When Nintendo announced the Wii U before E3 2011, they started the eighth generation of video game consoles. Nintendo acquiesced to the fact that HD graphics and modern network architectures were integral to the gaming experience. The Wii U puts Nintendo’s cards on the table: HD graphics and a new controller with a touch screen. …
Tag Archive: Sony
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Jun 06
E3 2012: Sony
Yaaaawwwwwnn. Sorry guys, technically the Sony conference was back on Monday night. However, there was so little to be excited about that I felt it was more prudent to…. I don’t know, not care? Sony’s conference yielded little if any big announcements or new features for the Playstation 3 or PS Vita. In terms of …
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Jun 08
E3 2011: Sony
Technically this was last night, but like I warned it is hard for me to crank out three deep posts about these press conferences in one day. Still, you guys deserve to see what the other Japanese console manufacturer has to offer. Sony’s Playstation has had an upward battle since their disastrous launch of the PS3 in …
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May 14
Alert: PSN Is Coming Back
As of this evening, it looks like Sony is starting to roll out the relaunch of PSN. So far online gaming and Netflix seem to be active. Hopefully Sony’s improved security will prevent another catastrophic take down like this one. And so ends the Great PSN Outage of 2011.
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May 06
Epic FAIL: Sony Loses Control of PSN
It has been over two weeks. Two freaking weeks since the Playstation Network was attacked by an unknown, malicious entity which has blocked all access to the PSN. Sony has been forced to completely deactivate PSN in a desperate attempt to stop the attack and rebuild their entire network infrastructure with stronger security. To be …
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Jan 27
Here Comes the Boom! Sony Drops the Next PSP
After the disaster of Sony’s early commercials (oh God…. that baby still haunts my dreams), Sony finally scrapped the old ad campaign in favor of fast-paced music by Saliva, actual gameplay, and most of all: making the PS3 seem powerful. All of it worked and those commercials had a powerful effect on me, mostly because …
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