6 posts and columns on price cuts

Nintendo 3DS Sales Pick Up Steam After Price Cut

in Commerce on September 8, 2011 at 4:26 pm PT

You know times are tough when the bright spots for the videogame industry in August include price cuts from both Nintendo and Sony, which both drove a spike in sales.
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Crazy Stephen’s Nokia City — Our Prices Are Insaaaane!

in News on July 5, 2011 at 12:34 pm PT

In an effort to slow its market share losses, Nokia takes an ax to its smartphone prices.
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iPad Pricing: How Low Can You Go, Apple?

in Mobile on February 8, 2010 at 11:00 am PT

The iPad’s lower-than-expected price may go lower still if the device doesn’t perform as well at market as Apple hopes. Recounting his recent meeting with some executives from the company in a research note issued last night, Credit Suisse analyst Bill Shope said Apple is quite willing to get even more aggressive with iPad pricing.

More Potential Pre Customers Opting for iPhone in U.K.

in News on December 10, 2009 at 8:32 am PT

Recent price cuts on Palm’s Pre and Pixi have done much to stimulate slowing demand for the smartphones at Sprint. As I write this, the Pre is the fifth best-selling mobile device on Amazon, while the Pixi is the seventh. Sadly, the same cannot be said for demand abroad. According to Mobile Today, U.K. sales of the Pre have been disappointing.
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Video Game Sales Tank

in News on November 13, 2009 at 5:50 am PT

If the latest sales data are any indication, the videogame industry may be headed for a rough holiday season. NPD Group reports that revenue from consoles and software plummeted during October, falling 16.4 percent from September and 19 percent year-over-year. It was the industry’s seventh consecutive monthly decline.
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Palm Pre Customers Apparently as Constrained as Palm Pre Supply [Updated]

in News on July 24, 2009 at 10:40 am PT

Sprint best step up its marketing efforts for the Pre because according to Pali Research, demand for Palm’s new device is slowing, and quickly. During the week ending June 26, Pali estimates that Sprint sold 50,000-60,000 Pre handsets. In the weeks that followed, it sold “less than 40,000,” and then, “over 30,000”–again, according to Pali. Now the research outfit says sales have declined by another 5,000 units.
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