{"id":10813,"date":"2009-08-25T23:12:33","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T23:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=10813"},"modified":"2009-08-25T23:13:48","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T23:13:48","slug":"ps3-slim-hits-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/ps3-slim-hits-retail\/","title":{"rendered":"PS3 slim hits retail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sony_ps301-jpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"sony_ps3-01\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sony_ps3-01\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sony_ps301_thumb-jpg.jpg?resize=275%2C183\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sony_ps302-jpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"sony_ps3-02\" border=\"0\" alt=\"sony_ps3-02\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/sony_ps302_thumb-jpg.jpg?resize=275%2C183\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>   <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Looks like it\u2019s time for you to reward yourself with the new PS3 slim as a Best Buy location in Brandon,Florida had dozens of PS3 Slim consoles in stock and ready to go at $299.99.<\/p>\n<p>Although the PS3 Slim uses more energy efficient chips, Sony boss Kaz Hirai has said that the company will make a loss on every slim PlayStation 3 console it sells. &quot;If you&#8217;re just talking about the hardware alone, the quick answer is yes,&quot; Hirai told <a href=\"http:\/\/technology.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/tech_and_web\/article6808050.ece\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/technology.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/tech_and_web\/article6808050.ece', 'The Times Online']);\" >The Times Online<\/a>, when asked if Sony will lose money on the slim as it has on the original PlayStation 3.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;That makes good headlines, but I don&#8217;t actually know that that&#8217;s the true nature of the business that we&#8217;re all in, whether it&#8217;s PlayStation, Xbox or the Wii. I think the better indicator is to look at the business as a whole platform, to ask: are you profitable in terms of the hardware, software and peripherals. And the answer to that question is yes on a gross profit level since the last fiscal year,&quot; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/08\/25\/sony-ps3-slim-turns-up-at-florida-best-buy\/#continued\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2009\/08\/25\/sony-ps3-slim-turns-up-at-florida-best-buy\/#continued', 'Endgadget']);\" target=\"_blank\">Endgadget<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/sony-losing-money-on-every-ps3-slim-sold\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.gamesindustry.biz\/articles\/sony-losing-money-on-every-ps3-slim-sold', 'Gamesindustry']);\" target=\"_blank\">Gamesindustry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like it\u2019s time for you to reward yourself with the new PS3 slim as a Best Buy location in Brandon,Florida had dozens of PS3 Slim consoles in stock and ready to go at&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[370,328,327,2085,336,303],"class_list":["post-10813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-microsoft","tag-nintendo","tag-ps3","tag-ps3-slim","tag-sony","tag-wii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}