Posts Tagged ‘ PlayStation 3 ’

Fossil PlayStation Controller Discovered

Mar 9th, 2009 | By Calin Ciabai

It was not God, nor aliens, nor other possible thing (or entity or whatever) you can think of who created life on Earth: is was Sony, using a PlayStation 3 controller! At least that’s what you are tempted to believe when you first see this fossilized PS3 controller which appears to be at least 100,000 [...]



PS3 Firmware Update 2.60 Detailed

Jan 21st, 2009 | By Calin Ciabai

Sony plans to release a new firmware update for the PlayStation 3, taking it to version 2.60. Although the exact release date was not mentioned, it will probably happen pretty soon, a short while after the release of the latest PSP update. However, you don’t have to wait until the PS3 update is released, since [...]



Dell Cuts PlayStation 3 Price to $340

Jan 16th, 2009 | By Calin Ciabai

Analysts kept saying that Sony will cut the prices of PS3 consoles, rumors went in “heavy rotation” regarding the same price cuts, everybody except Sony was announcing lower prices for the PlayStation 3s. So, if the manufacturers had no intention to lower the prices, Dell decided to take the matter into their own hand and [...]



PlayStation 3 Manufacturing Costs, 35 Percent Cheaper

Dec 30th, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

According to marketing research firm iSuppli, Sony has cut the cost of materials used to make its PlayStation 3 console by 35 percent, compared to the prices of mid-2007. The news was not officially confirmed by Sony, and it probably never will, but it seems to be as solid as a rock.

iSuppli checked all the [...]



Evil Mum Inmate Rewarded PS3 for Good Behavior

Dec 17th, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

I must admit that I just couldn’t stop laughing when I heard the news about a con girl – Karen Matthews – sentenced for kidnapping her own daughter who received a PlayStation 3 in her cell thanks to her good behavior. Now she probably plays GTA IV all day long, waiting for Brash to release [...]



PlayStation Home Launches With Problems and Errors

Dec 12th, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

The highly anticipated launch of the PlayStation Home Open Beta did not come as smooth as PlayStation 3 owners would’ve expected – but at least Sony are backed up by the fact that it’s a Beta stage and that’s exactly the reasons it kicked off: to find errors and correct them. Also, all the reported [...]



PlayStation Home Open Beta Launches Tomorrow, December 11

Dec 10th, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

Following the completion of the closed beta stage, Sony will launch the Open Beta for the highly anticipated PlayStation Home tomorrow, December 11, with promised extra features and functionality. Except for a few regions, the Open Beta will be available for free to PS3 users all over the world, so tomorrow will be Sony’s day [...]



400GB Blu-ray Discs Prepared for PlayStation 3s

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

If you still remember, aeons ago Sony’s PlayStation managed to win a war against Microsoft Xbox 360 with the Blu-ray winning over the HD DVD format. Back then, the 50GB of space offered by a Blu-ray disk seemed like heaven on earth but things have now changed: Pioneer has just introduced the 400GB Blu-ray [...]



Prince of Persia Q&A

Dec 4th, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

With the game already impressing people all over the world following its recent release, game developer Ben Mattes has decided to answer a few questions about Prince of Persia. So, following a week-long Q&A session over at the PlayStation blog, lots of essential questions were answered. Below you will find a little round-up of the [...]



And the Best Gaming Platform Is…

Dec 3rd, 2008 | By Calin Ciabai

Although Unigamesity is still a young website, we have managed to find out the opinion of 58 gamers regarding the Best Gaming Platform. The results, which some might consider a bit surprising, prove that the old personal computer is far from being dead and the actual winner of the next-gen console war is actually just [...]