Tag: PS3
Sony's Phil Harrison has admitted that the company "overreached" with its decision to include a Blu-ray drive in PlayStation 3.
Referring to the shortages of blue diodes that forced Sony to postpone the console's European launch until March, Harrison told Eurogamer's Rob Fahey, "we have overreached in production of the Blu-Ray component - I can't deny that".
"But that's the price you pay for adopting brand new, leading-edge technologies that will be future proof."
Speaking as part of an interview being serialised on Sony's...
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Microsoft employee Andre Vrignaud, who works for the Game Tech Group, claims that Sony's PlayStation network is "busted" and offers a "broken" user experience. He believes that a number of companies are trying to position themselves to become the sole provider of an online solution for the PS3.
Andre Vrignaud, Microsoft's director of technical strategy for Xbox Live, wrote on his Ozymandias blog about a lawsuit that Xfire has brought against Gamespy. Apparently Xfire believes that GameSpy Comrade's "Buddy Sync" feature, which seeks out...
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Posted by
Kenshi 5 years 6 months ago
They have a bunch of commercials running now all around the world.
With only 80,000 machines launching here in Japan...
+ the creepy tv-spot with the baby doll:
http://playsquad.common...rcial_Baby
Gizmodo takes a spin of the PS3's web browser. Some of the cool features are that you can have six browser sessions active at any given time, you can punch in addresses and text using the controller, a usb keyboard or a bluetooth keyboard. Slickest of all is the ability to use the left analog stick as your mouse.
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Kenshi 5 years 6 months ago
Having already disappointed European gamers by delaying the launch of PlayStation3 in the territory until March 2007, it seems that Sony will be squeezing the number of launch units for Japan too, if reports from the Nikkei Keizai Shimbun newspaper prove to be accurate.
With the Sony-mad country already prepared to receive around 100,000 PlayStation3s for the November launch, the beleaguered electronics giant is rumoured to have cut that figure down to 80,000 units - a significant drop of 20%. The main problem according to the Nikkei Keizai...
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Thanks to a ChinaGBA forum contributor named Panpp, we not only have close-up shots of the SIXAXIS's every nook and cranny, but a layer-by-layer dissection of all its motion-sensing, rumble-free, non-replaceable battery goodness.
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Posted by
Motu 5 years 7 months ago
Weird commercial for the upcoming Playstation 3 featuring a toy baby alone in a room with the console.
Makes you wanna spend 599 US dollars, right?
IGN received its PS3, unwrapped it and snapped photos of the goodies.
What did the site's freebie box contain? A USB cord, an AV cable, a LAN cable and what looks like a complimentary HDMI cable.
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For those who have been wondering what the PS3 box will look like, take a look at these pictures taken at Gamer's Day.
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This item just ended and I couldn't believe what the highest bidder paid. There wasn't even free shipping...
"Up for auction is a brand new Playstation 3 Console 60GB version, this item will be shipped to your door on Nov. 17 launch day and is guaranteed."
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