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psp

More PSP 3000 Spy Shots

A tipster mailed in these additional PSP spy shots to go along with the ones we saw yesterday. Assuming this is real, it shows a black PSP with the new PlayStation button, the mic hole, and a thinner outer ring. There's also the headphone jack with the TV out port which features more arrows than before. Color us amazed. If anything, this says that everyone, from Sony themselves to people who have nothing better to do than to make fakes and seed them to news sites online, aren't really expecting much out of the next iteration of the PSP. More »

7:40 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Jason Chen
14,596 views, 32 comments

Latest by SeattleTed: I've seen the middle pic on ps3fanboy I believe. It's a wider shot vs this cropped and the background has a ps3 dev kit. more »

psp 3000

Is This the Next PSP?

It's tough to make out much from these shots, but according to their source, they are of the next PSP (the PSP model 3000). The specs include a built-in microphone as well as an updated button set that replaces the "Home" button with a PlayStation button (to more closely resemble the PS3). More »

9:15 AM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Mark Wilson
14,863 views, 28 comments

ps3

How Sony's Cheapness Is Biting The PS3 In The Ass

Sony's mantra of not writing checks for exclusives—or much of anything—seems to be biting them in the ass a couple times this week. There are at least four cases where the PlayStation 3 has suffered because of Sony's lack of willingness to open up the purse strings. We knew two of these before—backward compatibility and the DualShock 3—but we only found out about the other two during the roundtable session with Sony's Jack Tretton yesterday. More »

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3:40 PM on Thu Jul 17 2008
By Jason Chen
29,848 views, 155 comments

Latest by D-13: @DozeUser: wow u really have a stick up your butt about me please find a new hobbie more »

ps3

Sony Knows What Went Wrong With the PS3

In a non-exclusive round table with various outlets like us, Kotaku and Engadget this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment America's CEO Jack Tretton gave us some great looks behind the public curtain of the PlayStation brand. In short, they know what's wrong with the way they made the PS3, and they know how to fix it. In Jack's words, "we know what we're doing," but it's going to take a long time to atone for past missteps. More »

4:24 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Jason Chen
37,917 views, 109 comments

Latest by n/a: Will they ever make a Playstation tablet laptop/ tough book computer and gaming console with a Blueray disc rw and player and dvdrw, cdrw and wifi and a wireless modem, and bluetooth and an IR portel etc... oh, yeah and more »

iphone gaming

The iPhone is More Powerful Than the DS, But Sucks As a Controller

You know that the iPhone is powerful enough to render 3D games like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, as well as various other ones we covered in the marathon review session, but just how powerful is it? How does it compare to actual gaming handhelds like the Nintendo DS and PSP? An EA developer put it this way. On a scale of the three, it's in between the DS and the PSP, but sliding more towards the PSP. That's right. In terms of power, you can expect to see games that look at least as good as the DS once developers get enough (read: more than four months) development time with it. More »

3:40 PM on Wed Jul 16 2008
By Jason Chen
20,960 views, 82 comments

Latest by Rob C: Meh. Unless a decent control peripheral is released, I'm staying away from iPhone/iTouch gaming (save Tap Tap Revenge from installer.app...that shit is FUN! [and I'm on the high score list for quite a few songs as well...]) Anyways. Anyone else here more »

sony

PlayStation Network Finally Gets Single Sign On for All Platforms

A small, but happy change in the PlayStation Network: Starting this fall all PlayStation users will have a single sign on that works across PS3, PC and PSP. One. That works across all three platforms. Simplicity and logic, meet Sony.

3:19 PM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By matt buchanan
2,384 views, 6 comments

ps3

Sony Pulls PS3 2.40 Update To Fix Bricking Issues

Sony's just pulled the 2.40 PS3 firmware update due to reports of it bricking and causing various other problems. If you're unlucky enough to already have installed it and ran into issues, Kotaku has a few solutions up. If not, just hold off until the fixed release is available soon. UPDATE: Sony has issued an official statement acknowledging the situation, below. More »

4:52 PM on Wed Jul 2 2008
By Jason Chen
13,505 views, 47 comments

Latest by tdeckard2000: @Mondoz: Agreed! more »

ps3 video

Sony's Playstation 3 Movie Download Service to Launch this Summer

We had a rumor about this news back in April but as part of a new corporate Strategy Update, Sony has just confirmed it: video downloads will come to the PS3 "this summer". That's first in the US, with a Europe and Japan roll-out later in the year. Plus, Sony will expand the service across their other video-enabled products, which means the PSP and video-enabled Walkmen. There're some other interesting snippets in there too: like the fact that by 2011 90% of Sony electronics will be "network-enabled and wireless-capable." Read on for the full press release. More »

4:48 AM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Kit Eaton
6,909 views, 16 comments

Latest by Enochrewt: @ibelli: If it works the same as the 360's movie service (and it had better), you'll be able to watch it a few seconds after you select the movie. The 360 service now streams them, instead of waiting for more »

ps3

Sony Confirms PS3 Firmware 2.40 Bringing In-Game XMB and Trophies

The hot and heavy rumors that an imminent PS3 firmware update would finally bring in-game access to the XMB (cross media bar, the PS3's menu) are true: Sony's official PlayStation blog confirms that firmware update 2.40 will include the long-awaited menu access, along with trophies—the PS3's version of achievements—and "some other new enhancements." We'll have to sit through firmware update 2.36 first, though—it's pretty boring, just adding some system stability for certain games. No word on the date, but we're still crossing our fingers for this month. [Playstation Blog]

7:31 PM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By matt buchanan
9,975 views, 25 comments

Latest by Kayway8: @Glavan27: Yes until now I've wish there was a gaming console out that I could< while in-game, listen to my music, via hdd or mp3 player, and send/receive messages, and find what/when/where my friend are/doing... more »

gaming

eDimensional's Ben Heck 1-Hand New Access Controller Now Available

Ben Heck of modding fame follows up his 5.1 headset for eDimensional with a one-handed PS3/PS2/PC controller. Although it's made for disabled gamers to play games they otherwise couldn't on a standard DualShock gamepad because of the swappable control modules, it's also very useful for regular gamers who need something they can handle with one hand while eating. More »

1:50 PM on Thu Jun 5 2008
By Jason Chen
2,281 views, 26 comments

Latest by robinandtami: I don't see myself being able to play hardcore shooters like Shadowrun with even a tenth of my current proficiency using this controller, but many arcade games, casual games, RPG's, etc would probably be very doable. Good job Ben! Now will more »

ps3

PlayStation 3 May Launch Video Download Service at E3 2008

The LA Times and "studio executives familiar with the plan" are predicting a summer 2008 launch for the PlayStation 3's video download service. Whether this service is a rental scheme—like iTunes or Xbox Live Marketplace—or a download scheme where you get to keep your videos and transfer them to the PSP, is uncertain. More »

9:29 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Jason Chen
4,718 views, 10 comments

Sony halved the price of their PS3 development kits in hopes of attracting more game makers. [GamesIndustry]

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caption competition

Sony's Playstation Booth at the Games Convention is The Shit

Sony turned its Playstation booth into a bathroom for this year's Games Convention in Leipzig. So, dear Giz readers, captions please—the ruder the better. [Yahoo News via Spluch]

10:51 AM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By AddyDugdale
8,083 views, 86 comments

wa-heystation

Teen Buys PS2 on eBay, Receives Whole Heap of Cash Instead

A British teenager who bought a Sony PlayStation 2 on eBay for 95 ($194) got more than he bargained for when he opened the package. Instead of a shiny, happy gaming console, there was a whole heap of euros - 65,400 ($90,000) to be precise—stacked neatly inside. A spokesman for eBay said that the parcel's contents were "somewhat unusual," but that they would help the police in any way they could. More »

Feature

9:25 AM on Wed Jul 18 2007
By AddyDugdale
151,702 views, 87 comments

Latest by Sternfan91: Sure...the parents screwed it up more »

the future of the playstation or maybe not

Kutaragi Plans New PlayStation 4, 5 and 6 on His Own, Rest of the World Looks the Other Way

Former PlayStation Big Kahuna Ken Kutaragi has finally left the company. However, instead of going home to fish, play Wii or pinch bonsais, he plans to keep contact with Sony, helping them to cut costs on the PS3 after making it so expensive himself. He says he also will advise them on the next versions, while at the same time working "with a much wider world." More »

8:42 AM on Tue May 1 2007
By Addy Dugdale
2,921 views, 18 comments

cellphones

Sony Ericsson to Make Future Mobiles Like the PSP?

File this under "Rumor" for now, but the folks at Clipset are reporting that Sony is looking for some cellphone gaming action via their Sony Ericsson line of mobiles. More »

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 4 2007
By Louis Ramirez
6,619 views, 10 comments

home entertainment

Rumor: Sony 80GB PS3 "Elite" Coming?

This is pretty interesting. Mikey M. at Kotaku got a hot tip that included this FCC doc for an 80GB PS3. Mikey puts on his professor spectacles, coughs, and gives his soliloquy.
A new PLAYSTATION 3 model (CECHE01) with an 80GB hard disk was listed as an additional inclusion to the original FCC grant. The two current model numbers CECHA01 and CECHB01 specify the 60GB and 20GB versions, respectively.

Could this be the basis for a marginally improved but wildly expensive and enticing PS3? If so, is it meant to compete with the Xbox 360 Elite? And, if so, why upgrade a machine that's already too expensive for most? More »

7:49 AM on Thu Mar 29 2007
By Brian Lam
6,533 views, 39 comments

Latest by n/a: @timsuha: Seriously dude take your fan boyism somewhere that cares. I've got all three systems and each system has qualities better than the other. I honestly don't see how people get your rocks off coming into a PS3 article and more »

home entertainment

Breaking: PS3 Triples Folding At Home's Computing Power to Over 500 TFLOPS..PFLOPS in Spitting Range

This is freaking amazing. I was checking out some message boards last night at the Folding Forums at Stanford, a group that tracks the Folding at Home application. You know, that's the software that runs on Sony PS3 or PS2 gaming consoles, all linking up over the Internet and using their spare cycles to help the university process vast amounts of Alzheimers research data? To my astonishment, I discovered that a small legion of 13,000 PS3s running the Folding at Home app account for most of the computing power in the project, amounting to about 56 percent (PS3s = 316 measured TFLOPS) of the total. More »

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3:11 PM on Fri Mar 23 2007
By Brian Lam
5,336 views, 56 comments

Latest by fireemblem555: PS3 update 1.6 has folding at home automatically included, its just a matter of enabling it. i figure sony doesn't want another fiasco of making software run on ppls hardware that they don't know about. more »

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