Sony Shares Drop

Goldman Sachs, one of the world's most prestigious global investment banks, have lowered Sony's stock rating from 'buy', to just 'neutral'.

The drop (2.75%) is due to a string of dirt on the PS3 - starting a month ago with the annoucement of the European launch delay.

Then last Monday at the Tokyo Game Show, testers of the PS3s on display described their play as 'erratic', and consoles had to be repeatedly reset in order to function properly. This was in no way denied by Sony.

Although the reason for the dodgy behaviour of the PS3s at TGS06 is unknown, it is thought to be caused by the overheating from the enclosed spaces and high temperature on the showfloor.

Sony later stated that the problems were caused by a "one-of-a-kind" temperature surrounding the showfloor PS3s.