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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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Final Fantasy XIII scans reveal Vanille’s summon
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The latest batch of Final Fantasy XIII scans are out today and while they only come in two pages, we do see a significant reveal: Vanille’s summon. Now, I’m not sure of the summon’s name or anything like that, but it seems to suit her well. I may just be saying that because it’s pink, though. Also in the ...3 hours ago -
Capcom Punching Two Sidescrollers Your Way
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Do you remember this game? Final Fight was originally released back in December 1989. Magic Sword was originally released July of 1990. What do these games have in common? Besides being almost 20 years old and from Capcom , they are both sidescrolling fighting games and will both be getting re-released onto the ...3 hours ago -
Super Street Fighter IV fact sheet
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Super Street Fighter® IV, the ultimate vision of Street Fighter®, will be coming to the Xbox 360®video game and entertainment system from Microsoft® and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system in Spring 2010. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Street Fighter® IV will further redefine the fighting ...8 hours ago -
Batman: Arkham Asylum Collectors Edition for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 for $64.78 Shipped
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Batman: Arkham Asylum Collectors Edition for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 for $64.78 shipped. Here is a screenshot, along with a review of the game for your reference. Most places have this game on PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 for about $98.8 hours ago -
Mercenaries Incorporates and Plots Revenge
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Last week, Pandemic Studios was shut down and absorbed by EA games. EA fired over 200 Pandemic employees, but kept 35 employees to work on the Saboteur. It was believed that EA kept these employees only to finish their current games in development, but the former Pandemic employees will be continuing one of their most ...9 hours ago -
Super Street Fighter IV Trailer
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A few old friends – namely Guy, Cody, Adon, Tihawk, Deejay and Juri – return for Super Street Fighter IV , in this GameTrailers video. We’ll be waiting for Super Street Fighter IV Alpha Turbo Remix , ourselves.10 hours ago -
SG-PSP Episode 78: Blu Whale Penis
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Episode 78 of the Blu Show is here! Rothbart, PacmanPolarbear, and Frawlz are back and having a funky good time talking about the latest God of War Collection, the PSP Comic Book Reader, Sony Convergence, roomahs (both discussed and smashed), listener questions, Sarcastic Gamer Racing League, plus a lot more! We ...11 hours ago -
Nintendo Wii Game: MySims Agents for $37.95 Shipped
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Nintendo Wii Game: MySims Agents for $37.95 shipped. Here is a screenshot, along with a review of the game for your reference. Most places have this game for about $49.12 hours ago -
Tron Races to Big Reveal Next Month
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The VGAs or Video Game Awards are airing pretty soon and it looks like besides just awards there will be a pretty hefty reveal coming in the form of Tron. There have been rumors for quite a while now about the possibility of a Disney made Tron game to follow alongside the movie that is set for release in 2010. ...12 hours ago -
BioWare: PS3 Development to be In-house from Now Onward
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BioWare has revealed an aim to do all PS3 development in-house from now onward. This news follows the good experience it had from working on the console version of Dragon Age: Origins for the PlayStation 3. To quote: "We think its one of the key platforms, obviously, so were definitely going to be doing PS3," ...13 hours ago -
Alpha characters join “Super Street Fighter IV”’s final fight!
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Adon, Cody, and Guy have officially joined Juri, T. Hawk, and Dee Jay as additional characters in the upcoming Super Street Fighter IV. Adon, former disciple of Sagat first seen in the original Street Fighter, was around for all the Alpha series, while Guy and Cody, first seen in Final Fight, joined the world warriors ...13 hours ago -
GT5 Special Edition Caught Speeding Through Amazon.fr
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Shouldnt that read "Non Officiel Box Art" or something? Gran Turismo 5 is still a long ways off from being completed, having only recently finally received a Japanese release timeframe of March 2010. A “Special Edition” has surfaced on the French version of online retailer Amazon’s website, and is already ...13 hours ago -
LittleBigPlanet “Leerdammer” Update Bringing Online Create Mode, Dropping Score System
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LittleBigPlanet — what I like to call “The Game That Keeps on Giving” — will continue its giving ways on Monday, November 30th with perhaps the most significant free update since the game’s launch. So what’s so significant about it, you ask? That’s easy. Update 1.21, codenamed Leerdammer, will finally ...13 hours ago -
Codemasters: People buy Xbox 360 & PS3 for online multiplayer, the Wii is different
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Online multiplayer is a relatively recent feature on consoles, but is something that PC gamers have been enjoying for years. It’s an important part of console gaming now, with some games only truly coming to life when taken online. However, is it the be-all-and-end-all for the PS3 and Xbox 360? And is the Wii the ...14 hours ago -
Nolan North talks Uncharted 3 & Uncharted movie casting
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Nolan North is the actor and voice actor that has been in so many video games that the list of titles takes up around a third of his Wikipedia entry. He’s best known for his roles in Assassin’s Creed (Desmond Miles), Prince Of Persia (The Prince), and Uncharted (Nathan Drake). And he recently spoke about ...14 hours ago -
Meet the Super Street Fighter IV Newbie
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Back in February Capcom announced that they would be bringing out Super Street Fighter IV sometime in 2010. This game would fix some issues that Street Fighter IV had as well as revamp the online portion. They also stated that eight new characters would be joining the roster. They announced three right off the ...16 hours ago -
Michelle Franklin Interview: Four PS3 Games, new WRPG
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Michelle Franklin, who’s LinkedIn profile showed four unannounced PS3 games in the works back in October , sat down for a chat with us about those games and about games she was working on at the time. Back then, there were four, but now she’s only working on one unnamed project. The reason being is that we’re ...18 hours ago -
This Final Fantasy XIII ad is straight out of Japan
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I always wondered what was going on with Japan and their fifteen-second video game TV spots. Are all commercials like this, or just those based on games? Guess I’d have to live in Japan to know. Here’s another for Final Fantasy XIII , which hits Japan on December 17th (those lucky dogs). Square Enix has done a ...19 hours ago -
PlayStation 3 Bundles Become Holiday’s Hottest Seller
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This week has been a great week for gamers and entertainment fans alike with the unbelievable deals of hardware, games and accessories. Only yesterday it was revealed that BestBuy, GameStop and other large retailers were going to provide the PlayStation 3 Slim 120GB model with 2 games or more for the standard ...21 hours ago -
LOC Classic: Algernon’s Black Friday Remote
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From 2006: We sent Algernon to the local electronics store to cover the sales of the PlayStation 3 on Black Friday. He took us a bit too literally, and he paid for it.21 hours ago
