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Ericsson venture must do better: Sony CEOReuters - Sony's (6758.T) joint venture with cell phone maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) must do better, Sony's chief executive was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Yahoo! – Aug 27, 2008 7:48 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Even With A Hardware Update, Is The PSP On Life Support?
Despite a recent hardware update for the Sony PSP, Wedbush Morgan game industry anaylst Michael Pachter and Liquid Entertainment president Ed Del Castillo thinks the platform is in a lot of trouble, stuck in the no-man's land between the Nintendo DS and Apple's iPhone. In particular Pachter thinks the PSP was too far ahead of the curve at launch and has suffered due to Sony being drawn to thin as a company to nurture the platform. LucasArts' producer Dan Wasson and Sony Bend directors Chris Reese and John Garvin defend the PSP but Pachter and Del Castillo poke holes in the future of the platform. Pachter in particular says, "PSP-3000 is indicative of a much larger problem: Sony's consumer electronics division beginning to have some stroke over its gaming department. Constant tech tweaks and upgrades might work for telephones, but they're not what gamers want… it creates confusion, and leaves many users with older models feeling inadequate."
N4G.com – Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Despite a recent hardware update for the Sony PSP, Wedbush Morgan game industry anaylst Michael Pachter and Liquid Entertainment president Ed Del Castillo thinks the platform is in a lot of trouble, stuck in the no-man's land between the Nintendo DS and Apple's iPhone. In particular Pachter thinks the PSP was too far ahead of the curve at launch and has suffered due to Sony being drawn to thin as a company to nurture the platform. LucasArts' producer Dan Wasson and Sony Bend directors Chris Reese and John Garvin defend the PSP but Pachter and Del Castillo poke holes in the future of the platform. Pachter in particular says, "PSP-3000 is indicative of a much larger problem: Sony's consumer electronics division beginning to have some stroke over its gaming department. Constant tech tweaks and upgrades might work for telephones, but they're not what gamers want… it creates confusion, and leaves many users with older models feeling inadequate."
N4G.com – Aug 27, 2008 7:15 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Era Of Exclusive Video Game Deals Ending
Rising development costs might force console makers Microsoft and Sony to publish more video games themselves, as independent studios avoid exclusive deals for blockbusters.
Information Week – Aug 27, 2008 5:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Rising development costs might force console makers Microsoft and Sony to publish more video games themselves, as independent studios avoid exclusive deals for blockbusters.
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Reeves: Heavy Rain is PS3's "most important title for next year"
Speaking at Games Convention last week, Quantic Dream boss David Cage said that Sony considered stunning thriller Heavy Rain to "the most important title for next year."
N4G.com – Aug 27, 2008 5:23 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Speaking at Games Convention last week, Quantic Dream boss David Cage said that Sony considered stunning thriller Heavy Rain to "the most important title for next year."
N4G.com – Aug 27, 2008 5:23 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Immersion Agrees to Pay Microsoft $20.75M
Microsoft gets $20M of Sony's money
DailyTech – Aug 27, 2008 5:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Microsoft gets $20M of Sony's money
DailyTech – Aug 27, 2008 5:10 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Red Baron takes wing September 18
Sierra Online's WWI aerial arcade fighter cruises onto Sony's PlayStation Network next month.
GameSpot.com – Aug 27, 2008 4:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sierra Online's WWI aerial arcade fighter cruises onto Sony's PlayStation Network next month.
GameSpot.com – Aug 27, 2008 4:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sony Unveils Its First Car Stereo With Unique Zappin(TM) Technology and Direct USB Connection to iPod(R)
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PR Newswire – Aug 27, 2008 4:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sony Expands U.S. nav-u(TM) Personal Navigation System Product Line
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The Six Ways Each "Next-Gen" Console Fails
"Here are six ways that I think each of the current "next-gen" consoles fail. The order goes from most familiar console to least (I don't own a Wii personally), and from biggest failure to smallest. This is just my take on it, what do you guys think? How would you change them? Xbox 360: * HD-DVD: It should have come built-in. It would have allowed more room for games, disc-based HD movies, and the format may have actually survived if one of its two biggest backers actually got behind it. ... Playstation 3: * Better UI than the XMB: Sony, would it kill you to use some icons with color? After all, it is one of the key ways for people to quickly identify items (see #6). The XMB is about as intuitive a way to tie together hierarchal lists of functions and data as any OS's file system. Playing music should not use the exact same UI as your friends list. ... Wii: * Lackluster motion control: FYI, I really don't enjoy playing the Wii. It isn't that the concept is bad, I think the concept is great. The motion control is just so terrible though. For proof look no further than the existence of a first-party add-on to fix the motion control. ..."
N4G.com – Aug 27, 2008 3:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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"Here are six ways that I think each of the current "next-gen" consoles fail. The order goes from most familiar console to least (I don't own a Wii personally), and from biggest failure to smallest. This is just my take on it, what do you guys think? How would you change them? Xbox 360: * HD-DVD: It should have come built-in. It would have allowed more room for games, disc-based HD movies, and the format may have actually survived if one of its two biggest backers actually got behind it. ... Playstation 3: * Better UI than the XMB: Sony, would it kill you to use some icons with color? After all, it is one of the key ways for people to quickly identify items (see #6). The XMB is about as intuitive a way to tie together hierarchal lists of functions and data as any OS's file system. Playing music should not use the exact same UI as your friends list. ... Wii: * Lackluster motion control: FYI, I really don't enjoy playing the Wii. It isn't that the concept is bad, I think the concept is great. The motion control is just so terrible though. For proof look no further than the existence of a first-party add-on to fix the motion control. ..."
N4G.com – Aug 27, 2008 3:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Gartner, Warns of Weak Cell Phone Market as Nokia, Sony Report Slowdown
Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi says a weakening global economy will stunt cell phone market sales in 2008. Indeed, cell phone sales in this key region for phone makers like Nokia and Sony Ericsson fell 16 percent year-over-year in the first quarter and 8 percent in the second quarter. No mention how the slowdown will impact Apple's highly touted iPhone. - HELSINKI - A weakening global economy will blunt cell phonemarket sales growth this year, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.Gartner said it expects market growth to slow to 11 percent from 16percent last year, while in U.S. dollar terms growth would slow to 9percent from 11 percent.T...
eWEEK.com – Aug 27, 2008 3:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi says a weakening global economy will stunt cell phone market sales in 2008. Indeed, cell phone sales in this key region for phone makers like Nokia and Sony Ericsson fell 16 percent year-over-year in the first quarter and 8 percent in the second quarter. No mention how the slowdown will impact Apple's highly touted iPhone. - HELSINKI - A weakening global economy will blunt cell phonemarket sales growth this year, research firm Gartner said on Wednesday.Gartner said it expects market growth to slow to 11 percent from 16percent last year, while in U.S. dollar terms growth would slow to 9percent from 11 percent.T...
eWEEK.com – Aug 27, 2008 3:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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