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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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Dynasty Warriors Returns in February with Online Multiplayer
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ONLINE MULTI-PLAYER DYNASTY WARRIORS®: STRIKEFORCE COMING TO CONSOLES ON FEBRUARY 16, 2010 Launch multi-player tactical raids on Imperial China from your Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system The world’s premier action franchise is back ...3 hours ago -
PlayStation 3 Game: Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle & $40 Amazon Credit for $78.99 Shipped
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PlayStation 3 Game: Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle & $40 Amazon Credit for $78.99 shipped after coupon code BUY80G20. Here is a screenshot, along with a review of the game for your reference. The offer is also available for the bundle on Xbox 360 platform. Most places have this game bundle for PlayStation 3 or ...5 hours ago -
More Greed Corp Info Revealed
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Glory to the Empire! The all-powerful military faction from Greed Corp and the Mistbound universe revealed. Relentless, organized and maintaining balance in the world by force. They are the Empire, the unchallenged military power in Greed Corp, the innovative turn-based strategy game from W!Games releasing on ...6 hours ago -
Need For Speed: Shift Gets Team Based DLC This December
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EA has just revealed the first downloadable content pack for its revitalised racer Need For Speed: Shift. The new content will add a brand new team based game mode and five new cars. More info below The Team Racing mode brings a fresh new challenge to SHIFT by completely redefining online racing. In this mode, two ...6 hours ago -
REVIEW: Assassin’s Creed II (360/PS3)
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The original Assassin’s Creed was one of those games that gamers would have loved, but had enough issues to earn it mediocre reviews and gamers venting frustration ( review .) Developer Ubisoft Montreal heard the complaints, and took great pains to amend them, making one of the best games of the year. ...7 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 ...9 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 ...9 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 ...10 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 ...10 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 ...10 hours ago -
Sony Announces Current PSN User Base Figures
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The PlayStation 3 is not the only one to have recently turned three , the PlayStation Network also shares the same birthday, marking it’s third year of service PlayStation users. Starting on the PS3 the network expanded onto the PSP, and, in some respects, onto the PC. With numerous firmware updates, and ...12 hours ago -
GCHQ recruiting via Xbox Live
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Have you ever fancied yourself as James Bond? Of course you have, we all have. But there’s no need to play the mostly shoddy movie-to-game adaptations in order to fulfill the dream because the British intelligence services are now recruiting via video ads delivered on Xbox Live. But not PSN, strangely.GCHQ ...13 hours ago -
Left 4 Dead 2’s Midnight Riders to get own DLC?
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Left 4 Dead 2 may have only been out for a hot minute so far, but already the DLC hints are surfacing on the web. A teaser page has appeared for the in-game band Midnight Riders. While there is no information provided, save for a single image and some back dated journal entries, some are speculating that the Midnight ...13 hours ago -
Call Of Duty MMO game on way?
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The latest Call Of Duty game, Modern Warfare 2, has already racked up sales records and the franchise doesn’t look like dying anytime soon. However, it could be about to switch genres, with rumors of a Call Of Duty MMO on the way.The speculation over a Call Of Duty MMO began with one line in [...]Related posts: ...14 hours ago -
Final Japanese Final Fantasy XIII trailer arrives Tuesday
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Square Enix has begun the countdown for their final Japanese trailer for Final Fantasy XIII , which will release on December 17, 2009 in the land of the rising sun. The trailer should arrive in four days and will presumably be the last video out of Japan we’ll see until the game actually launches and gamers start ...14 hours ago -
PlayStation LifeStyle Playlist 11/20/09
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After yet another dreadful work week has past, gamers like to kick back and unwind by popping our favorite games into our favorite console. We here at PlayStation LifeStyle are no different. Find out what the PSLS staff will be playing this weekend, and share your very own weekend gaming playlist. I guess I can go ...15 hours ago -
Keighley: “Around 10 games still unannounced” at the VGAs
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The Video Game Awards is going to be a lot like an E3 in December when it comes around next month. There’s going to be game announcements, but not just one or two, no. Geoff Keighley has said on his Twitter account that there will be much more than that. “I think we have around 10 games still unannounced,” he ...15 hours ago -
It Only Does Blu-ray Movies
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Next week’s Thanksgiving holiday marks the kick-off to the traditional retail holiday selling season. It’s a key part of our year as many people who may not be hardcore gamers begin their research for the hottest gift items. Naturally, we expect the PS3 to be on a lot of those lists this year. This ...15 hours ago -
New ModNation Racers Trailer – Express Yourself
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This game looks more and more fun every time I see a new trailer for it! I have always loved playing Mario Kart but never bought my own Nintendo system just for that one game, this is like Mario Kart on steroids, you can make your own tracks and play them online with friends. Due [...]16 hours ago -
Taking Revenge on Dangerous Plants in Ubisoft’s Avatar
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OSAKA — There weren’t many Western games on display at Games Japan Festa this year, and of those that were, nearly all had already been released in the United States. A notable exception was Avatar , the game based on the James Cameron film that is coming to theaters in December (it’s the one with the blue ...16 hours ago
