Microsoft has announced that on Black Friday–perhaps the biggest shopping day of the year–sales of their Xbox 360 console tripled that of Sony’s PS3. Microsoft noted that November 28th was a “historic Black Friday for Xbox 360,” with an estimated 25% jump in hardware sales over Black Friday 2007 (citing U.S. retailer reports.) Microsoft [...] [...more]
The highly anticipated LittleBigPlanet has suffered a delay and recall from retailers just days before its original planned release. CVG received this statement from Sony Europe: During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label [...] [...more]
If you’ve been playing chicken with Sony on not buying a Playstation 3 until you see a price cut, you might want to jump out of the way. In response to an Edge article in which an analyst urges the compnay to consider a price adjustment, Patrick Seybold, director of corporate communications at Sony Computer [...] [...more]
A price cut for the PS3 might not be as far off as originaly thought as a leaked Blockbuster document points to a slash coming this Sunday. According to a Blockbusters’ memo leaked this morning, Sony is permanently dropping the price of the discontinued 40GB model of the Playstation 3 beginning Sunday. The adjustment will [...] [...more]
Sony and Toshiba have revealed they will start production of a smaller 45nm Cell processor in 2009. The 45nm version of the chip used in the PlayStation 3 will cost less than the current 65nm model, as well as being more efficient, requiring 40% less power. The drop in cost of the PS3 processor might [...] [...more]
Evolution Studios’ PS3-exclusive offroad racing title MotorStorm Pacific Rift will be released on October 28th, Sony has announced via their PlayStation.Blog. Pacific Rift includes several different terrains with 16 tracks, monster trucks, with up to 16 players online. [...more]
Sony has released the technical specifications for it’s upcoming redesign PSP 3000. The new model will be releasing on October 14th; thanks to marketwatch for doing the dirty work. Here’s the full advanced specs: *1 Microphone function can be used on games that are compatible with headsets. *2 To enjoy Skype on PSP, users will [...] [...more]
Thanks to Famitsu for the three new screens of Square Enix’s upcoming PSP project Final Fantasy Agito XIII, hopefully due out sometime in 2009. and one more: [...more]
Thanks to Joystiq for the comparrison pic (above) and hilarious quip; the PSP-300 has officialy been dubbed PSP Brite. [...more]
Sony has dropped some new screens for their upcoming racer MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, showing off the different vehicles you can expect your competition to knock your stuff over in. The PS3-exclusive is due out this fall. [...more]
