Archive for November, 2006

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT? / PLAYSTATION 3 DEMAND / THIS IS NO GAME / A LOOK AT ISSUES IN THE NEWS

Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3 is in high demand and short supply, prompting many to camp out in front of stores for the chance to pay as much as $600 for one of the sleek consoles.In an interview with The Associated Press, Kazuo Hirai, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment America, emphasized that while the company […]

BEING EARLIEST FOR THE LATEST GAME, CUSTOMERS CAMP OUT TO ENSURE THEY CAN BUY NEW PLAYSTATION 3

Dexter White was the first in line.A 25-year-old Baltimore police officer, White had arrived outside the Best Buy in Timonium nearly 48 hours ago to ensure that he would snag one of the coveted Sony PlayStation 3’s going on sale today. By nightfall, he had set up his green tent and was ready to settle […]

Scramble is on in El Paso today for PlayStation 3

El Paso’s near-freezing temperatures and bone-penetrating breezes could not keep Danny Sanchez and Brandon Thompson from being among the first in line to buy the PlayStation 3 game console, which debuts today. Sanchez and Thompson were among hundreds who camped outside electronics stores in El Paso — some ready to throw elbows — to vie […]

A quick comparison of PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360

Nov. 13 The Nintendo Wii and Sony PlayStation 3 join the Microsoft Xbox 360 on store shelves over the next week. What better way to introduce themselves than as a MySpace page. OK, so we made these ourselves. This is what we think their information would look like. PlayStation 3 Birthday: Nov. 17, 2006 Cost: […]

PlayStation 3 on Rescue Mission

TOKYO, Nov. 10 — Even before PlayStation 3, Sony’s long-delayed new game console, goes on sale in Japan Saturday morning, it has already sold out — in Japanese cyberspace.Across Tokyo, lines of young men were staying up overnight to be among the first to buy a console, but the frenzy began even before that. In […]