Sony Reveal 160GB PS3

Sony announced the highest capacity hard drive in a PS3 to date - 160GB. This PS3 model will be released in North America later this November in a limited edition bundle with the game, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and will also come feature a PLAYSTATION Network Voucher for PAIN and a DUALSHOCK 3 wireless controller. The 160GB PS3 will have an SRP of $499.99. I wonder ... when will Sony offer upgrades to existing customers.

PS3 PlayTV Delayed Till September 19th

Sony’s PlayTV DVR for PS3 has been delayed until September 19th. The DVR add-on for the PS3 was announced last autumn and was originally scheduled for a September 10th release. PlayTV will allow you to pause and rewind live Freeview TV and features dual tuners to allow you to watch one channel while you’re recording another. It will even let users record a program while they are playing a game. It will however be available for European Playstation owners only (for now that is).

Vista On PS3!!!

Some loon has decided that he wanted to try loading Windows Vista onto his PS3 - He actually managed to achieve it. Stop laughing ... Vista on a PS3 takes about 25 minutes to boot and 12 minutes to open Notepad. Thanks to gizmodo.com for this one.

Wii Passes X-Box 360 As Best Selling Game Machine

According to figures published at Bloomberg, Nintendo is now the top selling game machine. In June, stores sold 405,500 PlayStation 3s and 219,800 Xbox 360s compared to 666,000 Wii consoles. A total of 10.9 million Wiis have been sold in the US since it's launch.

Sony Release PS3 2.41 Firmware.

When Sony released PS3 firmware update v2.40 last week, they ended up taking it down again because the XMB wouldn’t display after the update was installed on a few boxes. Sony have fixed the issue and released the 2.41 update today.

Sony Reveals Upcoming First Line Titles for PS3 and PSP

Sony has revealed the list of titles they have planned for the PS3 and PSP for this year and early 2009. I've excerpt the list from their press release below. SCEA's first party line up for PS3 includes the original and imaginative LittleBigPlanet from Media Molecule, along with heavy hitting sequels to some of SCEA's most popular franchises including Resistance 2 from Insomniac Games, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation from Slant Six Games, and the officially titled MotorStorm(TM) Pacific Rift from Evolution Studios. Available in February 2009 will be Killzone 2, the highly anticipated first-person shooter from Guerrilla Games. Through the PLAYSTATION Network, PS3 owners will see an assortment of unique and original titles such as Elefunk(TM), Pixel Junk(TM) Eden, and wipEout(R) HD. For PSP, franchise favorites such as Secret Agent Clank(TM) and Hot Shots Golf(R): Open Tee 2 will make their return to the portable screen. With a line up like that it looks like it's going to be an exciting line-up. I for one cant wait for Killzone 2.

Sony PS3 Rumours

Rumours are circulating all over the tech blog world regarding the possible demise of the 80GB Playstation 3. According to several sources the 80 GB model will most likely be replace by a 120GB or possibly 160GB models. This certainly makes sense when you look at whats being included these days in desktop pc's and laptops. I'm still torn over buying one because I'm really impressed with the graphics, however I really can't see where I'm going to get the time to play any of those great games. As far as usng the Blu-ray on the unit is concerned, I'm more interested in the capabilities of the new GGW-H2LI and GGC-H2LI, combined HD-DVD and Blu-ray players from LG.

Sony Promise Blu-ray Update for PS3

Sony are promising a new firmware update for their PS3 which will update the units Blu-ray functionality. Although many sites are speculating on what the improvements will be, but I'm guessing that it won't improve the much need deregionalisation of the standard.

Sony Reduce UK Pricing Of PS3

Sony have announced a price frop for the existing 60GB PS3 to £349 and have also announced the introduction of a £299 40GB model which features no memory card readers and only two USB ports. The new model is "no longer backwards compatible with PlayStation 2 titles", which means no support at all ... how confusing is that going to be to parents looking to buy a PS3 for Christmas. When is a PS3 not a PS3 ... I smell lots of product returns after christmas.

PS3 Firmware Upgrade Adds New Features

Sony have added a plethora of new features to the PS3. For a list of whats possibly in the upgrade visit the playstation boards. some of the new features include security and personalisation features.

100,000 HD DVD Units Sold

According to Shiny Shiny, "HD-DVD is first to sell 100,000 units, leaving Blu-ray in its wake." With over 100,000 HD-DVD players sold since their launch, that seems like a pretty decent figure. However it is a figure which pales in relation to the actual sales of Blu-ray based players. Isn't the Playstation 3 a Blu-ray player as well as a games machine? We know that there have been many more than 100,000 PS3s sold. Sony actually peg its European sales alone at over 800,000 units to date, and the January figure for US PS3 sales was 244,000. Go figure.

PS3 To Offer HD Upscaling Of PS2 Games?

Gizmodo is reporting that there is a rumour of a nice capability withing the PS3 which will offer upscaling of PS2 games to HD Quality. If true, this rumour will appeal to many who are currently buying HD Sets. Read more here.