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PlayStation Go digital, but not all to follow
News Digital downloads can help "lock out" content pirates, but games companies say they will not shift business model solely to online platform.
Tags: Game players, Games, Gamer, software, Microsoft Xbox Live, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, entertainment, Microsoft Xbox
Games development gets training boost in S'pore
News update Center set up by Nanyang Polytechnic and Sony Computer Entertainment Asia will train students to develop games on PlayStation platforms.
Tags: Games, Product development and design, Training, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Singapore, Games Development, Sony PlayStation 3, industry
Zeebo won't shake up games market
News Low-cost games console, Zeebo, will complement rather than compete against existing consoles such as Xbox or PS3, when it launches in Asia next year.
Tags: Game players, Games, Product development and design, Sony Playstation, Wireless, Zeebo, Shailendra Pandey, Steven Bailey, 3G Network, payment
Sony PlayStation site victim of SQL-injection attack
News Automated attack claims another high-profile target, offering sale of a fake antivirus scanner.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Web sites, Google Inc., Scanner, Domain, Sophos Plc., Sony Playstation, Attack, antivirus
Will PSP Go keep pirates at bay?
News Like all of Apple's portable devices, the PSP Go will have a sealed in battery that's non user-replaceable. An integrated battery helps save precious space, but in the case of the PSP Go, it was also designed to thwart pirates.
Tags: Game players, Battery, Security, Piracy, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, digital content, firmware upgrade, disc, firmware
Early returns show strong holiday video game console sales
News Microsoft said its Xbox 360 had the strongest holiday season of its lifetime, while Sony and Nintendo both tout their own sales success.
Tags: Games, Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Microsoft Corp., Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sales, Video Game Console, Forecasting
How the venerable PS2 made it to 9 years old
News With the power of computers doubling about every 18 months, according to Moore's Law, the fact that the PS2 is still selling is pretty impressive. Can its successors follow suit?
Tags: Gamer, Jesse Divnich, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox 360, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox
Snip, snip, snip: Sony cuts supply chain costs
News Sony's new executive deputy president Yutaka Nakagawa, has the task of drastically overhauling its supply chain for digital cameras, game consoles and LCD TVs.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Leadership, TV, Cell, Supplier, Electronics, Backup, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation 3, supply chain
Video games industry defies recession
News Sector's sales in February increases 10 percent year-over-year to reach US$1.47 billion, according to data released by analyst NPD Group.
Tags: Digital media, Games, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony PlayStation 2, Sales, Digital media, Video Games Industry, Nintendo Wii
Sony to release new PS3 motion controller next spring
News First announced in June at E3, the new controller will give the PS3 more Wii-like functionality, and the news came just as Nintendo announced it was cutting the Wii's price by US$50.
Tags: Game players, Controller, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video Game Console, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd.
PS3 and PSP slump, Wii hammered too
News Sony's earnings shine light on a poor quarter for its gaming division. Nintendo's Wii also took a big hit, with unit sales cut in half compared with last year.
Tags: Game players, Games, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation Portable, Sales, Nintendo Wii, console, handheld, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony Corp.
Sony 'cautiously optimistic' about holiday retail sales
News Mike Fasulo, executive vice president of company's electronics division, says gadget maker is hopeful about better sales this year than last.
Tags: Home entertainment, Game players, DVD, TVs, MP3 players, Blu-ray, Electronics, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Glasgow
'PS3 Slim' rumor fervor hard to fathom
News commentary Given that Sony's flagship video game console has lagged badly behind its Nintendo and Microsoft rivals, it's hard to see why people are so worked up over a device that might not even exist.
Tags: Game players, Product marketing, Video Game, Sony Playstation, Video, Nintendo Wii, console, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox, Sony Corp.
Sony announces US$299 PS3 Slim
News In Germany, Sony unveils a new game console with the same features and functions as the "old" PS3, but smaller and lighter.
Tags: Games, Game players, Gamer, Cell, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Sony Playstation, Power Supply, processor, hard drive, CEO
Sony reorganizes as president steps down
News Howard Stringer becomes president as well as CEO and chairman as a major reorganization puts Vaio PC and PlayStation divisions into the same business group.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Development/design, Personal Computers, Leadership, Apple Inc., Mobile, TV, Sony Playstation, Video, Sony Vaio
