PLAYSTATION

What began simply as the name of a gray console from a newcomer to the game hardware business has grown into one of the most powerful and recognizable brands in entertainment.  Sony's original PlayStation was borne out of a failed development deal with Nintendo for a CD-ROM add-on for the Super Nintendo.  However, rather than scrap the project, Sony pushed ahead with it, turning an add-on into a full-fledged console that would come to be synonymous with gaming, much the way Nintendo itself defined and was identified with gaming starting in the 1980s.

The console ran against the Sega Saturn and later the Nintendo 64 console, but a versatile software line-up and well conceived marketing eventually gave them a lead that would last through the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and only began to lose steam during the early years of the PlayStation 3.  It was during that time that Sony started making some bad decisions, used unfavorable viral marketing campaigns, and made lofty assumptions about how willing consumers would be to pony up the $500+ asking price for the new machine.

Regardless, the brand name has stood strong through four consoles and, while it has slowed a bit, it's nowhere near defeated.  

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• 11.10.09 - Jhb - 10h30

  
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• Scottish Hotel Bans Video Games [Uk]

  
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  Forget your PSP and DS at home! The oldest family-run hotel in Scotland, the Crieff Hydro , is asking guests not to bring video game hardware this holiday season in order to “restore traditional family values”. Traditional family values during the holidays? So like relatives getting in fights and drinking too ...
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• Sega Announces Bayonetta Special Edition for PS3 and XBox 360

  
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  Today Sega Europe has announced news of a Bayonetta Special Edition (pictured below) coming on January 8, 2010 to both Sonys PS3 and Microsofts XBox 360 consoles. To quote: Im very pleased to announce that a special edition of our forthcoming game Bayonetta will be available at launch on January 8th. Available to ...
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• Finally, Australia Gets Something Right [Bayonetta]

  
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  Australia has, sadly, been in the gaming news for all the wrong reasons these past few months. So, my fellow Aussie readers, here’s something to cheer you up: an antipodean exclusive! Namely, a giant, pink Bayonetta gun. Yes, if you thought Europe’s special edition of the game was nice, ours is nicer . It ...
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• Study Finds Wii Fit Produces “Underwhelming Results” [Nintendo]

  
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• Chesty Jake Vs. The Ostriches [Hollywood]

  
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• Do Sports Games Offer Truly West – Japan Game Industry Competition? [Fifa 10]

  
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• Square Enix Adding “Final Touches” To Western FFXIII [FFXIII]

  
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• Gold-Dipped PS3 Does Not Include 250GB Hard Drive [Wtf]

  
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• Nice Modern Warfare 2 Statue, Kotobukiya [Playstation Home]

  
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  Sony may actually have found a meaningful way to get people using PlayStation Home again, at least for a night, by giving away some sweet, sweet Modern Warfare 2 statues. If you join a Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer game via Home between 2100-0100 ET (1800-2200 PT) tonight, you’ll be in the running to win one of ...
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Review (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)

  
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• Asia, Europe Design PS3 Rag Doll Kung Fu Dolls for Us to Enjoy

  
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• Video: Sony 24-hour LittleBigPlanet PSP Game Jam Session

  
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• Dante’s Inferno Demo Incoming, “Gates Of Hell”

  
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• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

  
  Sal's Tavern .BLOG | The Well Rounded Blog — Authority: 121
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• Netflix on the PS3 Hands On

  
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• Netflix streaming to PlayStation 3

  
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  Do you know what I find SO great about XBox 360 users in the US of A? They have Netflix streaming movies right to their family rooms their their gaming consoles. But now, PlayStation 3 (PS3) users in the US of A are no longer left out in the cold. PS3 users can now subscribe and watch movies from Netflix right in ...
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• VIDEO: Need For Speed Gamers Race Real Mustangs

  
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