Archive for September, 2007

Ode to PS3 Games Everywhere. CNN Pulls no Punches

Friday, September 21st, 2007

CNN: Article title: 'Review: 'Lair' looks gorgeous, but game play a bungled mess' "Lair" is a beautiful fantasy-action game with a good story and extraordinary music. Too bad it's virtually unplayable. source @ CNN.com

Sony’s Holiday Push to Advertise PS3 as BluRay Player UPDATED

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Go crazy Kaz! Keep with that whole "we don't know what we have here with this shiny black box thing" line. Nice. Working closely with Sony Pictures and Sony Entertainment, SCE president Kaz Hirai admitted it was a "balancing act" to market the GBP 425 machine as both a games player ...

Home Delay etc… Microsoft’s UK Regional Director’s Take

Friday, September 21st, 2007

per usual - the highlights! "Well, what they announce at TGS and what they decide to do in any given market in time are not necessarily directly aligned, I think. But Sony will be doing things between now and Christmas I'm sure, they can't afford not to really, given the way ...

Sony’s Playstation Eye Coming Out 10/23

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Watch out - it'll read your cards! For those of you whose salivary glands have been working overtime when thinking about Sony's new Playstation Eye PS3 camera accessory (and we're sure there's at least one or two of you), you better go get a napkin. According to reports, the interactive, VGA ...

TGS07 Comedy: Sony Promises Closer Relationships with Developers

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Point by point During his Tokyo Game Show keynote address, SCE president Kaz Hirai promised a "much closer relationship" with Sony's partners. "Some of these collaborative endeavours are going on behind the scenes already," Hirai said, "largely in terms of development assistance courtesy of Sony Worldwide Studios. Sony is also listening to ...

Remotely Turn on Your PS3 Over the Internet via Your PSP?

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

What could you possibly do with this? Turn it on from a friends house so that you can connect to it and lister to YOUR music/ watch YOUR movies? WakeOnLAN has it's perks with REAL computers, but what for the PS3? Hmmm.... During his brief TGS keynote today Kaz Hirai demonstrated ...

Sony Confirms Last Generation Feature: Rumble

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Just in case I didn't say anything about it yet: Sony adopts "LAST GENERATION" feature for PS3. ..rumble is indeed returning to the Playstation in the form of a SIXAXIS rumble stick. Kaz Hirai formerly announced the DualShock 3 during his keynote Thursday morning. There will be no other changes to the ...

Sony: No PS3 price cut “This Year”

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Crazy Kaz say The will be "no surprise in this regard this year," said Hirai, referring to last year's TGS PS3 price announcement. "Price is a very important aspect, but at the same time the urgent matter is to what extent we can further enrich the software titles," he added. Blame shift ...

TGS07: Sony Delays HOME Until… well… Sometime Later

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

Imagine that. I'll be going point to point on this one. In yet another embarrassing delay for Sony, the company is putting off the start of its "Home" virtual world services for the PlayStation 3, initially planned for later this year, until next spring. The announcement Thursday came from Kazuo Hirai in ...

TGS07: Who Cares About Rumble? PS2 is BACK!

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

You read it right. Sony has decided to put a push behind the PS2 this holiday season since it's outselling the PS3 in most markets. Kaz Hirai, the recently appointed president and CEO of the Sony gaming unit, said Sony plans to put more effort into expanding its PlayStation 2 business - ...