Jun 24, 2011

Part one concentrated on how Sony’s choice of games for the Welcome Back package could, potentially, rescue their profit margin in the long run. Despite this, they still have a long road to travel before they can confidently claim that the PlayStation brand has survived the security breach – particularly in Japan. Japan was one of the last countries to...

Jun 23, 2011

Many analysts are claiming the death of the dedicated handheld console way too early. Article after article points out the huge number of smartphone sales and app adoption, and from there leap to the conclusion that this in some way means that there is no future in the dedicated handheld market. I disagree with this position and see that there is room for a...

Jun 17, 2011

The disaster, of course, is the major PSN security breach. The triumph… is going to be difficult to evaluate until the end of the current fiscal year. What began as damage limitation could end up as a dramatic reversal of fortunes, due to a combination of smart decisions and pure luck. First: the damage. When the PlayStation Network was taken down...

Jun 7, 2011

Sony Conference: June 7th 01:00am GMT Sony has had a brilliant year! …(*audible cough*). The only thing I predicted for this conference on Twitter was an on-stage suicide. Let’s see if I am correct. It better be good. I stayed up to cover this! Obvious games will be Uncharted 3 and Resistance 3.   3D glasses are being handed out to the...

May 3, 2011

Format: PSP Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Developer: Pyramid, Japan Studio Players: 1-8 (1-4 Co-oP, 4 Vs 4) Site: http://www.patapon-game.com/ The Patapon franchise has quietly been passing its time on the PSP since 2008, mixing RPG elements with real time rhythm-keeping battles against wildlife, enemy tribes and huge...

Apr 28, 2011

If there was a month where those of us at the ‘cutting edge’ of gadget land needed reminding that we are still in the early days of the digital content revolution, it was April 2011. First Amazon’s hosting service went down, disrupting a number of high profile services based on it; and as I write this, we are still without a PlayStation...