Gamertell

Companies like to brag about good sales figures. When a new system - or new iteration of an existing system - is released on the market, companies want consumers to know how successful it is. It isn’t a bad idea, really. If people see a system or a console is… Continue Reading »

During the Tokyo Game Show, Sony Europe announced a customer loyalty program that would reward current PSP owners who’d upgrade to a PSPgo. PSPgo Rewards would bestow three free downloadable games (from a list of 17), provided the owner followed precise instructions that added the PSPgo to his PlayStation Network… Continue Reading »

PSP owners have just been given another reason to think twice about upgrading to the PSPgo. The first pause would naturally be caused by the PSPgo’s $249.99 price point, about $100 more than a standard PSP and now even $50 more than a Wii. The second pause will be caused… Continue Reading »

As of this writing Sony still hasn’t offered a practical solution to everybody’s growing UMD problem. With the launch of the PSPgo only days away, we still don’t know how or if we will be able to enjoy our UMD based games if we choose to purchase a PSPgo. Well… Continue Reading »

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) used the 2009 Tokyo Game Show to make two big announcements concerning the PS3 and PSPgo. First, the SCEE announced a new version of the PS3 Slim that has a 250GB hard drive which everyone is excited about. The second announcement was the PSPgo Rewards… Continue Reading »

As the proud owner of a Playstation 3, I admit to being impressed by what it has to offer, including its Blu-ray capabilities, free online play and a collection of unique exclusives that do their best to distinguish themselves from the available offerings on competing consoles. However, one aspect of… Continue Reading »

RipTen heard through the grapevine (the grapevine in this case being a Spanish PlayStation community site PSNow), that Street Fighter-themed costumes are coming to everyone’s favorite make-it-yourself title, Little Big Planet... Continue Reading »

According to a press release on ThreeSpeech, the UK PlayStation blog, the release date for the upcoming ver. 2.50 and ver. 5.0 firmwares for both Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable, respectively, will be October 15, 2008. You may also know this date as “tomorrow.” This date is further backed up… Continue Reading »

Ars technica is reporting on two brand new PS3 bundles on their way for Europe - a Blu-ray bundle (a 40 GB PS3 with 3 movies and a SixAxis controller) and a GT5: Prologue pack (including a 40 GB PS3, a copy of the racer, and a SixAxis). The Blu-ray… Continue Reading »

PS3 sales have picked up the pace in the UK and, for the last four weeks, has outsold the Xbox 360. Sony has also confirmed to Market for Home Computing and Video Games (MCV), a leading British industry journal, that PS3 has gone past the 1 million-sales milestone in the… Continue Reading »