A new firmware update will add Vita functionality to PlayStation 3 this week. Sony has announced the imminent system software update, v4.00, will enable PS3 owners to use their console as a content hub for the upcoming handheld, according to the PlayStation Blog. They will be able to share games, …
Read More »Hong Kong goes crazy for PlayStation Vita pre-orders
The eventual fate of both the PlayStation Vita and the handheld console sector remains to be seen, but if the consumer appetite in Hong Kong is anything to go by, Sony has nothing to worry about. A report on Engadget China, as translated by Joystiq, says that the opening of …
Read More »Sony’s 3D gaming TV pushed into 2012
The chances of Sony’s PS3 ready 3D games monitor arriving in the UK this side of Christmas have effectively been ruled out. The unit was first announced at this year’s E3 in June. "We have been informed by our supplier that there will be a delay in obtaining stock for …
Read More »PlayStation 4 late launch ‘undesirable’ says Sony
But claims 'unfinished business' on current generation platform
Read More »PlayStation Move sales closing on Kinect
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 »"It would be undesirable to launch PS4 later than the competition"
Sony has hinted that it intends to ensure that the next Xbox does not enjoy the same headstart in the market that the Xbox 360 had over the PS3. And with Xbox 360 being heavily rumoured for either next year or 2013, that means the PS4 is likely far closer …
Read More »PS Vita – 11 games for European launch
SCEE this evening revealed more details about the February 22nd launch of its new handheld games device. PlayStation Vita will come with 11 first-party launch games the firm announced at a London briefing this evening. The firm’s Sony Worldwide Studios Europe Michael Denny claimed that the line-up is one of …
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 »Nintendo boss questions neutrality of iOS study
'I can't speak to the motivations of the company, as they are not a pure research firm'
Read More »Sony studio ‘ends PS3 work for next-gen project’
New source echoes Develop report that several PlayStation 4 game projects are underway
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