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Famitsu’s parent company Enterbrain reports that Japanese gamers have snapped up over 325,000 PSP Slims in its first three days on sale in Japan. Of those sales, 250,702 sales were of the standalone pack, whilst 75,943 were the Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core bundles. The sales surge helped PSP achieve …
Read More »New PSP Slim enjoys Japanese success
Famitsu’s parent company Enterbrain reports that Japanese gamers have snapped up over 325,000 PSP Slims in its first three days on sale in Japan. Of those sales, 250,702 sales were of the standalone pack, whilst 75,943 were the Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core bundles. The sales surge helped PSP achieve …
Read More »PSP sales rocket after Lite launch
Sony has hailed the launch of PSP Slim & Lite as a success after the relaunched console notched up a four-fold increase in portable hardware sales. The revamped system launched across retail on September 14th. And ahead of the release of a range of lifestyle software under the Go! brand, …
Read More »PSP sales rocket after Lite launch
Sony has hailed the launch of PSP Slim & Lite as a success after the relaunched console notched up a four-fold increase in portable hardware sales. The revamped system launched across retail on September 14th. And ahead of the release of a range of lifestyle software under the Go! brand, …
Read More »TGS: Sony promises better support for studios
In his keynote at the Tokyo Game Show 2007, Sony Computer Entertainment head Kaz Hirai has outlined plans to provide better support for developers grappling with the PS3 system, reports MCV sister magazine Develop . First of the new plans is to share assets and know-how built up within Sony …
Read More »TGS: Sony promises better support for studios
In his keynote at the Tokyo Game Show 2007, Sony Computer Entertainment head Kaz Hirai has outlined plans to provide better support for developers grappling with the PS3 system, reports MCV sister magazine Develop . First of the new plans is to share assets and know-how built up within Sony …
Read More »TGS: PS3 Home delayed until 2008
Sony’s social networking platform for PlayStation3, Home, will not launch until spring next year, the company announced at Tokyo Games Show. Next-Gen reports that SCE group CEO Kaz Hirai explained the situation in a group Q&A after his keynote speech. He said: We want this to be a worldwide service… …
Read More »TGS: PS3 Home delayed until 2008
Sony’s social networking platform for PlayStation3, Home, will not launch until spring next year, the company announced at Tokyo Games Show. Next-Gen reports that SCE group CEO Kaz Hirai explained the situation in a group Q&A after his keynote speech. He said: We want this to be a worldwide service… …
Read More »TGS: Rumble controller coming to PS3
SCE has announced its first Dualshock PlayStation 3 wireless controller – which will finally bring rumble functionality to a PS3 pad. The peripheral will launch in Japan in November, and will be sold separately to the PS3 console. It will also incorporate the motion-sensing aspects of the current Sixaxis controller. …
Read More »TGS: Rumble controller coming to PS3
SCE has announced its first Dualshock PlayStation 3 wireless controller – which will finally bring rumble functionality to a PS3 pad. The peripheral will launch in Japan in November, and will be sold separately to the PS3 console. It will also incorporate the motion-sensing aspects of the current Sixaxis controller. …
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