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Electronics giant Sony has shaved $100 from the price of its iPad-rivalling Tablet S in the US. The 32GB model has been cut from $600 to $500 while the entry-level 16GB SKU has seen its price slashed from $500 to $400. The Android powered device hoped to compete with higher-profile …
Read More »Hackers bully Sony over SOPA stance
Anonymous group 'targets personal data of company executives'
Read More »EA, Nintendo and Sony retract SOPA support
But Entertainment Software Association still backs the bill
Read More »EA, Nintendo and Sony withdraw SOPA support
Three of gaming’s biggest companies have withdrawn support for America’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). EA, Nintendo and Sony had all previously backed the movement but their names have since disappeared from the official list of corporate supporters. The move comes as hacker group Anonymous released a video threatening to …
Read More »Dualshock compatibility confirmed for Sony Tablet S
Sony’s Tablet S has just been updated to allow for PS3 controller support. Engadgetreports users in Japan can now use connect a Dualshock 3 pad to the tablet, and even play wirelessly after the initial connection. Users of the Tablet S will need to buy an additional USB adapter cable …
Read More »Media Create: We would have liked Vita to have sold more
The latest figures from Japanese stats body Media Create shows that the PlayStation Vita claimed a sell-through of around 65 per cent over its opening weekend. It pins the two-day sales figures at 325k units for the weekend of December 17th and 18th. In total Sony shipped in the region …
Read More »Sony Tablet S gets PS3 controller compatibility
Free mini-game collection Ape Escape included in latest update
Read More »Vita sells 320,00 units in two days
Japan launch sales beat PSP but down 50,000 units on 3DS
Read More »Vita shifts 321,000 units in Japan
PlayStation’s new portable console has been out in Japan for a few days now, and the first numbers are in. Famitsu (citing Enterbrain) says 321,407 Vita machines were sold in its first two days on sale. It’s a decent figure, higher than what the original PSP managed. But it is …
Read More »PS Vita launch shipments upped
Retailers in Japan will receive 200,000 more units of PlayStation Vita in time for launch, bringing the total shipped to 700,000. Andriasang reports sources close to Sony that the format holder had originally planned a shipment of 500,000 units, but this has now been raised to cope with pre-order demand. …
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