PlayStation 3 News
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PS3 wipes out PS2 profits
It's a 10-year plan, we all know that, but the latest PlayStation 3 financial statistics make for some eyebrow-raising figures nevertheless. Speaking at Leipzig, Shiny Entertainment's Dave Perry highlighted DFC research pointing to the fact that Sony has now lost more money manufacturing and sell...
- Posted Aug 20th 2008
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Sony: No PS3 price cut planned for Leipzig
Sony has confirmed that it has no plans to make any announcements regarding a price cut for its PlayStation 3 console at the upcoming Leipzig Games Convention next week. Speaking with Reuters, Sony Computer Entertainment spokesperson, Nick Chaplin, revealed that the European games fair would not...
- Posted Aug 16th 2008
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80GB PS3 dated & priced for Australia
Sony Computer Entertainment Australia has confirmed that the 80GB PlayStation 3 console will be released in the territory on August 28, priced at approximately AUD 699. As with other regions, the new SKU will replace the existing 40GB model, and comes complete with a single DualShock 3 control pa...
- Posted Aug 15th 2008
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Sony celebrates year-to-date PS3 sales growth of 99%
Speaking in light of The NPD Group’s latest hardware figures for July, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) CEO and President Jack Tretton has revealed that year-to-date hardware sales of the PlayStation 3 have grown by a total of 99 per cent. The company’s flagship gaming conso...
- Posted Aug 15th 2008
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PS3 outsells 360 in U.S. during July 2008
The NPD sales for the month of July have arrived, and once again the PlayStation 3 has outsold the Xbox 360, this time by a margin of 20,000 consoles. The hardware sales numbers for July 2008 are as follows: DS -- 608,000 Wii -- 555,000 PS3 -- 225,000 PSP -- 222...
- Posted Aug 14th 2008
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Sony and Nintendo to tie in hardware battle, says former SCEE boss
Chris Deering, the former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), has predicted that Sony and Nintendo will tie in the battle for hardware supremacy by the year 2011. Deering, speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival today, presented figures obtained by triangulating data fr...
- Posted Aug 11th 2008
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European PSN update; August 7
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has updated the region’s PlayStation Store for another week. Unfortunately, gamers will have to make do with an exceedingly lacklustre update today, though Guitar Hero III fans can at least indulge in the latest track pack release, as detailed yeste...
- Posted Aug 7th 2008
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Uncharted dev using only "30-40% of PS3's power"
Naughty Dog’s Richard Lemarchand has admitted that the Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune developer is "probably only using 30 or 40% of the power of the PS3 right now." With the PS3 expected to enjoy a lengthy cycle on the market, there still remains a considerable amount of untapp...
- Posted Aug 6th 2008
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PS3's cell processor power not yet realised, says Volition
Volition’s Dan Sutton has said that developers have yet to realise the full potential of the PlayStation 3’s cell processor, noting it will be another “two or three years” before PS3 visuals of multiplatform games surpass those of the Xbox 360s. Speaking to Videogamer.com ...
- Posted Aug 5th 2008
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Sony: PS3 graphics starting to create "some distance"
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Scott Steinberg, Vice President of Product Marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America, has said that the PlayStation 3 is starting to pull ahead of rival platforms from a graphical standpoint, suggesting that its competitor’s efforts will eventual...
- Posted Aug 4th 2008
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