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Sony Gets Serious Against Piracy With New PSP SOCOM

8:40AM February 18, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

Your used (or torrented) copy of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3, the latest entry in the SOCOM series for the PlayStation Portable, may be missing something: online play. More »


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Sony: Motion Control, 3D and PSN Are “Three Big Pillars” In 2010

8:40AM December 17, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

The PlayStation 3 and PSP will have a very good 2010, if Sony’s head PlayStation marketing guy John Koller is right. Part of that will be due to ventures into 3D gaming, a new motion controller and the PlayStation Network. More »


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Piracy Protection Is Why PSPgo’s Battery Isn’t Removable

10:30AM August 31, 2009 | Owen Good

In reconfiguring their portable, Sony paid attention. Pandora’s Battery made modding the PSP firmware, and thus software piracy, very easy. SCEA’s John Koller said the PSPgo’s battery was made internal-only for just that reason. More »


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Sony: Market-Boosting Slim PS3 Will Phase Out Old Models

8:40AM August 19, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

With three key changes to its guts, the new PlayStation 3 is more cost-efficient and poised to boost Sony’s market share, Sony told Kotaku today. Oh, and the slim has no rear power button. More »


The Great Experiment

12:00AM June 9, 2009 | Brian Crecente

In a week full of startling gaming news, from Microsoft’s virtual controller to Nintendo’s biometric add-on, Sony’s launch of a digital-download only gaming system has the greatest potential to be a game changer for the industry. More »


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Sony: 2009 Best PSP Software Year Ever

2:00AM April 17, 2009 | Mike Fahey

With a handful of big name titles announced and more on the way, Sony is confident that 2009 is going to be the PlayStation Portable’s best software year ever.

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SCEA: PS2 Price Drop Will Cut Into Wii, Eventually Help PS3 Sales

1:00AM April 3, 2009 | Brian Crecente

With a price drop to $99, the Playstation 2 is being repositioned as a family friendly video game console for the casual gamer.

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Sony: PS3 Still For ‘Early Adopters’

3:30PM January 15, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

The PlayStation 3 was released in North America in November 2006. That’s over two years ago. So we’re well out of the “early adopter” phase, right? Not according to Sony we’re not!

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Sony Have NO PLANS For A PSP2

7:00PM December 18, 2008 | Luke Plunkett

Time for another episode of “No Plans Watch”! This week, we feature Sony’s John Koller, who takes recent reports that PSP2 games are already in development and does his best to pooh pooh them.

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Sony ‘Interested’ In Downloadable PS2 Games, Not So Much Netflix For PS3

8:40AM December 10, 2008 | Michael McWhertor

With PlayStation 2 backward compatibility a thing of the past for PlayStation 3 owners, dreams of downloadable last-gen games may seem dashed. Or maybe not. Sony says it’s “interested” in offering downloadable PS2 software.

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