Greenpeace has announced Nintendo as the worst offender in their Guide to Greener Electronics report. Nintendo received a straight 0 from the rating system, and Microsoft weren’t that much better at 2.7 - however Sony did very well, coming equal third with a score of 7.3.
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Ken Kutaragi has been chosen by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences to receive the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award, and will receive the honor on February 7th. Aged 56, the now retired Kutargi was former president and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, and a stalwart figure in creating and launching the Playstation.
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Sony Computer Entertainment co-chief operating officer Jim Ryan has given more credence to rumor of a PSP phone. Ryan has been quoted as saying:
“PlayStation is a proven success and so is Sony Ericsson, convergence with the two arms working together is definitely plausible.”
He did however note that it may be some time till we see such a system and that it would primarily be a gaming device with a phone blended in, not the other way round. This is to be expected as Sony Ericson’s Walkman based phones have the form and functionality of a PMP over a phone.
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These Playstation-branded Air Force 1 shoes are sure to catch the eye of many fashion-challenged Sony fanboys. They can be yours…provided you can beat the current bid of US$1,025. The high price is a result of these shoes never making it to the public, only 150 made and only being given to Sony execs and celebrities.
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Sony have just unleashed PlayStation Store for the PSP on the US. Currently the store offers two downloadable PSP titles, 16 PSone titles, and some themes, demos, wallpapers, and videos. The two original PSP games are Wipeout Pure and Syphon Filter: Combat Ops and can be purchased for US$10. The most notable of the PSone titles include Twisted Metal 2, Crash Bandicoot, and Tekken 2 and are currently US$6 each. Unfortunately Mac and Linux users are out of luck as the client required for transfer to your PSP is Windows only. Looks like Sony really dropped the ball not making the store accessible directly by PSP WiFi.
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Sony have halved the price of the PlayStation 3 development kit in an effort to increase developer profitability, and bring in more small development companies. Development kits can be now had for 950,000 Yen in Japan, US$10,250 in North America and EUR 7500 in Europe. A company statement described the reasons for the price change:
“As more and more new titles are developed for the PS3 format, SCEI will significantly reduce the price of the Reference Tool in order to contribute to the cost saving measures of the development community.”
The rumors that the PlayStation 3 will be getting DivX functionality have been confirmed. Though many of your eyes are lighting up at the prospect of playing all that downloaded content you have stored away, there are many legitimate uses that Sony can use DivX for. With GT TV and other services Sony plans to offer, DivX integration would be a boon, saving bandwidth and storage space. Game developers can also reap the benefits of saving space with DivX encoded FMVs, though that has never really been a problem with the size of Blu-ray discs.
The long-awaited SingStar for the PS3 has been given a release date. The game will be released on December 7th in the UK and December 12th in the rest of Europe. The biggest new feature of the game is the SingStore where players can download new tracks into their playlist. To promote the game, Sony will be setting up a SingStar Studio at the O2 Arena in London, with a number of dedicated pods where you and your friends can try out the game.
While not really a surprise given its success as a franchise, Sony have announced that God of War III is in development. The announcement came with the news that Cory Barlog, the director of the series would be leaving Sony. Sony was quick to point out that things would be okay, with a spokesperson saying:
“We are confident in the God of War team, as they are an extremely talented group of people that are passionate about the franchise and dedicated to creating even more epic content with God of War: Chains of Olympus for the PSP and God of War III for PS3.”
I can only imagine how amazing this game will look on the PS3 if all goes to plan.
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Everyone knows that red stuff goes faster, attracts the opposite sex and just looks cool - even Sony, who have just announced a deep red PSP. The PSP-2000 DR is due out in Japan on December 13, with no word if they will make it to the rest of the world. More pictures after the jump.
