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. [...]
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 [...]
Xvid on Playstation 3 firmware 2.10 works FINE
According to initial reports, the Playstation 2.10 firmware supported DivX but not XviD. We reported this when the firmware was first announced, because after all, the site that reported it actually had it and actually tested it.
Unfortunately, the person who tested it may not have their network running properly. As it turns out, Xvid plays [...]
PSP Media Manager now available for free
When the PSP first went head-to-head with the DS, many saw it as having a huge advantage of being a personal multimedia player, as well as a gaming device. Unfortunately, UMD movies were a total flop, and converting your own movies for most people was a total pain in the ass with free 3rd party [...]
PS3 Firmware 2.10 Tomorrow - Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 is here!
For all the doubters, turns out we were right ;)
Tomorrow, Sony will release the 2.10 firmware for PS3, which adds Profile 1.1. To find out more about what this means, please read our original post on the subject.
DivX support is also going to be added, along with VC-1 WMV support. However, there are rumors that [...]
