PlayStation 3 News
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Pachter: LBP delay to limit impact of October PS3 sales
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has said that he expects the delay of LittleBigPlanet to have a negative impact on the number of PlayStation 3’s sold last month, but feels the game will contribute to a spike in hardware sales for November. “We estimate sell-through of 775,000 W...
- Posted Nov 11th 2008
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Sony: we must work harder on PS3-PSP marketing
Speaking in an interview with Gamesindustry.biz, Sony Computer Entertainment UK Managing Director Ray Maguire stated his belief that the firm needs to work harder on marketing other PlayStation 3 features such as PSP Remote Play, GPS functionality, and camera functionality. "Because we've be...
- Posted Nov 11th 2008
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Exclusive Capcom content coming to PS Store
To coincide with the release of Age of Booty this week, Sony will be releasing a custom Capcom Storefront on the PlayStation Store to feature all of Capcom's present and future PlayStation Network titles. Utilizing this unique storefront, users can browse through all of Capcom’s digital co...
- Posted Nov 11th 2008
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SCEE's Maguire: PS3 has only begun to hit top speed
Ray Maguire, Sony UK's head honcho, is giving the media a bit more insight on how he views the console race. Maguire claims that Sony is just now hitting their top speed, while rival formats are arguably on a decline. "Yes, we might take a bit longer sometimes to bring a product to market, ...
- Posted Nov 10th 2008
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Nintendo: PS3 outsold 360 in 2008
In what surely must be the height of commercial cheekiness, Nintendo has opted to publish both its own and rival hardware sales figures for Europe in 2008. The Wii, you'll be astonished to hear, has triumphed in the home format arena with around 10.4 million units sold, while its clamshell colleague...
- Posted Nov 10th 2008
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PSN Video Store update; November 7
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has updated the PlayStation Video Store for another week, offering up the usual dose of TV and movie content, including Smallville, Pushing Daisies, Enemy of the State and The Running Man. This week’s update is pretty substantial to say the least. ...
- Posted Nov 7th 2008
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7 out of 15 Famitsu favourites are PS3 games
The run of positive publicity Sony is enjoying this week just got one item longer. Readers of influential Japanese mag Famitsu have listed seven PlayStation 3 games - both multiplatform and exclusive - among their top fifteen upcoming releases, as reported by German site PS3 Life. Those champagne co...
- Posted Nov 6th 2008
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PS3 sells one million units in France
According to french market analyst firm GFK, Sony’s PlayStation 3 console has sold one million units in France since its release in March 2007. In addition, Sony Computer Entertainment confirmed that they have pushed a more than five million games and accessories throughout the region duri...
- Posted Nov 6th 2008
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PS3 growth to surpass Xbox 360 this year, says Activision
Speaking in a conference call following Activision Blizzard's third-quarter earnings, Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith said that he expects PlayStation 3 sales growth to surpass the Xbox 360 in both North America and Europe this year. Griffith said that he expects the PS3 to sell an estima...
- Posted Nov 6th 2008
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Sony delivers in Japan after weeks of disappointment
It has been a rough month for our beloved black console on its home turf. Analysts and gamers alike sat idly by and watched both the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii continuously outsell PlayStation 3 week in and week out. Finally, after five weeks of pure disappointment and rock bottom sales, Sony has cli...
- Posted Nov 5th 2008
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