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A US business analyst has claimed that Microsoft’s inability to adapt to market changes means that its failure is already inevitable”. And chief amongst the victims of this downfall will be its entertainment division, which is of course home to Xbox. The entertainment division will be spun off, sold to …
Read More »Report: PS4 abandoning DualShock controller
PS4 to be announced 'in a matter of weeks'
Read More »PS4 to abandon DualShock design – report
Sony’s PlayStation 4 will be the first machine in the series to abandon the DualShock joypad design, according to online reports. CVG claims to have word from a studio source working on an unspecified Sony game who says that several designs have been tossed about, some of which are closer …
Read More »Making sense of the next-gen spec rumour mill
It’s easy to think up some numbers. That’s true whether you’re a journalist or a tech person trying to sound clever in front of a journalist. And whilst we wouldn’t accuse any of the authors behind yesterday’s pair of next-gen spec stories of making anything up, they were so wildly …
Read More »Sony sells US headquarters for $1.1bn
Investors led by the Cherit Group have agreed to buy Sony’s 37-story US headquarters for $1.1bn. Bloomberg reports that, once Sony has repaid debts associated with the property, the company will net around $770m from the sale. Sony will remain in the building for three years. Mito Securities analyst Keita …
Read More »Sony to sell US headquarters for $1 billion
Sale of 550 Madison Avenue to generate $770m in cash proceeds
Read More »Report: PS4 50% more powerful than next Xbox
PS4 'has a run-capability' of 1.84 teraflops compared to the next Xbox's 1.23 teraflops
Read More »UPDATED: PS4 is 50% more powerful than Xbox 720 – INTERNET EXPLODES
My dad could beat up your dad. Except neither of them exist beyond the confines of our imagination. It’s a bit like that. But we’re unofficially in the run-up to the next-gen now. Imagine the last few days in the office before Christmas. You’re technically at work but everyone expects …
Read More »Kevin Butler and Sony settle out of court
Sony Computer Entertainment and Jerry ‘Kevin Butler’ Lambert have settled their differences out of court. The dispute stemmed from a complaint from Sony last October that Lambert had starred as comedy CEO Kevin Butler in a Bridgestone Tyres ad – a move that Sony claimed was a breach of contract …
Read More »Next Xbox and PS4 to be unveiled near GDC, claims report
Apple style press conferences to announce new hardware in late March
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