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PS3 - Sony Responds To Microsoft 1080p Claim

It´s not often that Sony directly responds to a claim made by a competitor but this was one of those times.

Yesterday Microsoft revealed the XBox 360 would be able to support 1080p resolution content through a software upgrade
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PS3 - Backward Compatibility Having Slight Problems

One of the bigger questions surrounding the PS3 was how wll the backward compatibility would work. Overall things worked out well enough for PSOne games but some testing has found some PS2 games that do not want to play nice:


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PS3 - New Firmware Release

Sony has just made available yet another firmware release for the PS3. The main purpose of this fix is to take care of compatibility issues with older televisions that go to 1080i resolution.

On a somewhat releated note there is also
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PS3 - Firmware 1.5 Now Available (Updated)

Japanese PS3 owners have an upgrade to the system´s firmware available now, bringing them up to version 1.5. Several of the updates include being able to used the Edy prepaid electronic money to fund PlayStation Store purchases (which
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PS3 - Backward Compatibility Of Euro PS3s "Limited"

It´s been learned there was a slight change made to the insides of the Ps3 that will be coming to Europe and the UK on March 23- this change is making some doubt just how well the backward compatibility with PS2 games will be.


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PS3 - Euro PS3 BC Not So Limited After All?

Wasn´t long before the higher- ups in Sony heard about the concerns about backward compatibility in the UK and Europe. As you will recall, it was announced that the Emotion Engine chipset was being removed from the UK and European Pla
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PS3 - Karraker Clears Air About PS3 Rumors

David Karraker, senior communications director of SCEA, recently had an interview with gaming news blog Joystiq. A couple of the topics included the nonstop rumors regarding the backward compatibility and the supposed discontinuing of 20 GB
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PS3 - Backward Compatibility List Online

They said they would get the list out this week and sure enough, the list of PS2 games that will work in the UK/ Euro PS3 is now online.

Out of the 2,451 titles currently available a total of 1,782 will work on the PS3 with the so
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PS3 - New Firmware Available

Those wild and crazy guys at Sony are keeping busy with the PlayStation 3 firmware updates- we have another one available for download, bringing things up to version 1.82.

This update is a minor fix overall. The main feature here i
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PS3 - Price Drop, New Bundle Starting Today

The news from E3 has started already and the news is good if you were holding off on buying the PS3.

Effective today the price of the 60 GB model PlayStation 3 is dropped $100, bringing it to USD $499/ CAD $549. Big news in and of it
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PS3 - Latest Firmware Update Available

You may have noticed there is a new firmware update available today. This brings the system up to v. 1.92.

Other sites have run some stories with rumors of what this update does including...
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PS3 - New PlayStation 3 Rumble Controller

Great news directly from the show floor at the Tokyo Games Show, Sony are giving us the feature that we all miss from the PlayStation 2... rumble in the joypads! Find out all the news about the new range of controllers...
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PS3 - Talk of Budget PS3 Only Rumor, Say SCEE

Lately, there had been some talk that the possibility of the launch of a budget PlayStation 3 with a 40 GB hard drive, no USB ports and no backward compatibility.
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PS3 - So Much More Than Just a Games Machine

Sony's PS3 has just recently bagged an award at European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), which goes to show that the Playstation 3 has gained the recognition of being not only a high-end gaming console but also as a multimedia hub...
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PS3 - 40GB PS3 Officially unveiled

Much has been branded about the new model of Sony's hugely successful third generation console but, until now, Sony refused to confirm that a 40GB model actually existed.
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PS3 - Sony UK's Maguire Comments On Price Cuts

The complaint regarding Sony's PlayStation 3's hefty price has remained to be the consumers' main gripe.

However, Sony Computer Entertainment UK's Managing Director, Ray Maguire, might bear the news that UK gamers have been waiting
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PS3 - 40GB Sony PlayStation 3 - The View of a European Gamer

You will no doubt have read that Sony have just announced a cheaper version of the PlayStation3 for Europe. Sony made savings by removing the backwards compatibility with PS2 games amongst other things. Here is why I think it's great...
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PS2 - PS2 On Way Out, EA To Cut Prices: Analyst

Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel believes that Sony's Playstation 2 may be on its way out. This assumption was based on the NDP Group's report for September which shows that software sales for the said console is going on a downward tr
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PS3 - Amazon.com 40 GB Pre-Orders Sold Out

Last Tuesday, the new 40GB Playstation 3 by Sony Corporation managed to be a sell out with advanced orders at online retail store Amazon.

The new 40GB model, which will be officially released in the market at $399, includes...
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PS3 - Rumor Central: 80 GB On Way Out, New Models Coming?

There have been several stories going around lately regarding the fate of the 80 GB model of the PlayStation 3 and of new versions coming.

First up, there was an article saying Best Buy, one of the largest sellers of the PS3...
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