“The New Console War Will Reinvigorate The Industry” Says Playstation America CEO Jack Tretton

PlayStation America’s President and CEO Jack Tretton believes that the games industry is healthier now, than it’s ever been before. In an interview with Fox Business, Tretton claims that the soon to arrive, “console war” (between PlayStation 4 and Xbox) would re On being asked to expand on his thoughts, he quoted that, ““We’re talking about the seventh year of …

PlayStation Network Maintenance Is Due On Thursday

A special note to Vita and PS3 owners : Sony declared that the PlayStation Network would be under maintenance, on Thursday, August 22. This effectively means that they would be closing off any access to the PlayStation Store and its various online features as well. The blackout would begin around 8 PM GMT. It is expected to a wind up by …

Flash Based PS3 Is Up For Sale In The United States

Flash Based PS3 is up for sale in the United States, according to Sony. The price has been set at $199. With 12 GB of flash storage, Sony expects customers to throng for the product and to make things easier, it is now available for sale in Sony’s US online store. Last week, it went on sale in Canada and …

Sony Avoids Fine For The Hack

Sony is not demanding the fine amount from the Information Commissioner’s office for the PlayStation Network’s hack even though the hack had caused 77 million accounts to be compromised. The ICO fined the firm in January for the preventable breach and Sony should have known better as the occurrence fell under the Data Protection Act. Sony was reported to leave …