SCEE (finally) gets web integration
SCEE was quicker then SCEA on the forum integration with the PSN. But then overtaken again with the homepage integration. From today you’ll able to display your own gamercard from EU side (rather then state side)
The SCEE version of the gamer card will look like this.
Upon logging in on the secure website of eu.playstation.com [...]
100.000+ mails get caught up, 100.001+ hearts are broken
Like many of their other community members in Japan and North America, the European community waited with for their keys to their home but were left disappointed (again).
I’ve made a series of phone calls and I dont believe its something we can quickly fix so we’ll need the email team together on Monday morning to [...]
PSP will see significant growth next year
Sony Computer Entertainment America’s director of hardware marketing John Kollers believe the Playstation Portable will see significant growth next year.
“I think going into next year we’re going to see significant growth. We’re counseling retail to be ready for it. We have a number of very strong franchise games on the docket that will be launching [...]
MyBUZZ US goes live
With much excitement Jenny Barbour announced on the Playstation Blog that MyBUZZ has gone live in the US. You will be using MyBUZZ to create your own personalized quizzes on MyBUZZquiz.com and then play them online or in-game.
The quizzes will have eight questions with right and wrong answers. which you’ll be able to put in [...]
Pain has new expansion
We haven’t covered this PSN game very well but SCEA let know on the Playstation Blog that Pain has a expansion named The Amusement Park.
The expansion bring quite a bit of game play evolution from the development side and substanial input from people who post on their community site. They’ve been looking at the amount [...]
SOCOM beta having a hard time.
SCEA apologised to the beta testers of SOCOM: Confrontation for the abnormal latency, crashes, disconnections, long load times, login errors and community features such as clans and stats not functioning correctly (or at all)
Despite it still being in beta SOCOM: Confrontation showed similair issues Metal Gear Online had during it’s first days in (public) beta [...]
Watch out for the Home Beta scam
The folks at PS3Fanboy brought a scam to light which is used to try and steal you PSN password + email.
“Home Beta Injector” claims to be a program to generate a redemption code for the Home beta by simply inputting a valid PSN e-mail address and password.
Sounds great doesn’t it? It sounds to great and [...]
Europe to get 80GB SKU
Presdent of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe David Reeves confirms that the 40GB SKU will be replaced by the new 80GB SKU and will happen on the 17th of August.
Sony will be replacing the 40GB model with the 80GB and the price of the 80GB will be £299.00 or €399.00. David Reeves said:
“In PAL, we will [...]
Double Fusion as In-game Advertising Partner
Along with publisher and marketers Double Fusion will bring in-game advertisements to the PlayStation 3.
SCEA revealed a partnership in the past with The Nielsen Company to track the success of in-game advertising. Sony would share usage statistics from the PlayStation Network with The Nielsen Company, including which games people are playing most and what content [...]
Customer service will replace bricked Playstation 3’s
After being on the phone to Sony UK and Sony USA regarding firmware 2.40 and bricked Playstation 3’s, they told me that they will replace your PS3’s free of charge as long as you can prove its really bricked and not working with firmware 2.40 installed. How the hell are you supposed to do that? [...]
Community websites to appear for Games
According to joystiq’s Christopher Grant, Sony is trying to come up with a Bungie.net style community website for its games. During Christopher’s visit to Sony’s Pre-E3 Judge’s Event in LA, he noticed a recurring phrase in his handbook and that phrase was community website. it’s possible that Sony will make this happen.
LittleBigPlanet – While they’re “not [...]
Killzone 2 delayed because of 2008 line up
Sony Computer Entertainment America has told the world that the reason behind the delay for Killzone 2 is because of the strong and crowded line up this fall.
“Just wanted to add a quick reply on the “delay” of Killzone 2 to Feb 2009. To be clear, there is nothing wrong or causing a delay to [...]
PlayStation 3 software sales surge 410%
Jack Tretton was very happy when NPD released their monthly sales data for April. Tretton saw sales grow 410% in the US in April. Sales grew because of Grand Theft Auto IV and Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, combined produced a sales surge of over 2 million units.
The president of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Tretton said:
“Clearly, [...]
Grand Theft Auto IV drove PS3 hardware sales
Sony released a press release stating that the release of Grand Theft Auto IV drove Playstation 3 sales, continuing the success and legacy of the franchise on Playstation platforms. Analyst predicted that Grand Theft Auto IV would sell more on the Playstation 3, boosting the sales of the hardware along with Playstation 2 owners upgrading [...]
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