Sony increases PS3 price by $25-30 USD in Asia
If you’d bought a Playstation 3 in Hong Kong last week, you would have picked a 40gb model up for the MSRP of $2680 HKD ($348 USD) in any store (as long as you bought a game to go with it - one of the many things that makes shopping in Hong Kong unique).
However, [...]
SixAxis follows HD-DVD into Electronics Hell
When Sony’s DualShock 3 controller hits shelves next week, it will be sitting alongside the old SixAxis controllers. But not for long. MTV’s Multiplayer Blog reported that as of now, Sony is no longer manufacturing the SixAxis controller. The controller that Sony insisted was the “next generation of controllers” is now being replaced by… rumble. [...]
XBOX 360 vs. Playstation 3: Rainbow Six Vegas 2
GameTrailers has done us a service by recording some footage of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 on both the XBOX 360 and PS3, comparing them in split-screen.
http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/5848/t_r6v2_comparison_gt.flv
The verdict? Well first of all the game doesn’t look that great to begin with. However, the PS3 version is lacking many of the shadow effects of the 360 version, [...]
January 2008 Sales Figures: Shortages cause a 3 way tie
January is a rough month for video game sales. After seeing numbers steadily increase for the final 3 months of each year, January’s results look extra low in comparison. This is especially the case when manufacturers nearly sell out their entire inventory of product, which is what happened to both Nintendo and Microsoft. Therefore, [...]
Satin Silver Playstation 3 unveiled - in Japan
Remember when the PS3 first made its debut in 2005? It featured whacky looking boomerang-shaped controllers, and the first press photos showed it off in black, white, and silver. It also had two HDMI ports, three ethernet ports, and six USB ports.
Quite a few things have changed since then, including several hard drive configurations. But [...]
Rumor: 80GB PS3 gone; replaced by 120 or 160 GB version with DualShock 3
Ars Technica has a good record when it comes to Sony rumors, so its with more than a bit of salt that we take their “mole’s” report that Sony is indeed dropping the 80GB/Motorstorm SKU and replacing it with a new model with either a 120 or 160GB drive and a DualShock 3 controller.
If [...]
News Flash: Current-gen video games are most often NOT in Full HD
It all started innocently enough, in the gaming forum section of a non-gaming related website I visit. The fanboys were going at it, spitting venom and vitriol back and forth as they tried to declare their favorite console as being the best choice for everyone. Someone said that the PS3 simply had “more power” [...]
