Sony drops price on PS3 to $299 and introduces new slim model.

It’s been a long running rumor and today at GamesCon Sony finally made it official. First they’re dropping the price of the PS3 to $299 effective immediately. That’s for the current 80GB model. Additionally they’re introducing the new PS3 Slim which will come with a 120GB hard drive for the same price.

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Sony also plans to out-Wii the Wii.

Not content to be the only console system that doesn’t have people jumping around in front of it flailing their arms about like idiots risking potentially expensive television damage, Sony announced it’s own Wii-like motion controller for the PS3 today. Interestingly enough it appears to be taking cues from both Microsoft and Nintendo in that . . . → Read More: Sony also plans to out-Wii the Wii.

The Onion on Sony’s latest Stupid Piece of Shit.

I love Sony products, but this had me in tears laughing. Lots of NSFW language so put some headphones on or wait till you get home:

Sony Releases New Stupid Piece Of Shit That Doesn’t Fucking Work

I so gots to get me one of those.

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Sony can’t catch a break. Criticized by Muslim group for LBP song removal.

After being sued by the Church of England over the appearance of Manchester Cathedral in the hit FPS Resistance: Fall of Man it’s understandable that Sony would go out of its way to avoid offending religious sensibilities. So when a post showed up in the official European Playstation forums pointing out that a song in . . . → Read More: Sony can’t catch a break. Criticized by Muslim group for LBP song removal.

Sony delays launch of “LittleBigPlanet” due to song with versus from Qur’an in it.

Apparently it’s considered offensive to Muslims to put passages of the Qur’an to music. One track licensed for the game has two lines straight from the holy text as lyrics so Sony decided to delay LBP’s release so they could remove the song:

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I won’t be buying videos through the PS3 video store.

When Sony launched the video store service on the Playstation Network I took the time to fire up my PS3 and browse through the store to see what they were offering and how much it would cost, but I didn’t buy anything because I hadn’t taken the time to find out what the terms of . . . → Read More: I won’t be buying videos through the PS3 video store.

Sony launches “Life with Playstation” for the PS3.

One of the things that I love about my PS3 is that Sony seems to be trying all sorts of new ideas with it. Their latest offering is a free service they’re calling “Life with Playstation.” It turns out it’s somewhat similar to the Nintendo Wii’s News and Weather channel, but presented in a much . . . → Read More: Sony launches “Life with Playstation” for the PS3.

Sony releases a virtual pet in your living room.

I have to give Sony credit for doing some amazing stuff with the PlaystationEye accessory for the PS3. The original EyeToy for the PS2 had a few games for it that attempted to allow you to interact with on screen objects, but most of them were collections of simple mini-games that were only amusing for . . . → Read More: Sony releases a virtual pet in your living room.

Sony announces new 160GB PS3 Bundle and Wireless Keypad at Leipzig.

Sony seems to be falling into a pattern with how they market the PS3. Since the beginning they’ve offered two models of the console and as time goes on they drop the low-end model and make the high-end the new low-end and introduce a new high-end version.  Originally it was the 20GB and 60GB models . . . → Read More: Sony announces new 160GB PS3 Bundle and Wireless Keypad at Leipzig.

It’s beginning to look like the PS3 will be a success after all.

A lot of folks are saying that 2008 is the year of the Playstation 3 and it’s increasingly looking like that may be true. It’s taken awhile to get here, but the PS3 has picked up some serious momentum. While it’s no where near close to the Nintendo Wii in terms of hardware sales, it . . . → Read More: It’s beginning to look like the PS3 will be a success after all.