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venturebeat.com - 2/14/2009

Sony closing its Metreon PlayStation store — a stab in the heart for gamers

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Sony is closing down its one-and-only U.S. PlayStation store at the Metreon mall in San Francisco. The recession is clearly to blame. Sony will also close the Sony Style store in the Metreon. Sony Style stores are peppered throughout the country. But the PlayStation store was the ...

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videobusiness.com - 2/11/2009

Blu-ray/videogame discs to be released for PS3 - 2/11/2009

— videobusiness.com — Sony marketing around console's advanced features By Susanne Ault -- Video Business, 2/11/2009 FEB. 11 | Sony... is promising PlayStation 3 hybrid game/movie Blu-ray Discs this year, as it seeks to broaden the console's consumer appeal. As the PS3 is no ... (more) Blu-ray/videogame discs to be released for PS3 - 2/11/2009

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gamespot.com - 2/14/2009

Metreon PlayStation store closing - News at GameSpot

— gamespot.com — San Francisco's Metreon Shopping Center has been an iconic destination for PlayStation gamers since Sony cut the... ribbon on the sprawling 350,000-square-foot complex in June 1999 . That fact remained even after Sony sold off its interest in the ... (more) Metreon PlayStation store closing - News at GameSpot

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arstechnica.com - 2/12/2009

Sony wants you to buy games, not Xbox Live

— arstechnica.com — During CES, Sony gave press the argument that the PS3 was actually a great deal ... considering... all the features that came with the system. That only works if you want those features, and a $400 system is a hard sell even if it comes ... (more) Sony wants you to buy games, not Xbox Live

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Sony Closing Metreon PlayStation Store
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... VentureBeat is reporting Sony is closing its only U.S. PlayStation store at the Metreon mall in San Francisco. ...

Sony Closing the Metreon Store
The Escapist : Latest News — ... to chip away at Sony's revenue, it concluded that managing the store was no longer a worthwhile or profitable operation. The announcement is mostly telling sign for both the Japanese corporation, who is contracting its operations while competitors Apple and Microsoft are expanding their own retail outlets . Whether these cost-cutting measures save the business or lose ground to Microsoft will only become clear once the global economy rebounds. ( Image ) Source: VentureBeat

Top 7 Reasons Why PlayStation Home Will Succeed
PS3 Blog and Community | PS3Blog.net — When Home first opened to the public late last year, the public reaction was skeptical and negative. There really wasn’t much to do beyond customizing your character and walking around. It seemed like nothing more than a glorified chat system. As the excitement around Second Life collapsed and Google cancelled their 3D avatar project “Lively”, people questioned whether there really was a need or purpose to these 3D avatar systems at all. Now, Home’s core feature set has improved, there are more spaces to explore, much more elaborate mini-games, and Xi is arguably the first piece of “destination content” that is ...