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Sony PlayStation – PS3 wireless controller (DUALSHOCK3) in “Metallic Gray” – limited quantity in Japan ONLY

By Stephen - [2/4/2013 - 06:56] - 2 - Gaming

A wireless controller (DUALSHOCK3) for PlayStation 3 in a new color – “Metallic Gray” – will be released on June 20 in a limited quantity ONLY in Japan. The price will be 5,500 yen (including tax). Controller can be ordered here.

Sony PlayStation – PS3 wireless controller (DUALSHOCK3) in “Metallic Gray” – limited quantity in Japan ONLY

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Sony announces a new smaller and lighter PS3

By ElPenguinno - [19/9/2012 - 04:46] - 3 - Gaming

Sony announced ahead of this year TGS (Tokyo Game Show) a new smaller and lighter PlayStation3. Available at first in Black and White with the choice between 250 and 500GB of HDD these new PS3 will be sold at 269.99 USD in its 250GB Ve[...]

Sony announces a new smaller and lighter PS3

[Pre-TGS SONY] La Playstation 3 au régime

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Sony releases “Nasne” where torne meet NAS

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/4/2012 - 08:49] - 1 - Home Entertainment Networking Storage

Torne, Sony’s digital TV tuner is now becoming a fully capable, but limited to Sony’s will, NAS thanks to the addition of a 500GB HDD. Thanks to Nasne, you will now be able to record TV shows directly into your torne or Nasne instead o[...]

Sony releases “Nasne” where torne meet NAS

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Sony to redesign Playstation Home

By Tiago Santos - [25/8/2011 - 09:51] - 0 - Gaming

As we all know, Sony redesigned PlayStation Home earlier this year, bringing better graphics and multiplayer support, this wasn’t the update that Sony was expecting it to be. So right now Sony is working on a new update to comple[...]

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Sony announces PS3 price cut and WiFi-less PSP E-1000

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [17/8/2011 - 10:19] - 0 - Gaming

Yesterday Sony announced that it will bring a price cut to its 160GB PS3 Slim and it will run at 24,980 Yen in Japan, $249 in America and 249€ in Europe. Also, a new WiFi-less PSP, the E-1000, that will be sold in Europe only, will be [...]

Sony announces PS3 price cut and WiFi-less PSP E-1000

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Sony introduces lighter and more power efficient PS3 in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [21/6/2011 - 02:09] - 0 - Gaming

Sony made it official by introducing its latest PS3 the CECH-3000B yesterday a new PS3 that comes 400g lighter than previous slim models with a total weight of 2.6kg as well as consuming 30W less of power with now a total of 200W. This[...]

Sony introduces lighter and more power efficient PS3 in Japan

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Sony announces the PS3 Keyboard in Japan

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [8/6/2011 - 11:39] - 0 - Peripherals

Looking for an Official Sony PlayStation Keyboard? If so, here is the CECH-ZKB1JP, announced at 5,000 Yen and available at the end of June. This 290.0 × 25.0 × 120.4mm Bluetooth 2.1+EDR keyboard comes with the usual PS Button as well a[...]

Sony announces the PS3 Keyboard in Japan

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Sony finally fully restoring its PSN and Qriocity services

By Tom LESKIN - [2/6/2011 - 09:35] - 14 - Gaming

Sony has gotten a lot of heat lately for all the hackery to the Playstation Network that kept it from being online since April. Today Sony announced it will fully restore all PSN and Qriocity services today (June 2) in the Americas, Eu[...]

Sony finally fully restoring its PSN and Qriocity services

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Sony ‘Welcomes Back’ PSN customers with free games

By Tom LESKIN - [17/5/2011 - 08:51] - 1 - Gaming

After all that’s happened recently with the Playstation Network outage, Sony had restored some services, and now they’re doing something else for customers. Today Sony announced details about its “Welcome Back” [...]

Sony ‘Welcomes Back’ PSN customers with free games

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Playstation Move Sharp Shooter attachment coming up

By Akihabara News Team - [13/12/2010 - 10:12] - 0 - Gaming Peripherals

The first Sony-made Playstation Move attachment is coming, scheduled for simultaneous launch with Killzone 3 (JP 02/24, NA 02/22, EU 02/28). It has slots for both the motion controller and navigation controller, and is intended for use[...]

Playstation Move Sharp Shooter attachment coming up

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Sony to offer PlayStation Move/Sports Champions value packs

By Akihabara News Team - [16/11/2010 - 05:51] - 0 - Gaming

Sony Japan is gearing up for the holiday season and announced today the release of two new value packs: the “PlayStation Move Sports Champions value pack” and the “PlayStation 3 with PlayStation Move Sport Champions v[...]

Sony to offer PlayStation Move/Sports Champions value packs

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Sony Building Unveils 2010 Art Wall Competition Winning Entry

By Akihabara News Team - [1/11/2010 - 11:43] - 1 - Displays

The Sony Building in Ginza, Tokyo, unveiled the winning entry in the Canvas @ Sony 2010 Art Wall Audition, a piece by Kanda Yumiko titled, quite simply, Banana, on its vertical 38x6m Art Wall display. Also running as part of the event [...]

Sony Building Unveils 2010 Art Wall Competition Winning Entry

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Century Corporation Announces New External USB HDD Case

By Akihabara News Team - [25/10/2010 - 10:03] - 0 - Storage

Century Corporation announced a new USB hard drive case, the Razoku no Torihoudai, last week, as a new addition to its Razoku series of USB hard drive cases. The product has space for one 2.5-inch SATA hard drive and one 3.5-inch SATA [...]

Century Corporation Announces New External USB HDD Case

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New Playstation 3 Colors

By Akihabara News Team - [17/9/2010 - 11:38] - 1 - Gaming

If you’ve been considering getting a Playstation 3 somewhere around November, you should take a look at these new colors. A model with a new body color, termed Classic White, will go on sale on the 21st of November for 34,980 JPY with [...]

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Playstation 3 Blu-ray 3D Support

By Akihabara News Team - [17/9/2010 - 11:09] - 1 - Home Entertainment

Sony Computer Entertainment will push out a firmware update for Playstation 3 on the 21st of September, giving their flagship gaming console support for Blu-ray 3D discs. That’s right: support for Blu-ray 3D doesn’t require owners to b[...]

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Gran Turismo 5 Titanium Blue PS3 to hit Japan this november

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [18/8/2010 - 06:38] - 1 - Gaming

Finally, Yes! Finally we now know for sure that Gran Turismo 5 will ship this year, and especially this november… For the occasion, SCEI announced today a new PS3 bundle including not only GT5, but also also 5 special cars includ[...]

Gran Turismo 5 Titanium Blue PS3 to hit Japan this november

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Elecom add a smartphone friendly bluetooth keyboard to its catalog

By Daimaou - G.G-B - [27/7/2010 - 03:38] - 2 - Peripherals

Designed for Smartphones or Tablets supporting Bluetooth Keyboards input, Elecom new TK-FBP017BK, a bluetooth keyboard is the latest weapon of mass communication in Japan. With a total size of 285.6×99.3×14.1mm for 165g, our [...]

Elecom add a smartphone friendly bluetooth keyboard to its catalog

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Pictures of the Playstation move shooting attachment

By Akihabara News Team - [16/6/2010 - 07:00] - 2 - Gaming

Here are some pictures of the “Shooting attachment” for the PlayStation move. Like the Wiimote shooting gun, you will have to insert the Playstation move in the ‘Shooting attachment’ and Voila… The PlayStation Move “Shooting Attachment[...]

Pictures of the Playstation move shooting attachment

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Sony unveiled the Planet’s first smallest and thinnest Full HD video Capable Digital Still Cameras

By Akihabara News Team - [8/1/2010 - 06:23] - 6 - Cameras

The new Cyber-shot cameras “DSC-HX5V” and “DSC-TX7 “are capable of recording videos in Advanced Video Codec High Definition (AVCHD) format with 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution at 60i in 17Mbps which you can afterwards burn to discs and [...]