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PS3’s reputation as one of the best Blu-Ray players on the marketplace will take a further boost tomorrow with the arrival of Sony’s latest firmware update, taking the disc standard to what is known as ‘Profile 1.1′. Though to many PS3 owners this will mean absolutely nothing, it does mean …
Read More »Screen Digest: 2008 to be the year of the PS3
There’s no arguing that Nintendo staged a remarkable recovery in 2007 to emerge as the overall gaming champions at the expense of rivals Microsoft, and in particular, Sony – but analyst firm Screen Digest says 2008 could prove to be the year of PS3. Citing the growing number of exclusive …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 beats Wii in November
According to data from Enterbrain, the publisher of Japanese games bible Famitsu, after a strong few weeks on the Japanese market, PS3 has outsold its rival Wii in Japan for the month of November, with sales of Sony’s machine hitting 183,217 – 24,000 higher than Nintendo’s product. The November market …
Read More »PS3 growth outstrips rivals in US
The good news keeps coming for Sony, with the latest figures from NPD showing that sales of the PS3 grew faster than any of its console rivals in North America in November. The machine sold 466,000 units in the region in November, a 285 per cent increase on the month …
Read More »Stringer: PS3 selling 200,000 units per week in Europe
Speaking earlier today, Sony chief executive Howard Stringer said that the firm’s three-year cost cutting reforms, which included the sale of its Cell CPU business to Toshiba , had placed the firm in a strong financial position that will allow it to bring back some of the wow factor that …
Read More »Tretton: We underestimated PS3 ‘education process’
CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Jack Tretton has admitted that many consumers were still left in the dark about PS3’s capabilities following the console’s launch. In an interview with GameDaily , to celebrate his first full year as CEO, Tretton said: We are on our fourth platform introduction, and …
Read More »Square Enix: Sony needs to define PS3
Yoichi Wada, the CEO of Japanese games giant Square Enix, has claimed that Microsoft is the only current platform holder who remains dedicated to selling in the games market, that the Wii is being bought as a toy and that Sony is unsure about what its machine really is. In …
Read More »Japan: PS3 cements November success
Following a period of sustained success in Japan , Sony is celebrating a home console sales victory with the news total sales for the month of November saw PS3 outsell Nintendo’s rival Wii – the first time Sony’s machine has prevailed over a four week period since it launched last …
Read More »Kotick: All consoles must hit $199 in two years
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has forecast that both Sony and Microsoft will need” to drop the price of their next gen consoles to $199 (100) in the next two years to reach mass market consumers. He added that he believes the Wii, which currently sells for $250 (125), would drop …
Read More »Sony unveils Xmas PS3 TV campaign
Sony has revealed details of its first ever dedicated PS3 Christmas TV campaign in Europe – which will concentrate on the high definition capabilities of the system. Themed around the tagline ‘Entertainment like you’ve never seen it before’, 60 and 30-second ads will run on UK TV from December 1st. …
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