Sony announced last week it plans to release new firmware for its PlayStation 3 video game console. The new update will expose new capabilities in the PS3’s Blu-ray Disc player.
The free update for PS3 users in North America was to be posted by the weekend. Blu-ray Disc is the heir apparent to the crown […]
When Toshiba officially threw in the towel in the high-definition format war, eyes turned to Microsoft to see what the software giant would do about the Xbox 360’s support of HD DVD. Some expected Microsoft to quickly change gears and back Blu-ray Disc, but no such plans are in place.
“Xbox is not currently in talks […]
Perhaps not wanting to be the last off a sinking ship, Toshiba could soon be abandoning the HD DVD format it helped bring to market, if the Hollywood Reporter is to be believed.
According to the report’s sources, Toshiba will be pulling the plug on its HD DVD format sometime in the coming weeks. The official […]
The problem with Blu-ray drives is that the typical Blu-ray drive for notebooks is about 0.5 inches thick. The typical standard DVD drive for a notebook is only 0.28 inches thick. This represents almost twice the heft for the Blu-ray drive compared to the standard DVD drive.
Panasonic announced a new ultra-thin Blu-ray drive aimed at […]
Perhaps this can be considered a lesson for game developers eager to deliver tomorrow’s game technology today: Crysis hit the PC market with an exoskeleton-enhanced thud. The critically praised — but processing intensive — title sold a disappointing 86,633 units in the States following its Nov. 13 release.
Holding hands with Crysis is Epic’s Unreal Tournament […]
Thanks to Black Friday and the holiday buying season, the video games industry experienced blistering sales during November.
Nintendo walked away as the big dog, selling a record number of hardware units. The Nintendo DS handheld sold an astonishing 1.53 million units – 653,000 of them during Black Friday week. The Wii likely sold out its […]
Despite Sony Corp.’s CEO Howard Stinger calling the high-definition battle a simple matter of prestige, the Blu-ray Disc Association wasted little time in announcing yet another sales milestone.
Thanks the frenzy of buyers during the Black Friday shopping period, total Blu-ray Disc player sales have reached 2.7 million units in North America. The number, of course, […]
Unit sales and price point seem to have a direct correlation in this generation’s console race. After cutting the price of its 80GB PlayStation 3 to $499 and introducing a 40GB model at $399 in November, Sony experienced a significant uptick in sales of its high-tech hardware. Nintendo’s $249 Wii, which has been the cheapest […]
Just shy of its one year launch anniversary, the PlayStation 3’s system firmware has jumped a full version number. New features in version 2.0 include remote play, unlimited playlists, more Xross Media Bar customization and more.
Those with PSPs can make use of the improvements to the Remote Play linkage between the handheld and the PS3. […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Sony Corp will launch a cheaper model of its PlayStation 3 in the United States, hoping to attract more buyers as it goes up against rival game consoles from Microsoft and Nintendo this holiday. The company also cut the price of its highest-capacity model by about 17 percent. The new version of […]