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The worlds biggest gaming convention, Gamescom, kicks off next month in Cologne Germany and with it we expect a huge pile of exciting news to be released around which games are going to steal our money this holiday season and what is going to make next year better than ... [»]
Sony’s Playstation 3 has gained incredible momentum in the last year or two, mostly thanks to the lower cost PS3 slim. Last year, it nearly caught up to its closest rival in the imaginary console wars, the Xbox 360. A $500 million advertising budget for Kinect helped Microsoft’s console maintain its 4 million or so (depending on who you ask) lead – leaving the PS3 ... [»]
Both HD consoles released newer, slimmer – and debatably, sexier – versions this generation. The PS3 slim was a sales powerhouse; Many people reluctant to pick up the PS3 (probably because they didn’t get that 2nd job) at first were happy to open their wallets for the newer, slimmer and more importantly cheaper PS3. The Xbox 360 S, likewise, managed to provide a huge sales boost for Microsoft. while the ... [»]
PS3 vs Xbox 360... Xbox 360 vs PS3, we have heard all of the angles. Which one is more powerful, which one has the better disc this and online that.
Today that means absolutely bugger-all as we hit it out with an all out beauty contest. The PS3 slim is a smaller version ... [»]
Since its release, the Xbox 360's name has become synonymous with overheating and the good ol' red ring of death. This of course, was a big enough problem to have Microsoft extend the warranty for RROD's to 3 years, at a cost a 12,673,536,078,579,524,000.00 Zimbabwean Dollars (That's a billion US dollars and ... [»]
Microsoft Europe executive Chris Lewis reckons that Kinect and the quieter, slimmer Xbox 360 S will extends the console’s life for another 5 years. Should that be true, it means we’re effectively only half way through its life cycle. “I think 2010 will be a very big year for us,†said Lewis, speaking to Gamesindustry.biz “It is, in many ways ... [»]
When the PS3 was initially released there wasn’t much being said about it apart from how incredibly expensive the thing was, then as time went by and the price started to drop people started murmuring that it may be a good system but it’s just not worth that much.Around 6 months ago Sony listened and ... [»]
Were you one of the lucky people who managed to snag yourself a cheap PS3 in yesterday’s blitz at Pick ‘n Pay? Perhaps one of the opportunistic sort who made use of other stores’ price matching services? Either way you’ve now got yourself a brand new toy – one that contains some pretty cool tech – and you’re now wondering just what to do with it.Sony’s most recent marketing campaign for the device touts it as a device that “Only does everything,†and they’re not far off. Let’s have a ... [»]
If you’ve been slow to migrate from your old, dusty PS2 to the next generation, now might be the perfect opportunity. Select Pick 'n Pay retailers nationally are practically giving away Sony’s HD console.Well below the RRP, they’re selling 120GB PS3’s for an astonishing R2299.00 – a saving of R1500 on the regular price. This makes it undoubtedly the most attractively ... [»]
Santa Claus and Jesus ensured that December was a bumper month for the Playstation family. That month saw the PS3 and PSN bringing home more bacon for SCEA than any single month previous. In addition to the 1.7 million PS3’s sold stateside, SCEA has plenty more bragging. Patrick Seybold, Sony Computer Entertainment America's senior director of corporate communications and social media has noted that last month was "the single highest selling month for PS3 hardware and software since ... [»]
When the PS3 launched in November of 2006, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 had a 5.4 million lead over it’s Japanese rival. Of course, when the PS3 launched, it was prohibitively expensive, with many people waiting for it come down in price before jumping in experiencing living. Fast-forward to the end of 2009, the combined power of ... [»]
We keep on hearing about how Sony are still losing money on the PS3 and that it costs quite a bit more to manufacture than they are selling it for. Well unfortunately Sony will not release exactly how much it costs to manufacture a PS3 but iSuppli have been dismantling and costing consoles and other technical goodies for quite some time and the prices they quote are generally accepted as close to fact as we can get. And according ... [»]
Here’s your chance to pretend to be surprised; Spurred by the relaunch of the console as a sleeker, more slender and most importantly more affordable model American PS3 sales have more than doubled from the previous month making it September’s top selling home console.Yeah, you read that right – It even managed to beat the Wii for the first time since man discovered fire.Sony managed to sell just under half a million PS ... [»]
Benjamin Heckendorn, better known as Ben Heck has done it again. Stuffed the innards of a console into a portable shell, making it not only mobile, but beautiful too. Instead of an Xbox 360 though, this time he’s done it with a PS3 Slim. The ... [»]
Are you just about to run out and pick up a PS3? Well hold your horses as CNA has just announced that it will be soon be selling a 250GB PS3 Slim for R4499. Apparently it’s coming with a Free controller as well but it’s hard to say whether they are ... [»]
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