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Sony's efforts to turn around its struggling videogame unit during the last week have left mixed reactions, but one analyst believes that further price cuts to its Playstation 3 game console are inevitable.

Sales of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 game console surpassed one million units in Japan in about eight months after its launch, more than four times as long as it took Nintendo's hot-selling Wii to reach the same mark.

Sony Ericsson saw profit jump 55 percent in its latest fiscal quarter as the cell-phone maker shipped nearly 25 million units worldwide, the company said Wednesday.

Sony Corp. will launch a slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable handheld game player in September, in its latest attempt to ignite demand for its game hardware and compete better with Nintendo Co. Ltd.

HD DVD video players have outsold rival standard Blu-ray players by a three-to-one margin in Europe's main markets so far this year, according to a lobby group.

After years of arguing whose video game machine has the best bells and whistles, Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp. agree the battle boils down to which has the best games.

Japan's Nikkei average slipped 1.11 percent on Wednesday to its lowest finish in nearly two weeks, hurt by a tumble in U.S. stocks and a stronger yen.

Sony Corp. slashed the price of its next-generation Playstation 3 game console late Sunday as it attempts to regain market share lost to rivals Microsoft and Nintendo.

Sony Corp. cut the price of the PlayStation 3 by $100, or 17 percent, in the United States on Monday, a move that should boost the video game console's lackluster sales.

Sony Corp.has no plans to cut the price of its PlayStation3 (PS3) at present to pep up demand and counter surging sales of Nintendo's rival game console Wii, Sony's president said on Friday.

Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii game console outsold Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 by a ratio of over 6 to 1 in June in Japan, a game magazine publisher said, solidifying Nintendo's leading position.

The European Commission has lifted a suspension of its review of a venture by Japanese electronics giant Sony and Germany's Bertelsmann that created the world's number two music company.

Nintendo Co Ltd zipped past Sony Corp. in market value on Monday and became one of Japan's top 10 issues for the first time ever as it elbowed the PlayStation maker out of its decade-long dominance in the game industry.

Sony Corp. expects a steep increase in the number of game titles released for its flagship Playstation 3 game console, aiming to help the unit's slumping sales, according to a published report.

Sony Corp. expects at least 380 new PlayStation 3 games to hit the market this business year and says that should rev up demand for the console that has so far lost out to Nintendo's wildly popular Wii.

Nintendo Co. Ltd. shot past Panasonic maker Matsushita in market value on Wednesday and closed in on Sony Corp. as investors watched it unseat Sony as unrivalled king of the game industry.

Sony's said Thursday that its computer entertainment unit laid off nearly 100 of its 1,600 U.S employees, with most coming from its headquarters in Foster City, Calif.

Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) announced on Tuesday a list of titles from its previous Playstation 2 game console that will be compatible with its new Playstation 3 system, expected to make its European launch this Friday.

January U.S. sales of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii video game system soared past consoles from rivals Sony Corp. and Microsoft Corp., according to the latest sales figures.

Mobile phone maker Sony-Ericsson said Wednesday that it will begin manufacturing low-cost cell phones in India, capitalizing on manufacturing agreements made with Flextronics and Foxconn.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Sony BMG agreed to settle charges from the commission that it secretly installed software on users' computers that would monitor listening habits for marketing purposes, while also limiting the ability to play the music on certain devices and make copies.

Nokia Corp. expanded its leadership position in the mobile handset market in 2006, shipping more units than its next two closest competitors combined, according to new research released today.

Growing signs of weaker demand for Sony's new Playstation 3 video game system may be impacting some of its design partners, a new report indicates, with graphics system provider Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), feeling Wall-Street heat today.

Demand for Sony's next-generation Playstation 3 game-console may be slowing as a recent retail check shows that systems are staying on more shelves for longer periods.

Ken Kutaragi, known as the father of the Playstation video-game console, will take helm of a new venture between Sony and Namco Bandai as the firm's partner to battle rival game makers.

Sony's Playstation 3 game console can be found in over one half of video game retailers, according to a new report, while Nintendo's Wii game machine can be found in a few stores, a sign that demand may be weakening.

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson moved closer towards being one of the top three phone providers in the industry, as its revenue edged ahead of rival Samsung.

After a slow start to 2006, the video game industry witnessed a huge spike in sales, with hardware and software sales swelling to $3.7 billion in December.

A new report reveals that Sony Electronics outpaced its rivals in 2006, achieving the number one spot for total TV market share.