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PlayStation Home Beta first impressions
Sony finally released the long-awaited PlayStation Home virtual world for the PS3 yesterday, and this morning we at Obsessable were finally able to get past all the multiple errors that Sony suffered during the first day and actually give the service a whirl.
PlayStation Home Beta first impressions
Sony’s First Touchscreen Walkman Revealed
Sony’s First Touchscreen Walkman Revealed
sonyinsider.com — Sony is set to debut a new 16 and 32GB drag and drop Walkman during CES 2009, according to trusted inside sources. This will be the most advanced music, video and photo Walkman music player ever released by Sony to date. While it was revealed before ... (more) Sony’s First Touchscreen Walkman Revealed
Sony rules out
Sony rules out
mcvuk.com — david reeves, playstation, psp, sony Sony rules out ‘PSP 2' Michael French Dec 11 2008, 1:42pm Be first to comment Euro boss says next-gen handheld not on the cards yet, but concedes lack of software has caused problems SCEE president David Reeves has ... (more) Sony rules out
Sony's PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet (SNE)
Sony's PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet (SNE)
alleyinsider.com — Sony's (SNE) PS3 is dying on the shelves. Alone among the three major videogame consoles, sales of the PS3 are down about 19% from November 2007, according to the latest stats from the NPD Group. Sony was only able to sell 378,000 PS3s this ... (more) Sony's PS3 A Sinking Ship: Sales Plummet (SNE)
3 Comments
  • galaga galaga
    +1
    After all this time... the NXE launched better, looks better, and has more interesting features.
    Posted 12/13/2008 respond (flag)
  • hellcatm hellcatm
    +1
    What do you expect its Sony.  I mean look at the games they've produced (all their MMO's are a bust because they screw them up).  Did you really expect home to be good?
    Posted 12/17/2008 respond (flag)
  • galaga galaga
    +1
    No, I had low expectations. But why not just hire the folks who did Little Big Planet to do it, and save everyone a lot of trouble?
    Posted 12/18/2008 respond (flag)
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