Sony promises PlayStation announcement on March 31

  • Posted March 28th, 2009 at 23:32 EDT by Eric Blattberg
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Sony has promised several gaming websites, including Kotaku, that a PlayStation-related announcement will be coming on Tuesday, March 31.

That's it. Nothing more, just that an announcement is coming. It does seem odd that Sony decided to release this info just days after the Game Developers Conference. That gives us two alternate branches of reasoning: perhaps the PR folks were afraid that the announcement would get lost in the shuffle, or perhaps it's so momentous that it can easily stand on its own.

Whatever it may be, you can be sure we'll let you know as soon as it hits. Commence hype train and inevitable disappointment... now.

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  1. Zadok

    • 11:36pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    Incoming price cut is my prediction.

  2. edward_moffet

    • 11:37pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

     psu what are the other news outlets? did you guys recieve the memo personally? idk i suspected this was a prank because kotaku was the only one that recieved the "memo" from sony and that seems weird to me that they would only tell one news outlet (especially kotaku).

  3. powerSURG

    • 11:37pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    Price cut anyone?

  4. starblinky01

    • 11:39pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    Hey guys, thanks for updating on the weekend. :) :)

     

    This is pretty interesting news, it must be a new game announcement. Its the 28th today right?  3 more days :)

    EEK I cant even think of what it might be.. Id say team Ico, but really, I doubt that so much. I will expect a nice batch of goodies though from them. :)

  5. HellsJester

    • 11:43pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    Its the day before april fools.

    Im prepared for the prank.

  6. Daz2399

    • 11:43pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    yeah, gonna have to go with price cut.

  7. edward_moffet

    • 11:51pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

     you know tetsuya nomura said there would be a kingdom hearts announcement next week... Maybe it's connected to that

  8. thekingtut

    • 11:52pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    Soo... they are announcing an upcoming announcement. This will be scraping at the heels of April Fools. I doubt it is anything to get all hyped about.

  9. JOHN25

    • 11:52pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    i think it will be info on the upcoming 2.70 FW update

  10. Eric2929

    • 11:57pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

    @2 - No, I didn't receive the memo personally, but I have contacted two Sony PR people about it. I'll let you know what/if I hear back, though I certainly won't hear anything until Monday.

    @5 - You're welcome.

  11. Gtek500

    • 11:59pm GMT - March 28th, 2009

     FF7 remake!!!!! i was the first to call it

    XD

  12. D3seeker

    • 12:17am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    PSP related please! MY CALL!

  13. newjaruz

    • 12:19am GMT - March 29th, 2009

     I'm willing to bet it's a price cut... and my guess is a 299 price point  ... not sure if it'll be 40 or 80 gigs tho

  14. radgamer420

    • 12:23am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    I'm still going to say that its the price cut that was rumored to be announced after GDC.

  15. udontneed2know

    • 12:31am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    They will announce they are going to start finally overtaking other cpnsole sales by years ed because of quality software, exclusives, and a price cut to 300$.

  16. SpiderPS3

    • 12:37am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    this is what i think: they will announce KHIII for the PS3

    do you know why? because Sony and the maker of KH both said they will make announcements next week.

  17. DeanoIV

    • 12:39am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    Price cut probably

  18. [SIKALB]

    • 12:49am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    i say price cut, 2.70 firmware details, nad maybe a overhaul of the XMB! its to plain :/

  19. Hyourinmaru

    • 12:50am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    party chat?

  20. Acid-Hippie2007

    • 12:53am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    Hmm, interesting.

  21. higgos22

    • 12:53am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    thats in like 2 days sounds pretty cool what ever altho it may be we r discontinuing ps2 it mightnt be good altho i hope that it was henvce why they were hiring staff for playstation testers or something in japan

    also they said for playstation not which part so it may be soething relating to ps3 ps2 and psp something to do with all of them altho i cant think of anything that would involve all 3

  22. darthrazorback

    • 12:56am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    Or they are announcing a new Playstation 3 trophy strategy.  You will be able to use your Trophy points to purchase items on PSN.  They will also announce the Firmware update and a price cut.  It will be a pretty huge Sony day.

  23. solbadboy

    • 12:56am GMT - March 29th, 2009

    maybe the price cut for ps3...

  24. Sryche22

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

     if it's a price cut, I'll pick up a 2nd PS3...then I can set one up in my new bedroom home theater setup...hehe

  25. ilovemylambo

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

     what if its a price cut and Grand Theft Auto V is exclusive...

  26. edward_moffet

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

     @ 16 noo really!? duuude i would have NEVER thought of that :P

  27. Altercode

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    Well... April's fool is coming!!!

  28. J1gs4w

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    So far we have price cut, 2.70 firmware, Kingdom Hearts 3, and a FF7 remake for the most popular.  I am going to throw my gamble on a 50 dollar price drop, 2.70 firmware, and a bigshot exclisive title.  If they drop it any further than 50 dollars, I will indeed be shocked.  But you never know.

  29. ledzeppelin23

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    In-Game Chat

  30. chomperbull

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    it's related to the psp and ps2 is going to be $99

  31. Ryuuchi10

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    SONY COMPANY IS GOING TO SHUT DOWN!!!.....(After April 1st) SONY WAS JUST KIDDING!!! HERE'S A LIST OF VIDEO GAMES THAT THE 360 WILL NEVER BE GETTING!!! Just kidding again...we are just wasting your precious time from playing the games we offered you all!!! ^_^

     

  32. graphixmaster

    • 2:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    NETFLIX on PS3?   God of War III Release date?

  33. blu-fighter

    • 2:27am BST - March 29th, 2009

    price cut or upgrade for PS3 to play Ps2 games. But, most likely price cut.

  34. superbeast1370

    • 2:29am BST - March 29th, 2009

    1) PS2 hits $99

    2) firmware 2.7 goes live

    3) PSP price drop

    4) PS3 Price Drop.

  35. Alpha2

    • 2:43am BST - March 29th, 2009

    ...yeah and PS3s make you immortal.

  36. xxIvErx

    • 3:09am BST - March 29th, 2009

    I'm betting on a PS2 price cut to $99

  37. Overcast

    • 3:13am BST - March 29th, 2009

    PS3 with mind-link function!!! Hopefully though it'll be a price reduction. I hope I don't have to buy another one but my fan is somewhat louder for some reason lately.

  38. VesNL

    • 3:33am BST - March 29th, 2009

     I see everybody shouting firmware 2.70 and price drop. Only thing I could thing about, with that date was Home and more info on Club Houses (monthly fee, bigger club houses).

  39. Lp47PS3

    • 3:33am BST - March 29th, 2009

    let me guess the annoucement will be made at this time and date. March 31st 11:59 PM. Then they delay it 1 min. New PSP2 ready for 2009!    -----  APRIL FOOLS!!!

  40. BlueDragoon0

    • 3:39am BST - March 29th, 2009

    It'll be nothing important.

  41. start187

    • 4:00am BST - March 29th, 2009

    or maybe sony will buy the XBOX and then they will have the right to cancel it.....just to do something real good to the nations :P

  42. DBZ0wnz

    • 4:14am BST - March 29th, 2009

    I think it's gonna be PSP2...

  43. ladyx

    • 4:23am BST - March 29th, 2009

    they will announce an update which will delete HOME forever.

  44. DaLi6

    • 4:49am BST - March 29th, 2009

    what about european love with video stores and network cards , what about ingame music what about fairity in collectors edition games , !!!! should i sing micheal jackson song or something!!

  45. jack2pot

    • 5:21am BST - March 29th, 2009

    i have just called a sony pr and he has informed me that the announcmet is going to be about a GAME.

     

    so, kh3 ? team ico's game?

  46. big-boss262603

    • 5:41am BST - March 29th, 2009

    i hope it is a price cut or something like a big game is only now coming to ps3

  47. start187

    • 5:42am BST - March 29th, 2009

    i hope its Gran Turismo 5 ................ release date in April.......God im so gonna buy it from the first day...

  48. Craig-Handley

    • 5:47am BST - March 29th, 2009

    All aboard the hype train.

  49. tadpole3159

    • 5:56am BST - March 29th, 2009

    new game. dont do the price cut thing, its not, price cuts are regional. just because america has one doesnt mean the rest of the world has to have one. they wouldnt hype the whole world about a price cut thats only going to effect a region

  50. Staude

    • 6:07am BST - March 29th, 2009

    firmware 2.7

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