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Sony® PlayStation Vita Challenge: Design your own Portable ID

Sony wants you to be a part of the grand celebration of its successful launch of PlayStation Vita. You have an excellent opportunity to associate yourself with the unique gaming system by creating your own original portable ID design. Sony has launched an open challenge to explore and express your creativity and come up with the most imaginative portable ID design for PlayStation Vita.

For taking part in this exciting challenge, you have to submit your own original portable ID design. Existing game characters and imageries will not be accepted. Sony has also made it clear that the design should not infringe the law or third party rights or cause offence to others on the grounds of nationality, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, faith, or disability.

So, let your creativity flow and showcase your talent to the world. The challenge is open till March 31st, 2012. You can post your entry on the official PlayStation Forum at community.eu.playstation.com.

Sony® ships 150 millionth PlayStation 2

Since its launch around 150 million units of the Sony PlayStation gaming console have been shipped. It is a huge number since it was released somewhere in March 2000 in Japan. Research and development teams are working round the clock to develop more interesting games. These are more users friendly and offer a new atmosphere as compared to the older versions. The advanced features of PlayStation attract people of every age around the world.

It is available at around $99.99 presently and this makes it affordable. The other thing which makes it a hot favorite for millions is its durability. It is really great to see that decades after the purchase of the console, people are still enjoying it. It is high customer satisfaction rate which can be attributed to the success of Sony PlayStation. It is around 11 years since it was launched in the year 2000 in Japan.

The factor which has worked is the support it gets from the manufacturers of the components of the console. As per the reports there are around 10,800 gaming titles developed for this gaming console.

Since its launch around 150 million units of the Sony PlayStation gaming console have been shipped. It is a huge number since it was released somewhere in March 2000 in Japan. Research and development teams are working round the clock to develop more interesting games. These are more users friendly and offer a new atmosphere as compared to the older versions. The advanced features of PlayStation attract people of every age around the world.

It is available at around $99.99 presently and this makes it affordable. The other thing which makes it a hot favorite for millions is its durability. It is really great to see that decades after the purchase of the console, people are still enjoying it. It is high customer satisfaction rate which can be attributed to the success of Sony PlayStation. It is around 11 years since it was launched in the year 2000 in Japan.

The factor which has worked is the support it gets from the manufacturers of the components of the console. As per the reports there are around 10,800 gaming titles developed for this gaming console.

Sony® PlayStation phone

Sony is one of the pioneers in the gaming market, with its PlayStation range of game consoles. Sony has a wide range of PlayStation consoles. The first model of PlayStation was launched in 1994 in Japan. PlayStation has three components, including Media Center, online service for gaming and line controllers or input device for the Media Center. Currently three models of PlayStation are available in the market, PlayStation 1, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. Sony also manufactures portable PlayStation called as PlayStation Portable (PSP). The PSP device is like a cell phone, but specifically it is used for gaming purpose and for media entertainment. PSP console was launched in 2005. Since it was launched, it has been a great success in the world market and established various records of selling.

The specification or configuration of PSP is very good and ideal for High Definition (HD) and 3D games. Since many days, there has been news regarding the plan of Sony to launch the PlayStation phone in the market, which is made for gaming and also there are facilities of a phone as like any cellular phone. Sources say that this phone is a combination of Sony Ericsson Experia and PlayStation Portable. The phone has a modified chip of PSP Go and has the Android Gingerbread operating system. It will be a full touch screen device and will also have a slider section, which will feature four buttons of directional pad and touch pad for the gaming purpose. PlayStation phone will also feature a camera which will be based on Sony Ericsson Experia.

Sony’s PSP2 Delayed due to CPU problems

In the world of handheld game systems, Sony has hit a snag again when it comes to releasing. According to circulating reports, Sony’s PSP2 will be delayed due to issues involving the processor. It appears that the PSP2, a successor to the former PSP, will support an Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU. This is according to Charlie Demerjian of Semi Accurate. Charlie was among those who attended a recent SEMICON event in Santa Clara, where he overheard a number of complaints based on the performance Nvidia’s new Tegra 2 chip. Due to the CPU’s power consumption problem; Sony is now holding back the development of the device until Nvidia squares up its CPU issues.

Miscalculations

Previously, Nvidia had promised Sony to squeeze in on its power consumption to the accepted 5% margin. Instead, according to Nvidia engineers, the Tegra 2 is more than 20% over budget. This may explain why Nvidia PR changed its focus, all over sudden, of the PSP screed to as much as possible, avoid the word ‘phone’. Luckily for Sony, the PSP2 does not have phone capabilities.

A way out.

For now, Sony’s possible way out is completely unknown. Analysts and eager consumers can only speculate over the limited possible choices that Sony has. Will they wait for a customized Tegra 2 that will meet their requirements to be introduced? Will they be forced to downgrade their PSP2’s specifications to give room for a decent battery life?  Will they have to find an alternative for Tegra 2, and is it possible in the first place.

Compromise

At the end of the day for Sony and any other manufacture, it’s about delivering quality and not how fast quantity is delivered. Why be in a hurry to deliver faster than your market can consume? As much as competition might be tight, all that consumers need is pure quality. Whether it be an upgrade or a new product. Sony had better play their cards right.

A complete letdown

Considering that there must have been some few problems (they being minor or major notwithstanding) during the creation process of PSP2, the power issue might have made things even worse for Sony. This means inevitable delays in Sony’s part and possible loss of valuable time and money, both during creation and postponing the launch. If they will eventually have to downgrade the PSP2 specifications, they will still be faced with the issue of going back to the drawing board, which is both resourceful and stannous. Fitting into Sony’s shoes, anybody would be very disappointed with Nvidia.

Continuous rumors and speculations.

Being mere speculations, word is that the situation in the streets is as bad as it is in Nvidia board rooms when Sony officials walk in. On the same note, this might be the reason for Sony’s lame E3 conference with respect to PSP. The PSP2 was missing at the conference. According to Charlie Demerjian, Sony might be planning to make public the PSP2 at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) that is to takes place in early January next year in Las Vegas Nevada.

Which is Better Xbox Kinect or PlayStation Move?

In 2006, Nintendo introduced a motion based controller to its Wii. But console companies like Sony and Microsoft as well as some industry analysts thought that such development was unappealing for gamers.

They turned out to be wrong. Nintendo dominated the market in this area for four years until Sony and Microsoft changed their opinions about it and admitted that such technology is the next big thing. So these companies introduced their own line of motion based control technology in their products.

The one more familiar among the two recently released products is the one made by Sony, the Playstation Move. It appears similar to the Wii Remote and Nunchuk at first glance except that there is no cord that connects the controller pairs and there is this luminescent orb on top of the controllers.
In terms of ergonomics, the Playstation move has a better design than the Wii controller. Its buttons are easier to access than the Wii and one of its controllers has both an analog and digital controller.

On the other hand, the Xbox Kinect which is manufactured by Microsoft is not very familiar in design. The Kinect is not the specific controller and is an attachment to the Xbox 360 to act like a motion sensing device. The new Xbox 360 Slim has a designated USB port made specifically for the Kinect. The Kinect should be properly positioned in front of the Xbox 360 so that it can sense the full body motion of the game player. Its voice recognition technology also allows the Xbox 360 to be controlled by voice commands.

Since these two new products are really different, it would be hard to make an objective comparison. Apart from the similarity that they are both based on motion control technology in the gaming industry, they are different in terms of looks, design, cost, and control scheme. In terms of price, the Playstation Move is more expensive than the Wii at its price of $50.

The Kinect, however, is sold at $150 making it cost at half the cost of the Xbox 360 where it is attached into. In terms of capability, the Playstation Move can only detect hand motion whereas the Kinect can detect full body motion. Furthermore, the Kinect has this voice recognition technology which is not found in the other products that we have mentioned previously.

However, judging from the amount of time that these two companies spent in promoting these new technologies at their respective E3 press conferences, it can be deduced that these companies are rooting the importance of these new products in their game consoles.

Since the number of games that can be played using motion control technology is quite limited and incompatibility issues with their other games may arise, these new products may not make it easy. In addition with the high cost of these products and the recessing economy, only time can really tell how these products will pace in the market.

Sony’s Keynote Address at the E3

Sony has spent a great deal of time for its two hour long E3 keynote in which it discussed the upcoming move of the PlayStation. But still there is more to come in which it has to be revealed that what is the new plan for the subscription to the PSN, the brand new game called the Twisted Metal game as well as the release date for the GT5 (Gran Turismo 5).

New Subscription Plan

PlayStation Plus will be the new plan for the subscription to the PlayStation Network and the subscribers will have to pay an amount of $ 49.99 in order to get full free access to the PSN games, which can be easily kept by the subscribers till the time of subscription and also they would be able to have exclusive and early access to the beta versions and to the demos. They will also be given an auto update feature which would allow them to download certain content of their choice, exclusive DLC and some of the other content free of charges such as the Minis and themes etc. You can also pay $17.99 if you wish to have these services for a period of three months rather than paying an amount of $50 for the whole year.

GT5 is coming

A brand new addition to the Twisted Metal series has been done for the gamers. This has been developed by Game studio, Sleep and David Jeff’s Eat. PS3 exclusive will be released some time in the coming year and would be featuring the motorcycles, helicopters, multiplayer mode which would be based on the objectives, and also the factions that would be based of different characters such as the Sweet tooth. It would also be having huge and massive stages with towering skyscrapers that would be connected by such highways that are filled with traffic.

Third party support

In some of the keynote’s surprises, Gabe Newell of Valve, who had been infamous for the negative comments he made about the PS3, has said that not only Portal 2 would be played on the Sony console but it will also be supported on the Steam Cloud. This could be done for the ease of users so that they can easily switch between the PS3 and the PC for accessing the data which they have saved. He further added that the version of PS3 is going to be the best of all. EA also disclosed some of the games that will be having content for the PS3 exclusively.

Through Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Ubisoft is also getting in the action of PS3 exclusive. This version of the game would be featuring the exclusive missions as well as the multiplayer beta that would be only available on the Song console.

Many of the great announcements were made at the E3 keynote of Sony but some of the most notable titles were mission. Still the show was great for the company and had many new titles added to the list of the games. The third party support was also very strong in the show and many great announcements were made.

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