Sony PS3 Headlines

Times Of London Reports That The Playstation Maker Will Unveil "sacred-cow-slaying" Changes After This Week's Las Vegas Electronics Convention. more..

Tokyo, Jan 5 (reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp Is Likely To Announce Closures Of Japanese Factories And Major Divisions Early Next Month, The Times Of London Said On Monday, But The Company Denied Any Such Plan Existed. The Maker Of Bravia Flat Tvs And Playstation Video Game Consoles Faces Halting Sales And Mounting Piles Of Inventory In The Wake Of The Financial Crisis, Even As A Stronger Yen Bites ... more..

Tokyo, Jan 5 (reuters) - Japan's Sony Corp Is Likely To Announce A Restructuring Plan That Could Include Closures Of Japanese Factories And Major Divisions, The Times Of London Said On Monday, But The Company Denied Any Such Plan Existed. The Maker Of Bravia Flat Tvs Annd Playstation Video Game Consoles Announced A $1.1 Billion Savings Plan In Its Electronics Division In December, But It Needs ... more..

A Reuters Report (via Kotaku ) Claims That Sony Will Probably Announce Closures Of Japanese Factories And "major Divisions" In Early February. The Original Report From The Times Of London Cites Inside Sources That Claim The Company Will Be Making Big Changes, But Sony Spokesperson Atsuo Omagari Claims "we Do Not Have Any Such Plan." Last Month, Sony Announced It Would Be Cutting ... more..

Those Not Following The Heterosexual Lifestyle Are Frowned Upon In Playstation's Home, According... more..

A New Book By Two Of The Ibm Engineers Behind The Playstation 3's Cell Gives The Behind-the-scenes Story Of How Two Rival Consoles Ended Up Sharing Much Of The Same Technology. Read More... more..

Microsoft Has Said That Xbox 360 Has Sold Over 8 Million Units Across Europe, The Middle-east And Africa (emea), And Claimed This Gives It A Lead Of "more Than One Million" Over Its Rival, The Playstation 3. more..

The Development Of The Playstation 3's Much-discussed Cell Chip Cost Sony And Its Partners Five Years And $400 Million Dollars -- And Microsoft Then Worked With Ibm To Snag Some Of The Development Fruits And None Of The Failures For Its Own Console's Processor, Claims A New Book Written By The Cell's Leading Engineers. The Wall Street Journal Reports On A New Book By Two Leading Figures In The ... more..

In 2001, Sony Partnered With Toshiba And Ibm To Create The Cell Processor For Its Upcoming Playstation 3 Console. Sony Wanted A Brand New Processing Architecture, So The Three Companies Committed Themselves To Spending $400 Million Over Five Years To Design The Cell, Not To Mention The Additional Costs Of Building Two Production Facilities. The Target Launch Date For The Playstation 3 Was ... more..

Peach Direct, One Of The Nation's Leading Direct Marketers, Is Now Offering The Hottest Innovation In The World Of Gaming -- The Sony Playstation 3 For $20 Per Month. Featuring A Built In Blu-ray Disc Player, The Sony Playstation 3 From Peach Direct Is The "must Have" Machine For Any Home Entertainment System. "peach Direct And Sony? It's The Perfect Combination," Said Gary Bale, Executive Vice ... more..