It’s not a secret that the PlayStation 3 got off to a bad start. The system and those that birthed it, riding high on the invulnerability of the PlayStation 2, approached the marketing of the black monolith with a high-minded hubris that was unfathomable. Early ads declined to show gamers actual gameplay, instead focusing on a series of increasingly bizarre scenarios, from creepy babies to oily tentacle monsters. In the space of two short years, the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360 eclipsed the goodwill hard earned by the incredibly fragile PS2, relegating Sony to a distant third place in both market share and mindshare. Continue reading »
May 182010
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Sony has announced today that they will be offering an extended warranty package for PlayStation 3 and PSP systems, apparently in response to demand from consumers.
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Nov 192009
Those entered into the Xbox Live Preview Program broke the bad news to us: the Facebook integration built into the latest Xbox dashboard update wasn’t going to bring any meaningful or useful functions for gamers out-of-the-box. Sure, we’ll be getting screenshot functionality at some point, but as it stands it’s about connecting to your real life friends in a very manual way: boot up the Facebook dashboard app and browse photos or update your status. Something, it should be noted, that you’ve been able to do with the PS3 browser since it launched.
