PlayStation 3 News
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Sony Malaysia plays "familiar" music at PS3 launch event
Sony officially launched the PlayStation 3 in Malaysia today, a mere 666 days after North America received Sony's current generation home console. At the launch event in the 1Utama shopping center in Petaling Jaya, it appears some "familiar" music was used to introduce Naoi Sudo, manag...
- Posted Sep 20th 2008
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PS3 has no "definition title," says Molyneux
Famed games designer Peter Molyneux has claimed that the PlayStation 3 still lacks a “definition title”, but believes Media Molecule’s upcoming LittleBigPlanet could fill the gap when it hits stores next month. Speaking with Gamesindustry.biz, Molyneux – best known for his...
- Posted Sep 18th 2008
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Life with PlayStation launched, then withdrawn
According to various online reports, Sony's "Life with PlayStation" had gone live and was available to download. The reports were right, but not for long. The update was removed from the network soon after it had appeared. “Today, while testing the application, Life with PlayStat...
- Posted Sep 17th 2008
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PS3 Firmware 2.43 live in Japan
According to the Official PlayStation blog, PS3 firmware 2.43 has just been made available on Sony servers, but only constitutes a mandatory download for users in Japan. No details were given on any bug fixes or functionality upgrades, so we can safely assume this is non-essential for other terri...
- Posted Sep 17th 2008
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First snaps of PS3 motion controller
No, we don't mean the Sixaxis. Gaming accessory creator In2Games has just released pics of a PlayStation 3 motion controller, the Gametrak Freedom. The Gametrak Freedom uses "proprietary and cutting-edge patent-pending ultrasonic technology to provide a true motion capture gaming experience....
- Posted Sep 16th 2008
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August NPD figures reveal strong month for PlayStation
Last month's hardware sales figures from the NPD Group show that Sony's PlayStation platforms had another very strong month. PlayStation 3 itself was only 10,000 units behind Microsoft's Xbox 360, whilst PS2 wasn't far behind either. Nintendo's DS and Wii trumped everything however, with 518,000 ...
- Posted Sep 11th 2008
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Yoshida confident in PS3's performance in 2008
Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida has reaffirmed the company’s belief that 2008 will prove an auspicious year for the PlayStation 3, noting that all major components “are coming together,” from hardware pricing to new software. Speaking with VG247.com, Yoshida comm...
- Posted Sep 9th 2008
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160GB PS3 being used as a test, says Reeves
Sony Europe boss David Reeves has said that the platform holder aims to utilize the new 160GB PlayStation 3 unit as a means of determining how consumers respond to a higher capacity version of the popular gaming system. Speaking to MCVUK, Reeves commented, "The 160GB is a limited edition tha...
- Posted Sep 9th 2008
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Pachter: PS3 beat Xbox 360 in August
Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter has posted his latest US hardware estimations ahead of official NPD figures, putting Sony’s PlayStation 3 ahead of Xbox 360 for the month of August 2008. Pachter forecast PS3 sales of 225,000, beating out Microsoft’s competing platform at 200,000...
- Posted Sep 9th 2008
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Xbox 360 will beat PS3 this holiday, says analyst
Jesse Divnich of Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has claimed that Xbox 360 will pull ahead of PlayStation 3 this holiday, in a controversy-courting conversation with Edge magazine. The analyst said Sony should "heavily consider" cutting hardware prices before Christmas. &qu...
- Posted Sep 5th 2008
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