Posts Tagged ‘PS3 Slim’

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Sony’s chief financial officer, Nobuyuki Oneda, has revealed that Sony is still making a loss on every PS3 unit sold, albeit less of a loss now than when the console launched in 2006

It’s not white, it’s not cold and it’s not that big so why, in an interview with Tech On, did Sony Computer Entertainment’s chief technology officer, Masayuki Chatani, compare the PS3 to a refrigerator

Describing its latest ‘get a free PS3 when you buy a very expensive Bravia TV’ offer as an ‘entertainment collision’, Sony has decided to illustrate the idea as literally as possible by making a video of a PS3 slim smashing through a Bravia screen at 80 kilometres per hour

Jack Tretton, SCEA president and CEO, is looking on the bright side of life as he says PS3 sales are ‘skyrocketing’ and in turn helping out the whole industry. His comments, made recently to Forbes, come after the launch of the PS3 Slim and the worldwide price cuts for all PS3 consoles. Figures shot up in the first week of the Slim being on sale and despite levelling out a little they remain relatively high.

The PS3 Slim is selling well already, but Sony’s ramping up the incentive to buy in time for Christmas, with some very attractive deals for the new 250GB model

Sony today released a statement celebrating the fact it has sold one million PS3 Slims since the console’s launch three weeks ago

The recent 3.0 firmware update was something of a controversial issue

Do you own a PS3 Slim yet

You may have already been able to pick up a shiny new PS3 Slim from a few retailers lacking a full stock of scruples, but today is the official, proper, bona fide day that Sony’s new console hits store shelves

Boo to you Sony Europe for your ads – here’s how to do it – US style – with information and laughs

Sony started its new PlayStation 3 ad campaign last night, just in time for the PS3 Slim’s launch in September

You may have noticed that Sony hasn’t done a great job of hiding announcements recently. Whether it was the PSPgo and Motion Control at E3 or the PS3 Slim at GamesCom, Sony has failed time and time again to keep its cards close to its chest. Proverbial cats were free of bags and worms were barely in cans long enough to notice the difference. However, Sony seems happy enough to laugh at itself if news of its PS3 Slim marketing campaign is anything to go by.

The PS3 Slim isn’t even in shops yet and already there’s a guide to repairing it at www.ifixit.com

Yes, you read that right – you won’t have to wait until September to pick up a PS3 Slim as you can march into a shop and purchase one right now