Archive for the 'PS3 News' Category

PS3 order

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

You can now pre-order the PS3 at various online shops:

Otto (Europe) 599 €

GameFly (US)

PS3 delay possible

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Sony has announced that a PlayStation 3 delay is a very real possibility.
Any delay could be caused by Blu-ray, one of two next-generation DVD formats backed by Sony. The PlayStation 3 will be able to play Blu-ray movies and games. The format can hold up to 25GB on a single layer, and 50GB with […]

PS3 announcements at GDC

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Phil Harrison, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, is preparing to make a keynote speech at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, set to take place at the San Jose Convention Center on March 22nd at 10:30 am.
The title of the keynote will be “PlayStation 3: Beyond the Box.” According to Sony representatives, the […]

PS3 Online HUB

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Sony will offer an online gaming service for the Playstation 3, similar to Xbox Live. Well-placed industry sources have confirmed that the PS3 will have an online service, which is currently being referred to as Playstation HUB, according to Next Generation.
The sources said that Playstation HUB would be a ’subscriber service’, support Sony’s Playstation Portable […]

Playstation 3 Launch date delayed

Friday, February 17th, 2006

The release of the Playstation 3 is being delayed due to the threat of piracy, Sony has announced.
At the Taipei Game Show, the managing director of Sony Computer Entertainment Asia, Mr Tetsuhiko Yasuda, told reporters of Japanese news outlet Mainichi
that Sony would not launch the PS3 until it could handle the troubles posed by counterfeiters.
“We […]

PS3 Launch September 2006

Friday, February 17th, 2006

News site ‘Next Generation’ is reporting that Sony will announce an online service called PlayStation HUB in the next few weeks, and that Japan and the US will see a September release for the PlayStation 3.
The site claims that “well-placed industry sources” have said there will be an online service similar to Xbox Live, […]

PS3 launch games

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

The playstation3 is creating a tidal wave of news and rumors, despite not being released until the summer of 2006. The following 30 PS3 games are launch titles, as compiled from E3 press releases and various news sources. The PS3’s launch title library is large and diverse. There should be a game here for everyone.
6Gun […]

Awaiting Playstation 3 launch date

Wednesday, January 25th, 2006

Sony will host Destination PlayStation 2006 at the Loews Miami Beach resort February 27–March 3. The annual “business casual” gathering is intended to provide retailers with SCEA and third party companies’ plans and strategies for the coming year. If Sony does launch the PlayStation 3 in North America this year, one would have to assume […]

Sony CEO can “produce the PS3 anytime”

Tuesday, January 17th, 2006

This bold statement came from Ken Kutaragi himself at the Las Vegas Consumer’s Electronics Show last week.
Could this mean the PS3 is almost done testing? No one knows for sure, but Sony hasn’t released much information about it, which leads many gamers to think that it will go on sale in fall - not […]

PS3 price could reach 500 dollar

Friday, January 13th, 2006

CNNMoney is now speculating, along with other industry analysts, that the Sony Playstation 3 will release wth a $500 price tag.
Although Sony hasn’t officially announced the console’s price, SCE president, Ken Kutaragi stated,”it’ll be expensive.”
A.T.R.’s (American Technology Research) P.J. McNealy in a note to clients on Monday said, “[Sony] could now consider launching […]