Covers a lot of aspects concerning how format war affected Bluray manufact. & the future. Too long to summarize, but a good read. Excerpt: "Sony basically bet the entire company on the format—plowing over a billion $ into the PS3 trojan horse, & as far as we know, another 1/2 billion on largesse for studios to go Blu." "even after 2.0 players hit the market, new 1.1 players will continue to roll out. Different players will be labeled either "BonusView" or "BD-Live," not 1.1 or 2.0"
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E3 08 may be off for a couple months but that does not imply that information may not leak ou to the suspecting and unsuspecting public "Sony looking out to acquire a real big studio in the near future, Philly's departure sets the tone for this industry gig."
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Sony has up its sleeves a top-secret game headed to PS3 in 2009 that will apparently showcase a new standard in "story-telling and immersion" on games consoles. The BBC reports having been shown supposedly "in-game" footage of the super-confidential title, but has been sworn to secrecy.
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TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Things seem to be looking up for Sony Corp. After a tough first year, sales of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) are finally gaining momentum while the company's new flat television is reviving its reputation for innovation. The iconic Japanese company, recovering from a profit slump, is enjoying brisk sales of digital cameras and other electronic goods and expects its operating earnings to soar more than six-fold this year.
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Already scheduled for release in Japan later this month, the new model comes with an integrated power supply and is lighter due to revised internal architecture. The redesigned unit will come in three colours – Charcoal Black, Ceramic White and Satin Silver, with matching vertical stands sold separately.
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But games division losses double, dragging down overall figures.
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Cowen Group analyst Doug Creutz is far less optimistic about the course of the PlayStation 3's market share, however. "Our console estimates include a further share shift towards the Nintendo Wii and away from the Sony PS 3," he says. He expects PS3, which sold 3.6 million units in 2008, to sell 4 million units in 2009, compared to his previous forecast of 6.25. Projections for 2010 of 4.5 million units suggest the analyst believes the PS3 could pick up by that time.
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The patents were filed on January 21 and approved on June 26. The first patent details a touch screen with multiple "tactile pixels" that would "vibrate in response to the change in state of the touch screen." The second patent discusses Wii-like motion-recognition capabilities. That second patent could also apply to the rumored PS3 motion controller, which is said to use hand or feet sensors to control in-game movements on a 1:1 scale.
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Universal Studios, once Hollywood's top backer of the doomed HD DVD video format, will soon release all its new videos on the victorious Blu-ray rival at the same time as its standard DVDs. The studio is set to announce Thursday that the program will kick off in the summer with the recent box office flop "Doomsday." Universal's Blu-ray strategy includes plans to release about 40 titles in the second half of the year.
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Sony Corp has frozen its employees' salaries for a year starting in April, in an attempt to improve the company's flagging profitability. Earlier this year, Sony announced plans to cut USD 2.8 billion costs by 2010, following estimates that it is to lose JPY 150 billion (USD 1.68 billion) for the financial year ending March 2009. Sony Corp's stock price finished trading at USD 20.87 per share, up by 2.05 per cent or USD 0.42, from the previous close.
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