Business managers from the world’s leadings companies are set to make use of Sony’s PlayStation Home service to house virtual meetings. The move is part of a project commissioned by Advanced Workplace Associates, which will see how large corporations can use virtual worlds in reducing travel costs and carbon emissions. …
Read More »Street Fighter II HD breaks records
Japanese developer and publisher Capcom is claiming that its recently released Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title Street Fighter II HD has shattered both day one and week one sales records for a digital console title. To date the game has sold 250,000 copies. The firm also expects the …
Read More »HD OutRun heading to consoles
One of the most cherished names in the arcade business is returning with news of a brand new title from Sega – OutRun Online Arcade, which is heading to both Sony’s PSN and Microsoft’s Xbox Live early next year. The full story’s on CasualGaming.biz – click here to take a …
Read More »Home can be system seller, Sony insists
As Sony’s open Home beta approaches the end of its first week, the firm has asserted that it believes the virtual world service will eventually grow to become a key selling point for the firms’s PS3 console. Speaking to CVG, Home service manager for SCEE Dan Hill stated: In time …
Read More »NPD: Sales growth continues for PS3
Sony has revealed that its’ year-to-date sales of its PS3 hardware are currently up an impressive 60 per cent on 2007’s numbers, and its November performance, which saw over a million PlayStation units sold, represents a hefty 93 per cent improvement over October. PS3 in isolation shifted 378,071 machines, an …
Read More »Sony rules out PSP 2
SCEE president David Reeves has told MCV that Sony currently has no plans for a ‘PSP2′. The exec moved to debunk web reports which earlier this month claimed the firm had signed a memory chip deal for the device. No, there are currently no plans for a PSP2. I go …
Read More »PS3 Home to launch tomorrow
The open beta of PS3 Home will be made available to all PS3 users from tomorrow (December 11th), SCEE has announced. The open beta will include Ubisoft’s themed Far Cry 2 Home space, with additional spaces for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Warhawk, Motorstorm and SOCOM on the way shortly. Commercial partnerships …
Read More »Sony to cut 8,000 jobs
Sony has announced it plans to cut 8,000 jobs from its electronics business, as well as shut ten per cent of its manufacturing plants. The company aims to generate cost savings of 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) by March 2010, and follows the news that the Japanese economy has shrunk …
Read More »Sony: Were ahead of Xbox
Sony has moved to dispel Microsoft claims that Xbox is outselling the PS3 in Europe, revealing internal figures that say its console has sold 300,000 more units than Xbox 360 in PAL territories. And the company doesn’t feel it has to follow Microsoft and further ignite consumer interest with a …
Read More »Sony offers £40 PS3 saving online
Despite repeatedly confirming there will be no official price cut for the PS3, Sony is offering significant savings to consumers who purchase various models of the console directly from its website. Available in 40Gb, 80Gb and 160Gb versions, current prices for the PS3 on Sony Europe’s direct sales division Sony …
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