Posts Tagged ‘sony
The Onion Reviews Sony’s New Piece of Sh!t
This is obviously NSFW, but I love how The Onion specifically calls out Sony on this one, maybe they bought just as many piece of sh!t DVD players from them as I did (for the record, that’s 2, before I realized what piece’s of sh!t Sony was selling).
80% of PS3 Owners Have at Least Checked Out PSN
Sony says that 80% of PS3 owners are, “active” on PSN. This could just mean that they have signed up for accounts and nothing else, but either way, 80% is a strong number and a positive step for Sony.
Playstation.Blog
Netflix Streaming Does Not Include Columbia Pictures on Xbox
If you were planning to stream some Columbia Pictures (who just so happens to be owned by Sony) movies on your Xbox 360 now that you have the NXE, forget-about-it. It seems Netflix could not secure the rights to stream Columbia owned features to the Xbox 360, from Joystiq:
All of the affected titles from our [...]
Amazon, Sony, Microsoft and Best Buy Fight Clam-Shell Packaging
After years of cutting yourself on packaging made to keep you from getting to the item you just bought, several companies are actually fighting on your side.
The New York Times
October Console Sales, Sony Down Across The Board
While Nintendo and Microsoft managed sales increases in this difficult market, Sony was not so lucky. All three Sony platforms (PS3, PSP, PS2) where down 18% or more for the month of October. Nintendo was up 16% and Microsoft increased sales by 6%.
Time to drop those prices Sony, both the Wii and Xbox 360 are [...]
Final Fantasy XIII Coming to Xbox 360
I’m not really a fan of eastern RPG games (I haven’t even played one since Final Fantasy VII), but as a simple fact of modern development costs, company’s like Square are forced to release their games on as many consoles, in as many markets as possible, to recoup some of the costs.
This does not play [...]
Netflix Continues to Step Backwards and Forwards at the Same Time
I don’t know what it is about Netflix. They’re a company I love and hate at the same time. I won’t get into it to much here (Jason and I have talked plenty about it on the Podcast), but they seem to do so many things right and at the same time screw up just [...]
Project Silence Podcast 9: Hang out with Us
After a long break your favorite Podcast about Movies, Comics and Video Games is back! Join Jason and I as we talk about all the important issues, including the Arrested Development movie, HD-DVD’s death, Gears of War 2 and much, much more. More than that, in this episode you’ll see what it would really be [...]
Sony Finally Announces Finished Blu-ray Player, Plans to Over-Charge Continue
With the demise of HD-DVD, Sony has even less interest in lowering prices or selling a decent Blu-ray player. According to Engadget, Sony today announced two new models, only one of which will finally support new (old for HD-DVD owners) PiP special features. The finally finished BDP-S550 will at last be available this fall. What [...]
Canon Just Earned A Customer for Life
Last summer, when I was preparing to go on vacation, I turned on my Canon SD 100, a trusty digital I bought way back in 2003, only to find that the CCD was failing. A quick call to Canon and they said it would be repaired free of charge, even though the warranty was long [...]
