PS3 
Sony Will Miss LCD TV Sales Target(0)
Sony may miss its target for LCD television sales on lower-than-expected revenue in North America and Europe, the company’s president said. The company’s 16 million units target for the 12 months ending March is “tough to reach,” President Ryoji Chubachi said in an interview with Bloomberg Television today.
“We characterize the environment for our year-end sales [...]
Sony Getting Closer To Breaking Even On PS3
Sony Computer Entertainment has cut the cost of materials used to make its PlayStation 3 game console by 35 percent, according to market research firm iSuppli. The components used to produce the second-generation of the PS3 console cost US$448.73, based on October component prices, iSuppli said, citing a recent teardown of the system it conducted [...]
Voice Chat Returns To Playstation Home
Well, that didn’t take long - PlayStation Home update 1.05 was released yesterday. With this new update, users will be able to use the voice chat within their personal space and clubhouses to communicate and share with friends online. Users are no longer able to freely voice chat in public areas, however, most likely due [...]
LittleBigPlanet And Metal Gear Solid Together At Last
Just when you thought Sony was done with the Holiday surprises (Free Santa, Festive Level Pack, LBC1 winners, etc, etc) they have one more announcement up their sleeves. It caters to one of the most respected franchises in the history of video games - Metal Gear Solid. The new Metal Gear Solid packs, available 12/23 [...]
Playstation Home Goes Voiceless, But Adds Beards
Sony Computer Entertainment will conduct system maintenance for PlayStation Home on Thursday, December 18, 2008. At this time PlayStation Home will be updated from ver. 1.03 to 1.04. The system maintenance is scheduled to start at 12 midnight (PST), and the service is expected to resume in approximately 6 hours but may change depending on [...]
Sony Is Finally Making Smart Commercials For PS3
When the Playstation 3 Video Delivery Service launched on July 15th, Sony broadened our content offering to include TV shows and movies to make the PS3 the total entertainment package. With nearly 1000 full-length movies and 2700 TV episodes for download onto the PS3 or PSP, the Video Delivery Service brings you digital entertainment right [...]
SingStar For PS3 Now Has Backwards Compatibility
It’s the first anniversary of SingStar for PLAYSTATION 3 and Sony has a special celebration gift for loyal PlayStation 2 SingStars: the ability to play your collection of PS2 discs through SingStar PS3! Released today, the free online update to SingStar PS3 allows PS2 SingStars to upgrade to PS3 and take their whole collection of [...]
Penny Arcade Does Home
The popular webcomic Penny Arcade recently added their perspective on the new Home service for the Playstation 3. Click on the image above for the larger version.
Compared To Last Year, November PS3 Sales Way Down
According to the NPD group (Silicon Alley Insider via CNNMoney.com), “sales of the PS3 are down about 19% from November 2007. Sony was only able to sell 378,000 PS3s this November, compared to 466,000 last year.” I’m very aware of the fact that we are living in one of the rockiest financial times in many [...]
HOME Sweet HOME
Guys, after a long wait, really long I’d say, you may finally experience the online community called HOME on your PS3. December 11th is the magic date and supposedly all you have to do is reboot your PS3 to see a HOME icon appear (looks like the Home app was already built in the firmware [...]
Meet Alex Evans, Creator of LittleBigPlanet
Alex Evans, co-founder of Media Molecule, is one of the key developers behind the juggernaut smash hit game LittleBigPlanet for the PS3. The game has revolutionized the video game industry and has inspired gamers around the world to play, create, and share. It’s so good that my girlfriend is addicted, and we play it together [...]
Why Doesn’t The Playstation 3 Have Netflix?
I mean, really - the XBOX360 has Netflix, BD players are getting Netflix, and even Blockbuster is courting hardware manufacturers. Is Sony so stubborn with its video store that it can’t have multiple options? Don’t get me wrong - I think that Playstation Video Store interface is absolutely stunning. However, I just don’t get why [...]
PS3 Wireless Keypad and AC Adapter Update
The Wireless Keypad for the PS3 will be available in stores starting the first week of December. Fans excited about PlayStation Home should definitely consider picking one of these up. The Wireless Keypad enables lightning quick chatting with other PlayStation Home community members. Plus, the unique touch pad mode allows for intuitive Internet browsing on [...]
Incoming: New 80GB PS3 Holiday Bundle
According to Kotaku, store shelves in Best Buy (and perhaps elsewhere) will soon see a new 80GB Playstation 3 bundle. What differentiates this from the rest is the inclusion of the epic Casino Royale on Blu-ray, and the Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction video game. It’ll go on sale later this week, on [...]
Sony Shows Off Gran Turismo 5 At 240FPS On A FED Display
In another post, we spoke about a October gala in NYC that had Gran Turismo 5 running at four times 1080 HD through a Sony SXHD projector. However, another item of interest was a playable demonstration on a Nano-Spindt FED / Field Emissions Display developed by Sony, with a frame rate of 240fps (240 frames [...]
Gran Turismo In 4 Times The Resolution Of Full HD
In October in New York, New York, Polyphony Digital held a anniversary event commemorating the 10th year since the release of the “Gran Turismo” Series. The stage for this event dubbed the “DOWNSHIFT SESSION 2008” was at the “Classic Car Club Manhattan”, an automotive membership club in the SOHO district of lower Manhattan. Polyphony Digital [...]
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- Playstation 3 Turns Two
- Playstation 3 Firmware Update 2.52
- SCEA Patents Wii-Like Controller With Additional Functionality
- Three New SingStar Titles Coming Soon
- LittleBigPlanet Trickling To Retailers; Servers Now Live
- Playlogic to Continue First Party Development for SCEE
- Catching Up: PS3 Firmware 2.50 Update
- LittleBigPlanet Delayed Due to Qur’an References
- Barack Obama Advertisements In Burnout: Paradise
- Flash 9 Coming to PS3 Internet Browser
- Playstation.Blog Reveals PS3 Firmware 2.5 Details
- TGS: Sony’s new Mini-B USB AC Adapter CECHZA1
- Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
- EngadgetHD Asks, “What’s the best remote for Sony’s PlayStation 3?”
- New Premium Theme Options on PlayStation Store
- TGS: Sony Japan Introduces New PS3 Bundles
- More PS3/PSP MMO Chatter From SOE
- Tokyo Game Show PS3/PSP Software Release List
- Sony Sells 85,000 PlayTV’s In First Week
- LittleBIGPlanet Release Dates and PS3 Bundle Confirmed
- Life with Playstation Finally Available
- Did Sony Steal God of War?
- Life for Playstation 3 Available Briefly, Then Removed
- Firmware 2.43 Available for PS3, Only Useful for Japan
- SOFTIMAGE XSI Interviews Kojima Productions About MGS4
- Could The Agency Be The First Simultaneous PC And PS3 MMO?
- Life With Playstation Delayed…Again
- Europe To Get LittleBigPlanet PS3 Bundle?
- Is Sony Readying a Playstation 3 With 512mb of XDR Memory? UPDATE: No.
- Want to Play the PS3 With Your Girlfriend? Try fl0w
- 160GB PS3 Bundle A Little Too Limited?
- Delicious: Time for the 160GB PS3
- Sony To Offer Official Keyboard Attachment For PS3 Controllers
- Stuff.tv UK Briefly Reviews PlayTV
- A September To Remember - PlayTV Arrives on the 19th
- The Audio Of Battlefield: Bad Company
- Afrika (Hakuna Mata) To Use Sony Cameras
- Lotus Evora Debuts At British International Motorshow And GT5
- Life For Playstation 3 Coming In August
- Firmware 2.42 Now Available
- Sony To Offer 80gb PS3 for $399
- Sony To Offer PS3 Greatest Hits
- Incoming: dress Fashion Software
- European PS3 Owners Can Sign Up To Beta Test
- Nobuyuki Oneda: No Price Cut For PS3
- SingStore Updates With 18 New English Songs
- Joystiq Points To Revealing PS3 Wal-Mart Memo
- Share Your Playstation Network ID With Sony Insider!
- PS3 and MGS4 Slide Down Amazon Bestseller List
- Firmware 2.41 Now Available
- Playstation 2.4 Firmware Released, Removed
- PSBlog Reveals Great Detail About 2.4 Update
- Additional Playstation 3 Firmware 2.4 Pictures
- PS3 Has Outsold XBox360 Multiple Times In FY08
- Worldwide PS3 Releases For The Week Of June 22nd
- PS3 2.36 Firmware Update
- UNH Uses 40 PS3’s To Study Magnetic Fields
- Console War Continues… What Should Sony Do Next?
- 80GB PlayStation 3, Now Available in North America
- PlayStation 3: Sony Fires Back
- PlayStation 3 to Re-Launch in Hong Kong and Taiwan on November 17, 2006
- Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation 3 by 20%

