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Hacker claims to have jailbroken PlayStation 4 to play pirated games
Wherever you stand on the debate of whether people should be able to jailbreak their home entertainment devices, one thing is for sure. Hackers really don't like Sony.
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Sony sells over 2.1 million PlayStation 4 consoles since launch
After announcing that the PlayStation 4 moved over a million units in its first 24 hours on sale, Sony has revealed the system's total figures as of December 1st. 2.1 million PS4 consoles were sold worldwide since the initial launch in the US on November 15th, of which 700,000 came from Europe and Australasia after two days of availability.
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San Francisco man shot to death while trying to sell PS4
A man was robbed and fatally shot yesterday following a planned online arrangement to sell a PlayStation 4 console, San Francisco police report. The victim, said to be in his early 20s, is believed to have met the shooter online and agreed to sell him the newly released console. After meeting, the victim was shot multiple times. The suspect took the system and fled the scene, police say. The victim was later taken to San Francisco General Hospital where he died.
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Meet The Brazilian Man Who Paid $1800 For A PlayStation 4
In October, Sony announced that they would sell the PlayStation 4 in Brazil for 4000 real, or the equivalent of 1800 USD. That’s right: the citizens of the fifth largest country in the world have to pay more than four times what Americans pay for the new console, if they choose to buy it in stores in Brazil. The reason? Largely, a staggering import tax.
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KILLZONE INTERCEPT - Live Action Fan Film
Killzone Intercept occurs during the events of Killzone 3 as the ISA evacuate Helghan. A small scout squad is called upon to stall a large group of approaching Helghasts that plan to cut off the ISA convoy from reaching the extraction point. Outnumbered, the squad takes on the task with hopes of getting everyone off the planet alive.
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Weird Al Settles with Sony Music Over Litany of Allegations
Among the parodist's claims were that he had been cheated on digital income, that he helped Sony get equity in YouTube and that he hadn't seen money from the Napster settlement.
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PlayStation 4 Is A Hit, But What About PlayStation 5?
The PlayStation 4 is a hit. While there are no official figures from Sony about holiday sales, early reports have the console selling 2-to-1 over competitor Xbox One. And with the buzz of a new console launch out of the way, that means it's time to start focusing on what's next.
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Sony announces PlayStation Now service for streaming older console games to TVs, phones and tablets
At its CES keynote on Tuesday, Sony announced PlayStation Now, a new game streaming service that will bring older titles from the original PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 to the PlayStation 4, PS Vita, smartphones, Bravia TVs and tablets. Games will be available via rental or subscription. PlayStation Now is based on the Gaikai streaming technology that Sony purchased in 2012.
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Sony To Exit PC Business By Selling VAIO
Sony will sell off its lackluster PC division and focus on spinning off its TV business into a standalone entity by June. The company’s announcement confirms a report yesterday that Japan Industrial Partners planned to purchase the VAIO brand. The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but Nikkei reported that it may be up to 50 billion yen ($490 million).
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Sony sells its waterproof mp3 player inside a bottle of water
What does a company do to convince potential customers that its product is genuinely waterproof? Well, aside from saying so on the packaging, it can sell the product already immersed ...
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Sony Pico Projector module delivers focus-free HD resolution images
Sony might have bowed out from its VAIO PC business, but its mobile dreams are still as strong as ever. Testament to that is a new super small projector module that is touted to deliver high quality images inside a device that will fit your hand.
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Sony Unveils Xperia Z2: 5.2-Inch Screen, 4K Video Recording
Sony has unveiled the Xperia Z2, the company's new flagship smartphone, a mere four months after introducing Xperia Z1 and one year after launching the first phone in the series, the Xperia Z. We mention the Xperia Z2's predecessors because all three devices share a nearly identical design: monolithic black rectangles with a silver wake up key and volume buttons on the right side.
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Sony making a Last of Us movie - Who would you cast as Joel and Ellie?
Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann will write the script for the film, according to Deadline's exclusive story. And Naughty Dog co-presidents Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra, as well as game director Bruce Straley, are also involved. Veteran Naughty Dog writer Amy Hennig recently left the company, though it's unknown if she'll contribute to the film.
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Sony announces Project Morpheus, a virtual reality headset coming to PlayStation 4
Sony is pursuing new virtual reality technology dubbed Project Morpheus for PlayStation 4, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida announced at GDC 2014 today.
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Oculus Rift, Sony, And The Coming Virtual Reality Revolution
One idea is dominating this year's Game Developers Conference: virtual reality. From Treadmills to bodysuits, from guns to games, the emerging VR ecosystem is vast - and growing.
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Sony Blocks Creative Commons Movie With Bogus DMCA Takedown
It's pretty hard to enrage free software advocates, the Creative Commons movement, and anti-overreaching copyright and anti-censorship camps with a single move, so 'congratulations' to Sony for managing that today. Thanks to a bogus DMCA takedown, the Blender Institute's open movie 'Sintel' is now blocked on YouTube.
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Sony Crams 3,700 Blu-Rays' Worth of Storage in a Single Cassette Tape
Stupid hipster 80s fetishism notwithstanding, cassette tapes don't get much love. That's a shame, because magnetic tape is still a surprisingly robust way to back up data. Especially now: Sony just unveiled tape that holds a whopping 148 GB per square inch, meaning a cassette could hold 185 TB of data. Prepare for the mixtape to end all mixtapes.
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Next Gen Hardware Dominates First Quarter Spending in Gaming
Total spending on video gaming in the US added up to $4.6 billion USD in the first quarter (Q1) of 2014, according to a report from the NPD Group's Games Market Dynamics. Hardware sales were the strongest facet of gaming, with total sales accounting for almost a quarter of all spending. Driven by sales of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, hardware spending increased 47% to $983 million USD in Q1.
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Sony Says Goodbye to the PSP
It had a long run, but the PSP — the handheld gaming device Sony introduced 10 years ago – is powering down. Sony stopped shipping the gadget in North America earlier this year, and says it is winding down in Japan, too. The PS Vita, the PSP’s sequel, doesn’t seem to be setting the world aflame, but Sony is still a big force in games. Ask Microsoft, which is losing the console war to Sony’s PS 4.
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PS4 + PS Vita Bundle Revealed
One of Sony's E3 2014 surprises may have just been spoiled. The often-leaky Amazon France has posted a product page (via IGN) for a special PlayStation 4/PlayStation Vita "Ultimate Player Edition" bundle. It's listed for €579, or about $790. According to the listing, it will go on sale July 4.
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