Sony has announced that ITV’s streaming service ITV Player will be coming to the console for its UK users. There was no time frame given for the new service, but it will joins BBC’s iPlayer which is already accessible to PS3 owners. Sony also announced a new movie streaming service called Mubi would be coming [...]
Ps3 Archive
16th November 2009
Playstation 3 Slim – will this top the charts this Christmas?
No one can say that the PS3 hasn’t been a success in the console market, but it has lagged behind the family friendly Nintendo Wii and Microsoft’s powerful Xbox 360 in terms of sales. This was mainly due to it being delayed when it first came out and its price, which was substantially more than [...]
16th January 2009
GAME set to head into lucrative game renting market
Leading UK retailer of PC and Video games GAME has announced that it will be launching a game rental service on its website. The new service, which is similar to online movie rentals, will allow avid game players to borrow up to 2 games at a time for a monthly fee. Customers can choose a [...]
23rd August 2008
Sony Play TV – Available on the 19th September
Sony will release their new accessory for the Playstation 3, Play TV on September the 19th in the UK. Play TV is a Freeview box that connects to your Playstation 3 and allows you to watch and record your favourite TV programs onto the PS3’s hard drive. Play TV will also allow you to watch [...]
4th July 2008
Sony PS3′s new firmware gets pulled
Sony Entertainment has pulled the latest firmware update for their flagship PlayStation 3 console, as it received complaints from users that it rendered the system useless. The latest version 2.40 was released on the 2nd of July, but was swiftly removed following news of the problems. Sony Entertainment stated that it was only a small [...]
15th May 2008
Forget the Xbox 360, Ps2 is still outselling the Ps3!
So the Sony Playstation 2 might not be your first choice of console with its old technology, but in its day it was cutting edge and most of the good games still look fresh on it, like San Andreas Gran Turismo. Looking through the latest sales figures that Sony have released in 2008 the Playstation [...]
30th April 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV: Initial Thoughts
With Grand Theft Auto IV hot of the press everyone seems to have got there copies if they pre-ordered, we quickly checked eBay earlier with copies selling for around £65, not bad if you bought 2 copies you’ve made a nice quick little profit. The main worry was online play and how people would take [...]