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• Sony Prepping A Pay-To-Play Service For The PlayStation Network

  PaidContent - 2009-11-19

  Functionality aside, one of the biggest differences between Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE gamer network, and Sony’s PlayStation Network PSN has been the cost: If you want to play against other gamers on Xbox LIVE, you need to pay around $50 annually for Gold service though various retailers offer discount cards;...

  Tags: Revenue, Sony Corp., Network, Microsoft Xbox Live, Microsoft Corp., Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, Companies, Microsoft, xBox, Sony, Tameka Kee

• Sony Pushes Back Profit Margin Target to 2013

  Reuters - 2009-11-19

  By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mayumi NegishiTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp pushed back an elusive target of an operating profit margin of 5 percent to March 2013, as it heads for its second straight loss and loses ground to overseas competitors.Sony, which is shedding jobs, closing plants and selling...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Profit Margin, Games, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., TV

• Sony connects PlayStation 3 to Facebook

  Strategy Eye - 2009-11-17

  Sony is integrating Facebook with its PlayStation 3 gaming console, reflecting a trend for console makers to introduce diverse media types in a bid to provide more than just gaming. The integration follows hot on the heels of Microsoft’s introduction of Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm access to its Xbox...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Facebook, Console, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Playstation, Game Players, Games, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jasper Jackson

• Microsoft, Sony Were Right, Consoles Are the Future. Where's Apple?

  BNET - 2009-11-13

  Sony and Microsoft once predicted that game consoles would become the entertainment centers of the future. It looks like they were right, and that might be a problem for Apple. by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Sony Corp., Console, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Entertainment, Advertising & Promotion, Games, Marketing, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• Tech Law: YouTube Smoking Gun, Gamers Sue Sony, More

  BNET - 2009-10-15

  Viacom finds YouTube smoking gun;games sue Sony over firmware upgrade; EU and Microsoft to agree on browser approach; the DOJ to investigate IBM mainframe sales; and media outlets and Apple are targeted in a patent suit. by Erik Sherman

  Tags: Sony Corp., YouTube Inc., Mainframes, Sales Strategy, Games, Servers, Hardware, Sales, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• Sony to sell downloadable games on Amazon

  Strategy Eye - 2009-10-07

  Sony is planning to sell more than 200 downloadable video games for the PlayStation and PSP through online retailer Amazon. Sony console owners will be able to purchase game codes from Amazon’s videogame store which allow them to download the games. Sony says the trust many consumers place in Amazon will...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Games, Personal Technology, Jasper Jackson

• Will Sony Never Learn in Gaming?

  BNET - 2009-10-04

  After falling behind both Nintendo and Microsoft in the console gaming market, after losing copious amount of money on over-designed products whose features weren't in demand, after displaying a suicidal degree of hubris, after the humiliation of having your decade-old product continue to beat the relatively new one, you'd think...

  Tags: Sony Corp., Games, Personal Technology, Erik Sherman

• OnLive closes funding for cloud gaming

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-29

  Cloud gaming service OnLive has closed a "major round of funding" led by AT&T Media Holdings and Lauder Partners. Previous investors Warner Bros, Autodesk and Maverick Capital also participated in the round. The terms of the deal remain undisclosed but CEO Steve Perlman claims it is a "large investment...

  Tags: Perlman, Games, Personal Technology, Nintendo, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Ubisoft, Lauder Partners, Maverick Capital, OnLive, Editorial, Autodesk Inc., Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp., AT&T Corp.

• Can Sony's Hobbled PSP Mini Games Compete With iPhone Apps?

  PaidContent - 2009-09-21

  With the launch of the handheld PSPgo, Sony rolled out a platform called PSP Minis—essentially quick, casual games like you might find on an iPhone—with the explicit goal of attracting iPhone game players and developers. Problem is, Sony (NYSE: SNE) has removed many of the features that would make...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation Portable, Games, Smart Phones, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Entertainment, Gaming, Technologies / Formats, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Sony, Tameka Kee

• PS3, Xbox 360 Price Cuts Drive Sales?Will Nintendo Cave And Slash Wii Pricing, Too?

  PaidContent - 2009-09-04

  Back-to-back $100 price drops from Sony and Microsoft for the PS3 and Xbox, respectively, pumped up sales of both consoles in just over a week. Sony (NYSE: SNE) sold just over 75,900 PS3s—more than double the number of units it sold the previous week—and up 16 percent vs....

  Tags: Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Console, Sony PlayStation 3, Pricing Strategy, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Sales Strategy, Game Players, Sales Force Management, Games, Sales, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Entertainment, Gaming, Money, Companies, Microsoft, xBox, Sony, Tameka Kee