PS3 Enjoys Retail-Wide Sales Spike After Price Cut

donniebaseball23 writes "Sony, after nearly two years on standing firm on PS3's price, dropped the console to $249, and it's been having an immediate impact. GameStop has already noted a 'significant' increase in PS3 sales, while big box retailer Target confirmed an 'immediate lift' in sales and recommended PS3 as a 'great option' for its customers. Not only that, but leading e-tailer Amazon saw PS3 sales explode by 400% in the days after the price cut. All told, in the months ahead, analysts are expecting Sony to see as much as a 30% sales bump for PS3 this holiday season."

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[Anonymous Coward]

I've been using PS3 Media Server for a while now, and it's pretty good at what it says it does. It'll play most any media file you throw at it. What more do you need?

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[hawkinspeter]

I'm calling bullshit on that. I use my PS3 as a media center and it's fine with all the divx/xvid movies/series that I've got, whether they're ripped or downloaded. It can get a bit fussy with some mp4 files, but a transcode to divx fixes that.