Retail tracking firm NPD Group has released its hardware and software sales analysis for the month of February, revealing an impressive showing for Microsoft. With 535,000 units shifted, the Xbox 360 enjoyed its biggest non-holiday month ever, eclipsing its previous sales streak in September 2007, when Halo 3 launched. On the whole, combined hardware and software sales raked in $1.36 […]
PlayStation marketing vet Peter Dille has left his post as SCEA’s senior vice president of Marketing and PlayStation Network, the confirmed today. Dille’s history with the brand stretches all the way back to 1995, when he played a key role in the launch of the original PSOne.
Beginning this week on PSN, Sony is kicking off Spring Fever, a month-long celebration designed to highlight exceptional games and associated discounts. To usher in the first round of time-limited specials, Sony is offering up titles chosen in its PlayStation Network Gamers’ Choice Awards vote-off at a 30 percent off, this week only. These include: Castle Crashers, God of War: Ghost of […]
It seems the PSPgo can never catch a break. Late last week, Sony revealed plans to drop the price of the UMD-free portable to $150 on its official website. Unfortunately, it turns out the mark down was merely a mistake or a premature update, as the site has dropped any mention of the reduction. Sony themselves remain mum on the matter […]
Now users of all firmware can enjoy Bubbletune’s folder organization plugin Game Categories Light v1.3. The latest update brings support for firmware based on 6.3X kernels. Usage is a cinch: once installed, simply create folders representing the categories you’d like to use and drop in homebrew accordingly.
Sony says it made collaborating with partners a key priority during the development of NGP, noting that it went through “several iterations” of the platform as a result of feedback. According to SCE Worldwide Studio boss Shuhei Yoshida in a recently published interview, this approach is reminiscent of the stance the company took when designing the PSOne: The input of […]
If you’ve been waiting for the PSPgo to hit a budget-friendly price point, it looks like it’s happening soon. An update from Sony on the official PlayStation website shows that a $50 drop is impending, bringing the total cost of the handheld to a more palatable $150. That’s only $30 more than the recently marked down PSP-3000, a notable decline […]
If a recent ESRB listing is any indication, it looks like Square Enix has plans to re-release Parasite Eve on PSN as part of Sony’s PSOne Classics catalog. With spiritual successor The 3rd Birthday due out this March on PSP, starring returning protagonist Aya Brea, the timing is ripe. Parasite Eve originally hit the PSOne in 1998. It was praised […]
Sony is lowering the barrier-to-entry price point for the current PSP, bringing the cost of a base PSP-3000 system to just $129.99. That’s $40 down from the original MSRP of $169.99. In addition, all bundle configurations, otherwise known as PSP Entertainment Packs, will be marked down to $159.99. The price adjustments go into effect retailer-wide this coming Sunday, February 27. […]
With Epic Games having pledged its support for Next Generation Portable at this year’s PlayStation Meeting in Japan, this tidbit of news comes as little surprise. The company announced today that it has opened up Unreal Engine 3 licensing for NGP, calling the tech inside Sony’s portable powerhouse a “true game-changer.” Now that’s a vote of confidence. Epic’s Mark Rein […]
Sony’s announced today that Patapon 3, the third installment in its rhythm-based tribal adventure series, will hit store shelves and PSN on April 12. It’ll come at the budget-friendly price of $19.99. Building on the franchise staple of quirky visuals and charming gameplay, this entry places a heavy focus on online multiplayer, boasting four-way competitive multiplayer battles that compliment the […]
It’s been just a few weeks into the recently announced PSP Genesis competition and we’re already beginning to see some promising entries turn up. Say goodbye to the hassles of dealing with plugin conflicts with C4TurD4Y’s Sepulka, a selective plugin loader. While it’s main draw is to allows users to load custom firmware plugins on a per-game basis, it also […]
Sony Computer Entertainment president Shuhei Yoshida has told Edge Magazine that that company remained conservative on adding features to NGP, noting that it had a set price range in mind from very beginning. As a result, a number of ‘cool’ elements were set aside in the conceptualization stage to meet this price goal, a lesson Sony says it learned from […]
Sony has always been a staunch supporter of its 10-year platform lifecycle, and the PSP is no exception. SCE worldwide studios exec Shuhei Yoshida has told Edge Magazine that the holiday 2011 arrival of NGP will not signal the PSP’s demise. “[NGP] can’t replace a platform that has already been on sale for seven years now. In terms of pricing, […]
Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios president Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the company will finalize its name for the PSP successor — currently codenamed NGP — later this year. “Well, NGP is the codename we’ve used since 2008. We will announce the final name of the console sometime later this year,” Yoshida told Edge Magazine. Backed by 3G tech and […]
It’s time to bring your A game, the ultimate PSP homebrew competition is here! We’ve joined forces with wololo, npt, PSP-Hacks, PSPSlimHacks, and PSPGen to sponsor what is assuredly the largest competition to grace the PSP scene. A cumulative total of $4300 in prizes is up for grabs — and the prize pool could grow should other sites or individuals decide to […]
Activision has scrapped plans for a 2011 Guitar Hero title, according to outlook statements in its just-released financial results for calendar year 2010. This comes amid the company’s decision to disband Activision Publishing’s entire Guitar Hero business unit. Additionally, development on True Crime: Hong Kong has ceased. “These decisions are based on the desire to focus on the greatest opportunities […]
Are dedicated gaming handhelds like the 3DS and NGP a dying breed? id Software founder and DOOM creator John Carmack thinks they could be. Speaking to the Dallas Morning News, Carmack said the upcoming crop of devices may represent the “last generation of specialized handheld game consoles ever built.”
The house of Bomberman is closing. Following its recent move to take complete ownership of Hudson as the sole shareholder, Konami has decided to close Hudson Entertainment, which represents the US division of Hudson. Product and Brand Manager Morgan Haro broke the news in a blog post earlier today. His account of the events indicate that all previously planned projects […]
No more beating around the bush: the Xperia Play, known in tech circles as the PlayStation Phone, is official. Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson went live with a public unveil of the Android Gingerbread-powered device in a commercial for this year’s Super Bowl. In case you missed the thumb-twiddling spot, which is not for the squeamish, we’ve embedded it after the break. Look […]