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Shares for Sony Financial Holdings Inc went on sale in Japan today, with a total of 800,000 shares traded at a price of JPY 400,000 each.

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII has remained at the top of the Japanese software sales chart for a second consecutive week, despite pressure from new entries including a new Metal Gear Solid title.

While the release of the PSP Slim and Lite in Japan has reignited hardware sales of the console, numbers for other platforms dropped further, according to the latest retail data from Media Create.

Crisis Core bundle helps handheld fly off shelves

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that recent chatter about an entry level 40 GB PlayStation 3 is just "rumour and speculation".

LittleBigPlanet could be a driving force in improving PlayStation 3 sales, but Sony must drop the PS3 price if it's to reach it's target of 11 million consoles shipped, says Michael Pachter.

Sony has revealed that the recently launch PSP Slim & Lite has sold around 17,000 units on its first week of release in the UK.

Microsoft's Neil Thompson has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> in an exclusive interview that he feels Sony's delay to the Home project is down to the company underestimating the challenges of the platform.

Sales of the PlayStation Portable have increased by over six times on the previous week's figure, according to the latest data available from Media Create.

Sony Computer Entertainment is to increase its marketing push for the PS3 as a Blu-ray movie player ahead of the Christmas season, backed by Sony Pictures and Sony Entertainment.

The Dual Shock 3 is a positive, but Sony's PS3 strategy remains unappealing.

As has been widely anticipated, Sony has failed to confirm a PlayStation 3 price cut for 2007 during its Tokyo Game Show keynote speech this morning, with worldwide boss Kaz Hirai saying only that such a move is a "possibility" for the future.

Speaking in his Tokyo Game Show keynote address, SCE president Kaz Hirai promised "much closer relationship" with Sony's partners

Sony has delayed the release of its social networking and online gaming service Home.

During his keynote speech at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai officially confirmed that the company will be releasing new Sixaxis controllers with a rumble feature

Sony continues to back its ageing PlayStation 2 console, with Kaz Hirai revealing that the console will be used to target emerging markets.

Sony has acquired MotorStorm developer Evolution Studios along with Pursuit Force subsidiary Bigbig Studios.

Following earlier estimates that Sony would sell shares in its Financial Holdings company at JPY 415,000, it has now been confirmed that the actual price will be up to eight per cent lower than initial expectations.

Sony is in negotiations to sell its microchip production facilities to Toshiba

PSP Slim and Lite remodel a "head in the sand" move

Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter believes Sony couldn't pick a better time or place to announce further price cuts for the PS3 and PS2 than next week's Tokyo Game Show.

Japan's hardware sales have taken a nosedive in the past month, with some platforms now selling fewer than half the numbers of just four weeks ago.

According to the latest information from Media Create for software sales in Japan last week, nearly twice as many units were sold for Sony consoles in the top ten as for Nintendo platforms.

Sony's Jamie MacDonald has told <i>GamesIndustry.biz</i> that the release of PS3 social networking service Home will be a low key affair, following an invite only public beta.

Cumulative sales of Nintendo's Wii have now surpassed sales of the Xbox 360, making it the best-selling console of the current hardware generation