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Analyst: United States Sony Leader Opposes Blocking Used Games

Michael Pachter, who is an analyst watching the video game industry for Wedbush Morgan, has stated that Jack Tretton, the leader of the United States division of Sony, is personally opposing to using technology to block players from running used games. The analyst says that the Chief Executive Officer has personally...

14 May 2012
09:59 GMT

A PlayStation 2.5 Wouldn't Have Satisfied Customers

Sony is one of the biggest companies currently active in the gaming industry, owning one of the largest brands in video games, PlayStation. But while the label is known all around the world, the latest home console in the series, the PlayStation 3, isn't the most popular device on the market. This is largely du...

16 July 2009
02:49 GMT

Sony Says Rumors and Leaks Hurt the Industry

Sony is one of the biggest companies involved in gaming, and, just like any other large corporation, saved up a lot of its big announcements for the Electronic Entertainment Expo, which was held a few weeks ago. Sadly, a lot of those announcements were already leaked or highly rumored about long before the E3 expo ...

16 June 2009
11:01 GMT

The PS3 Will Catch up to Nintendo's Wii

As a PS3 owner, you know there's no chance in hell your console will catch up to Nintendo's Wii in sales. Or is there...? According to this piece up on The Economist, Screen Digest reckons that Sony's next-gen machine will indeed catch up to the Wii, but not this year, or the next, or the year after......

12 December 2007
06:42 GMT

Tretton - Not Getting yourself a PS3? Good, Get a PS2 Then!

Jack Tretton is all over the news recently, news surrounding the PlayStation 3 of course, since he's the head of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). A recent interview with the man reveals that SCEA is confident in the PS3's success, since this is not the first time they've opted for the long ...

6 December 2007
05:07 GMT

Jack Tretton Still Believes in the PS3's 10 Year Life Cycle

This is definitely one of the best Jack Tretton interviews we've heard in a while, as the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) dishes out some interesting and optimistic prospects, as far as the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 are concerned. Worth noting right from the start is that Tr...

4 December 2007
05:02 GMT

Tretton on PSN - Users to Get What They Deserve 'Within This Platform Lifecycle'

You'd think that by getting yourself an expensive PlayStation 3 console, you'll enjoy almost everything Xbox 360 users benefit from and then some. The reality is, Sony have quite some rough times ahead of them, although they're putting on a happy face stating loud and clear that people are going to see...

14 September 2007
05:17 GMT

Jack Tretton: Wii = Lollipop; Xbox 360 = Food Poisoning

In a somewhat strange interview, Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, compares the rivals' consoles (Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360) with bad food. One doesn't know what to think anymore. Was it meant to be funny...? Probably yes, but Tretton might ha...

19 July 2007
08:01 GMT

Sony Responds to Moore's Resignation - The Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship

What do you know? Out of all the electronics giants out there, Sony is the first to say a few words regarding Peter Moore's departure from Microsoft. In case you missed out on the latest and probably one of the hottest of today's news, Microsoft's Corporate Vice-President of Interactive Entertainment B...

18 July 2007
04:16 GMT

Jack Tretton Interview - Killzone 2 (Beta) and GTA IV

At this year's E3, Sony missed out on at least two important topics of discussion. Those are: Killzone 2 and Grand Theft Auto 4. Both titles have huge question marks stamped on them as one is said to feature an open beta soon (no word so far though), while the other's PS3 port is still under discussion. Thu...

17 July 2007
08:31 GMT

SCEA's Tretton - Over 115 PS3 Titles by the End of the Year

Whenever news editors need something on which to put the blame for the PS3's bad rep, the lack of titles always comes in handy. And it's a true topic nonetheless. You see, not only is the PS3 quite expensive, but there's no good reason to buy it anyway, as it doesn't sport that many titles to begi...

14 June 2007
05:25 GMT

Sony Is Changing the SIXAXIS

After kissing and making up with Immersion, Sony's Jack Tretton declared that their partnership is going to be a fruitful one and that the PS3's controller is going to see some change. In his recent interview with GamePro, Tretton reveals some more details about the changes occurring. SCEA's CEO doesn&...

7 March 2007
04:18 GMT

Sony's Losing GTA Exclusivity

Over the years, Sony's PS2 has enjoyed a good dose of popularity and still does. Sometimes, the reason behind a console's success is one good game that has a sequel or two. Now, everyone knows this is the case with the 360's Halo series, which practically sells Microsoft's machine and will do so e...

6 March 2007
05:00 GMT


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