PlayStation Network, Remote Play, and more.

Posted: September 2nd, 2009 | Author: Rex | Filed under: PS3 | Tags: , | No Comments »

PlayStation 3 news from around the web:

Study: Xbox 360 RROD on the decline on Joystiq [Nintendo]
“We’re not sure there’s a great way to write this post without you beautiful monsters turning it into flamebait — nay, a flamesteak. We’re just going to chuck it into the pit and then walk away in slow motion while the animals devour it. If we do it…”

74 percent of PS3 owners have watched a Blu-ray, but how many have watched two? on Engadget HD
“Filed under: Blu-ray, Sony Sony may be working to expand the perception of the PS3 as a media powerhouse with half-hearted bundles and new advertising campaigns, but according to SCEA Director of PlayStation Network Operations Eric Lempel, it’s…”

Users report Firmware 3.0 causing Uncharted freezes on Joystiq
“Despite the shimmery new effects in the backgrounds, PS3 firmware 3.0 isn’t an entirely calming, lovely experience for some users. Several posters on the Playstation.com forums report that, since the update, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune freezes at…”

Sony pimping 3D this year on CrunchGear
“This is not what Sony’s solution will look like The FT is reporting that the Sony press conference I’m about to attend here at IFA in Berlin will feature lots and lots of 3D televisions, news I’m hard-pressed to describe as…”

Scene It? Coming To Wii And PS3 [Multiplatform] on Kotaku
“The movie trivia party game that gave four new colored bits of plastic to the 360 is now making its way to the PS3 and Wii with Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! Screenlife’s adaptation of the DVD-based movie trivia game for the Xbox 360 has sold…”

About 24 percent of Xbox 360 game consoles fail within two years on VentureBeat
“It looks like the Xbox 360 is the most unreliable video game console in history. Most gamers already know that. Microsoft acknowledged the “red ring of death” failures in 2007 and took a $1.15 billion charge to deal with warranty…”

Aino: PS3 Remote Play, But Not a PSP Phone on HotHardware.com News Rss Feed
“More details have arisen about the Sony Ericsson Aino cell phone that will have some PS3 integration embedded in it. It’s not the “PSP phone” that people keep talking about and hoping for, and to be honest, it seems to lack a lot of what people might…”

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