While 40GB PS3 is passé in most of the international regions, Indian gamers were still stuck with the 40GB option. However, good news for them is that Sony has given their decision a good thought and announced the 80GB version for the Indian region as well. The new upgraded console will sell for Rs. […]
Sony’s Kazuo Hirai says Xbox 360 lacks longevity, Wii not a competitor
Sometimes these type of statements make us chuckle especially when a bigwig comments ignoring the facts. Sony’s boss Kazuo Hirai recently commented on PS3’s competitors. Well, according to him, PS3 is the leader in the current generation console war. This is what he said about Nintendo. “It’s difficult to talk about Nintendo because we […]
Now PS3 gets a firmware update, v2.60 to be exact [Update: Now available]
Hot on the heels of PSP getting updated to v5.03, Sony also announced PS3 getting a software upgrade too. The v2.60 concentrates on the media capabilities of the console. It adds the support for DivX 3.11 files and guest access to the PlayStation Store. However, the major change in this firmware is the Photo Gallery […]
2008 was the year of the Wii
This shouldn’t come as a surprise. NPD has released their December report which claims to have Nintendo Wii at the top spot. Over the year, 10.17 million units got in the hands of US customers, accounting for 55% of the total current gen console sales in 2008 making it the first ever console to […]
Logitech releases steering wheel for PS3 in India
Logitech India has finally released a driving wheel for the PS3 racing fans. The Driving Force GT is actually the official racing wheel for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, but it will work just fine with other racing games. As you would expect with the ‘official’ tag, the wheel has been developed keeping GT5’s racing […]
PS3 firmware update v2.52
Sony PlayStation Blog posted an announcement of a new firmware update for PS3. It is a minor update with couple of changes. – The playback quality of some PS3 format software has been improved. – A text entry issue that occurs when using the on-screen keyboard, USB keyboard or Bluetooth keyboard with some PS3 […]
Sony: PS3 browser faster than IE7
It hurts. It really hurts. Consider a full-time employee taunted by some part-time kid with the words “You suck at your job. I do it better than you.” Now substitute the full-time employee with Microsoft’s IE7 while the part-time with PS3’s browser. Sony claims that the new v2.5 firmware update to PS3 not only […]
Nintendo Wii, DS outsells every other console in US
Nintendo has done it again. NPD Group did the honors of revealing the sales figure of all the gaming hardware selling in US. With Wii and DS combined, they managed to sell about 1.2 million units, which is far ahead then all the combined hardware sales of Microsoft and Sony. Here is the total […]
PS3 and PSP firmware updates available for download
Just a quick heads up. PSP and PS3 users can now upgrade their firmwares to v5.00 and v2.50 respectively. Check out a small video from Grace giving a walkthrough of the PSN Store on PSP. A new feature added to the PS3 is the inclusion of Flash Player 9 support. For the whole list […]
Sony confirms PSP (v5.00) and PS3 (v2.50) firmware updates
It seems a good day today for PlayStation users. Sony has announced that the PSP and PS3 consoles will undergo a firmware update pretty soon. They have also given a changelog of what can be expected from these updates. Despite the rumored updates, PSP users will have to suffice with couple of changes with […]