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"Hey Sony, you know we’re making off with a bunch of your internal stuff right now and you haven’t even noticed? Slow and steady, guys." That’s the chilling claim made by one hacking group earlier today as the digital vendetta against Sony threatens to kick off once again. With Sony …
Read More »NGP tech ‘scaled back’
The successor to the PSP will have its memory capacity halved as part of Sony’s bid to cut retail prices, a new report claims. An unconfirmed rumour in circulation suggests that the NGP will come packaged with 256MB of RAM, as opposed to the 512MB flaunted by Sony when the …
Read More »Sony: Full PSN service to return this week
May 31st deadline missed as network is tested to its limits
Read More »PlayStation Store to return this week
Sony has said that the PlayStation store will return in a number of key territories by the end of the week. The territories in question are America, Europe and Asia, although not in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea. "We have been conducting additional testing and further security verification of …
Read More »Sony NGP to be renamed Vita?
Sony’s Next Generation Portable – or NGP – is looking like it could be renamed PS Vita. Alleged images of a pamphlet show the device with a ‘PS Vita’ logo at the bottom of the console, while branding on the leaflet also carries the new name, reports Games Pundit. The …
Read More »Sony cuts dev spend on PS4
Sony will spend less developing its next home console than it did with the PS3. The company invested heavily in its own semi conductor facilities for the PS3 but says this kind of spending won’t happen with its next console, reports Andriasang. Speaking at an investors briefing, CFO Masaru Kato …
Read More »NGP downgraded to fight 3DS
Sony has apparently made several cuts to the tech inside its upcoming Next Generation Portable in order to take on 3DS. According to French technology site 01net, translated by IndustryGamers, the base model of NGP could see its RAM memory halved, downgraded from 512MB to 256MB. 01net is the site …
Read More »Sony to half RAM on NGP, report claims
Tech downgrade rumoured for the upcoming handheld console
Read More »Sony hints at PlayStation 4 development
Hardware manufacturer confirms cash is being spent on a new platform
Read More »Sony confirms PlayStation 4
With Wii 2 due to be unveiled at E3 and rumours of new Microsoft hardware abound, it was only a matter of time before Sony dropped hints about its plans for the next generation. Sony’s executive vice president and chief financial officer Masaru Kato has confirmed that the company is …
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