Posts Tagged playstation
News: Sony extends logo licensing deals
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on July 27, 2010
Sony Computer Entertainment has extended its logo licensing business to allow manufacturers to incorporate it’s iconic brands in clothing, accessories and other non-games products. The Official Licensing Program for PlayStation already has 45 licensees and 123 items, with Sony hoping this new initiative will increase those numbers with new lifestyle branded items. “With the help of third party companies, SCE will enrich the licensed product line-up and deliver various quality lifestyle products that will make the PlayStation brand more accessible than ever,” said the company in a statement.
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News: UTV Ignition announces strategic update
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on July 16, 2010
UTV Ignition – formerly Ignition Entertainment – has announced that it has completed its rebranding exercise as it looks to a new strategic direction. The company, under the direction of parent entertainment business UTV Group, will now be focusing on the development and publishing of games for digital platforms, including Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, Steam, Facebook, Google Games and Apple touch devices. It will also be investing in “direct-to-user marketing” in an attempt to build its own community, as visibility in the sector becomes an increasing problem
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News: Yoshida: PlayStation 3 is breaking even
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on June 29, 2010
Sony’s worldwide studio boss Shuhei Yoshida has said that the PlayStation 3 is no longer being sold at a loss, over three years after the hardware was first released. Back in 2006, analyst firm iSuppli suggested that Sony was losing over $300 on the 20GB PlayStation 3 unit, and over $240 on the high-end 60GB model.
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News: Sony details gun add-on for Move
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on June 18, 2010
More details have emerged of the PlayStation Move shooting attachment, a gun-shaped device which will retail for $20. The add-on places the Move controller horizontally and adds a new trigger button, so that it may be aimed like a weapon
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Interview: Sony’s Andrew House
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on June 17, 2010
At this year’s E3, Sony put a significant push behind 3D home entertainment, new motion controller Move, and also announced an upgrade to the PlayStation Network with a paid subscription service. Here, in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Sony Computer Entertainment’s European president Andrew House discusses the importance of 3D to the Sony Corporation as a whole, showing third-parties what it’s possible to achieve with 3D, the balance of offering multiple business models, and lessons learned from the PSPgo experiment. Read more…
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News: PlayStation Move line-up confirmed
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on June 16, 2010
Sony has clarified a full list of games compatible with the PlayStation Move motion controller, after announcing a release date and pricing information at yesterday’s pre-E3 conference. A total of 16 Move titles will be available at the September launch, with Sony promising 40 more by Christmas
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News: PlayStation Plus subscription options revealed
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on June 15, 2010
PlayStation 3 owners will soon have access to a raft of additional online options when a new subscription service – PlayStation Plus – is launched for the PlayStation Network at the end of this month. As part of this year’s E3 press briefing, Sony Computer Entertainment outlined in more detail its plans to offer additional functionality for a fee – although the company stressed that all existing elements, including multi-player gaming, would remain free of charge.
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3D PS3 Games Arriving Tomorrow
Posted by Game Mania in edge-online.com on June 9, 2010
Sony will release the first stereoscopic 3D games for PS3 tomorrow.
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Interview: Insomniac and EA Partners
Posted by Game Mania in gamesindustry on May 25, 2010
Although an independent developer for over 15 years, Insomniac has up until now worked exclusively on Sony’s home consoles, creating recognisable brands and characters including Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank and Resistance. But today, the team announced a new deal with EA Partners, to release a brand new title across the two rival home formats the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. Here, in a brief interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Insomniac founder Ted Price and EA Partners’ David DeMartini shed some more light on the deal, why it’s the right time to move onto the Xbox 360 format, and how Sony feels about its valued partner trying out new console hardware.
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