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More details on HUB, this time from Sony

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

According to the Japanese press, Sony Asia’s managing director says games could eventually be downloaded from PS3’s online service.

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Apparently Sony’s muzzle doesn’t extend to Tetsuhiko Yasuda, the managing director of Sony Asia. A few days ago he spoke at the Taipei Game Show and made some ominous remarks about waiting until the PS3 was [...]

After hinting at a delay, more denials from Sony

Tuesday, February 21st, 2006

A new Sony spokesperson steps up to deny any plans for a PlayStation 3 delay, reaffirming a Spring launch.

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Yesterday, we got the first official admission from Sony that a PS3 delay might be in the cards. Or, at least, we thought so. At that time, a Sony spokeswoman (who wasn’t named in the article, [...]

Sony admits PS3 could be delayed

Monday, February 20th, 2006

A spokeswoman for the company says they hope to release PS3 in Spring, but waiting for Blu-ray and A/V specs could force a delay.

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For the first time, an official statement from Sony has acknowledged the possibility that the PS3 won’t meet the Spring 2006 launch deadline that the company set last May. They’ve been [...]

Sony stock drops after Merrill Lynch predictions

Monday, February 20th, 2006

The financial firm expects PS3 to be delayed until fall in Japan, but Sony holds strong to its spring release plans.

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Sony’s stock is down on the Japanese market today, following a report from Merrill Lynch that predicted Sony would be forced to delay the PlayStation 3 until Fall 2006 in Japan and early [...]

A week of hope, uncertainty, and lowered expectations

Sunday, February 19th, 2006

For a system that isn’t even pubicly playable yet, the PS3 has had one hell of a week. We recap it and explain what it all means.

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Seven days ago, no one had so much as touched the thing, and Sony was still pretending it could meet its Spring 2006 launch deadline. Now, with the [...]

PS3’s online service: The HUB

Friday, February 17th, 2006

More scoops for Next Gen — they reveal some insider info about PS3’s competitor to Xbox Live.

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We’ve heard a bit about the online service that Sony is planning for the PlayStation 3, particularly that it will be a “full-on assault” against Xbox Live. Now we’ve got some new info, including the tentative name [...]

A big PS3 speech scheduled for March

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Sony Worldwide Studios President Phil Harrison will deliver a keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose.

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Here’s another teaser: Sony might make some serious revelations about the PS3 at next month’s Game Developers Conference, held in San Jose, Calif., from March 20 to 24.
The big deal is a speech by Phil Harrison, [...]

Sony exec talks PS3 and piracy

Friday, February 17th, 2006

So here’s the biggest news from Taipei — a Sony Asia exec says the company will launch PS3 when it’s prepared to take on piracy.

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There wasn’t really any useful PlayStation 3 action at this week’s Taipei Game Show, but we did get a few words from the managing director of Sony Asia, Tetsuhiko Yasuda.
Yasuda [...]

No PS3 gameplay in Taipei

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Despite the flurry of launch news in the past couple days, the PS3 remains unplayable and behind glass. And the boomerang is back!

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Just like the Consumer Electronics Show, which was held in Las Vegas in January, there was hope for the Taipei Game Show. Not as much hope, but still a glimmer or [...]

September PS3 launch for US and Japan?

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Next Generation is reporting that sources who have seen the software launch dates on paper point to a date in mid-September.

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In what may be the first real break in PlayStation 3 launch news since last year’s E3, when Sony scheduled the system for the now-unlikely Spring 2006, the web site Next Generation has an [...]