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PS3: Its Offical - Netflixs comes to PS3 Next Month!

PS3: Its Offical – Netflixs comes to PS3 Next Month!

After we’ve been hearing all along that Xbox 360 had a game console exclusivity to Netflix streaming, Sony just announced it, too, will be joining in on the fun. Timeframe? Sometime next month. Press Release Via Playstation Blog COMING SOON: NETFLIX MEMBERS CAN INSTANTLY WATCH MOVIES AND TV EPISODES STREAMED TO TVs VIA THE PLAYSTATION®3 [...]

Mad Catz announces "Round Two" Of Street Fighter FightSticks

Mad Catz announces “Round Two” Of Street Fighter FightSticks

It’s not doing anything crazy like lowering the price, but it looks like Mad Catz is at least set to give fighting game fans a few more options when it comes to choosing their peripheral of choice. As usual, the headliner is the company’s Tournament Edition fightstick, which dials things back after the explosion of [...]

Sony Adopts Google Chrome as Default Browser for Vaio Laptop Line.

Sony Adopts Google Chrome as Default Browser for Vaio Laptop Line.

Google’s Chrome was already the default browser on the VAIO NW we handled a month ago, and now the Financial Times delivers confirmation of a wider distribution deal between the search giant and Sony. According to the report, new VAIO laptops and desktops will come with Chrome preinstalled — an “experimental” arrangement — and, most [...]

Sony: Go and Get your PS3 3.0 Update now.

Sony: Go and Get your PS3 3.0 Update now.

Lots of new features. “What’s New” – The “Information Board” will be replaced with a “What’s New” section, which allows you to enjoy interactive PlayStation news every time you start the PS3 system. Located under the PlayStation Network icon, “What’s New” displays the latest and greatest game, video, PlayStation Network and PlayStation news and releases, [...]

Gamestop Shipping PS3 Slim Now?

Gamestop Shipping PS3 Slim Now?

Just got a Samung Blu-Ray Player the other day from Wal-Mart for 218 bucks.  It turned into a Piece of Junk. So I Returned it and thought the PS3 is 299 I should look into it.  The 80 Gig PS3 was sold out everywhere here locally.  So I thought well I will just wait and [...]

GameStop CEO Questions Sony's Price Cuts, Predicts Big Nintendo Game In '09

GameStop CEO Questions Sony’s Price Cuts, Predicts Big Nintendo Game In ’09

Don Matteo is the head honcho at GameStop, so he’s in a position to know a few things. Things like what kind of price cut the PlayStation 3 needs and what Nintendo’s planning for 2009. Matteo tells CNBC that the recent price drop on the PlayStation 2 "really wasn’t worth doing" and wonders if a [...]

Sony Makes Its Announcement, PS2 Priced Under $100

Sony Makes Its Announcement, PS2 Priced Under $100

As we posted earlier, Sony told us it was planning an announcement for Tuesday. Today is Friday, and Sony has made its announcement Tuesday. Yea sorry a couple days late. And as we also told you earlier, we didn’t think this announcement was a PS3 price cut. From our original post: "We’re leaning towards a [...]

Whats going on with Sony on Tuesday March 31st?

Whats going on with Sony on Tuesday March 31st?

Not long ago I signed Plasma Burn up over at Sony’s Press Department for updates. Sony dropped us a line(Mass E-Mail to Lots of People) to let us know that something is going down on Tuesday, March 31st. Could it be the long-rumored price cut is finally upon us? Or could it be something completely [...]

PS3 Wants to Make Profit, Not Market Share.

PS3 Wants to Make Profit, Not Market Share.

This console generation, the PlayStation 3 is in dead last place. The Xbox 360 has sold more, the Nintendo Wii has sold a lot more. Does this worry Sony? Surprisingly, no, it does not. See, according to Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Senior VP of Marketing, Peter Dille, Sony aren’t focusing on market share. They’re focusing [...]

Rumor (Again): PS3 Price Cut Imminent?

Rumor (Again): PS3 Price Cut Imminent?

From CNET Rumor Control area, seems there is more hubbub about Sony cutting the Price of the 80gig PS3 by as much as 100 bucks.  Now we have heard this what 3 times now in the past 8 months.  But Sony always comes back and says they are doing fine with the prices the way [...]

Sony's PS3 Dubbed the Sinking Ship and Fading Hope

Sony’s PS3 Dubbed the Sinking Ship and Fading Hope

If a console’s feelings can be hurt, you might want to look in the corner for a rocking, sobbing PS3. Not even a month after being dubbed a “sinking ship” by Silicon Alley Insider, the Wall Street Journal has published an ouch-inducing article titled “Hope Fades for PS3 as a Comeback Player.” In the wake [...]

Playstation Home Lauching globally Dec 11th

Playstation Home Lauching globally Dec 11th

We knew it was coming this month, now we have the day: tomorrow. Yup, PlayStation Home will launch globally on December 11th. The 3D virtual on-line community is like Second Life, only with the risk of rootkit. Hot. All kidding aside, the new service gives PS3 owners a customizable place to chat (voice or text) [...]

So, How About The Big Twenty Oh Nine?

So, How About The Big Twenty Oh Nine?

With 2008 drawing to a close, we must now look towards the future. 2009. What’s there to expect? Hit the link for the rundown.

Playstation 2008 Award Winners

Playstation 2008 Award Winners

SCEJ’s announced its 2008 PlayStation Award winners, which are basically sales gongs for PlayStation games in Japan. Gold prizes got to titles that sold between 500,000 and 1 million copies. Double platinum prizes go to sales between 2 and 3 million. To the chase. This year’s Gold Prize winners are: Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 [...]

PS3 Firmware 2.53 to release tomorrow, includes full-screen Flash support

PS3 Firmware 2.53 to release tomorrow, includes full-screen Flash support

According to this PlayStation.com page, PS3 Firmware 2.53’s to release tomorrow, and it looks like a biggie. There’s full details through the link. Stand-out features include full-screen Flash support for web browsing and the ability to let the machine turn itself off after a background download.