Upgrade your Wii – PS3 Move is out now
Posted Thursday, September 16, 2010 at 7:20 pm by Jason Cartwright
Today has been one of the busiest days in tech news for quite a while, that means Sony’s Playstation Move has launched with little fanfare at all. Admittedly old mate Mr Timezone means the PS Move hasn’t made it to the US, yet, so it may have more luck in tomorrow’s news.
Also part of the issue could be the fact this is essentially a more accurate Wii controller. Sure it has tracking of the Z-axis that the Wii doesn’t, but basically its Sony incrementing on Nintendo’s work. If you are looking to try it out, there’s a Playstation Move starter pack available.
This includes a PlayStation®Move motion controller, PlayStation®Eye Camera and a demo disc featuring:
- Sports Champions
- Start the Party!
- The Shoot
- EyePet: Move Edition
- TV Superstars
- echochrome ii
- Tumble
- Beat Sketchers
For more information check out the PS Move FAQ. Also leave a comment if you’ve tried the move, what do you think ? Best thing since sliced bread, or cool, but iterative ?
PSP go launching this Thursday (October 1st)
Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 at 6:41 pm by Jason Cartwright
For those fans of handheld gaming, personally I’m a console man, you’ll be able to empty your wallets this Thursday. The PSP go will go on sale for A$449.95.
- Size – 128 x16.5 x 69mm (when closed)
- Weight – 158g
- Display – 3.78” Widescreen (480 x 272 pixels)
- Internal Storage – 16GB
- Battery Life – Game 4-6 hours, Video 5-6 hours
- No UMD Drive (Insert cheers here)
- Memory Stick Micro
- Wi-Fi 802.11b
- Bluetooth 2.0
As a bonus, you can pick up Grand Turismo for free, before October 10th.
More @ http://au.playstation.com/
PS3 Slim confirmed, drops size and price, now under A$500
Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2009 at 8:21 am by Jason Cartwright
Well the rumour mill and blurry leaked spy shots were correct. The PS3 Slim does indeed exist, confirmed by a Sony Press Release this morning.
Regular readers will remember my post ‘Why the PS3 Slim doesn’t matter’. In the post I was critical of the pricing of the PS3 still a $699 years after it’s launch.
While expectations were that a small price reduction may be on it’s way with the slim, it looks like Sony have heard the complaints (and their sales figures) have dropped the PS3 in price by $200.
The PS3 Slim will be available on September 3, 2009 and sell for A$499.95. The hard drive size has increased from 80GB to 120GB, and as the name suggests also features a much sleeker (no doubt lighter) design. There is also a drop in power consumption by two-thirds, helping to reduce fan noise.
Also announced is PS3 Firmware 3.0 which is due on September 1st. The updates main addition will be a ‘What’s New’ screen where users will be able to quickly browse the new items available in PlayStation Store as well as their recently played games directly on the XMB.
More @ PlayStation
