PlayStation 3 News
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50% of PS3 owners also own a PSP, says report
Sony has been getting all chummy with Capcom as of late, divulging that roughly 50 per cent of PlayStation 3 owners also own a PlayStation Portable. Speaking in a post on the Official Capcom Forums, the company’s Vice President of Strategic Planning and Business Development, Chris Svensson,...
- Posted Nov 19th 2008
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Sony dates PS3 Wireless Keypad for UK
Sony has pinned down a solid release date for its upcoming Wireless Keypad for PlayStation 3 in the UK. According to Eurogamer, the accessory will be released on November 28, priced at approximately GBP 24.99. Unveiled at the Leipzig Games Convention, the Wireless Keypad fits snugly on the ba...
- Posted Nov 18th 2008
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PSN has 14 million active accounts, 82% of PS3 users online
John Koller, Director of Hardware Marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), has confirmed that PlayStation Network now has 14 million active user accounts globally. Judging by the number of PlayStation 3's sold to date, the figure means an estimated 82 per cent of PS3 owners are n...
- Posted Nov 18th 2008
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PS3 TV ad: "Reflections"- Office Park
Last week Sony kicked off part one of its PlayStation 3 "Reflections" TV ad campaign, depicting a young boy standing in an alleyway with an image of MotorStorm Pacific Rift reflected in a nearby puddle of water. For those of you who missed it over the weekend, the platform holder has s...
- Posted Nov 17th 2008
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PS Video Store update; November 14
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) has thrown another batch of content onto the U.S. Video Store for the weekend, with viewers able to tuck into a selection of delights including Wicker Man, Top Gun, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Family Guy Season 7. See below for a full list of updates: ...
- Posted Nov 14th 2008
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Sony: PS3 sales up 56% year on year
With both Xbox 360 and the Wii putting hundreds of thousands of unit sales between themselves and PlayStation 3 last month, Sony's situation in North America this winter seems grim indeed. Or does it? The PlayStation hardware may be struggling to keep pace with its competitors at present (thanks in ...
- Posted Nov 14th 2008
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October NPD sales: PS3 190k, PSP 193k
According to the NPD Group’s hardware figures for October 2008, the PlayStation 3 came in last place against the Wii and Xbox 360, selling a total of 190,000 units. Meanwhile, cumulative sales numbers spanning all three PlayStation units (PS3, PS2 and PSP) for the month reached 519,000 uni...
- Posted Nov 14th 2008
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European PSN update; November 13
This week's European PlayStation Network update doesn't bring much in terms of demos and themes; however, those of you who own LittleBigPlanet, Dead Space, Rock Band, or Guitar Hero World Tour are in for a treat thanks to a copious supply of downloadable content on offer. See below for a full lis...
- Posted Nov 14th 2008
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New PS3 TV ad: "Reflections" - The Alley
Sony Computer Entertainment has begun a new marketing campaign titled "Reflections," consisting of three 15-second TV spots that offer insight into what's to come from the larger campaign scheduled to kick off on November 21. The first released TV ad entitled "Alley," features...
- Posted Nov 12th 2008
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Quake Wars dev: PS3 is a "challenge"
In an excerpt from a yet-to-be published interview with Edge-Online, Splash Damage founder and Creative Director Paul Wedgwood has dropped a few interesting remarks on the competing claims of console and PC development. Wedgwood drummed out the much-repeated line about the PlayStation 3 being tou...
- Posted Nov 11th 2008
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