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| STORIES ABOUT: Sony |
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| Weekend Bashing: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is NOT a "Real Driving Simulator" |  | Game developers have been snowing us for years with features that in many cases didn't even exist or that have been gravely exaggerated. It's not uncommon and has become a usual practice to list a number of so-called features in a press release or on the back of a packshot. I was living with the impression that most gamers (and implicitly, buyers) don't even bother to read those specs unless it's something great or some ... [read more >>] | | 16 May 2008, 20:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Top Ten Notebooks You Couldn't Do Without |  | Mobile computing has conquered both the high-end and the mainstream markets and analysts claim that the number of sold notebooks will outpace desktop systems by 2010. Mobile gaming is still a niche market, dominated by bulky notebooks with significant price tags, but most of the general-purpose laptops deliver optimal performance at a reasonable price tag.
The first entry in the mainstream notebook line-up is the Acer Aspire 59 ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| MGS4 Bundle for Europe, Killzone 3 Delayed |  | Sony has made quite a few announcements at its PlayStation Day Europe event which was held in London. Amongst them was also the fact that a bundle for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots will be available in Europe. European gamers have feared that the bundle would only be available in North America, as an announcement made by Sony earlier in the year hinted.
The bundle will include a black system and will feature a 40GB ... [read more >>] | | 07 May 2008, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's New Bravia V4500 Series Offers Style, HD-Grade Images |  | As you might have heard from one of our previous articles on the subject, Sony's got some pretty big plans for Europe, as it has seriously increased its production capacities in this particular area. And one of the first series of models that will be rolled out from the new p ... [read more >>] | | 06 May 2008, 13:51GMT | (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 |
| The Sony Bravia DAV-F200 Home Theater System |  | It's quite clear that the guys from Sony have had little rest these months, as they are releasing more and more cool stuff in the field of home entertainment: their freshest novelty is the very cool Bravia DAV-F200, a 2.1 channel multimedia system loaded with high-tech features that will change the way you were used to experience your favorite media.[admark=1]
The first thing to note about the Sony Bravia DAV-F200 is its sleek, com ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2008, 05:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony and Samsung Launch the Blu-Ray Offensive |  | Sony and Samsung have independently started shipping new Blu-Ray devices to meet the increasing demand in high-definition video worldwide. The new devices are not only a passport to the high-definition digital world, but also the creation of two major trendsetters in the industry, having been among the key factors that triggered the death of Toshiba's HD-DVD.
Sony announced two new Blu-Ray players that can also burn HD m ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 08:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Europe Really Loves Sony's Bravia |  | Everyone's talking about "brand awareness" and "brand recognition" nowadays, but in some cases, these terms actually mean a lot more than loads of PR talk. And one of those cases is that of Sony's Bravia line of LCD HDTV sets, which seems to be so popular across Europe that the Japanese company has been actually forced to seriously increase the European production capacity in order to meet the overwhelming dem ... [read more >>] | | 29 April 2008, 07:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Details Echochrome |  | Sony's puzzle game for PS3 and PSP consoles, available via PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store, features 56 exclu ... [read more >>] | | 25 April 2008, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Buzz! Quiz Master Is Ready for Your PSP |  | For the first time in the Buzz! history, you will be able to take the quiz show wherever you want - always keeping it around in case you feel the urge to answer some tricky questions. And all these because Sony has decided to release Buzz! Quiz Mater on the ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 08:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Marvel Gets Vicepresident from Sony |  | Marvel, a company best known for superheroes like Hulk (who is getting an Edward Norton starring movie) and Iron Man (who is also getting a movie, starring Robert Downey Jr.), has announced that Ira Rubenstein would be its new Global Digital Media executive vice president. The move signals a desire by the comic book giant to expand the reach of its business. Digital media is a fast growing sector which attracts more and more youn ... [read more >>] | | 24 April 2008, 03:45GMT | (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 |
| Sony's New HDD DVD Recorders Boast 500 GB, Handycam Dubbing |  | Don't you just hate those moments when, for some particular reason, you simply can't get home in order to watch your favorite episode or "Dr. Who" or whatever TV show you might be interested in? Well, if your TV addiction has reached such a high level, then perhaps you should really consider purchasing one of the new Hard Disk Drive DVD recorders offered by Sony, which provide a very wide range of features, including t ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 11:36GMT | (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 |
| Sony BMG and Nokia Will Offer Free Music |  | Sony BMG Music Entertainment has just joined Nokia's Comes With Music initiative, according to a press release issued today by the Finnish company. Therefore, Sony BMG will add its impressive music catalog to another impressive one, owned by Universal Music Group and already announced by Nokia, back in December 2007, when it first unveiled Comes With Music.
Nokia Comes With Music is a "program" that allows u ... [read more >>] | | 22 April 2008, 10:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Microsoft is Most Innovative of the Console Producers |  | Each year, BusinessWeek publishes a feature called "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies" that aims to see how well big companies adapt and change and how important innovation is for all out business success. This year all game console producers were present in the Top Ten, with &l ... [read more >>] | | 21 April 2008, 03:17GMT | (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 |
| Sony Shows Off Almost Paper-Thin, 0.3-mm OLED Display |  | Sony really took the world by storm when it launched the XEL-1 OLED-only HDTV set back in October 2007, as it offered a bit of a preview regarding the future of television. However, it looks like the Japanese company has not slowed down the research pace, since ... [read more >>] | | 17 April 2008, 11:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Apple and Sony Settle Exploding Battery Lawsuit |  | Apple and Sony have jointly decided to settle the lawsuit filled with a Japanese couple that claim physical injuries related to their Mac battery bursting into flames. According to the lawsuit, the husband suffered severe injuries after the battery manufactured by Sony and shipped inside their Apple system caught fire.
However, the two companies that seem to be carrying the guilt for the incident decided to jointly pay the cou ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 10:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's PMW-EX3 Doubles the EX1's Price |  | At NAB2008, Sony released underwhelming details about the higher-end update to its hit camera of the year, the PMW-EX1. The EX3 has a different look, but the same trio of 1/2" native 1920 x 1080 CCD sensors and hardware/firmware architecture.
The most obvious change here is the Fujinon 14x lens now being removable. This means that, had it not been for the announced $13,000 price, the EX3 could have joined the extremely sl ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 09:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| When HDTV Meets Style: Sony's Bravia E4000 Series |  | One thing's for sure about the Japanese electronics' giant, Sony: it has some pretty inventive and talented designers. Most of the products the company has rolled out over the past few years have very eye-catching designs, and that's also the case with the new Bravia E4000 Series of high-definition TV sets, which can compliment just about any type of interior décor.
"Inspired by the new Draw the LINE desig ... [read more >>] | | 10 April 2008, 09:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's Latest Blu-ray Recorders Can Push Video Content to the PSP, Walkman |  | Now that Sony has remained the only major player on the high-definition players' market, with Blu-ray scoring an overwhelming victory over HD DVD, the Japanese company is free to focus on some additional products, capable of providing various extra-functions beside the basic, playback-related ones. And that's exactly the case with its latest announcement, namely the BDZ-A70 and BDZ-T90 Blu-ray recorders, which provide a very inte ... [read more >>] | | 09 April 2008, 12:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony Unleashes Dictation Machine Bonanza |  | Dictation machines represent one of the most important "weapons" in the arsenal of any professional journalist, this being one of the reasons why they've managed to survive the transition into the digital era without being transformed into just another "complementary" function of a more complex device. And in order to provide a full range of offerings for the aforementioned consumer segment, Sony has unveiled no le ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 13:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PSN Store DRM Has Been Cracked |  | As always with crack and hack news, take this one with the proverbial grain of salt. Several sites from the "underground" of the Internet have begun reporting about the fact that the Digital Rights Management on the PlayStation Store titles that are exclusive to the PlayStation Portable& ... [read more >>] | | 08 April 2008, 06:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sonic Unleashed Officially Confirmed, Detailed |  | Sega finally decided to officially confirm the game everybody knew was coming, following some leaked screenshots and trailers. Now, everything is official according to a press release from Sega. Even more, the giants have decided to offer a bit more details about Sonic Unleashed ... [read more >>] | | 04 April 2008, 02:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Sony's "World's Smallest Full HD Cam" Has Miniature Sensor |  | Sony's diminutive new heir to the newly minted "world's smallest Full HD camcorder" throne is the travel-ready silver titanium frame HDR-TG1. While Full HD (1920x1080, also known as 1080P) with a 1.3 x 4.7 x 2.5 inch body and $900 price tag would have seemed like fantasy just a short while ago, Sony made it real and gave it a horror twist that just one day after the launch already has potential customers complaining. St ... [read more >>] | | 03 April 2008, 04:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| RoboCup German Open 2008 |  | They say white men can't jump and robots can't play soccer. That may be true, however this didn't stop high-tech enthusiasts from organizing the RoboCup German Open 2008. The tournament will be held between 21 to 25 April in the Hall 25 of the Hannover Messe, Hannover, Germany, and expects more than 80 teams of researchers from 15 countries from all over the world.
Soccer matches are believed to be an extremely complex a ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayStation Store Upgrade Detailed |  | The PlayStation Store, part of the PlayStation Network, is getting a facelift in April. While rumors have been flying around since February, Sony has now made it official after the latest update to the Store was released late on Friday.
The new redesigned look of the store will offer "better interface and easier navigation," which Sony says that its users really want, at least in the PAL region which was surveyed by ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayStation Store Update Is Finally Here |  | Friday was set to be a great day for the PlayStation console. One of its biggest titles yet, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, was due to debut after it had already racked up a million in sales through preorders only. A new map pack for Unreal Tournament 3 was also set to launch on the same d ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 17:06GMT | (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 |
| Hot Updates for Even Hotter Sony Rolly |  | Sony Rolly is truly so much more than the "little robotic music player that could" and for those who still don't know what Rolly really is, this movie should explain pretty much everything. Yet, the small football-shaped moving robotic and white MP3 player will get a nifty upgrade, ready to ... [read more >>] | | 31 March 2008, 09:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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