PS3 Enjoys Retail-Wide Sales Spike After Price Cut [Slashdot]

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[duffmanth]

Great news for Sony!

[Bojay1997]

Great news for Sony!

Unless they end up losing money on every unit sold again and these new buyers don't buy enough games to offset the loss. It will be interesting to see if Microsoft follows suit.