20071215 Linux-ready PS3 Becomes a Big Hit and Sells Over 10 Million Units
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Sony says global sales of PS3 to top 11 million
The PlayStation3 "is starting afresh as a console to play games with. Although pricing strategy is important, now we would like to put our strength in the number of software games," he said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071215/bs_afp/japangamecompanysony
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Ubuntu 7.10 on PS3 - Installation guide and first impressions
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon has greatly been improved for the PS3 hardware. It can now recognize all the components of your PS3 console, like the Blu-ray unit, the Gelic network card, USB and Bluetooth ports, and the sound system! Even if the installation part takes around 40 minutes (four times longer than on a regular PC), Ubuntu proved to be quite fast on the PS3 console. From the screenshots below, you will see that I can listen to music, watch movies and even transfer files from my BlackBerry, via Bluetooth. However, as I don't have an HD Ready TV, I can't really enjoy Ubuntu on my PS3, that's why the screenshots are so small!
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-7-10-on-PS3-73272.shtml
PS3 tops Wii in Japan for first time
Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974.OS) Wii game console in Japan in November for the first time, raising the prospect that Sony might regain its dominance in the global videogame market.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-30766820071130
Japan PlayStation sales beat Wii
Boosted by price cuts and the introduction of a cheaper version, PS3 sales totalled 183,217 in November, compared with 159,193 for the Wii.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7120505.stm
PS3 overtakes Wii in Japan
Some 55,924 PS3s were purchased in the week ending 11 November, compared to 34,456 Wiis and just 5817 Xbox 360s. Clearly, the Halo 3 effect and Microsoft's price cut have done their work.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/japan_wii_ps3_sales/
Price cut boosts PlayStation 3 sales
U.S. sales of the PlayStation 3 more than doubled in the weeks after the company slashed the video game console's price $100 and launched a low-end model, Sony Corp. CEO Howard Stringer told The Associated Press Wednesday.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071115/ap_on_hi_te/sony_playstation_sales Related: PS3 + Linux + Firefox = Office 2.0 computing
Sony and a technology site are using a conference to show off a confluence of next-generation, monopoly-bypassing technology: a Sony Playstation 3 videogame console running Linux and Firefox as a foundation for Web-based "Office 2.0" applications. IT|Redux, a site run by blogger and tech adviser Ismael Ghalimi, is showing off the system at the Office 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. IT|Redux is the show organizer.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9772115-1.html
PS3 available pre-installed with Linux
TerraSoft is now taking direct pre-orders with no delivery time guarantees for a Sony PS3 pre-installed with Linux, priced at $650.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7863481537.html
Astrophysicist Replaces Supercomputer with Eight PlayStation 3s
The interest in the PS3 really was for two main reasons," explains Khanna, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth who specializes in computational astrophysics. "One of those is that Sony did this remarkable thing of making the PS3 an open platform, so you can in fact run Linux on it and it doesn't control what you do."
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2007/10/ps3_supercomputer
Old: Best New Console - Sony PlayStation 3
Sony's embrace of the PS3 as a computer rather than just a console and the availability of supported Linux distributions for the console will also develop and will likely bear entirely unexpected fruit in future. Runner-Up: Nintendo Wii
http://bestof.ign.com/2006/gear/1.html
Sony's PS3 Could Still Outsell Microsoft's XBox 360 in 2006
Should the Playstation 3 end up in second place this Christmas season, Sony shouldn't feel too badly. The #1 selling console at the moment remains the Playstation 3, which sold nearly a million units in November, and will probably sell nearly double that in December.
http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061215/22521_id.html?.v=1
Strategy Analytics: The Pressure is on Microsoft
Research firm Strategy Analytics claims that with the PS3 now launching the pressure is actually on Microsoft to convince consumers and loyal PlayStation gamers to "switch camps." Ultimately, the firm sees Sony trouncing the competition with over 120 million units sold by 2012.
