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Sony has claimed that its troubled UMD format is still going strong, and that it has no plans to drop the format in the foreseeable future. During a session at last week’s GDC, the platform holder insisted that UMD is alive and well” as a format and reiterated that all …
Read More »PlayStation Home surpasses 12m users
PlayStation Home director Jack Buser has announced that Sony’s virtual world now boasts a userbase of more than 12 million PS3 owners. It was also reported that the average amount of time these users spend in Home is 60 minutes, and that 85 per cent of PS3 owners who log …
Read More »Reggie embarrassed by Sony Move
The outspoken boss of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils-Aime, has said that he is both ‘flattered’ by Sony’s very Wii-like Move tech and a bit embarrassed that the firm’s rival has seen to so closely imitate the template set down by Nintendo’s top-selling home console. I think we would have been …
Read More »PS3 claims 54% of FFXIII sales
The fact that FFXIII has this week claimed the top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 is of absolutely no shock – but onlookers will be far more interested to see how sales were shared across PS3 and Xbox 360. And the truth is – in …
Read More »GDC: Sony’s ‘Skinny’ strategy backs non-game apps
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Read More »PlayStation Move watch the video
You’ve seen the headlines, understand the tech and got a taste of the software – now is the time to take a look at Sony’s first effort to present its brand new PlayStation move controller to the world. Just click the play button below:
Read More »GDC: PlayStation Move latency revealed
New motion controller to register at â??under one frameâ??
Read More »Full Tech Specs: PlayStation Move
Will Sonyâ??s motion controllers stand up to the competition?
Read More »Sony defends early Move software line-up
Though the tech behind Sony’s PlayStation Move is certainly impressive, the reaction to its initial software line-up has been less enthusiastic. However, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has called for patience. Take Wii – compare their first party titles at the launch, second year, third year,” the exec told …
Read More »The tech behind PlayStation Move
We’ve had very few bones to chew on since Sony first announced its Motion Controller at E3 last year, but Sony’s GDC keynote last night finally gave us some meat to chew on. On the face of it perhaps the biggest surprise surrounding the PlayStation Move is its similarity to …
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