date in Europe from 17 November to March of 2007. In the U.S., the amount of PS3 units available at launch will be a mere ...