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09.24.2009 1:50 pm

3 reasons why Wii price cut won’t spur sales

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The rumors have matriculated into reality: Nintendo has confirmed it will trim the price of its Wii console by $50 starting this weekend, reducing the system’s overall cost to $199.99.

Speculation about the cut has lasted weeks following recent price reductions on…

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03.31.2009 11:54 am

PlayStation 2 price cut could stunt gaming’s growth

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Sony's 10-year-old PlayStation 2 might change our thinking about video games.

Sony's 10-year-old PlayStation 2 may change our thinking on video games.

Thanks to Sony, video gaming may have stopped evolving.

Today, the company announced it was dropping the price of its decade-old PlayStation 2 consoles to $99, plus sales tax, from $130. This…

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09.03.2008 11:54 pm

Price cuts won’t help Xbox 360 if it keeps crashing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Red Ring of Death on Xbox 360The rumors circulating this past week apparently were true: Microsoft intends to trim the price on its Xbox 360 consoles by $50.

This means the entry-level Arcade edition, which has no hard drive, will cost $199 — the lowest price ever…

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07.13.2008 6:35 pm

Not much new expected from E3

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

No big game releases coming this week; no new hardware due out, either. Just promises and speculation.

This week, gamers everywhere put down their controllers for a few days to see what comes out E3, the annual big show for gaming…

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07.11.2008 12:27 am

Xbox 360 price cut confirmed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Icon of Xbox 360 console and controllerWell, if it’s in The Wall Street Journal, it must be true: Micosoft’s Xbox 360 Pro game console will sell for $50 less, probably starting this weekend.

WSJ’s report, dated today, follows rampant speculation of the discount throughout the blogosphere in…

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01.25.2008 12:07 am

$299 PlayStation 3 appears unlikely, for now

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Anyone who has taken as gospel the blogs and forum posts claiming Sony Corp. would knock another $100 off the price of its PlayStation 3 console might want to temper that faith.

Sony is denying any plans of a price cut and has been…

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