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Kinect may be a more familiar fixture in the headlines, but a new report suggests that PlayStation Move may be steadily closing the sales gap. In fact, IndustryGamers reckons that Move is no only around a million units behind Kinect, which has sold 10m worldwide according to Microsoft’s most recent …
Read More »Vodafone announced as PlayStation Vita 3G partner
SCEE has confirmed that Vodafone is to be its preferred provider” of 3G connectivity for its new PlayStation Vita in the UK. The deal also covers France, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands. 3G versions of the Vita will ship with a Vodafone SIM card …
Read More »Sony studio ‘ends PS3 work for next-gen project’
New source echoes Develop report that several PlayStation 4 game projects are underway
Read More »Vita pre-orders begin on November 30th; Free Gift Packs offered
Sony has announced that those who pre-order the PlayStation Vita at selected retailers will have the choice of two freebies. The pre-order process will begin in Europe on November 30th. Consumers can at the time of pre-order choose between a free pair of PlayStation Vita Blue headphones or a Vita …
Read More »Android & iOS game sales ‘surpass DS & PSP’
Market share dwindling for Nintendo and Sony's older hardware
Read More »Free cars for PS3 version of NFS: The Run
EA has announced that the PS3 versions of Need for Speed: The Run will include seven free cars not found in the Xbox 360 SKU. Only two of the seven have thus far been announced – the speedy 4.8L Lexus LFA and the Porsche Carrera GT. The only place you’ll …
Read More »Beta begins for PlayStation Suite SDK
Trial run for ambitious initiative to unite Android and Sony platforms
Read More »Vita UMD Passport announced
Sony has revealed a fresh initiative that it hopes will encourage PSP owners to make the step up to PlayStation Vita when it is released in Japan in a month’s time. Andriasang has first word of the ‘UMD Passport’. Once downloaded it will allow gamers to purchase digital version of …
Read More »‘Handheld games consoles are doomed’
Gamesbrief analyst Nicholas Lovell believes dedicated handhelds are doomed and that PlayStation Home is the games sector’s ‘unsung hero’ in an entertaining and at times controversial speech at London Games Conference. In his talk he attempted to persuade the audience which company’s were going to survive the digital transition (or …
Read More »No ‘special’ PS Move accessory for BioShock Infinite
UPDATE: There will not be any specially made PlayStation Move peripherals produced for BioShock Infinite, MCV can reveal. A spokesperson on behalf of Irrational Games told MCV that stories about the supposed accessory are ‘confused’, as was the statement on the PlayStation website. Previous story in full below: 2K Games’ …
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