Sony NGP: Everything We Know So Far

By Wilson | On Monday, January 31st, 2011 - No Comments »

The next generation PlayStation Portable console was announced last week in Japan at the PlayStation Convention. Code named the NGP, this system has a lot to show off about. Sony has made the new NGP with less of an angular look on the sides much like the PSPGo system. The result is that the NGP is far more appealing than if Sony had used the previous 1000 through 3000 mold. The system will. 

Latest PS3 firmware hacked again

By Wilson | On Monday, January 31st, 2011 - No Comments »

What seems to be a reoccurring pattern of new firmware new hack has hit again with the PS3′s latest firmware version 3.56. The firmware version 3.56 was only released last week and was announced on a twitter feed by KaKaRo ToKs “pup from ps3utils and puppack/pupunpack from ps3tools in github.com/kakaroto can now pack/unpack 3.56 correctly.” Essentially this means that Sony is back. 

PS3 To Get Cloud Game Saving In OS Update

By Wilson | On Monday, January 31st, 2011 - No Comments »

PlayStation 3 games are reportedly expected to implement cloud-based game saving — whereby users can store save data to remote servers rather than on the PS3′s hard drive. According to a report in consumer weblog Kotaku, Sony’s telling its developers to be prepared for this “Online Saving” feature. This feature, rumored as an eventual possibility since 2009,. 

PlayStation Network Now Has 69 Million Users

By Wilson | On Friday, January 28th, 2011 - 1 Comment »

Almost 70m PlayStation Network accounts have been registered worldwide since the service launched. Speaking at the PSP2 reveal press conference this morning, SCE president and CEO Kaz Hirai said that over 69m accounts had been opened before January 25th. He also revealed that over 80 per cent of all PS3s are connected to the internet, as reported by Eurogamer. “PS3 has won its place as. 

Sony’s NGP Battery Lasts 4-5 Hours

By Wilson | On Thursday, January 27th, 2011 - No Comments »

Sony says the battery life of its next portable game machine will be on par with Nintendo 3DS. Next Generation Portable, which Sony announced on Thursday, will feature 4 to 5 hours of battery life, according to a Eurogamer source. This would put it on the same playing field as 3DS, which lasts 3-5 hours depending on the brightness and 3-D settings. Sony Europe CEO Andrew House, speaking. 

Sony NGP To Be Affordable

By Wilson | On Thursday, January 27th, 2011 - No Comments »

Sony’s NGP will cost somewhere between “affordable” and $599, according to PlayStation execs. The latest SCE honcho to comment on the handheld’s potential price point is Shu Yoshida, president of worldwide studios. “From the very beginning of the project – since 2008 – pricing was one of the considerations that we had,” he told Game Informer. “Hopefully. 

List of developers and publishers working on Sony NGP projects

By Wilson | On Thursday, January 27th, 2011 - No Comments »

Beyond the handful of games revealed onstage during last night’s big Sony event, an enormous list of developers and publishers currently working on games for this holiday’s Sony NGP has surfaced. Game Informer posted up the entire list broken down by region, which features big names like Activision, Ubisoft, 2K Games, Square Enix, and Capcom. Perhaps more notable than the big. 

Sony wants NGP out in ‘at least one territory’ by end of holiday 2011

By Wilson | On Thursday, January 27th, 2011 - No Comments »

Sony has appended a “Holiday 2011″ release date to its next-generation portable system (NGP), but hasn’t offered a timetable for individual regions. Will it be a worldwide launch? Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton didn’t provide an answer in his interview with Engadget, opting to pin Sony’s strategy on providence. “I know that’s. 

Sony NGP To Have Multiple SKU, 3G Not Standard

By Wilson | On Thursday, January 27th, 2011 - No Comments »

Everyone is going crazy for the Sony NGP at the moment, but this might be dampened a bit by the news that there will be multiple versions of the console, and that 3G won’t be standard. Much like the Xbox 360 and PS3 in its earlier life-cycle, there will be different models, all with different functionality. All devices will have Wi-Fi, much like the PSP, but not all of them will have. 

PS3 Firmware 3.56 Goes Live Breaks Jailbreak with Security‎

By Wilson | On Thursday, January 27th, 2011 - No Comments »

Sony has released Firmware Update 3.56 which included no usage to PlayStation 3 owners other than to effectively stop jailbroken PS3′s from accessing the PlayStation Network.  The security patch is likely the first in a long line of patches that Sony will need issue to combat the recent compromise of security on the platform.  A brighter note for PS3 players that have been experiencing.