Rumors of the imminent PS3 Slim continue, with the latest fuel for the speculative fire being new promotional material talking up price cuts for the existing console at FYE. A store employee sent images of the posters in to Kotaku, with the cuts billed as a “new low price” rather than a “sale”. The 80GB PlayStation 3 is down $100 to $299.99, while the 160GB drops to $399.99.
Sony is known to get overly excited about their products, but that shouldn’t be surprising. If you can’t be excited about your own products, you probably shouldn’t waste the consumer’s time. But when it comes to their projections for their OLED televisions, executives may have been a bit over their head when they projected the future sets would be symbols of the company’s technological comeback. A recent report says that Sony is setting the plans for a 2010 launch, and that may be exactly what they need.
Whether or not you’ve had an Xbox 360 or not, doesn’t really matter when it comes to hearing about the dreaded Red Ring of Death (RRoD) situation, and for many people, it looks like it may be the bane of their life. At least when it comes to gaming. Game Informer’s printed magazine came out with a new report, after surveying 5,000 people, that shows a staggering 54.2% failure rate. We have the rest of their findings, which show some more of the grisly details.
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Did you know that it's the 25th anniversary of that timeless comedy, "Ghostbusters?" Well it is, and to make sure that everyone knows it, YouTube and Sony are giving unprecedented access to the film. Well, if you don't already own it. And you want to watch it on your computer. And you like ads interrupting your movies. But hey, if you're one of those people, it's time to be excited.
We may be feeling sour about the PSP Go’s hardware, but its software may end up putting a smile on our faces. According to Pocket Gamer, the upcoming handheld’s downloadable PlayStation Network (PSN) games will be priced at €1, €2 and €5 apiece ($1-$7), bringing them to the level of titles from Apple’s App Store for the iPod touch and iPhone. They also claim that Sony have been actively courting iPhone developers, in the hope that they will port their existing titles over to the PSP Go.
Threatening or generally thumbing your nose at Sony seems to be an increasingly common pastime for developers, as the latest to climb on board is perennial PS3 cynic Gabe Newell of Valve. Interviewed for GameTrailers TV, Newell was asked by host Geoff Keighley whether the studio was currently working on PS3 title development, only to shoot the possibility down in no uncertain terms.
Many have argued that Sony’s upcoming PSP Go is more a shameless marketing and cash-grabbing exercise, lacking the segment-shift that a truly innovative device might deliver. We’re holding off from judging until the review units come in, but hearing the latest feedback from pre-launch prototype models isn’t exactly putting us in the most positive frame of mind. Eurogamer got their hands on the early PSP Go, and found that not only does the new handheld require all new video cables but little things like the AV port have changed, too.
In San Leandro California, things aren’t always what they seem. At least not when it comes to high definition televisions. One man thought he had a full-proof plan to make some quick cash, but as police quickly showed him, things don’t always work out the way you’d expect.
Sony’s upcoming Reader team press conference has left us wondering what the company has left in its ebook reader bag to announce, but according to a report in the New York Times there’ll be changes in both file format and hardware line-up. The paper is suggesting that Sony will scrap their proprietary ebook format, BeBB, in favor of the open ePub standard; as well as that, they’ll reveal plans for a wirelessly-enabled ebook reader for release later in the year.
Update: Sony have confirmed the switch to ePub; press release after the cut.
Is there just a point where we should start feeling bad for the bigger companies out there? These guys are the targets of so many lawsuits that it’s almost ridiculous. Sure, most of them are probably justifiable, but maybe it’s the little guy just trying to take a piece out of the bigger guy.
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