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1. Wii regains top hardware spot as PS3 sales slip

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... units in the US, followed by 321,000 for Sony's PS3 and only 250,000 for Microsoft's Xbox 360. 
 Meanwhile, US retail console games sales plummeted 18 percent year-on-year.  Nevertheless, Naughty Dog ...

2. PS3 claims "top home console" slot as Wii sales decline

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 08 October 2009

   ... decrease by four percent over last year for the month of September - with all platforms except the Nintendo Wii and Sony PSP posting year-over-year gains. The PlayStation 3 is expected to claim the "top ...

3. Sony's PSP Go is go

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 01 October 2009

   Sony’s PSP Go has launched with new firmware that could be the way games machines are going - it can talk to a mobile phone via Bluetooth to establish a WiFi or 3G Internet connection. Sony’s PSP Go ...

4. Exclusive content boosts game sales

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Tuesday, 08 September 2009

   ... of the Xbox 360, a large improvement for Sony over the average 66/34 split for multi-platform release titles in North America."Divnich also explained that sales of Madden NFL 10 were expected to decline ...

5. Nintendo Wii sales plummet 57 percent

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 30 July 2009

   ... Sony reported a 37.4 percent year-on-year decrease of video game and computer sales, due to lower game console and VAIO PC sales. Indeed, the company sold 1.1 million Playstation 3 units and 1.3 million ...

6. Immersion to showcase touch feedback for laptops and portable devices

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Thursday, 23 July 2009

   ... DS with a rumble pack feature make sense? Immersion still relies mainly on income generated by licensing its touch feedback technology to game controllers offered by companies such as Sony and Microsoft. ...

7. Analysis: Microsoft prepares to dominate global console market

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 17 July 2009

   ... ahead of both Sony and Nintendo in the online entertainment sector. According to Strategy Analytics games analyst Martin Olausson, the Xbox 360 is "ushering in in a new era of digital entertainment." ...

8. Bluetooth support added to iSamurai's deadly arsenal

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 10 July 2009

   ... in the queue, some people may decide they have all the gaming machine they need in their very portable iPhone and forgo getting a Sony PSP or Nintendo DSI." According to Hogg, advanced accelerometer ...

9. iPhone shakes up mobile games industry

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 09 July 2009

   ... a genuine gaming platform. The president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America dismissed the notion in June, when he told CNBC that the "iPhone was just a phone." "At the end of the day, ...

10. Shared Memory Graphics accuses Apple and Sony of patent infringement

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 07 July 2009

    ... Wii and Sony's PSP/PS2.   San Francisco (CA) - Shared Memory Graphics has accused three industry heavyweights of patent infringement. The California-based company alleges that two patented graphic ...

11. Rockstar Games preps PSP version of GTA: Chinatown Wars

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 22 June 2009

    Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will be available for the Sony PSP this fall. The latest version of the popular title is expected to feature "upscaled" widescreen ...

12. Sony claims iPhone is just "a phone"

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 12 June 2009

    Sony has rebuffed claims that Apple's popular iPhone may negatively affect PSP-Go sales. "At the end of the day, the iPhone is a phone," Jack Tretton, president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of ...

13. Microsoft claims E3 victory as Nintendo stumbles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 03 June 2009

    ... explained that Microsoft had clearly "pulled ahead" of  Sony and Nintendo "when it comes to offering next generation online entertainment experiences." Los Angeles (CA) - A supposedly neutral third-party ...

14. Sony confirms Agent, debuts Assassin's Creed 2

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    Sony has confirmed that Agent will be available exclusively for the Playstation 3. Agent, devloped by Rockstar of GTA fame, is an espionage game that takes place during the 1970s when bell-bottom jeans ...

15. Sony’s new PSP is definitely a Go

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... Sony which analyzes an individual’s music library and delivers tastes which meet a user’s depicted mood. Developers are encouraged to create and design application for the device. Sony said it has reduced ...

16. Qore leaks new PSP details before E3 debut

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 31 May 2009

    GamersConsoleNetwork has managed to snag the first official images of the PSP Go from Qore. Qore, a subscription-based interactive online magazine for the North American PlayStation Network, apparently ...

17. HP considers ARM processor for netbooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 28 May 2009

    ... such as Sony's PSP, Apple's iPhone and certain Blackberry models are already powered by ARM chips. ARM, based in Cambridge, England, offers a wide range of processors for: Open platforms running ...

18. Sony to showcase new PSP at E3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 29 April 2009

    Sony will reportedly showcase a new version of its popular PSP at the E3 conference in June. According to 1UP.com, the upgraded device is expected to be named PSP GO! Chicago (IL) - Sony will reportedly ...

19. Android G2 slips to May, Samsung plans three Android phones for 2009

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 06 April 2009

    ... market and leapfrog the capabilities of Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP in the mobile gaming arena. As of last month, the latter two consoles have sold a combined 150 million units to date, compared with ...

20. WWDC 2009: June 12-18 with possible Jobs keynote

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    ... touch. We should see double storage capacity, 3G HSPA support for "twice as fast" cellular data, and custom-designed GPUs and CPUs aimed to leapfrog portable gaming devices like Sony's PSP to position ...

21. The next iPhone looms on the horizon

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 25 March 2009

    ... of both Sony and PSP in the portable gaming arena, enabling game developers to create and port stunning games. And last but not least, the new iPhones will download data from cellular networks twice ...

22. Resident Evil 5: Zombie basher saves the day for console makers

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 10 March 2009

    ... Xbox 360 with a 29.7% market share on sales of 28.91 million units (Japan: 0.98M, US: 16.58M, Other: 11.36M). Sony's PS3 is still catching up but isn't distant third anymore: PS3 took 21.4% share of ...

23. Playstation Portable hits 50 million units

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 25 February 2009

    Sony said that it has sold 50 million units of its Playstation Portable (PSP) gaming console, which is about half the number of Nintendo DS handhelds sold to date. Chicago (IL) - Sony said that it has ...

24. Nintendo sold record breaking 10.2 million Wiis in US in 2008

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 16 January 2009

    ... 360 at 1.44 million, Sony PS2 at 410,000, Sony PSP at 1.02 million and Sony PS3 at 726,000. See Gamespot.  ...

25. Rolando rolls into the App Store

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 23 December 2008

    ... model, Rolando also demonstrates the advantages of Apple's platform. The fact that gaming content on the App Store is becoming a big business should get Sony’s and Nintendo’s attention. EXTRA: SLIDESHOW ...

26. Microsoft’s Zune phone rumor back again, this time with Tegra

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 24 November 2008

    ... of such a device could outperform even Sony's PSP and position a Zune phone as the best mobile computing/communication/gaming device. The problem, of course, remains that such a product would anger many ...

27. Turn your PC into a Tivo with Nero’s LiquidTV

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

    ... onto computer hard drives.  These shows can viewed later or exported to Apple iPods or the Sony PSP.  You can even burn the content to DVDs. New York (NY) – Nero has announced its LiquidTV ...

28. Nintendo preps a new sub-$189 DS

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 29 September 2008

      Following on the heels of Sony’s recently announced update for the Playstation Portable, Nintendo said it will be refreshing its DS mobile gaming console. The pimped DS is scheduled to be introduced ...

29. 5 reasons why Apple should build its own iPhone SoC (and 5 why it won't last)

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 19 September 2008

    ... to the existing audio playback chips. Future iPhone will have killer graphics, no question about it. In fact, future iPhone will render Nintendo DS and Sony PSP obsolete and turn Apple into a key player ...

30. Refreshed PSP to launch in Japan for $180

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 02 September 2008

      Sony’s Playstation Portable (PSP) will see its first major feature update next month: Scheduled for an October 16 launch in Japan, the new PSP-3000 is positioned to challenge Nintendo’s DS console, ...

31. Sony enhances the screen of the PSP, adds microphone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 26 August 2008

    Sony said it will begin shipping an improved version of its Playstation Portable called the PSP-3000 in Japan, Asia, North America and Europe in October. While the overall appearance remains virtually ...

32. PS3 unit sales drop sharply, Wii remains strong

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 14 August 2008

    ... each one by a margin greater than 2:1. However, 555,000 Wiis translate into a sharp decrease from the 667,000 units the company sold in June. Sony sold 225,000 PS3, down from almost 406,000 in June, while ...

33. New York’s new video game labeling law has no teeth

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

    ... systems like the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP are exempt from this. The law also establishes a 16 member panel that will study the connection between violent games and criminal behavior.  The panel will ...

34. Wii shines, Xbox 360 loses ground

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 July 2008

    ... units, but Sony sold close to twice as many PS3s in June as Microsoft sold Xbox 360s: NPD said that U.S. retail reported sales of 405,500 PS3s and 219,800 Xbox 360s. Nintendo leads the way with sales of ...

35. PS3 expected to remain the driving force behind Blu-ray sales

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 01 July 2008

    ... 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 page HDTVs and DVD players, video games     ...

36. Playstation 3 to get movie downloads this summer

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 26 June 2008

      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 the ...

37. GPU transcodes four 1080p video files in real time

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    ... or Sony's PSP. Of course, hardware acceleration does not work without software and both ATI/AMD and Nvidia are relatively weak in this area. It is one side to demonstrate a cool technology, but you really ...

38. Sony reports dropping PS3 production cost

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

      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, which revealed ...

39. Sony may update PS3 to fix GTA IV problems

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 13 May 2008

    ... directly from Sony. Foster City (CA) - Soon after Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, owners of the PS3 version began complaining about problems with its lower ...

40. UPDATE: License clash between Sony and Formula 1 Boss means no F1 games

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 06 May 2008

      Formula 1 isn’t exactly as popular as Nascar or Indy cars, 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 ...

41. Official Sony headset comes to PSP for VoIP

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Monday, 05 May 2008

    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 black ...

42. Safari for Windows up, Mac down, iPhone rocks at Flickr

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 05 May 2008

    ... other devices. Data that supports this claim is derived from Flickr’s own usage statistics that has the iPhone overtaking Sony Ericsson and Nokia handsets. The iPhone is the clear front runner at this ...

43. Skype begins offering "all you can eat" calling plan

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 21 April 2008

    ... in part because of its continued innovation.  In recent months it has brought the platform to Sony's PSP handheld and it has continuously updated the online communication software.  However, ...

44. Sony reportedly set to put movie downloads on PS3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 21 April 2008

    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 been ...

45. Wii smashes March sales thanks to Super Smash Bros

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 18 April 2008

    ... numbers show a different story.  The Xbox 360 hit sales of 262,000 units, followed, though very closely, by the PS3 at 257,000 units. The PSP, meanwhile, had sales of 297,000 units and Sony's last-gen ...

46. PS3 projected to push past Xbox 360 in March

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 17 April 2008

    March consoles sales in the US have not been released yet, but analyst Michael Pachter predicts that once the numbers are in, the Playstation 3 will jump past the Xbox 360, but will be far away from ...

47. Sony to put an end to legacy online PS2, PSP titles

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 08 April 2008

    Sony Computer Entertainment has announced the latest slate of Playstation 2 and PSP games that will no longer have support for online connectivity.  In total, 14 titles published by Sony will have ...

48. Next PSP firmware to have added PS1, PS3 functionality

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 08 April 2008

    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 Playstation ...

49. PSP outsells all other consoles combined in Japan

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 04 April 2008

    Last week was a blockbuster week for the PSP in Japan, as it sold more units than the Nintendo DS, Wii, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 combined.  During the week ending March 30, a total of 129,986 PSP ...

50. PS3 and Xbox 360 "neck and neck" after successful Easter

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 31 March 2008

    ... in 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 ...