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Amazon Limits Number of PS3 Slim Consoles Per Household

By Evan Selleck on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 No Comments

So, Sony announced the PlayStation 3 Slim yesterday, and while we’re sure you read about it, and are clamoring to get one, Amazon wants you to hold your horses. While they have the console up for pre-order right now, they are now limiting the number of consoles available to a household down to a marginal one console per home. Of course, this isn’t really unheard of, especially not with the launch of a new console, so it’s not necessarily unorthodox. But, Amazon is also saying that there are already shortages across the US. So, did Sony not manufacture enough for the initial September launch? Or has the PlayStation 3 suddenly become preternaturally desired?

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Sony axe VAIO TT premium ultraportable: casualty of netbooks?

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 No Comments

Back when we reviewed the Sony VAIO TT in November last year, we wondered out loud whether there was still a place for high-end ultraportables in a world obsessed with netbooks. Unfortunately it looks like Sony may be wondering the same thing; according to their US team, the VAIO TT has been discontinued

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Sony PS3 Slim gets new, faster 45nm Cell CPU

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 No Comments

Sony’s latest PS3 may be slimmer, smaller and quieter than its predecessor, but its real surprise may be lurking inside. The company has apparently updated their Cell processor built on 45nm processes rather than the previous 65nm chip; that not only makes for cheaper production, helping Sony bring down the PS3 Slim’s price to $299.99, but it also brings with it increased performance.

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Sony PlayStation 3 Slim stand gets pictured

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Aug 20th 2009 No Comments

If you decided that the Sony PlayStation 3 slim will still take up to much space when horizontal, and that the vertical stand is a must, then this is what your $24 will get you. If we’re honest, we didn’t expect Sony to particularly innovate when it came to this accessory, but it would still have been nice for them to put more than the minority of effort in that the end result required.

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Sony slimline PlayStation 3: all the details you need

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Aug 19th 2009 4 Comments

The Sony PS3 Slim is finally upon us, and we’ve been gathering up all the information you might need in order to choose between the newly-discounted current models or hold off until the new version arrives in North America and Europe on September 1st (Japan on September 3rd). After the cut, the full press release and spec-sheet, together with all the official shots of the new PlayStation 3 and a video interview with Jack Tretton about the new console.

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Sony Announces PlayStation 3 Firmware Update for Good Measure

By Evan Selleck on Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 No Comments

Did you get your fill of Sony’s news yet? We certainly hope not, because Sony has something else they want you to know. They’ve got a new update for the PlayStation 3 that updates your firmware, up to the good old 3.0 marker. It comes with loads of updates, mostly for the aesthetically-needing people out there, but there is also some functionality thrown in there for good measure.

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Sony Finally Gets Around to Officially Announcing Slim PlayStation 3

By Evan Selleck on Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 No Comments

Well, it’s “been rumored“, it’s been “teased“, and there’s even been “a little bit of a pre-order situation going on over at Kmart,” but up until now, Sony has been all but against the thought of a slim PlayStation 3. It looks things are changing though, and for the better. As that Kmart pre-order screen shows us, the slim PS3 will boast a 120GB hard drive, come bundled with a DualShock 3 controller, as well as an HDMI port that supports 1080p high definition.

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Sony Teams Up With Best Buy to Provide Altus Wireless Speakers

By Evan Selleck on Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 No Comments

Sony announced today a joint-venture with mega-retailer Best Buy, showcasing a new line of streaming audio products, affectionately called “Altus.” There’s four products being released out of the gate, and Best Buy is getting the first crack at them. Of course, this makes sense considering Best Buy lended a helping hand in their development. There’s quite a bit to go on, so we’ll just get right down to it.

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Sony PS3 Slim $299.99 preorders being taken by Kmart

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 No Comments

Since Kmart jumped the gun this morning and updated their site to tease the upcoming Sony PS3 Slim, we’ve been eagerly hitting their link in the hope that the preorder page might show up. Sure enough, the PS3 Slim has made an appearance – although in a very spartan listing with no image as yet – priced at $299.99.

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Kmart confirm PS3 price cuts and impending new model

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Aug 18th 2009 No Comments

Hot on the heels of FYE’s apparent PS3 price cuts comes a prominent new banner on Kmart’s website confirming “The rumors are reality”. According to the retailer, there’s a “new low price and a new exciting Playstation 3″; it seems their banner designer is yet to alert their pricing team to that fact, though, as clicking through takes you to the existing, non-discounted prices.

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