Sony Computer Entertainment is poised to announce deals with software companies and internet service providers to try to reverse the dismal performance of its PlayStation Portable handheld games machines.
But good things expected next time... honest
Sony 's games division losses will be worse than expected and could exceed $2bn for the fiscal year ending in March, vnunet.com can reveal. Executives told reporters and analysts in Tokyo today that they blamed a shortfall in sales of the costly PlayStation 3 video games console and the PlayStation Portable (PSP).
Sony 's games division losses will be worse than expected and could exceed $2bn for the fiscal year ending in March, vnunet.com can reveal. Executives told reporters and analysts in Tokyo today that they blamed a shortfall in sales of the costly PlayStation 3 video games console and the PlayStation Portable (PSP).
Sony suffered a 5.3 per cent slump in profits over the last quarter, with delays over its PlayStation 3 console to blame, the company has revealed. Sony blamed the delayed launch of its PlayStation 3 console and poor sales of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) device for the ...
At 10.37 am, Sony, the world's second-largest consumer electronics maker, was down 140 yen or 2.49 pct at 5,490, off a low of 5,480, on volume of 4.20 mln shares.
Sony, the film to computer games giant, has suffered a 5 per cent fall in quarterly net profit as PlayStation 3 losses outweighed a pre-Christmas recovery in its struggling consumer electronics and mobile phone operations....
Portable console players rejoice! Midway has announced new titles for both the Nintendo DS and Sony’s PSP. These games are being developed with the “casual gamer” in mind (think Brain Age, folks).
After a tumultuous start to his reign at Sony , Sir Howard Stringer may be on the brink of keeping a promise few thought achievable: group margins of 5 per cent by March 2008.
TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Sony Corp's operating profit was 15 pct lower in the fiscal third quarter to December than a year before because its game business suffered a huge loss due to the swelling start-up costs for its next-generation PlayStation 3 (PS3) game consoles, the company said.
Sony Corp. posted a 15 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Tuesday after massive losses at its game unit offset robust sales of flat TVs, but raised its annual outlook closer to market expectations.
Japanese electronics giant Sony reports a drop in profits as high costs at its game unit offset strong TV sales.
Japanese electronics giant Sony reports a drop in profits as high costs at its game unit offset strong TV sales.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. posted a 14.9 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Tuesday after massive losses at its game unit offset robust flat TV sales, but it raised its annual outlook closer to market expectations.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. posted a 14.9 percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Tuesday after massive losses at its game unit offset robust flat TV sales, but it raised its annual outlook closer to market expectations.
Hot new consoles and smash hit titles take the company to new heights in the $30 billion video game biz
LONDON – JANUARY 29, 2007 – Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), a leading interactive entertainment industry publisher and developer, today announced the development of two titles for handheld video game systems designed with the casual gamer in mind.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO the INQ proudly presents this week's Monday morning games round-up. Xbox 360 Microsoft has begun to be a little more pessimistic with shipment estimations for Xbox 360 in the coming year or two.
Last year was big. This year is huge. Here are a few dozen reasons why 2006 saw the launch of a couple new platforms, the building success of others and the death - more or less - of at least a few more.
THE MAKER OF the PSP console, Sony seems to think that imitation of Microsoft's XBox 360 promotional material is the sincerest form of flattery.
Score one for the "driving games are all the same" crowd: Sony's been caught using a Project Gotham Racing 3 graphic to promote Gran Turismo HD Concept, apparently unaware of its mistake.
March 23 isn’t far – if you need to, start saving for PS3 now.
Sony's critics may baulk at the high price of PS3 but according to the retail sector, it's consumers who will ultimately decide whether GBP 425 is too much to ask when the console arrives on March 23.
Kuju Entertainment has been creating games for more than 15 years and now has six studios in the UK. The developer's best-known games include Buzz! The Sports Quiz, Dark Messiah of Might and Magic and several instalments in the EyeToy and SingStar series.
Rockstar can't confirm or deny reports that Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories is on its way to PlayStation 2. Speaking to Eurogamer this morning, a spokesperson gave us the usual line about not being able to comment on "rumour and speculation".
MCV's sister magazine Develop reports that Sega has signed up the rights to publish a brand new PSP game produced by Kuju's Brighton studio.
Ubisoft has announced that its first ever Driver game will be released for PSP in March, eight months after it acquired the licence from Atari.
Mobile Magazine has an interesting rumour today claiming that some GBA and Nintendo DS ports of some older Nintendo games may end up being re-ported to SOny's handheld.
As we enter the first true year of gaming’s much heralded next generation, leading US consumer site GameSpot has revealed its most anticipated games for 2007.
FURTHER DISCUSSION on the next iterations of the PSP and Xbox 360 continued last week, and have been promptly disposed of into the Monday morning gaming round-up.
Fan sites are abuzz over reports of a PSP sequel. “Baloney” says Sony.
GamesIndustry.biz has learned that Sony Computer Entertainment has chosen HMV as the official retail partner for the UK launch of PlayStation 3.
Three Final Fantasy games are in the works for PSP, with Square Enix bringing Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition , Final Fantasy II Anniversary Edition , and enhanced remake Final Fantasy Tactics: The Lion War to Sony's gleaming handheld.
Canada enjoyed a videogame boom last year, with sales rising 22 per cent over 2005, to a total of CAD $933 million (EUR 613m), according to data from the NPD Group.
Those of you taking advantage of Sony's new PlayStation emulation kit for PSP without being illegal about it will be pleased to learn that you can now get your hands on another '90s 'classic', Rally Cross.
I’M CONFUSED . I went to CES last week where I managed to get at least three or four conflicting reports about where Blu-ray going and how it’s going to get there.
As the Interactive Entertainment Association of Australia prepares to release 2006 software and hardware figures, Sony and Nintendo have both announced strong sales in the territory.
MumboJumbo TM today released a new video featuring detailed footage of seven unique levels of LUXOR 2 TM , the heavily anticipated follow-up to 2005’s #1 casual game.
Symantec stokes Apple hype engine Apple's iPhone is unlikely to become a gateway device for mobile malware, Symantec says.…
A USB power unit from Ultima Store offers an answer to the problem of charging portable devices on the move. This pocket-sized USB Power Pack is designed to recharge or power portable devices that are usually charged off the mains or a computer’s USB ports.
Transferring old video to a digital format is a great way of ensuring precious memories are kept and shared, however, getting video onto a computer in the first place can be a bit of a lottery.
Three teenage boys were beaten and robbed for a games console by a gang in Richmond Road. The teenagers were attacked by a gang of four other boys aged about 15 on Wednesday, December 27, just after 9.30pm.
CONSOLE NEWS has flown out this week, here is your weekly glut of gaming information and games related linkage.
AFTER RUNNING around like a crazy at CES for four days of propaganda and wooing, I've seen a couple of trends that didn't make the mass media hype brigade.
WHEN IT COMES to the HD-DVD versus Blu-ray battle, the winner is neither, they will both lose. Blu-ray will lose much quicker than HD, but neither will achieve the critical mass necessary to take off before the net overwhelms them.
It has been a particularly brutal and cold blooded week on the verbal battlefield between the warring Microsoft and Sony corporate armies. Both have been busy "giving it all that," back and forth, non-stop, on and on.
With a few exceptions, Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable hasn't had many good games since it was released a few years ago. The new "Metal Gear Solid: Portal Ops," (Rated M, $39.99) is one of those rare titles to buck that trend.
EA was the big winner again in the full year publisher rankings for 2006, but fellow US giant Activision tumbled down the table – while THQ and Ubisoft cemented their position as EA's main challengers.
Sony's recent sales figures in North America are proof of the company's brand power in the territory, according to US CEO Jack Tretton.
Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have all rushed to put a positive spin on the latest NPD Group figures from the US, which document the fortunes of all the different consoles and suggest Christmas 2006 was a bumper period for hardware sales.
After a lively end to 2006 which saw two new home consoles debuting in North America, December hardware sales were up in the territory by 59 per cent to US $1.6 billion (EUR 1.2bn), with software sales reaching US $1.1 billion (EUR 851.9m), according to NPD videogame sales data.
Darren Reid, author of the best selling fantasy novel The Lord of Darkness and Shadow, today announces the release of The Sword of Oz for PC, next generation consoles and iPod on January 19th, 2007.
With a few exceptions, Sony Corp.'s PlayStation Portable hasn't had many good games since it was released a few years ago. The new "Metal Gear Solid: Portal Ops," (Rated M, $39.99) is one of those rare titles to buck that trend.
LONDON & SAN FRANCISCO (January 11, 2007) – SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars coming exclusively to the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.
LYON, FRANCE – 11 January 2007 – Atari today announced the forthcoming European release of NAMCO BANDAI Games’ GUNPEY™ based on the original concept from gaming legend Gunpei Yokoi.
Thursday 11th January/...The UK interactive entertainment software market hit a new all time high in 2006, according to ELSPA (Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association) as it reveals annual performance figures today.
In more executive ping-ponging, this time Peter Moore has come out and said that Sony lacks the DNA to get a successful online service running. Chris Satchell, another executive, went as far as to call it a disaster.
SANDISK HAS made a name for themselves as one of biggest brands in mobile memory, amongst other things. So much so that the 64MB Memory Stick Pro Duo that ships with the Sony Ericsson P990i mobile phone is supplied by SanDisk rather than Sony, who after all only implemented the design.
I'm glad the iPhone's is here - and I have very selfish reasons for wanting it to succeed. That's because even without the cellular telephony, it looks ...
Gaming at CES belongs to Microsoft.
After enjoying an impressive year in 2006, Sony is looking to build on the success of PSP by releasing a new Gold model later this year.
London, 10th January 2006 - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and Relentless Software today unveiled a new addition to the popular Buzz!™ PlayStation®2 series designed specifically for the schools market.
Microsoft will introduce videogame content to the Zune media player within 18 months, according to a new report.
Hong Kong, 8th January , 2007 - Renchi.com ( www.renchi.com) - a leading import video games, consoles and game gear retailer, wish everyone a great 2007. The new year brings new consoles and new games, as well as some old familiar but refreshed faces.
An increasing number of consumers are turning to handheld gadgets to get news and other video content, according to Wifi and network operator The Cloud.
LAS VEGAS, January 8, 2007 – At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2007 in Las Vegas, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today announced that more than one million units of its recently launched PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system have shipped in North America to retailers.
SO IT'S TIME for another trip somewhere, time to pack up the laptop, the mobile phone, the PSP and the DS, the MP3 player and probably the internet enabled kitchen sink as well.
Plus, 6 million will be shipped by end of March
Sony of America has announced that it shipped one million PS3 consoles to North America in the six weeks after launch – a new record that betters the performance of both PSOne and PS2.
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Sony have released a new playable game demo for the PSP. Killzone: Liberation is the first game from the Killzone franchise to make its way to the PSP and in our opinion is a much better game than the PS2 title that got the franchise rolling.
READING, (January 5, 2007) – Vivendi Games’ Sierra Entertainment division has announced the development of M.A.C.H.™ (Modified Air Combat Heroes), the first flight combat/racing game exclusively for the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.
Sony bolstered the ranks of games flashing about its American PlayStation 3 Store overnight, giving those of you with import consoles and, er, import credit cards the chance to try the PS3 version of PSP puzzle-racer GripShift.
LAST week we looked at the top games of 2006 - this week it's crystal ball time. But it doesn't take Mystic Meg to work out what the big story will be in the gaming world in 2007.
The UKs Channel 4 Radio has entered into an agreement with wireless network operator The Cloud that will make it the first broadcaster to target its audience via a WiFi network.
Invading our inbox like Nazis on an uninvited tour of Poland is a muddy-booted selection of shots from PSP warmonger Call of Duty: Roads to Victory , which is scheduled to land on Sony's handheld this Spring.
Matt Chapman, vnunet.com , Thursday 4 January 2007 at 00:00:00 PlayStation Portable users get Channel 4 sounds and Celebrity Big Bro content Channel 4 has signed a deal with Wi-Fi provider The Cloud to offer free content to Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) users. The two-month trial will allow podcasts from 4Radio to be... > Read the full article
PlayStation Portable users get Channel 4 sounds and Celebrity Big Bro content
The two-month trial will allow podcasts from 4Radio to be downloaded to PSP games consoles. Programmes designed specifically for PSP owners include morning news, content from SlashMusic and Celebrity Big Brother updates.
Plus details on new weapons, gadgets and features
The two-month trial will allow podcasts from 4Radio to be downloaded to PSP games consoles. Programmes designed specifically for PSP owners include morning news, content from SlashMusic and Celebrity Big Brother updates.
Jade Goody may rejoin as extra guest after triumphing over tabloids.
Channel 4 has inked a deal with Sony to make its Celebrity Big Brother programme available for the PSP via wireless hotspots.
As Eugene O'Neill once said, "There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again, now." And so July began much as January, with no plans for an internal Xbox 360 HD-DVD . July also saw an early obsession with Sony's web presence - a theme later repeated - as gremlins (well, design agency slackers) were blamed for an Apple logo appearing on a PS3 website.
Electronic Arts made the number one chart position its home during 2006, with 27 weeks at number one, leaving rival publishers struggling under the weight of franchises such as FIFA.
Channel 4 is rolling out radio programming via the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) from today. Timed to coincide with the start of Celebrity Big Brother tonight, the broadcaster will provide shows in podcast form, allowing users to choose from a variety of content. ...
How will you be watching yours? Channel 4 is to deliver programming through Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) consoles connected to wireless "hot spots" in a move designed to target viewers on the move, The Times has learnt....
US Xbox 360 figures beat the competition
Nobody would be able to buy it for about 11 months - and we're not sure whether anyone eventually did - but the year began with the announcement of an Xbox 360 HD-DVD drive . Microsoft then had to repeatedly explain that it wouldn't be used to play games, because no one ever believes you on the Internet.
Respected consumer website CVG has listed its top ten games to look forward to on each format this year – and has predicted that hotly anticipated titles such as EA’s Spore and 2K Games’ Bioshock will ensure that 2007 becomes a ‘massive year for PC gaming’.
GAMES NEWS has trickled out over Christmas, with the industry focused on sales rather than product launches and important news releases.
in particular being a steaming festering pile. » Sony will finally get around to releasing some PSP games that people actually want to play. They will also launch a new version of the PSP, with built in microphone, camera and GPRS gubbins.