Famitsu has published the weekly sales figures in Japan, and for the third week in succession the PS3 has outsold the Wii (and sold 10 times that of the 360) with 58,000 units over 47,000 units. Remember the Wii is supply constrained just now but these are still pretty impressive figures. The biggest [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Ah, the sweet smell of hit-baiting sensationalism in the morning. According to everyone’s favourite* UK mega-site, Electronic Arts are making more money from their mobile phone games than they are from PS3 and PSP games. From financial figures posted about 2 months ago, EA made $37 million (about £12**) from mobile game profits, [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Although we’re sure it’s going to be a massive Christmas for the Wii, the lack of fresh AAA games over here in Europe appears to have had an affect on sales for the last week. The good news is that the PS3 is doing fantastic in Europe just now, the recent price cuts and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Great sporting rivalries bring out the ultimate black and white view in us all. It’s us or them, them or us. Think England versus Germany, England versus Argentina, England versus Scotland - wow, the English really are hated, aren’t they? - and FIFA versus Pro Evolution Soccer (PES). The new PES game is due [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 7, 2007
This Christmas is going to be very interesting, but as we all know, Europe loves footy and a cheap next-gen console to play it on. Enter the Pro Evo Soccer 2008 40 GB PS3 bundle, hitting stores on the 24th of October across Europe and the UK, for 429€ (£300). Bundle is exclusive to the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 5, 2007
Well, we were right all along. 40GB, 2xUSB, no card reader and NO PS2 playback. Looks like the 60GB is getting phased out, too, although it’s hard to tell from the wording. Anyway, here’s the full press release: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced details of its exciting new PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) model that [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 5, 2007
Finally it’s official. Now we just need the PS3 price drop press release and we can all go home happy. Microsoft today announced that Bungie will become an independent company, although Microsoft will retain an equity interest. The press release is worded so it’s not actually clear whether or not Bungie are now free [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 5, 2007
A swish new PS3 brand campaign is kicking off soon. That link shows the rather nifty Blu-Ray banner. Over at the official blog they explain it thus: computer animation to model key PS3 iconography in a black onyx world. If you follow the link you’ll see what it means, and yes it is a nice, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 28, 2007
Our French isn’t so good, but an exclusive PS3 plus PES 2008 pack is on the cards. From what we can make out it is to be a Christmas bundle which will go on sale in November. We don’t know if it is exclusive to France or not. There are already lots of bundles [...]
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