Digitimes is at it again! Today, the daily newspaper from Taiwan reports that a Kinect-like motion sensing device will come along with the PlayStation 4 when it launches, reportedly, in 2012.
Just after a day after a shareholders meeting, Sony has announced that they will be shuffling some of their top executives as Akira Sato (Chairman, SCE) and Ken Kutaragi (Honorary Chairman, SCE) are set to retire soon.
Sony is reportedly readying a hardware revision of their popular PlayStation 3 console with an updated Blu-ray ROM which will feature a new copy protection system to combat piracy.
One of the many people who worked actively on bringing Yellow Dog Linux back to the PS3 after Sony removed the option to install it under firmware v3.21, graf_chokolo, is now out of money to fight for his case in court and will probably end up in jail.
Sony unveiled today at E3 a new 24-inch 240Hz 3D high-definition screen made specifically for the PlayStation 3, along with 3D active-shutter glasses that don't only work with Sony's own TV's, but they're also capable of handling displays from third-parties.
The next-generation PlayStation Portable, known as the PlayStation Vita, was announced at this year's E3 conference on Monday. The new handheld includes new features such as a 5-inch OLED touch screen display and analog sticks that work as controllers.
Remember the Welcome Back package Sony promised us by way of saying thank you for sticking by the beleaguered platform during the PSN downtime of the last few weeks? Now that the company has finally managed to bring its PSN Store back online, they've also announced just how this package works and more importantly, your free content can be downloaded right now if you can cope with the many error codes currently being thrown up by the service while it attempts to deal with a few million people hitting it at once.
As promised earlier this week, all PlayStation Network services are being restored today in Europe, America and most of Asia. On Tuesday, we reported that Sony intended to bring back the service by the end of the week. Today, Sony is confirming it once again in a press release.
Sony is releasing a Tales of Xillia special edition PlayStation 3 in Japan, continuing the company's trend of special edition bundles.
Ever wish the PlayStation 3 had a smaller form factor and a built-in monitor? This "portable" console is a water-cooled PlayStation 3 retrofitted into a custom-made laptop case.
