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US analyst Colin Sebastian of Lazard Capital Markets has questioned whether Sony’s high-end Next Generation Portable will be able to penetrate the mass market that defines the modern games industry. "At launch, Sony expects to have a strong lineup of games for NGP, including Activision’s Call of Duty as well …

Sony’s new physical format has the potential to change the face of the pre-owned market. Earlier this morning, the platform holder confirmed that the flash-based card for its upcoming Next Generation Portable will store the full software titles plus add-on game content” at the device’s big unveiling. Tying downloadable content …

Microsoft told All Things Digital that more than two million Windows Phone 7 smartphones had shipped to mobile carriers. "We’re still in the early stages," Microsoft Windows Phone 7 product manager Greg Sullivan told All Things Digital in an interview. "When people use this phone, they really, really like it," …

Sony has confirmed that that 3G connectivity will be an optional extra included only in some models of the Next Generation Portable. "The first thing to clarify, which I’m not sure the presentation did a perfect job of doing today, is that all of the devices will have wi-fi capability; …

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How the future handheld will pan out nobody can say for now, but there’s one thing we can say for sure – the NGP will change the technical power expected of handhelds in the future. "When PSP first launched in 2005 in North America it changed the way people thought …

We know that the NExt Generation Portable will be launched in "late 2011", but how much will it cost? For now, Sony’s not saying, though the company has pledged that the machine will be "affordable". "I can’t put a ballpark on it in terms of figures, but what I would …

Upon seeing both the size and power of Sony’s new Next Generation portable, it’s inevitable that the first question many people asked was how long the battery would last – but Sony has assured that it will put up a decent display. "We’ll have a good, solid battery life because …

Almost 70m PlayStation Network accounts have been registered worldwide since the service launched. Speaking at the PSP2 reveal press conference this morning, SCE president and CEO Kaz Hirai said that over 69m accounts had been opened before January 25th. He also revealed that over 80 per cent of all PS3s …

2K Play has announced it will release Carnival Games: In Action for Xbox 360 in April. The game will be the first in the best-selling mini-game series – best known for its hugely popular Wii entries –that will use Microsoft’s Kinect motion controller. it will be known as Carnvial Games: …