Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Yesterdays PlayStation news, all in one place


Sony had itself quite a day yesterday, effectively reinvigorating the PlayStation brand with the $300 PS3 Slim and a host of upgrades and updates to the PSP, the PlayStation Store, and PlayStation Network. Now that the dust has settled, we thought wed throw down a little recap in case you didnt catch it all -- its clear that the lower-priced Slim has a lot of people talking about finally buying a PS3, but we think things like PSP Minis "snackable" games and the new PS3 firmware 3.0 might be equally as important in the long run. Heres the full breakdown:

Liveblog:
  • Sonys GamesCom presser coverage live at Joystiq!
  • Live from Sonys GamesCom Press conference (at Joystiq)
PS3 Slim and PS3 classic:
  • Sony unveils slimmer PS3: $300, lands in September (updated!)
  • PlayStation 3 Slim unboxing and hands-on!
  • PS3 Slim sized up: smaller, deeper, no Linux or PS2 compatibility
  • Sony sneaks PS3 Slim through FCC under pseudonym, 250GB model discovered
  • Sony finally hacks $100 from old PlayStation 3 price, starting today
  • Sony announces PS3 firmware 3.0, European PlayStation Video Store, Digital Reader comics viewer
PSP:
  • Sony announces snackable 100MB Minis for PSN Store
  • Sony announces three new PSP-3000 colors for Europe
  • PSP Minis, Digital Comics get their own promo videos