DVD rental giant Blockbuster will begin filling their store shelves with Blu-ray discs starting this week. The company has announced that Blu-ray movies will now be available for rent and sale in all of its stores in the U.S. and Canada. After committing to the format in July, Blockbuster began offering Blu-ray in a limited number of stores. It was just a matter of time before the transition went company-wide.
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90 per cent of game sales will be online within ten years, says UK boss Maguire
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So we all know that the listings of ratings boards can often be sources upcoming releases. Well European ratings board, PEGI, has revealed quite a list that should have PSN fans dripping. The info comes from the PEGI site (compiled by Videogames Blogger), and it packs some very exciting titles, particularly for Tekken, Ridge Racer and WipEout fans. Bust a Groove Crash Bandicoot 3 Colony Wars Cool Boarders 2 Cool boarders 3 Destruction Derby 2
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Sony may not have expected a huge Day One for PlayStation Move, but it seems to have done OK for itself during Month One: The company just announced that the motion controller has shipped 1 million units in the Americas since it launched on Sept. 17. SCEA boss Jack Tretton told MSNBC he expects demand to exceed supply until next February, saying "We had to go back and increase production twice, we're absolutely maxed out right now."
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Sony Computer Entertainment is set to make a global announcement this week regarding the PS3 which has witnessed three months of declining sales. Analysts are tipping either a massive price drop for the PS3 or the launch of a brand new browser and online content. In addition the $99 PS2 is on the cards.
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Sony said it will combine its VAIO personal-computer, Walkman and PlayStation businesses in the Networked Products & Services Group to focus on creating gadgets that can work with each other and connect to the Internet. Kazuo Hirai, who's in charge of the game business, will head the new division. "Sony has gone into emergency mode", said Naoki Fujiwara, from Shinkin Asset Management Co."They have no time to waste and have to push even harder on their accelerator to speed up restructuring."
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There may be a trend towards the Wii for a little while, and the 360 may be leading in sales at the moment, but the PS3 is a ten-year system. In other words, the system is yet in its infancy... but what does Sony mean by that? Tempted not to post as it may be regarded as Sony bashing but it is an Interesting well written article and the author makes some good points.
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Sony to raise prices by up to a third to offset tumbling value of the pound. Over the next few months the Japanese company will charge retailers more for a number of its products. However, industry experts have predicted that the price increase will not be passed on to customers because shopkeepers are desperate to encourage spending. Sony announced the move just days after the pound fell to its lowest level against the euro, meaning the company was making less money from British sales.
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"Sony has announced PlayStation-edu, a new initiative that will sell PS2 and PSP development kits to universities for students to learn engineering and programming skills on real-world console and handheld hardware."
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Sony's sent out a note to Home beta testers telling them that Ubidays 2008 will be the first publisher event to be broadcast in the new Media & Events space within the service.
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