According to Famitsu sales figures for the week ending November 11, the PS3 managed to sell through 56,000 units, compared to the Wii’s weekly number of 35,000. Meanwhile, the battle of the handhelds still rages on, with the Nintendo DS Lite pushing a whopping 82,000 units while the PSP sold 52,000. Despite the slight increase in sales last week, Xbox […]

Sony has confirmed that the newly-released-in-Japan DualShock 3 controller will rumble with all PS2 titles. To take advantage of the feature, your PS3 must be running at firmware 2.0. All in all, great news for all PS3 owners, except those who bought a 40GB PS3 of course. The DualShock 3 hits the US and Europe in Spring 2008. PS3 DualShock […]

DivX today officially announced that DivX video technology is being integrated into the PlayStation 3. Game developers can already take advantage of the technology by updating their PS3’s software development kit to version 2.00. End users will have to wait a little, as full support for the codec is being planned for a forthcoming update. Wonder if this will finally […]

Konami recently conducted a survey during the Games Japan Festa in Osaka event. The survey contained mostly general questions, asking which console you owned, how old are you, and so on. But one question stood out among the rest: This is a question for those who do not own the PLAYSTATION 3. Do you have plans to purchase it? Why […]

Latest in the ongoing Blu-ray vs HD-DVD format war? Sony CEO Howard Stringer, speaking at an event in Manhattan, said that Blu-ray is in a “stalemate” with competing format HD-DVD, essentially foreseeing a situation where there are no clear winners. It’s a difficult fight. We were trying to win on the merits, which we were doing for a while, until […]

Interesting, interesting week in hardware sales. This week the Xbox 360 actually managed to outsell the PlayStation 3 thanks to the release of Namco’s Ace Combat 6. In total the Xbox 360 pushed 17,673 units, a near 500 percent increase over last week’s numbers. Impressive! PSP sales continue to impress at 59,714, but leave us very puzzled, as not a […]

Today’s PlayStation Store update kicks off with an exclusive demo of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, weighing in at around 1.17GB. Sports fans can shoot some hoops in the College Hoops 2K8 demo also released this week. Looking for add-on content? This week brings the Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver song packs for Guitar Hero III. Both packs are priced at $6.25. […]

PS3 Firmware 2.00 is now officially available on Network Update, and to coincide with the release, Sony has released a theme compiler tool that allows users to create their own themes for use with the firmware’s new theme system. Additionally, PlayStation Japan has released a set of pre-made themes for use with firmware 2.00. Happy theming! Download PS3 Theme Compiler […]

We’re nearing closer to the first quarter of 2008, but Take Two is still reluctant to give an exact release date for GTA IV. Why? Game is far from being finished, and T2 is afraid of disappointing investors once more if they can’t stay true to the date. Company chairman Strauss Zelnick explains: It’s a fair question given that we […]

After weeks of speculation, Sony finally confirmed today that firmware 2.00 for the PS3 will be released tomorrow, November 8. The firmware 2.00 upgrade further enhances PS3 to PSP connectivity by allowing users to turn a PS3 system on and off remotely using the Remote Start function via the PSP. In terms of core 2.00 features, the new firmware allows […]

Earlier last month it was reported that Sony had moved to 65nm process technology in the new 40GB PS3 models. That’s not true, according to a Sony spokesperson who told Heise Online that the 40GB model still uses a 90nm version of the CELL processor. However, as reported earlier, the spokesperson confirmed that the new 40GB model does feature lower […]

October sales figures from Enterbrain have revealed that the PlayStation 3 is slowly gaining momentum over in Japan. Specifically, Nintendo sold Wii 110,415 units in the month of October, while Sony pushed 47,183 units during the same timeframe. That means the Wii is currently outselling the PS3 by at least 2-1. Although it may not exactly look like it, it’s […]

It’s hard to believe, but the PSP actually gave the Nintendo DS Lite some competition in this week’s Japanese hardware sales chart, courtesy of Media Create. The PSP finished with 59,792 units sold, compared to the DS’ 76,243 units. Not too shabby, considering that the Crisis Core hype has now subsided. It’s great to see the PSP keeping its numbers […]

Speaking during today’s earnings conference call, Midway CEO David F. Zucker said that the company has overcome the tech issues it had with the PlayStation 3 architecture, which resulted in numerous delays. According to Zucker, future PS3 titles from the studio, barring any exclusivity agreements, will ship day and date with the Xbox 360 version. Zucker also hinted at an […]

The weekly PlayStation Store update is here, ushering in a sizeable amount of content for the first week of November. Kicking off the update is a pair of demos for TimeShift and EA’s Need for Speed ProStreet. Next is PSone classic Twisted Metal 2, which can be downloaded for $5.99. Surprisingly, this is the second week in a row that […]

Originally scheduled to be removed from the Japanese PlayStation Network on November 11, Sony announced today that it is gracefully extending availability of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue demo to November 30. That gives GT fans nearly another month to download the demo. Better create a Japanese PSN account now and do so if you haven’t already.

Over on Sony’s semi-official Three Speech blog, a company representative commented that firmware 2.00 for the PS3 would be released within two weeks, with more information on the update following tomorrow. FORTHCOMING GOODNESS [ThreeSpeech]

Insomniac Games have announced that a new patch for its PS3 title Resistance: Fall of Man Patch is now available. The patch adds some nifty features, such as the ability to take screenshots in game using a USB keyboard, support for password protected custom games, balance changes, as well as full support for the new DualShock 3 force-feedback controller, which […]

As of late, Midway has ran into some issues with the whole Xbox 360 to PS3 porting business. Stranglehold, which saw a September release on 360, was delayed until October and finally released this month on PS3. To alleviate this concerning trend, Midway’s Mike Bilder believes that studios are going to start developing their games with the PS3 in mind, […]

2K Boston, development house of the critically acclaimed Xbox 360 title BioShock, appear to be working on a game for the PS3 — or at least a new game that is multi-platform. According to a job listing posted over at Gamasutra, the company is looking for a senior console programmer with PS3 development experience as “highly desirable.” Required Experience and […]