Playstation 3 sales double in first week of price cuts & 40GB version
It looks like it was all worth it in the end - thanks to a $100 price cut to the 80GB version, and the introduction of a reasonably priced 40GB version, the Playstation 3’s weekly sales have more than doubled in the US.
According to Sony, more than 100,000 units sold during the week ending [...]
Buy 2 Blu-Ray movies, get 1 free
In a whacky promotion that wasn’t really noticed by anyone until now, Sony themselves are giving away Blu-Ray movies from a list of 12 (and some of them are pretty good).
However, you have to jump through a few hoops to get your free movies:
The two movies you have purchased must be from that same list [...]
Video: Top 10 PS3 Exclusives
This is just great. A year has passed since the Playstation 3 launched, so what better way to look back at all the great exclusives the console has? ScrewAttack has put together a video of the Top 10 PS3 exclusives, in their usual whacky fashion. Of course, most PS3 owners will know that there aren’t [...]
Playstation 3 to support DivX & play AVI files
FINALLY! As good as the Playstation 3’s multimedia capabilities are, it’s mostly a waste of time if they don’t support the format used by 99.9% of people who record and watch video - DivX
DivX announced today that a future firmware update will add full DivX certification to the Playstation 3. This is a MAJOR [...]
Download XBOX 1 games on Live Arcade - get one free XBLA game
Big news being reported by Gamasutra today - according to the site, Microsoft is about to start allowing XBOX 1 games to be sold on Live Arcade! Priced at 1200 points ($15 USD, $14 CAD), the games will become available on December 4. The first titles are going to be Halo, Psychonauts (for the [...]
Folding@home to get a new GUI
If you use Folding@home on your PC, you probably either do so by running a console command, or the ugly GUI currently being used. Either way, you don’t get to enjoy the nifty GUI first seen on the PS3. That will all change in a few weeks:
Both the PC CPU and GPU clients will be [...]
Guitar Hero boosts sales
This is a story I can relate with - According to Wired’s Game|Life blog, downloads of DragonForce’s track “Through the Fire and Flames” increased by 183% the week Guitar Hero III was released. The track is featured as a bonus song in the game; when you complete the game (at any difficulty) you get to [...]
