... 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
...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
...Halo 3, Madden NFL 07, Madden NFL 08, Gears of War, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty 3 and Call of Duty 4. Sony today said that it has sold 12.81 million PS3 consoles so far. The company did not break o...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 17:43
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
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
...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
...rketplace. Almost every major retailer have policies that prevent them from selling AO games, and Sony will not approve PS3 games with the restrictive rating. Barring intervention from the ESRB...
Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:51
...sp; There was a problem with the PS3 servers causing the online mode of the game to be shut down. Sony told Kotaku that it was aware of the problem and was "looking into it." Additionall...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 14:22
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
... to be more in line or even better than the PS3 client. Keep in mind that the PS3 client was written by Sony as a "go green" initiative for PS3 users. So far, the group is working hard on the visualiz...
Monday, April 14, 2008 02:39
...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
...here is the Cell processor,
which has been designed, developed and manufactured in collaboration
with Sony . Tokyo (Japan) - There has been been a lot of speculation how Toshiba will change its high ...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 18:05
Sony has released details for the next firmware update to its handheld PSP system, bringing more functionality to the Playstation 3 "remote play" feature and also more customization for playback of
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 10:56
...station 3 fans will be able to buy a new wireless controller with vibration support sometime next week. Sony announced today that it already has begun shipping these new “Dual Shock 3” controllers to ...
Wednesday, April 02, 2008 14:50
... a virtual deadlock for 2008. During the same time, Wii sales went up 37%, the DS climbed 32% and Sony 's handheld PSP system saw a 10% boost. London (England) - Sales of the Playstaion 3 were u...
Monday, March 31, 2008 10:12
Sony has issued a statement warning Playstation 3 users that a "small percentage" of online accounts may have been compromised due to an attack on the database that allowed a hacker to change user pa
Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:11
... week that now allows it to access enhanced Blu-ray Disc features, the first of which will be in select Sony Pictures titles coming out in the next few weeks....
Thursday, March 27, 2008 08:53
...ack: We still call GT5 Prologue a demo version and find it brave to sell this game for $40, but we give Sony props for the way it preps the PS3 title for launch. Today we heard that the music included...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 15:22
...ation 3 is likely to retain its reputation as the most popular playback platform for Blu-ray content as Sony announced that owners of the console will “soon” be able to upgrade to firmware version 2.2...
Thursday, March 20, 2008 16:07
...layers in the U.S. is still low – less than 10 million players. Our sources at Paramount, Universal and Sony Pictures also told us that the typically distributed “shipped” numbers of Playstation 3 uni...
Monday, March 17, 2008 13:44
...erview with Reuters, product manager Aaron Greenberg said that the “Xbox is not currently in talks with Sony or the Blu-ray Association to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience." In an interview ...
Thursday, March 13, 2008 10:38
Foster City (CA) - Sony last night unwrapped its latest firmware update for the Playstation 3, bringing the console to version 2.17. According to a post at the official Playstation blog, the update
Thursday, March 13, 2008 07:34
Pricewatch - Blu-ray Disc players from Samsung, Sony and Sharp are now the most expensive they have been all year, presumably because HD DVD's exit from the high-def disc arena has removed some of Bl
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 08:57
...rs can expect a "pretty big change in the Playstation Network in the early part of April," according to Sony Computer Entertainment America's John Hight. Foster City (CA) - Playstation 3 users can exp...
Wednesday, March 05, 2008 09:54
...l other platforms, including the Xbox 360, the PS3 , the Nintendo Wii, the PS2, the Nintendo DS, and the Sony PSP.” Of course being a Gamespot editor isn’t all fun and games, just ask former editorial ...
Monday, March 03, 2008 15:43
...d to be one of the PS3 's biggest titles of the year, and is among the most lucrative exclusives for the Sony platform so far. According to the official Playstation blog, MGS 4 has been slated ...
Friday, February 29, 2008 13:35
Sony today announced a firm release date and MSRP for the "Dualshock 3" controller, the first PS3 controller to include the rumble feature. Foster City (CA) - Sony today announced a firm release date
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 08:13