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| STORIES ABOUT: PlayStation 3 |
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| Analyze That: Cut the Prices of Gaming Consoles |  | The NPD, which charts both console and videogame sales in North America, has released its numbers for April and we did a rundown of those earlier in the day. Most of the commentaries on the Internet are focusing on the way Nintendo, throug ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 10:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Upload YouTube Videos Directly from the PS3! |  | This could definitely be one of the best moves for Sony has recently made regarding its PlayStation 3 console, since now it is possible to upload recorded in-game footage straight to YouTube directly from the ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Konami Is Betting on Solid Snake |  | As most important videogame companies wrap up their accounting for the fiscal year of 2008, which ended on March 31, more and more reports regarding their financial status surface. After giants like Activision and ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 03:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Pure Wants to Reinvent Racing |  | Pure is a racing game coming from Black Rock Studio (which, under various names, has created MotoGp and ATV Offroad Fury) and it’s coming out on the PC, the ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Releases New PlayStation 3 Firmware |  | Eric Lempel, the director of PlayStation Network Operations, has announced in a blog post that a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 gaming console will be available in a short while. As I’m typing this, the update is live and the PlayStation 3 will urge you to download it the next time you log in.
Eric Lempel only said that the update is here to improve performance for some PS3 games and made no other comments on the su ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 06:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Declares Xbox 360 Winner over PlayStation 3 and Wii |  | As far as Microsoft is concerned, the Xbox 360 has left both PlayStation 3 and Wii in the dust. The Redmond company popped the champagne and started applauding Xbox 360 victory in the race against rival products from Sony and Nintendo, arguing that its console was the first of this generation to reach the 10 million sold units on the U.S. market. "History has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins th ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 06:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Electronic Arts Plans for the Future |  | After announcing the financial results for the 2008 fiscal year, which has just ended on March 31, Electronic Arts has also presented a few of the ideas it has regarding 2008, which is actually part of fiscal year 2009 (it's a bit dizzying for us, too).
The gigantic ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 03:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Sees Increase in Games Sales and Overall Profit |  | In the last few days, a few of the major players have announced financial results for the fiscal year 2008, which ends on March 31. Electronic Arts surprised commentators with increased sales and revenue but also with some losses, while Sega Sammy, the parent company of Seg ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 03:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3 in European GTA IV Showdown |  | In the United Kingdom, the second week of GTA IV sales seems to help reinforce Microsoft's line of speech. As the fourth game in the GTA series broke past the barrier of one million units sold, the format gap widened in the favor of Microsoft. Some 62% of all co ... [read more >>] | | 14 May 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Playing up GTA IV Impact on Console Sales |  | Microsoft is clearly trying to pull out the numbers to prove just how much the Xbox 360 is growing, now that the "killer app" that is Grand Theft Auto IV has been launched. The company is now claiming that 40% of the new Xbox sales within the first week of GTA IV's launch have been bundled with the game.
A recent statement from Microsoft also says that 60% of the sales of the gang life game were for the Xbox 360 ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 09:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gran Turismo Sells More than 50 Million |  | Sony Computer Entertainment is boasting that more than 50 million games of Gran Turismo, the company's racing simulation game, have been sold in the world since 1997, when the series first debuted. The game sold on all three of the game consoles that Sony has so far creat ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Teens Kidnapped over PS3 Game |  | In what seems to be a kind of Grand Theft Auto brought to life, two teens were kidnapped in Baltimore by four people who were searching for information regarding a stolen PlayStation 3 console and a missing ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft Attacks Sony on PlayStation 3 Statements |  | At last week’s PlayStation Day Europe event the head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, David Reeves, declared that the PlayStation 3 outsold the Xbox 360 in Europe when talking about absolute sales numbers. Now Microsoft's own Aaron Greenberg is answering Sony on those claims ... [read more >>] | | 12 May 2008, 09:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| More Hard Drive Options for the PlayStation 3? |  | As the PlayStation Day Europe event wrapped up, interest in the gaming console from Sony has increased in the game media again, especially as David Reeves, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has stated that the PS3 has outsold the Xbox 360 in Europe in absolute numbers, by ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| EA Sports President Talks about Sony Home |  | The last few days have been inundated with news from the PlayStation Day Europe event and with various statements from Sony regarding matters as diverse as the new PlayTV add-on for the ... [read more >>] | | 09 May 2008, 08:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Kaz Hirai Thinks the PlayStation 3 Will Beat the Xbox and the Wii |  | Just as the announcement made at the PlayStation Day Europe by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss, David Reeves, that the PlayStation 3 has outsold the Microsoft Xbox 360 in absolute numbers, is beginning to sink in the conscience of the video gaming world, there is fresh talk abou ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 08:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayStation 3 Outsells Xbox 360 |  | The head of Sony Consumer Electronics Europe, David Reeves, has stated, at the PlayStation Day Europe event, that the PlayStation 3 has outsold the Microsoft Xbox 360 if one was to compare total numbers since the consoles launched on the European market. The PS3 from Sony just ... [read more >>] | | 08 May 2008, 02:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayTV Confirmed and Priced |  | Sony's boss David Reeves has officially announced, as part of the Sony PlayStation Europe event, that PlayTV would be coming in the fall, with an established price tag of 99 Euro. September is the most probable moment for its arrival, but delays might come in as ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Witcher Gets Novel, Heads to PS3 |  | Critically acclaimed and beloved by fellow gamers worldwide, The Witcher is one of those RPG games that will remain in the gaming history. And you haven't seen everything yet, since The Witcher experience is going to get bigger and better on PC systems and it seems ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 02:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Is Xbox 360 GTA IV Outselling the PS3 Version? |  | As the wait for GTA IV came to a close last week and as a result of the furious marketing campaign for the game that only featured the Microsoft Xbox 360, even if the game is also playable on the PlayStation 3, a lot of people have been wondering which console would profit from t ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Games Division Slashes Losses |  | Sony Corp is expected to report that operating profits have grown to more than 380 billion yen, which means around $3.6 billion. The main element fueling the growth in profits is the boom in the high end digital camera market, but the games division of Sony also pitched in by reducing its operational losses in the fiscal year of 2007.
Even as the stock market is likely to give Sony grief over the fact that it missed performanc ... [read more >>] | | 05 May 2008, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| GTA IV Freezes in Opening Cinematic |  | What's a big, hyped game launch without a few hiccups? After standing in long lines to get the game at midnight, some gamers returned home to discover that their copy of GTA IV, the most anticipated game of 2008, simply did not want to move past the opening cinematic. ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 05:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nintendo Predicts a Profitable 2008 |  | Satoru Iwata, the president of Nintendo, has recently met with shareholders to present an update on the financial outlook of the Japanese console maker and videogames developer. He pointed out the success of third party titles developed for the games platforms crea ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 03:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| GTA Bundle for the PlayStation 3 Confirmed |  | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced that a PlayStation 3 and GTA IV bundle is official, following several rumors that such a bundle was in the making.
The bundle will be available on April 29, 2008, when the game also launches for the Xbox 360, and it wil ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 02:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Online Video Service Could Come to the PlayStation 3 |  | Sony has a very diverse and large portofolio of assets to manage. Sony Pictures Entertainment is the Sony owned old Columbia Pictures, with more than 4,000 movies in its library. Sony also has a significant stake in MGM and can cooperate to generate conte ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 18:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Report: Blu-Ray Still Facing Adoption Issues |  | Despite the fact that the HD-DVD high-definition standard collapsed, and the new HD movie titles are only available in the Blu-Ray format, Sony's standard seems to have significant adoption issues among consumers.
According to a report released by Market analyst ABI Research, the Blu-Ray format has to carry another battle with the plain, old DVD standard. The company's principal analyst, Steve Wilson, claims that peo ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 10:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PS3 Home Beta Delayed Again |  | Sony has promised everybody that a Second Life-like experience would be available on their PlayStation 3s once they launch Home. The true open-world experience was first scheduled for a "late 2007" release, then pushed back to this Spring and now it seems ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 04:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nintendo the Winner as NPD Reports on March Hardware Sales |  | The recession in the United States doesn't seem to affect in any way the videogame industry. As the NPD rolls out the software and the hardware sales charts related to the month of March growth over 2007 stands at an impressive 27%. It seems that most of this growth can be directly attributed to the way the Nintendo Wii is drawing both long-time gamers and casual players with its blend of accessibility, innovation and easy control.
... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2008, 04:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Siren New Translation Revealed |  | Some people might have noticed a blood-drenched page on the Sony website. It seems that magazine Famitsu has found out that the page is there to advertise the fact that a game called Siren New Translation, based on the ... [read more >>] | | 18 April 2008, 03:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SingStar Vol. 2 Announced for PlayStation 3 |  | All the SingStar fans are in for a treat this summer since SCEE has announced the release of SingStar Vol 2 for PS3. The game promises to bring a major update, quite a bunch of new songs and improved performance, as well as an even more addictive g ... [read more >>] | | 16 April 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Be the King in Hail to the Chimp |  | It ain't easy to design games around actual political events or actual political situations. Stardock have tried to create a political simulator with their Political Machine series, which is due to receive a new game later this year, and there's always the Democracy series, that t ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Patcher Predicts Glorious March |  | Everybody's favorite market analyst when it comes to videogames, Michael Patcher from Wedbush Morgan, has said that he expects the monthly sales for March to reach a figure of no less than 850 million dollars for the US market, which is around 50% higher than the figure for Ma ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 03:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Bourne Conspiracy Demo Coming this May |  | Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy video game is already expected to hit the European shelves on the 27th of June this year, both for PlayStation 3 and ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayStation 3 Reaches Two Million in Sales |  | Apparently one good game can take a gaming platform to the top. That's what is happening with the PlayStation Portable and the Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G game from Capcom. The wild success of the videogame title has made the PSP the dominant gaming console in Japan for the second week in a row. Its closest rival, the Nintendo DS, lacks a success game that can help it retake the top spot.
Data coming from market researc ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 03:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Achievements and Downloadable Content Key for Gaming Success |  | At the MI6 Game Marketing Conference in San Francisco, Greg Short and Geoffrey Zatkin of game research firm EEDAR talked about how games, despite being a hit-driven industry, don't make the most of the opportunities that achievement systems and DLC have to offer.
The company is tracking some 7,000 Achievements over the ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Another GTA IV Bundle for PS3 Hits Europe |  | Yesterday we brought you the news of a Swedish website offering a GTA IV bundle for PlayStation 3, even though a Sony rep has said that it is nothing but "rumor or speculation". Still, more rumors and speculations can be seen today (and probably even more will follow), ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 03:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Digital Extremes President Talks Dark Sector |  | Dark Sector was released earlier this month and critics were divided over it. There were those that dismissed it as being a Gears of War clone with a unique innovation in the glaive weapon and a story full of holes. Others were won over by the dual wielding mechanics that pair ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 02:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4 Also Coming to the PC |  | The people at Infinity Ward are busy these days with their Variety Map Pack release for the Xbox 360 game console, but they also have the time to announce how things will progress on the map front for the PlayStation 3 and for the PC owners.
There were some initial is ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| GTA IV PlayStation 3 Bundle Hits Europe |  | We don't know exactly what is the real nature of the war between Microsoft and Sony for Grand Theft Auto IV, but we do know that Xbox 360 seems to have some advantages (like ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 04:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Wii to Outsell Xbox 360 and PS3 Combined, Claims Analyst |  | It is no longer a huge surprise: Nintendo's Wii console has great sales and it keeps beating the crap out of the other two main competitors, aimed at the more hardcore gamers – Sony's PlayStation 3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. What we could call interesting, thoug ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 19:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| SIXAXIS Discontinued, DualShock 3 Compatibility List Released |  | I don't really know if this should be considered good or bad news, but Sony announced that it is discontinuing the production of the SIXAXIS controller since the DualShock 3 is now being shipped to retailers across North America. Also, the company added one more page to its &l ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 03:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Call of Duty Map Pack Due Soon |  | Call of Duty 4 was, by most accounts, the biggest game of last year. Sure, Portal had much more innovation packed into its 2-hour campaign. Crysis might have had more freedom of action and a more tight gameplay. But Call of Duty 4 provided something that other games didn't: a cinematic experience complete with emotion, well directed cut scenes and well done acting.
The game proved to also be a big hit on-line, fighting wi ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Consoles Will Be Dead in 10 Years |  | The shouting match is really getting loud. There are those people that think the PC is dead as a gaming platform. Some of the loudest anti-PC voices come from people like Epic's Sweeney, who basically has led PC gaming for 10 years. And there are the people that point to ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rambus Ships 50 Million XDR Memory Chips On PlayStation 3's Behalf |  | Rambus has just announced that it has shipped more than 50 million XDR DRAM memory chips worldwide. XDR memory chips use a patented chip architecture that makes it the most powerful memory type in the world, based on some of the company's innovations on the memory playground.
The company's XDR memory chips are able to operate at speeds of 4.8 Gbps and can provide peak data transfer rates of up to 9.6 GB/s using a si ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 12:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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