Sony PS3 Slim $299.99 preorders being taken by Kmart
Since Kmart jumped the gun this morning and updated their site to tease the upcoming Sony PS3 Slim, we’ve been eagerly hitting their link in the hope that the preorder page might show up. Sure enough,...
View ArticleSony Finally Gets Around to Officially Announcing Slim PlayStation 3
Well, it’s “been rumored“, it’s been “teased“, and there’s even been “a little bit of a pre-order situation going on over at Kmart,” but up until now, Sony has been all but against the thought of a...
View ArticleSony slimline PlayStation 3: all the details you need
The Sony PS3 Slim is finally upon us, and we’ve been gathering up all the information you might need in order to choose between the newly-discounted current models or hold off until the new version...
View ArticleSony PlayStation 3 Slim stand gets pictured
If you decided that the Sony PlayStation 3 slim will still take up to much space when horizontal, and that the vertical stand is a must, then this is what your $24 will get you. If we’re honest, we...
View ArticleSony PS3 Slim gets new, faster 45nm Cell CPU
Sony’s latest PS3 may be slimmer, smaller and quieter than its predecessor, but its real surprise may be lurking inside. The company has apparently updated their Cell processor built on 45nm processes...
View ArticleAmazon Limits Number of PS3 Slim Consoles Per Household
So, Sony announced the PlayStation 3 Slim yesterday, and while we’re sure you read about it, and are clamoring to get one, Amazon wants you to hold your horses. While they have the console up for...
View ArticlePS3 Slim never getting PS2 game support confirms Sony
Sony have confirmed that the PS3 Slim will never get PlayStation 2 backward compatibility. According to Sony’s director of hardware marketing, John Koller, PS2 compatibility is “not coming back, so...
View ArticleSlashGear Week in Review – Week 34 2009
Here we go again with another week in review for your perusal. A mystery Android-powered MID tipped up this week looking very much like those renderings of the Apple tablet to my eyes. It’s cool to see...
View ArticleSony PS3 Slim still sold at a loss; Motion-controller coming spring 2010
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Kazuo “Kaz” Hirai has confirmed that the company will continue to lose money on each of the $299 PS3 Slim consoles they sell, together with revealing that Sony’s...
View ArticleSony PS3 Slim Being Sold Early to Those Who Look Hard Enough
So, we’ll admit that that title may be a bit misleading. Why? Because it looks like people aren’t having to look that hard at all to find a few random (or perhaps not too random) pieces of Sony’s new...
View ArticleSony PS3 Slim teardowns splay new console’s guts [Video]
With Sony’s PS3 Slim showing up for sale all over, and word from the company themselves that retailers have been given the green light to begin swapping cash for consoles, it’s only right and fair that...
View ArticleMicrosoft Xbox 360 Gets More Rumors About Those Price Adjustments
When announcements are imminent, or even weeks away, it gets to the point where every day seems to be filled with he-said she-said shenanigans, and no company is left out in this process. Especially...
View ArticleSony PSP Go Torn Asunder and Inspected
Tearing down gadgets isn’t new. In fact, The PSP Go’s bigger brethren just went through the same thing. There’s plenty of reasons to do these things to new pieces of tech, but most of it revolves...
View ArticleMicrosoft Xbox 360 Makes Appearance on Amazon Germany
It’s looking more and more like online retailers are letting the ball slip on these kinds of things; or maybe it’s crafty marketing by the manufacturers, to get people enticed by early leaks and what...
View ArticleSony Slim PlayStation 3 Could See 250GB Upgrade As Early As Next Month
Who’s tired of official announcements? Well, we’re not, but let’s shake some things up with a bit of a leak, what do you say? Well, not so much a leak, as a rumor. A rumor from a mole. So you know just...
View ArticleSpawn Labs HD-720: remote console gaming on your PC [Video]
Spawn Labs have announced their HD-720 remote gaming adapter, and from the sound of it they’re trying to do to console games what Slingbox did for TV. The HD-720 hooks up to your console – both Xbox...
View ArticleNext-gen Wii in 2011 suggests Square Enix chief
Nintendo regularly quash Wii HD rumors, but they keep on coming back. Latest to reignite the speculation is none other than Square Enix chief Yoichi Wada, who has stuck his neck out and suggested 2011...
View ArticleNetflix eyeing other consoles, Blu-ray players, HDTVs; iPhone in future
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has confirmed that the company does not see its movie streaming service as remaining exclusively locked to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, and that one day they envisage access...
View Article250GB PS3 Slim bundles tipped in Norwegian leak
Sony may have denied the existence of any imminent 250GB PS3 Slim bundles, but obviously nobody told retailer GameStop in Norway. According to an apparent leak from their inventory system, several...
View Article1m PS3 Slim consoles sold; new 250GB version for Japan
Sony’s PS3 Slim may have only been on sale for three weeks – the compact console arrived on September 1st – but they’ve already shifted one million units worldwide. The PS3 Slim simultaneously hit...
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