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Stringer: Sony Will Beef Up PlayStation Software In '08

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2008-01-07 14:40:44 by Chris Kohler in Game | Life
...Stringer said that the company's challenge this year is to "enter the battle against the software companies As his first example, Stringer said that Sony will expand the PlayStation Network, transforming it into a platform that also offers video downloads CNET reports that Stringer said a press conference, to be held in two months' time, will...
 
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Stringer: PS3 is Out of the Woods

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2008-01-28 14:39:27 by Chris in Gaming Today
...Stringer is apparently feeling very good about his companys home console right now. Following the Christmas holiday, he claims that the system is doing well and is out of the woods PS3 has now gone past XBox on the Christmas market. Its moving into its own as it gets into higher bandwidth PS3 is out of the woods and beginning to hold its own,...
 
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Huzzah For Sonys Howard Stringer

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2008-01-31 11:19:40 by Harold Goldberg in VH1 Game Break
...Stringer had nothing to do with those events. And, since Stringers come out against the same thing I often rail against in Game Break, I feel like standing up and giving him a round of applause In the Financial Times yesterday, Howard Stringer came out against advertising in games. In fact, Stringer said that young people dont like...
 
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Howard Stringer admits to what we knew all along: The PS3 was in trouble

2008-05-29 05:56:22 by HASH0x8b5e664 in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
 
...Stringer, finally admit to the bleak outlook of the PS3 at the time While speaking at the Wall Street Journal's D6 conference, Stringer commented that although the PS3 seems to be smelling like a rose at the moment, it wasn't all that long ago when the console was very much on the ropes -- and basically on life-support. Thanks to games like...
 
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Sony CEO Stringer dismisses Wii as expensive niche games machine

2008-07-14 15:22:45 by Kiven in Games Industry Wire
 
...Stringer has reportedly dismissed Nintendos Wii as an expensive niche games machine. Speaking at the Allen & Co Media Conference last week, Stringer said the Wii doesnt compete with the PlayStation 3 because it doesnt have the ability to play Blu-ray movies or have full access to the internet. Hmm, where did i hear that before Ive played a...
 
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Stringer tips hat to Nintendo's 'superior business model'

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2008-08-28 16:45:00 by James Ransom-Wiley in Joystiq
...Stringer has rightfully conceded that Nintendo has executed a winning business plan. "Nintendo makes money with the hardware alone," Stringer observed in a recent interview with WELT Online , adding that the competitor's strategy "may be a superior business model, but the Wii is not succeeding at our expense -- it is not hurting [PlayStation...
 
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Sonys Stringer says R&D cash spent on PS3 wont be recouped as long as I live.

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2008-08-28 21:05:36 by Se Ajala in That VideoGame Blog
...Stringer sat down with German based news site Welt Online and said that he doesnt expect the $3 billion spent on R&D for the PS3 to be recouped by Sony anytime soon. When asked if the company would ever see any of the money that they initially invested in the console, Stringers reply was, Not for as long as I live (laughs). It will certainly...
 
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Sir Howard Stringer expresses concern over the yen

2008-01-28 01:25:04 by abid in PS3 News | PS3 games reviews | PS3 Gaming Blog
 
...Stringer, the lord of lords over at Sony, has recently come out to express his concern over the strengthening power of the Japanese Yen. He assures people that Sony as a company is doing great -- so no, this isn't a complaint about declining profits or something -- but the impact of the strengthening yen may have an adverse affect on...
 
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Stringer: PS3 is 'out of the woods'

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2008-01-28 00:00:00 by Ludwig Kietzmann in Joystiq
...Stringer. Speaking to Reuters , the Sony CEO provided assurances that PlayStation 3 sales are improving, thus surrounding the system with players and removing it entirely from the metaphorical thicket. It's also a very quiet system, you know PS3 has now gone past Xbox on the Christmas market," said Stringer. "It's moving into its own as it...
 
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