...g move? Microsoft usually has a tough time grabbing positive video game headlines against Nintendo and Sony , but we are sure that Microsoft is celebrating at least this week. According to a Reuters a...
Monday, August 18, 2008 11:53
...rket situation. The cheapest big-brand-name Blu-ray players you can buy today is Samsung’s BD-P1400 and Sony ’s BDP-S300 model with average retail prices of $330 and $333, respectively. Some retailers ...
Friday, August 08, 2008 15:18
...to be made. Wilson added the one possible "bright spot" is that the Blu-ray enabled PlayStation 3 from Sony has seen a strong following, meaning the installed base for this technology will continue t...
Friday, August 01, 2008 13:19
Sony released the next firmware update for its PS3 game console. We will print the entire release description provided by Sony ’s Eric Lempel here: “Just wanted to give everyone a quick heads up th
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:16
Sony had a rough second calendar quarter (fiscal Q1 2008 for the
company) with profits plunging nearly 48% to $326.9 million while sales
inched up to $18.7 billion. However, the game segment
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 09:46
...g MMO based on the DC comics
universe. The aptly-named DC Universe Online is being developed by
Sony Online Entertainment and will be available for both the
PlayStation 3 and PCs. Playe...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 17:12
After a very rocky start, Sony is now much more optimistic about the
sales potential of its game console: Sony hopes the PS3 will outsell
the PS2 eventually. Chicago (IL) – After a very rocky
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 12:00
... Proving Grounds will follow in a predictable pattern. When it comes to platforms, Apogee is targeting Sony PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS. These mobile platforms feature 112 million potential ...
Monday, July 21, 2008 13:01
...0 stands at 10,465,900 units. The PS3 still trails the two with cumulative sales 4,851,100 units, but Sony sold close to twice as many PS3s in June as Microsoft sold Xbox 360s: NPD said that U.S. re...
Thursday, July 17, 2008 21:00
...ket is getting more interesting: Following
Microsoft’s time-limited price cut of the Xbox 360 Premium, Sony has
announced an upgrade of its 40 GB console to 80 GB, which could be
interpreted as a p...
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 10:00
...p, the Xbox 360 sold 186,000 units in the United States. The Wii sold 675,000 units in May, while Sony sold 208,700 PS3 consoles. Of course monthly sales figures only show one side of the coin....
Monday, July 14, 2008 15:10
Sony 's PlayStation 3, the 2007 loser in the fight for second place in video-game console sales, is gaining ground on Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 in the U.S. i
Monday, July 14, 2008 09:06
...ns that the device now costs $299instead of $349, which means that the console is now $100 cheaper than Sony ’s 40 GB PS3 and just $50 more expensive than Nintendo’s Wii ($249). But on a closer look, i...
Monday, July 14, 2008 00:28
...ates that first-gen Blu-ray players are on their way to drop below $300. Among the offers we spotted is Sony ’s BDP-S300 for $359.99 (down $40 as part of a closeout) and Panasonic’s DMP-BD30K for $449....
Monday, July 14, 2008 00:01
...e in May: 186,600 units were just slightly ahead of the Playstation portable, which sold 182,300 units. Sony sold 208,700 PS3s and Nintendo 675,100 Wiis and 452,600 portable DS consoles. ...
Friday, July 11, 2008 15:55
...enberg, Microsoft’s director of product
management for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, told Gamasutra that the Sony
PlayStation 3 is the arch nemesis of the 360. He added that the 360
had more hard c...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 19:05
After nearly two weeks of uncertainty regarding the PS3 firmware update 2.40, Sony has finally addressed the issue with firmware 2.41. The update provides the trophy support and in-game XMB that was
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 11:42
... number of issues for those who updated to the new release, as we reported earlier. It now appears that Sony has since pulled the newest update, reverting back to firmware 2.36 as the most recent avai...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 17:49
Now there's a surprise: Everyone says Sony 's servers are getting hammered, but I just sucked the entire update down through a high latency one-point-five Mbps satellite straw in all of 15 minutes. T
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 14:15
...rs currently control almost 85% of the home video market – Warner holds 18.8%, followed by Fox (15.3%), Sony (13.5%), Paramount (13.4%), Disney (13.1%) and Universal (10.7%). Read on the next ...
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 00:23
Sony is currently preparing the release of its Playstation 3 firmware update 2.40, which the company claims will bring the most requested feature to the game console – an in-game Cross Media Bar (XMB
Monday, June 30, 2008 11:08
The Playstation 3 can be a significant contributor to your power bill,
but Sony is reacting to recent criticism with a third-generation
hardware version that we will be shipping this holiday
Friday, June 27, 2008 14:25
Sony will is ready to expand the content for its Playstation 3 (PS3)
game console with a movie download service, the company said earlier
today. Tokyo (Japan) – Sony will is ready to expand t
Thursday, June 26, 2008 10:15
...acts alone. PhysX is the most common used physics API for console games (NovodeX and Meqon APIs) today, Sony has licensed PhysX SDK as the official physics engine for Playstation 3 console, Microsoft ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 16:02
...de-scale adoption of the Cell BE processor, the only mass-market application use the technology remains Sony ’s Playstation 3 game console. Toshiba will take another shot at the architecture and build ...
Monday, June 23, 2008 12:55
A post on the PlayStation Blog by Eric Lempel, Sony 's Director of PlayStation Network Operations, has confirmed that, come firmware update 2.40, in-game XMB access is going to be added to the PS3 alo
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 11:27
...,640 PPE and SPE cores for a combined 130,536 cores. The Cell BE processors also represent the heart of Sony ’s Playstation 3 game console. The six fastest supercomputers in the world are installed in...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 09:28
... said that it is only targeted at consumer electronics applications for now. In February of this year Sony announced that scaling the Cell BE chip to 45 nm is underway, with the die-size of the chip...
Monday, June 09, 2008 00:30
...-screen TVs are major electricity guzzlers, even when left on stand-by. The recent study by Choice said Sony 's Playstation 3, closely followed by Microsoft's Xbox 360 and plasma television sets, consu...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 09:42
...ication that the “digital distribution business is one of the reasons Microsoft is so keenly focused on Sony , and not Nintendo” in this current state of the console battle. Kim noted that more than “3...
Friday, May 23, 2008 13:36
..., bromine or cadmium in its products. There are reasons why Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony do not advertise their game consoles as being especially environmentally friendly. One may ...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 15:03
Sony ’s Playstation 3 has gained significant traction in Sony ’s FY2007
(April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008): Surging sales and decreased
production expenses improved the company’s balance sheet,
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 13:35
...sp; Now it appears the issue is with the PS3 hardware itself, so a fix would need to come directly from Sony . Foster City (CA) - Soon after Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV on the Playstati...
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 14:35
...ep the game moving, "VIP Casino: Blackjack," ($7) and "TV Show King," ($10) a multiplayer trivia game. Sony has offered original game downloads on the Playstation 3 since its debut, and Microsot has ...
Monday, May 12, 2008 09:54
Despite Sony 's PS3 console being outsold by the Xbox 360 by more than two to one in the US, it managed to grab a healthy amount of the Grand Theft Auto IV sales. GTA IV broke game records aroun
Friday, May 09, 2008 10:55
London (England) - The president of Sony Computer Entertainment Kaz Hirai says that the company has "only really begun to scratch the surface" when it comes to the PS3, and is confident that it will
Thursday, May 08, 2008 13:29
When and if Sony finally releases its online world "Home" for the Playstation 3, many gamers will likely still be resentful over the countless delays they have endured. The software has now be
Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:13
...s, but there is
no denying that it is the premier motorsport event around the globe and
it looks like Sony won’t be publishing any more Formula 1 game titles
for no: Apparently, the gap between wha...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:20
Tokyo (Japan) - Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced a PlayStation Portable Headset with Remote Control bundle for the PSP Slim (PSP-2000). The remote control in this bundle features a b
Monday, May 05, 2008 11:42
...sed there was a problem with the PS3 servers causing the online mode of the game to be shut down. Sony said that it was aware of the problem and was "looking into it," but problems persisted. T...
Friday, May 02, 2008 16:04
...d and Canada's currency was at one point more valuable globally than that of the US. As a result, Sony Computer Entertainment America has decided to adjust the prices of content on the Playstati...
Thursday, May 01, 2008 19:57
Opinion – We have now had a few days with Sony ’s new Playstation 3
controller, but are uncertain whether its new feature set justifies its
high price tag. Your take?? Opinion – We have now ha
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 13:44
...eek. It has jumped a significant $40 in the past two weeks to an average of $397. Meanwhile, the Sony BDP-S300 and Sharp BD-HP20U have remained practically uchanged over the past couple weeks.&...
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 09:59
...ontinuously delay the final release. Sitting on a virtual couch in Home The Home project, based in Sony Computer Entertainment's European studios, was first announced at the 2007 Game Developers ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:10
Sony is close to launching a new online video download service for the Playstation 3 console, and it could be set up as early as this summer. According to a report in the LA Times, Sony has be
Monday, April 21, 2008 11:04
..., though very closely, by the PS3 at 257,000 units. The PSP, meanwhile, had sales of 297,000 units and Sony 's last-gen PS2 console remained a formidable player with 216,000 units. Breakdown of mont...
Friday, April 18, 2008 10:20
...an older opinion article here why I purchased the PS3), but yes, I have been waiting for GT5 ever since Sony made the first GT5 demo available around Christmas 2006. What makes Gran Turismo (GT) spec...
Thursday, April 17, 2008 15:16
Sony has released the 2.30 firmware update for the Playstation 3, giving a major overhaul to the Playstation Store digital download platform. Sony has not updated the store with new content fo
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 09:40
...ystation 3 error has reporedly caused problems for some users during faulty firmware installations, but Sony has said it isn't "aware of this issue." The error could potentially cause fatal prob...
Friday, April 11, 2008 14:28
...arket that has not seen huge successes so far. Apple is there with Apple TV, Microsoft has the Xbox360, Sony is expected to announce movie rentals through its PlayStation Network on PS3 and let's not ...
Thursday, April 10, 2008 18:41
Multi-touch display 
Nvidia rolls out Tegra 
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