IBM might be lagging slightly behind the likes of Intel and Microsoft in the 45nm department, but rest assured that a 45nm version of Cell is in the works and most certainly headed for the PS3. A 45nm chip would mean the console would be cheaper to build and would run much cooler than the current 90nm chip.
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Q3 Unit sales of Hardware (Unit: million) PS2 5.4 PS3 4.9 PSP 5.76 Unit sales of Software (Unit: million) PS2 60.9 PS3 26 PSP 18.3 Q3 Sales&Operating revenue (millions of U.S. dollars) Sony Corporation $25,079 Game $5,098 Operating Income (millions of U.S. dollars) Sony Corporation $1,661 Game $113 Net Income (millions of U.S. dollars) Sony Corporation $1,756
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Sony Corporation has reported that it made a loss of JPY 98.9 billion (USD 1.04 billion) in the financial year to the end of March 31, 2009. The Game segment saw the biggest decrease in sales year-on-year, down 18 per cent to JPY 1.05 trillion (USD 10.7 billion), with the currency fluctuation and decrease in unit sales of the PlayStation 2 cited.
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"The bad news about Sony hasn't run out yet," Seiichiro Iwamoto, of Mizuho Asset Management, told Bloomberg.
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Sony Computer Entertainment has added support for the YouTube API to the PS3 SDK. According to Japanese website ITmedia, the experiment is being supported globally and is designed to let developers easily integrate YouTube uploading into games made for the system, helping developers onto Sony's user-generated content bandwagon.
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At least that's what John Koller, head of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment of America, told VG247 earlier this week. "We had our largest sales year ever last year, and we'd look to go about 10-15 percent north of that this year," Koller said of the PSP, citing the upcoming software packs and software lineup as reason for his confidence. Continuing, Koller noted, "We also had our best sales year for PS3 last year and we'll look to go north of that by a similar percentage."
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Square-Enix has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that it will be releasing 12 classic PlayStation games from its library, available for download via the PlayStation Store.
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According to this, SCEE�s planning to drop certain PS3 titles to �40 this autumn. There�s no source given for this, but we�ll check with Sony on Tuesday (tomorrow�s a bank holiday in the UK, remember). Apparently, the titles up for reduction are: * Resistance: Fall of Man * Lair * Folklore * Formula One Championship Edition * MotorStorm * Ridge Racer 7 * Heavenly Sword * Genji
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Sony considers selling digital and animation studios, to raise more money
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Speaking to VideoGamer.com, SCEE chief David Reeves said that he didn't believe the Xbox 360 was a sinking ship but revealed that Sony had a "really good Christmas coming up". "I think we honestly have a better line-up on PS3 than they probably do on Xbox. They've had two or three Christmases now, I can't remember how many, you know, but I think we've got a really good one coming up. Not just Christmas but in the summer as well."
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