Tag archive for ‘PS3’
Share Your Playstation Network ID With Sony Insider!
Hey friends, as you may or may not have read in my other writings, I own a Playstation 3. However, my friends list is not as big as it should be! It would be really great if I could add a few of you guys and girls to my list so we can play games [...]
Sony Insider’s Most Anticipated PS3 Games For The Rest Of 2009
The Playstation 3 is about two and a half years old at this point and has been subject to great accolades and controversy. However, what remains above and beyond the criticism is that it has truly delivered some incredible, hilarious, and satisfying gaming experiences for me. While I don’t have the time to play like [...]
Incoming: PS3 Firmware v2.60 Update
The PS3 firmware update (v2.60) is designed primarily to enhance the system’s media capabilities. The key feature is a new Photo Gallery application, which delivers a suite of tools for sorting through and displaying your digital photo collection. Digital pictures can be organized in groups according to various criteria, including the camera used to take [...]
LittleBIGPlanet Release Dates and PS3 Bundle Confirmed
Sony has revealed worldwide release dates for LittleBigPlanet. We already knew the game would be available in the UK on October 24th, but now a October 21st release date for North and Latin America has been confirmed. As for Japan, they can expect to see the game arrive on the 30th of the month and [...]
Life With Playstation Delayed…Again
Life for Playstation has been delayed once again after Sony promised it to consumers by August. Touted as Sony’s all in one solution for news, weather and other functions such as music playback, gamers have been waiting anxiously for the free software from Sony. Noam Rimon, Sr. Development Manager for SCEA’s R&D department stated over [...]
Europe To Get LittleBigPlanet PS3 Bundle?
French retailer FNAC (link now removed) accidentally leaked specifics and an image of a new LittleBIGPlanet PS3 bundle, which includes the game, the 80GB hard drive and a DUALSHOCK controller. While this bundle hasn’t been officially confirmed by Sony, it is common to see retailers accidentally slip and reveal details about new hardware before the [...]
Vidzone PS3 Music Streaming Service to launch in Europe
As part of Sony’s ongoing effort to extend the PS3′s horizons beyond that of a purely gaming device, SCEE CEO David Reeves announced the launch of the new Vidzone video and music on demand service for the PS3. The free service will debut in Europe in 2009 allowing users to pick from a list of [...]
A September To Remember – PlayTV Arrives on the 19th
PlayTV is a twin-channel DVB-T tuner peripheral with DVR software which allows users to watch and record television programs to the hard drive of a Playstation 3 console for later viewing. Sony announced it around this time last year and it has been delayed several times. Fortunately, the delays are no more – Eurogamer is [...]
Get Ready for PS3 Movie and Video Downloads Tonight
PlayStation 3 platform is gaining momentum with introduction of movie and video download service which is going to be available in North America tonight on July 15th. Sony has partnered with a number of studios (Fox, MGM, Lions Gate, Warner, Disney, Paramount, Turner, and Funimation) that will be pumping more content in SD and HD [...]
Sony To Offer 80gb PS3 for $399
Sony has announced during their E3 Keynote that they will be releasing a new PS3 hardware model with an 80gb harddrive. This model will run on the cooler chip like the current generation 40gb unit so that means it will not have backwards compatibility. This should be a strong competitor to consumers eyeing the similarly [...]
Sony To Offer PS3 Greatest Hits
During the E3 keynote, Sony announced that they will be offering discounted PS3 “Greatest Hits” games, a popular tradition amongst video game developers. Each game will now cost only $29USD instead of the usual fourty to fifty. Resistance, MotorStorm, Warhawk, Call of Duty 3, Fight Night, NFS: Carbon, RSV, and Assassin’s Creed; Oblivion: Elder Scrolls, [...]
European PS3 Owners Can Sign Up To Beta Test
Great news to our friends in Europe – Sony has opened registration for you to beta test new titles before they are released! You must be 18 or over, able to read and give feedback in English, be a European resident, and have a Playstation 3 with a broadband connection. The beta site suggests, “You [...]
Nobuyuki Oneda: No Price Cut For PS3
Sony Corp. Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda said Friday the company has no plan to reduce the price of its Playstation 3 game console. “Our strategy is not to sell more quantity for PS3 but to concentrate on profitability,” Oneda told investors at a Nomura Asia Equity forum in Singapore. “Our plan is not to [...]
Joystiq Points To Revealing PS3 Wal-Mart Memo
Joystiq posted a very interesting memo from Wal-Mart today which states that the PS3 (40gb) will be replaced by a new model in early August. Product refreshes are not uncommon for Sony, especially in their PS3 line. With the E3 Expo coming up next week, this item is sure to start a wildfire of speculation. [...]
PS3 and MGS4 Slide Down Amazon Bestseller List
Sony Corp.’s Playstation 3 hardware and Konami Inc.’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots fell out of the top 10 video game sales this week at Amazon.com following increased demand last month. On Tuesday, the PS3 ranked at No. 13 and MGS4 ranked at No. 15 in Amazon’s Video Games division. MGS4 held [...]
Firmware 2.41 Now Available
According to my Playstation, firmware 2.41 for the Playstation 3 is live. After a huge debacle surrounding its release, Sony pulled the firmware because it was causing certain PS3′s to freeze. The whole situation was blown out of proportion though, because it seemed like the cases were limited and most users who were able to [...]
Playstation Store Update – July 3rd
Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update. Qore Digital Magazine Qore Episode 02: July, 2008 ($2.99 Issue, $24.99 Annual Subscription) Episode 02 of Qore: Presented by the PLAYSTATION Network includes Part one of a three part series following the development of Resistance 2 and the exclusive release of the Naruto: Ultimate [...]
Playstation 2.4 Firmware Released, Removed
Sony has the worst luck sometimes with software releases – if anyone who has used their personal audio products they can certainly attest to that. It’s most certain they mean well by their releases for the PS3, especially after the two hype-inducing video introductions and FAQ. Firmware 2.4 came out at 12AM on the dot [...]
PSBlog Reveals Great Detail About 2.4 Update
Sony has revealed new information and video about the July 2nd, 2008 Playstation 3 2.4 Firmware Update. Years ago, if you had told me that Sony had a blog that reached out to the consumer by supplying information and videos about new features I would have laughed. If you had told me that at the [...]
Additional Playstation 3 Firmware 2.4 Pictures
PS3Fanboy has provided additional pictures of the Playstation 3 2.4 firmware update we covered earlier today, and things look pretty slick. Trophies and in-game XMB are shown off, but I am just not finding myself very impressed here with the trophy interface. While I encourage adding the system, lets hope that they continue to make [...]
Sony Australia Giving Away PS3′s..If You Buy A Bravia
Sony Australia must be really desperate to move their crates of PS3′s. After less than half a year ago where they ran a similar promotion, Sony is at it again by offering a free 40gb PS3 to consumers who purchase specific Bravia models. In a promotion estimated to be worth over $24 million RRP, Sony [...]
How Much Are The PS3 Price Cuts Costing Sony?
While Sony fought the Xbox360/Live revolution by pushing their console out as quickly as possible, it is now clear that the introduction of this juggernaut has had deep financial repercussions amongst a myriad of other woes. The birth year of the PS3 was criticized heavily and had an initally weak game library. In typical Sony [...]
Sony Console Profit To Grow
Despite accusations that the PS3 has alot of work ahead of itself to catch up to the juggernaut sales of the Wii and the millions of subscribers in XBOX360 land, it is clear that things are looking up. People are adopting the system, and hardware is selling. Accessories are selling. According to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, console [...]
UNH Uses 40 PS3′s To Study Magnetic Fields
Cashing in on the underlying technology that seamlessly renders graphics for state-of-the-art video games, space scientists at the University of New Hampshire have bundled together 40 PlayStation3 consoles to affordably simulate one of the “grand challenges” of modern computational science – the interaction between Earth’s magnetic field or “magnetosphere” and the solar wind. Climate change [...]
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