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  Sony has released a new firmware update for its PS3 gaming console. The update takes firmware to v4.10 and brings two changes – the first one is the renaming of PSN Account to Sony Entertainment Network Account. The name change Sony says is due to an effort to unify its PlayStation Network (PSN) and [...]

The Playstation line of gaming consoles from Sony Computer Entertainment exceeded 6.5 million units. PS Vita sold half million units to consumers since its launch on December 17, 2011 in Japan and December 23, 2011 in Asia. PS Vita launched concurrently with 24 software titles from both 3rd party developers and publishers and SCE Worldwide [...]

  PlayStation Vita releases on December 17 in Japan and to make sure the new handheld console if compatible with the other PlayStation, Sony will release a new firmware (v4.0) for PS3. The new firmware update will make PS3 act as a content management device that will allow users to copy their content between PS [...]

  Following a price drop in North America and European region, Sony has also reduced the PS3 price in India. Indian consumers will now be able to buy the 160GB PS3 for a price of Rs. 16,990, which is a 15 percent discount from the original price. The 320GB PS3 SKU with Move has also [...]

  Sony has made its PS3 console lucrative than ever before with the announcement of a price reduction. Effective immediately, Sony’s PS3 console can be bought in North America for a price of just $249. That’s the base model with 160GB HDD. The 320GB variant costs $299 and in addition to it, Sony will launch [...]

  Sony will soon release a new firmware update for PS3 users. The firmware v3.70 will make lives of PlayStation Plus subscribers easier by enabling auto upload function and Trophies. With the new feature, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to backup their game saves automatically in their account. Also, the Trophies will now sync [...]

  Sony’s Masaru Kato, vice president and chief financial officer confirmed in an investor conference call that they’re already working on the PS3 successor. Although PS3’s shelf life is still few years away, Sony is incurring some costs in building up the PS4. “For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life but [...]

  4 and a half years and Sony’s PS3 gaming console has finally reached the iconic milestone of 50 million PS3 units. As of March 29, 2011, Sony has managed to sell 50 million PS3s worldwide indicating the strong growth of the console since its launch in November 2006. Sony also confirmed that its PlayStation [...]

  Looks like Geohot’s famous rap against Sony couldn’t really fire up the hacker. Sony and Geohot have now announced that they’ve reached a settlement in the lawsuit. The intrinsic details of the lawsuit remain under wraps but Hotz has agreed to a permanent injunction. Hotz had posted security system of the console online and [...]

  Sony has rolled out a new firmware update for PS3 users. The new v3.60 update won’t bring a horde of features for you to enjoy but if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, post-update the PS3 will allow users to upload their game saves on Sony’s servers. For those who aren’t a PS Plus sub, [...]

  Sony will reveal its plans for the PlayStation Move controllers to work with desktop PCs at the Game Developers Conference 2011 next month. This exciting confirmation comes from the GDC’s site that details Sony’s session at the conference where John McCutchan will talk about PlayStation Move and the Move Server Project. Going by the [...]

  Duke Nukem Forever that was under development for over a decade has finally got a release date. Its new publisher and developers – 2K Games and Gearbox Software have set May 3 as the release date for the game in US and May 6 internationally. Needless to say it has been a long wait [...]

  Sony has served a restraining order to George Hotz aka Geohot and team responsible to show the PS3 jailbreak, fail0verflow to take down all circumvention tools be taken offline. Engadget says the restraining order is a temporary relief for Sony and a lawsuit could be in the offing as well. The current order claims [...]

  Sony has been playing a cat and mouse game to prevent hackers from jailbreaking the PS3 console. But at the Chaos Communication Congress event in Berlin hackers have proved that they’ll have an upper hand in this battle. A team called failed0verflow has managed to break the PS3 security by calculating the public private [...]

  Sony Computers have released the sales figure of its latest PlayStation Move Controller. They’ve shipped over a million Moves in North and Latin America, which is not that bad considering its been in the market for just a month. Sony is also facing strong demand in the Europe and has sold about 1.5 million [...]