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Sony's PlayStation 3 debuted on November 17, 2006 to lines and crowds braving the weather to get their hands on the successor to the wildly popular PlayStation 2 (which sold over 100 million units) and PSone (the original PlayStation), the console that put Sony on the map in the gaming industry. The PS3 had a slow start, largely due to lack of compelling or exclusive games and a high price ($500-600), but Sony hopes to repeat the success of its last two systems over its proposed 10-year lifespan.
Despite initial criticisms, PS3 gained some momentum from several perks and more focused marketing. The unified minimum (and somewhat user-serviceable) hardware has simplified development (like wi-fi and a built-in hard drive) and every system doubles as a Blu-ray player (the cheapest on the market in its the first year). While PSN is not as feature-rich as Xbox Live, it's adding new content all the time, and the free price tag definitely has wide appeal.
Other contributions outside of gaming — such as being a part of Stanford University's Folding@Home protein folding research project — have given it appeal and cultural significance beyond just being a high-tech toy. Gaining some high-caliber exclusive titles such as Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, MotorStorm, Ratchet and Clank Future, Resistance 1 and 2, Gran Turismo 5, and God of War III has helped fuel the PS3's growing popularity as well.
The emphasis on casual games on the Wii and high hardware failure rates of the Xbox 360 are two of many factors helping the PS3 gain ground on its competition.
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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “PLAYSTATION 3”
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3D Dot Game Heroes release date is May 11, 2010 in America
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3D Dot Game Heroes has an North American release date of May 11, 2010 exclusively for PS3! It will be published by the awesome folks at Atlus, who should be receiving major kudos for bringing this amazing looking Zelda homage to our shores. If you haven’t heard of this game, then you are definitely in for a ...43 minutes ago -
Need for Speed Shift downloadable content adds news cars, team mode on December 3rd
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Need for Speed: Shift DLC has been announced by publisher Electronic Arts for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game. The new downloadable content for the newest racing game in the long-running Need for Speed series, will be released worldwide on December 1st on Xbox Live and December 3rd on the PSN ...1 hour ago -
Modern Warfare 2…Unannounced DLC?
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While there has been no announcement - yet - for DLC for MW2, a video has appeared showing a new Multiplayer mode. As reported by OXM : The first video of the as yet unnanounced ‘Global Thermonuclear War’ mode in Modern Warfare 2 has been discovered. Using a devkit, ModernWarfail2 has gained access to a ...1 hour ago -
Sony Giving Away Free Comics [Psn]
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While Sony’s digital comics store for the PSP won’t be launching until next month, that hasn’t stopped the company from teaming with IDW to give away some free comics to tide you over. Free doesn’t need a store! The publisher is offering an issue of Star Trek: Year Four – The Enterprise Experiment, which ...3 hours ago -
The Life and Times of Luigi [History Lesson]
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If you ever wanted to know why Luigi is thinner than Mario or how he bears living in the show of his older brother, this exhaustively researched article over on GamesRadar’s got you covered. “Luigi: A life in the shadows” cover the other brother’s origins from palette swap to star of his own (two) video ...4 hours ago -
New Need For Speed DLC Shifts to PSN Store
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Electronic Arts Inc . (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced an all-new Team Racing pack for the critically-acclaimed Need for Speed SHIFT™ . The content pack takes online racing to the next level with an action-packed new race mode and five renowned racing cars – all for free. The Team Racing pack is the first ...4 hours ago -
The Saboteur Community Update – Gone Gold!
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Pandemic has sent out the word that The Saboteur has gone GOLD! I’ve been keeping a close eye one this game and for one, think it’s a great looking game. The visuals are definitely stylized and from all of the buzz around the net, you can bet your ass that many gamers will be [...]4 hours ago -
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition and DLC trailer
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Fresh on the tail of some major Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition / Resident Evil 5 DLC news comes this trailer for “Lost In Nightmares”, the first bonus chapter in the upcoming batch of add-ons. In other RE 5 DLC news, word has it that the UK ratings board has let the name of the next chapter slip. According to a ...4 hours ago -
Video: Sony PlayStation 3: It Only Does Blu-ray Movies
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Sonys Senior Vice President of Marketing & PlayStation Network [b]Peter Dille[/b] has unveiled a new video from PS3s ad campaign today entitled It Only Does Blu-ray Movies. To quote: Next weeks Thanksgiving holiday marks the kick-off to the traditional retail holiday selling season. Its a key part of our year as ...4 hours ago -
Microsoft Denies “One Million Banned” Report [Microsoft]
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There are some out there who believe that during the recent wave of Xbox Live bannings, Microsoft kicked as many as one million people off their online service. It’s a belief Microsoft execs do not subscribe to. “We didn’t release the number”, Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten told VentureBeat. “I cannot ...5 hours ago -
PAIN developers working on PS3 blu-ray title
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Idol Minds, developers of PlayStation Network’s bone-breaking PAIN , is working on a new PlayStation 3 project, this one being a lot bigger than their first title. How so? This time around, it’ll be a full retail blu-ray disc game. Daniel Morrison, an environment artist at Idol Minds, lists an “unannounced PS3 ...5 hours ago -
PlayStation 3 Sales Up A Staggering Amount
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These past few months have been pretty good to Sony and its PlayStation division. In comparison to this time last year, things are looking excellent indeed. According to EEDAR (Electronic Entertainment Design And Research), sales for the PlayStation 3 are up a whopping 70 percent in October when compared to ...5 hours ago -
Virtual Console: Mario Kart, Smash Bros, Pilotwings, All Coming [Wii]
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Has a year of uninspiring selections all but made you forget the Wii’s Virtual Console even existed? Understandable. Might want to buckle up, though, because three of the most-requested games for the service are finally making an appearance. This coming Monday – November 23 – sees the release of the original ...5 hours ago -
Modern Warfare 2 Writer Reveals Alien & Undead Storyline That Never Was
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The Sci-Fi fans just shed a tear for what could have been. In an interview with GamePro , Modern Warfare 2 scribe, Jesse Stern, admitted that Infinity Ward actually considered a far fetched alien, and even undead, scenario for their latest CoD sequel: “In the beginning we talked about having things in Modern ...5 hours ago -
3D Dot Game Heroes: Pixilated Parody
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When you’re done talking to the King, you wander outside, grab the legendary sword, and proudly raise it above your head like an iconic video game hero who wears a green tunic.6 hours ago -
Valve Bans Gray-Market Modern Warfare 2 Keys [Banhammer]
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Some who bought CD keys for Modern Warfare 2 – no physicial media in other words – from import resellers have seen their access to the game vanish, as Activision has apparently asked Valve to ban such keys. A poster in Valve’s official forums complained that a key he bought through G2Play.net no longer ...6 hours ago -
Nintendo’s Denise Kaigler Has Left The Building [Business]
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Nintendo’s vice president of corporate affairs, Denise Kaigler , has announced that she’ll be leaving the company after less than two years in the position. Some may know Denise as that lady who replaced Nintendo fanboy icon Perrin Kaplan in the job. Others may know her as that lady who played splish-splash ...6 hours ago -
Modern Warfare 2 Review
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2 years ago Infinity Ward brought us Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and they set a new bar for singleplayer set-pieces and multiplayer. They’ve been working tirelessly on Modern Warfare 2 and it does not disappoint. Modern Warfare 2 has its single player portion that’s a complete sequel to the first Modern ...6 hours ago -
New Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Costumes In Action [Screens]
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Tecmo recently updated the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 casts wardrobe, offering style savvy ninja masters new, sometimes inappropriate attire for Ryu, Momiji, Rachel and Ayane. If you didnt download the pack, heres a revealing look at what youve been missing. Frankly, I think the four bucks is a small price to pay to ...6 hours ago -
New Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Costumes In Action [Screens]
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Tecmo recently updated the Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 cast’s wardrobe, offering style savvy ninja masters new, sometimes inappropriate attire for Ryu, Momiji, Rachel and Ayane. If you didn’t download the pack, here’s a revealing look at what you’ve been missing. Frankly, I think the four bucks is a small price ...6 hours ago
