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The thriving free-to-play monetisation model is coming to PlayStation Vita, a Sony executive has said. Chris Norden, a senior developer at SCEA, yesterday met attendees at an industry event in Texas to explain Sony’s policy. "You are free to explore whatever business model you want,” he said during his speaker …
Read More »Newell: Consoles must cease isolating developers
System manufacturers 'are the rent guys who drive their partner margins to zero'
Read More »‘Limited November launch’ for PlayStation Suite
PS Vita and PS3 support to be added later on, company claims
Read More »Sony shocked by new attack on 100m online accounts
Password program attempts to hack into both PSN and SOE networks
Read More »Starhawk beta codes bundled with Uncharted 3
Everyone that tags along with Nathan Drake on his latest quest will be taken on an additional adventure next year. Sony has announced that every copy of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will come with download codes for the Starhawk multiplayer beta, according to Eurogamer. The beta is due to kick …
Read More »Sony recalls 1.6 million LCD TVs
Just moments after it confessed to another breach of its PlayStation Network, Sony has this morning suffered a second knock. Reuters reports that the company is to recall over 1.5m LCD TVs after serious electrical problems. Sony Corp will recall 1.6m LCD televisions worldwide after several incidents of TV sets …
Read More »Sony prices Vita games as high as PS3 titles
£50 for triple-A mobile releases, while digital editions get a 20 per cent discount
Read More »Sony signs rights to Steve Jobs: The Film
Sony Pictures has reportedly paid $1 million for the rights to produce Steve Jobs’ biopic, after the Apple founder died earlier this month. Former Time Magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson wrote the original biography, which was sourced from interviews with Jobs, his family, and others that knew him. Tributes have …
Read More »The Sony way is Essex
DanceStar Party is sponsoring the third series of ITV2’s ‘reality’ TV show The Only Way Is Essex. It’s part of Sony’s 1.5m campaign to promote the new title which arrives on Friday, October 21st. Ads are running during the TV show’s ad breaks. It airs at 10pm on Sundays and …
Read More »Sony linked to Ericsson buyout
An online report suggests that Sony could be on the verge of an aggressive move into the mobile phone market by buying out partner Ericsson from their joint mobile business. The Wall Street Journal reports that the move will cost Sony between $1.3bn and $1.7bn. Sony Ericsson has been a …
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