No one game should justify the purchase of a console, but Uncharted is a AAA title and it should tempt you to buy a PS3. Naughty Dog’s first PS3 game is the definition of epic, and will make you say “wow” out loud more often than a pubescent teenager in a strip club.
Sony’s PlayStation 3 outsold Nintendo’s Wii in Japan in November. According to figures from publisher Enterbrain, Sony shifted 183,217 PS3s during the four weeks ended November 25, in comparison to 159,193 Wiis, reports Reuters. It is the first time the PS3 has triumphed over its rival in Japan over a monthly period since the systems launched last
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“You might be able to weather one title coming in at 500,000 in sales,” said Pidgeon. “But two or three failures like that and even big publishers are going to be hurting.”
Sony knows Konami's "Metal Gear Sold 4" won't be the killer app it needs for broad based appeal, so it's compensated by ramping up its own game production and has 15 internal studios working on PlayStation titles, more than Microsoft and Nintendo combined!
A method has been found to reach Linux 3D Graphics on the PS3. A number of hackers have clubbed together to release a draft kernel module for this along with a relevant Xorg driver.
"Nick Breese, a senior security consultant at Auckland-based Security-assessment.com, has come up with a way to drastically increase the processing capability of cracking passwords, using a PS3."
Following one particularly negative preview, other consumer sites are saying EA UK's PS3 port of The Orange Box is A-OK.
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), has named Honorary Chairman and former President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutaragi, the recipient of the coveted 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Midway has come forth with an official announcement regarding the highly anticipated Unreal Tournament III, confirming the release date hinted at by Epic's Mark Rein last week.The PS3 version of the game will be shipping to North American retailers in limited quantities on Monday, December 10th, and will be on store shelves the following day.
While the PC and 360 versions of the game were largely managed by Valve, the PS3 version was apparently the responsibility of a team at EA. This has led to a number of framerate hiccups and other technical issues due to EA's poor-quality development, which "at best merely hinder game play and at worst make the experience downright unplayable."
Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 have been given a boost in North America since it cut the price of the console and introduced a cheaper version at the beginning of November. The company said Thursday that combined sales of the older 80GB model and the new 40GB model have increased by 192 percent at the top-10 major retailers in North America and "mor
There have been smidgens of review scores from PSM3’s Christmas Edition, but not so much has been seen of the news section in the magazine. And oh, there are a bunch of treats held within its pages. There is news on Resistance 2, and next-gen outings of Hitman, Prince of Persia, and Syphon Filter. Carry on reading over at Ripten.com
It appears that frustrated Playstation 3 virtual assassin’s will be getting a fix to the freezing issues that have plagued the PS3 release of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed in the very near future.
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According to 1UP’s recent hands-on report on the latest preview build of the PS3 version of The Orange Box, the game suffers from various technical issues that at worst make the game “downright unplayable.”
Epic's Mark Rein: "The PlayStation 3 version of Unreal Tournament 3 has gone gold! We got news last night that Unreal Tournament 3 has been approved by SCEA and has been released to North American manufacturing."