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Kaz Hirai: PS3 Had a Rough Year, But It Should Get Better for the Next Nine

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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Kaz Hirai: PS3 Had a Rough Year, But It Should Get Better for the Next Nine

Next-Gen is reporting some very optimistic comments from Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, who spoke about the past and future of the PlayStation 3 at Sony’s PlayStation Day. Kaz didn’t beat around the bush, admitting candidly that the PS3 had an “underwhelming” first year, but promising bigger and brighter futures for the console.

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New PS3 Heatsink Lighter, Smaller, Cheaper — Time for a Hardware Refresh?

Friday, April 25, 2008

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New PS3 Heatsink Lighter, Smaller, Cheaper — Time for a Hardware Refresh?

Tech-On attended the 2008 Techno-Frontier convention in Chiba, Japan, and came away with some exciting news courtesy of Furukawa Electric: Sony has a new PS3 heatsink, and it’s lighter, smaller, cheaper, and simpler than any prior heat dissipation solutions.

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Amazon.com is ‘Platform Agnostic,’ Not Really Biased Towards PS3

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

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Amazon.com is ‘Platform Agnostic,’ Not Really Biased Towards PS3

In light of Joystiq’s discovery last night that the PS3-biased Grand Theft Auto IV advertisement on Amazon.com had been changed to reflect its vanilla Xbox 360 twin, we too gave Amazon’s public relations department a call, in the hopes of finding out more about the sudden switcheroo, and Amazon’s policy towards such obvious bias. The [...]

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Amazon.com Displays Biased GTA IV Advertisement — New Marketing Trend?

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

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Amazon.com Displays Biased GTA IV Advertisement — New Marketing Trend?

Refresh the Amazon.com Video Games store a few times, and you’ll probably see something rather revolting, if you happen to be a die-hard Xbox 360 fanboy: a blatant claim that Grand Theft Auto IV is “meant to be played on the PS3.” But there’s more to this than meets the eye.

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PS3 Getting Digi-Deli Video ‘As Early As This Summer’

Monday, April 21, 2008

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PS3 Getting Digi-Deli Video ‘As Early As This Summer’

According to the Los Angeles Times, Sony is currently in licensing talks with TV and film studios to launch a digital-distribution platform for online video — straight from the internet to your PlayStation 3. Anonymous studio executives say it could arrive “as early as this summer.”

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Dual Shock 3 Controllers Ship Today

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

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Dual Shock 3 Controllers Ship Today

Kristin Neirinckx at the official PlayStation Blog announced early this morning that the Sony DUALSHOCK 3 wireless rumble controller is currently shipping to retail stores in North America, and will most likely be available for purchase starting next week.

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At Long Last: Metal Gear Solid 4 Release Date

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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At Long Last: Metal Gear Solid 4 Release Date

According to Kotaku, Metal Gear Solid 4’s release date has been announced at Destination PlayStation, a retailer conference. The big day is June 12, 2008, and there is also word that Sony will be offering a bundled version of the 80 GB PlayStation 3, MGS4, and a Dual Shock 3 controller for $499. With a [...]

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