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Sony turns to Playboy to boost Vita appeal
In yet more PlayStation Vita news, Sony is building on its recent Consumer Electronics Show demonstration by running a selection of special preview events for the device throughout the United States. And, in being clearly focused on getting its latest portable platform into the hands of as many prospective (male?) buyers as possible, Sony has [...]
Konami dates trio of Silent Hill titles
Well, look at that, the week has suddenly gone all Silent Hill crazy. Specifically, Japanese publisher Konami has announced the release dates for not one, but three Silent Hill franchise titles. First up on the calendar is Silent Hill HD Collection, an eerie walk down an unsettling memory lane that will be available to PlayStation [...]
Sony deflects attention from tanking PlayStation Vita
Clearly keen to deflect attention from the PlayStation Vita portable console as it continues to tank in Japan, Sony Corp. has now taken to gesticulating wildly towards the PlayStation brand’s overall success. More pointedly, Sony this week revealed that it sold some 6.5 million PlayStation devices worldwide between November 18 and December 31 of 2011—with [...]
Does Vita support HTML5 video or not?
In yet more seemingly negative PlayStation Vita news, initial customer complaints regarding hardware bugs and performance issues have now been followed by a gripe connected to the console’s apparent lack of support for the HTML5 video standard. The device’s inability to host HTML5 video content comes despite apparent reports outlining Sony’s pre-launch insistence that its [...]
PlayStation Vita interest nosedives in Japan
Not that we’re suggesting the PlayStation Vita is heading for market failure, but new traction figures from Media Create suggest Japanese consumer interest in Sony’s new portable console has dipped sharply. More pointedly, following opening sales figures of 410,000 units across Sony’s home region, the powerhouse Vita has only managed to shift 72,479 units during [...]
Vita firmware v1.510 doesn’t fix hardware problems
Electronics giant Sony has released an official firmware update that apparently fixes progress-related issues experienced by players of Shin Sangoku Musuo Next—that’s the latest Dynasty Warriors game to you and me. Sadly, a report on The Verge suggests the update does nothing to address a number of problematic hardware bugs that have caused early PlayStation [...]