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News Andrew House Reflects On PlayStation's Tough 2011
Andrew House, Sony Computer Entertainment's new gaffer, has admitted that 2011 was a rough year for the electronics manufacturer
In an interview with The Guardian, House admitted that the hacking incident and Japanese earthquake took its toll on the company — but also resulted in a strong sense of unity between employees. "Yes, it has been a...
News Sony's Not Done With The Dance Game Genre Yet
We actively dislike the dance game genre
We've made it a point to make that clear over the past couple of years, but we can't ignore their relevance. Franchises like Just Dance on the Nintendo Wii and Dance Central on the XBOX 360 are huge. Yet Sony's attempts to capture the market have been less convincing, with SingStar: Dance not quite shaking...
News PlayStation Network Donantions Drum Up $1.3 Million In Japanese Relief Aid
Sony's announced that the Japanese donation area of the PlayStation Store has raised a whopping $1
3 million over the past couple of weeks. We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those affected by Great East Japan Earthquake, said SCE boss Kaz Hirai. While we continue to make every effort to help the recovery of the affected...
News Donate To The Japan Tsunami Effort On PlayStation Network, Get A New XMB Theme
Sony's opened up donations for the Japanese tsunami effort on the PlayStation Network
You can donate via the American or European PlayStation Store. You can make donations from your wallet in the PlayStation Store, wrote SCEA president and CEO Jack Tretton. With your donation, youll get a free theme for your PlayStation 3. In order to make...
News Kaz Hirai Mentions PlayStation 4, Claims Sony Aren't Even Debating About It
PSwhen?
With the PlayStation 3 slowly coming into its own, and the excellent looking NGP on the horizon, SCE boss Kaz Hirai has revealed that the platform holder aren't even thinking about the PlayStation 4 right now. Which probably doesn't mean there's not an R&D team working on it, but it's clearly not part of the company's immediate plans...
News Kaz Hirai: Sony Aiming To Match And Exceed PSP's Install-Base With NGP
The PlayStation Blog's put up an interview with Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai regarding the NGP
While the interview is naturally light on new details, a tired looking Kaz does discuss some of the reasoning behind the handheld's January announcement (nothing to do with 3DS, honest), as well as talking about Sony's success barometer...
News PlayStation To Expand Into China
A report in the China Daily suggests that Sony Computer Entertainment is to expand into the Asian mainland: China
The article notes that Sony recently signed a letter of intent detailing plans to implement training and R&D facilities in the Guangzhou province. It'll be Sony's first investment into the mainland. In addition to localisation, Sony...
News Sony Teases The Strongest Exclusive Game Line-Up We've Ever Seen
Every year someone on the Internet writes "the year of the PlayStation 3"
It's a long-running meme that's attributed to the fact that the PlayStation 3's never quite lived up to the success of its predecessors. The oft-touted "year of the PlayStation 3" has never quite come to fruition; Sony certainly had a strong 2009, but that was...
Report Kaz Hirai Poised For Top Job At Sony
Gunning for first
SCE's current boss, Kaz Hirai, looks like he could be "Ridge Racing" his way to the top of Sony Corp, with a Bloomberg report placing him in the hot-seat to take Howard Stringer's president role. He'll face competition from Executive Deputy President, Hiroshi Yoshioka. Stringer took Sony's presidential job in 2009, but at 69...
News Back In Black: PlayStation 3 Hardware Jumps 118%, Reaches Touching Distance Of XBOX 360
Sony's finally back in the black
The company's first quarter earnings (ending June 30th) were fuelled by improved sales of computers, televisions and, yes, the PlayStation 3. Overall revenue increased by 3.8%, giving the company a ¥25.7 billion ($295 million US) net profit. Gloabal PlayStation 3 sales reached 2.4 million for the quarter, with the...
News Analyst: Playstation 3 Eating Away XBOX 360's Global Share
According to a report by Strategy Analytics , the PS3 is set to enjoy a bumper year, which will see Sony eat away the XBOX 360's global share
In the first quarter of 2010, Sony increased their market share to 31%, largely at the expense of the XBOX 360. Strategy Analytics predict that the PS3 will shift 14 million units globally this year, second to...
News Sony Call For Ratings Change In Australia
As far as we understand, Australia's ratings system is basically borked
The system does not allow for an "adults-only" rating in video games. Sony Computer Entertainment Australia's Michael Ephraim has spoken out against this. "Gaming has moved on, the choice of content has moved on and I think it is time Australia gets in step with...
News Next PSP To "Blur Distinctions Between Netbook, e-Reader & PSP"
A report from the Wall Street Journal seems to hint that Sony are planning on taking on Apple in their own patch; suggesting a device that blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PSP, that will be released to compete againt the iPad
The report hints that the device will be compatible with Sony's new global device media platform,...
News Sony Strengthen European First-Party, Acquire Media Molecule
Media Molecule and SCE has today announced that they're getting hitched
That is — Sony has acquired Media Molecule making them an official first-part studio under the SCE Worldwide Studios banner. Obviously, if you didn't know, Media Molecule made the brilliantly innovative LittleBigPlanet.Since they burst onto the gaming scene, Media Molecule...
News Terrible News: Sony Computer Entertainment No Longer Called Sony Computer Entertainment
Update @ 11:18GMT: In light of further press releases and what-not we're actually really bloody confused
But what we understand is that Sony Computer Entertainment will become SNE, then the Playstation business will be separated back out into a new company called, erm, Sony Computer Entertainment. Ridiculous, right? That's what appears to be the...
News Global PS3 Sales Hit 33.5 Million, Close The Gap On XBOX 360
Sony's reported that they are just 5
5 million systems behind the XBOX 360 now, with a strong showing for the Playstation 3 this Christmas driving the system up to 33.5 million global sales. Sony also reiterated that they will hit their 13 million systems sold target during the fiscal year, with 10.8 million systems sold for the nine months ending...
News Hey Look, Sony Own The Domain PlaystationArc.com
Yo, you know we told you that the Playstation Motion Controller was almost probably going to be called the Playstation Arc? Well, erm, yeah
Sony has filed for the domain PlaystationArc.com. The domain's empty but the WhoIs totally says it was purchased by none other than Sony Computer Entertainment. We expect Sony will announce the name at GDC. [Ta,...
News Playstation 3 Boasts Nearly 4 Million Worldwide Holiday Sales
There was some fist-pumping from SCE shortly after Sony's CES 2010 keynote ended: as the company were able to boast Playstation 3 sales exceeding 3
8million over the holiday season. According to the company, "during the five weeks following the last week of November 2009", the console sold more than any previous holiday season — up 76%...
News Confirmed: PSP Minis Head To Playstation 3 In Firmware 3.15
As rumoured mere minutes ago, Sony has confirmed that Firmware 3
15 will launch "very soon." As rumoured, the update includes the ability to play PSP Minis on the Playstation 3. If you've already bought some Minis for your PSP, worry not, you'll be able to download them again to your PS3 and enjoy them on the big-screen. The other big...
Rumour PS3 Firmware 3.15 Launching This Week?
According to unconfirmed reports on NeoGAF, the PS3 is due to get a firmware update this coming December 10th
The NeoGAF thread suggests that the firmware updated, number 3.15, will include a fix for DualShock 3 pairing issues, the ability to transfer data between to PS3s via an ethernet cable and, the afore mentioned ability to play PSP Minis on...
News Playstation Motion Controller Patent Goes Attachment Mad
It's been a while since we heard about the Playstation Motion Controller (there's no way it's releasing in Spring, right?), so it's perhaps good timing to see some new patents filed by Sony Computer Entertainment
The patent for "Expandable Control Device Via Hardware Attachment" deals with a series of control options. The patent seems to...
News Happy Birthday To You, Happy Birthday Dear Playstation, Happy Birth-...
Today, the Playstation is officially 15 years old
The original system launched in Japan on December 3rd, 1994. That was 15 years ago! Can you believe that? There was an age before Ape Escape, Wipeout and other such franchises the Playstation made popular. With the Playstation 2 still officially the biggest selling system of all time, and the...
News Hirai "Confident" Sony Will Shift 13million PS3s This Year
Sony Computer Entertainment boss-man Kaz Hirai is "confident" Sony will shift 13 million Playstation 3's by the end of the fiscal year in March, 201o
Global reported sales for the first two quarters of this year stand at 4.3 million, but sales have been through the roof since then. Whilst 13 million seems like a far-away estimate, we must all...
A little earlier today, a slide on a Sony business presentation seemed to suggest that the company planned to start charging subscriptions for the Playstation Network
Kaz Hirai (via VG247) quashed these reports, ensuring that the PSN is to remain free to use, with subscriptions for "premium content" to be introduced.SCE will further...
News Analyst: "The Wii Has Saved Sony"
So, Sony didn't make the Wii
They made the Playstation 3 instead. The Wii has been an absolute runaway success. So what in the world leads analysts DFC Intelligence to the conclusion that the Wii saved Sony. It's quite simple really - by keeping Microsoft's XBOX 360 in touch."The main danger Sony faced was that the Xbox 360 would become...
News Nintendo's Satoru Iwata: Wii & Playstation 3 Going Neck & Neck In Japan
Chalk this down to a phenomenal turn-around in fortunes for SCE worldwide, or a drop in demand for Nintendo's wildly popular Wii system -- Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata reckons that in their current climates the Wii and Playstation 3 are "neck and neck" in Japan
A notable dip can be seen in sales of Wii this year; which is approximately half...
News Sony Launch Awesome New Worldwide Studios Website
It's no secret Sony own and operate a massive number of studios across the world
Sony want to let you know more about them via their new Worldwide Studios website. The site keeps track of what is being built and where and even has job listings. Essential if you harbour dreams of working for Sony at some point in your career.
News Sony Start "Official Licensing" Scheme To Encourage Third-Party Playstation Peripherals
Sony Computer Entertainment announced today plans to expand the "Official Licensing Program" for Playstation peripherals for the PS3, PS2 and PSP
"By entering into a license agreement with SCE through this program, peripheral and accessory manufacturers will gain access to technical documentations necessary for designing and creating variety of...
News Kaz Hirai: We Won't Go Mainstream Too Quickly, We'll Always Support The Core Audience
Kaz Hirai has said a lot of things in his time as head of SCE; namely "$599
" Today though, Kaz has something almost philosophical to say, and we couldn't agree more: "A console always needs a solid core of games that appeal to gamers...If you go mainstream too quickly and don't support the core gaming audience then you lack the pillar to support...
