Tagged:  PS3

Early PS3s To Include PS2 Chipsets

By GamerNode Staff, June 5, 2006 0 GN

According to Japanese magazine Ultra One, the PS3 will have the actual chipset of the PS2 incorporated into the PS3 device itself. Reports of backwards compatibility for PS2 games were previously attributed to a software emulation scheme and not as… Read More »

Sony's Longtime PR Director Resigns

By GamerNode Staff, June 2, 2006 0 GN

A shakeup in the upper management of Sony has occurred with the sudden resignation of Molly Smith. Smith, who has served as the director of Sony,s public relations department, left yesterday. Sony has yet to make an official announcement about… Read More »

Sony Denies Copying Wii's Motion Sensing Controller

By GamerNode Staff, May 31, 2006 0 GN

Last week, UK Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton, accused Sony of stealing the idea of a motion sensing controller from them. In some terse words for Sony, Yarnton stated, "I don,t know what their decision making process is but I… Read More »

Microsoft Expresses Doubts About Sony's Online Service

By GamerNode Staff, May 31, 2006 0 GN

Microsoft, feeling confident, if not a little belligerent about the success of their Xbox 360, decided to kick a little more sand into the executive faces at Sony by harping on the slated PS3 online service-an obvious copying tactic, according… Read More »

Sony's Kutaragi Defends PS3 Price

By GamerNode Staff, May 30, 2006 0 GN

The complaints and grumbles about the PS3 launch price being too high have reached the ears of Sony captain Ken Kutaragi and has prompted him to response to the critics. In game magazine, Famitsu, Kutaragi said that the Sony Playstation… Read More »

Final Fantasy XIII Gets Bigger

By GamerNode Staff, May 28, 2006 0 GN

Square Enix has announced that they are going to be taking the Fabula Nova Crystallis project beyond the three separate titles announced at E3. President Yoichi Wada implied that more Final Fantasy XIII titles could be in the works yesterday… Read More »

Sony Denies Resale Rumors

By GamerNode Staff, May 26, 2006 0 GN

GamesRadar reported yesterday that a source in gaming retail revealed that Sony had plans to eliminate the pre-owned market for Playstation 3 games entirely. This plan would mean that consumers that paid sixty dollars for the game didn’t actually own… Read More »

Mercenaries 2 Threatens Venezuela

By GamerNode Staff, May 25, 2006 0 GN

The public is well familiar with the controversy regarding the supposed association of violent behavior and persons who play violent video games. Although there has been no conclusive evidence to any linkage between the two, debate continues on the subject…. Read More »

PS3 Final Fantasy VII a Possibility?

By GamerNode Staff, May 24, 2006 0 GN

When Square Enix showed a tech demo of Final Fantasy VII for Playstation 3 at E3 2005, fans of the game were awed. But some fans went too far into speculation by stating that Final Fantasy VII was in development… Read More »

Miyamoto Contrasts 360, PS3, Wii

By GamerNode Staff, May 23, 2006 0 GN

Shigeru Miyamoto, father of Nintendo creations such as Donkey Kong, Zelda and Mario, gave his reactions to Sony,s PS3 controller by saying "It’s kind of what always seems to happen. But the fact that they looked at what we were… Read More »