Over 2 Million games have been sold as well.
G4 is reporting that Sony has sold 1.2 million units worldwide since its first launch in Japan two months ago and its recent launch in North America last week. Given the system's struggle in Japan, this comes as good news for Sony.
A day one update is available for the new handheld.
Sony released an update for its new handheld today, the launch date of the PlayStation Vita. Firmware update v.1.61 is actually quite similar to the v.1.60, which was released a few weeks ago for the Japanese Vita.
A patent filing reveals this development.
A patent filed in late 2011 reveals that Sony is working on its own version of Microsoft's Kinect peripheral. The patent is for a "USER-DRIVEN THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE GAMING ENVIRONMENT", which involves plugging a camera into a PlayStation device and using it to track a person's movement and positioning in a 3D space.
Guy Longworth of Sony spills the beans in a recent interview.
While the Call of Duty series tends to make its way to all of the available platforms, up until now, nothing has been formally announced for Sony's upcoming handheld system. Though Activision has still yet to make any sort of proper announcement of the game, an interview with Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers.com revealed that a title is indeed in the works. Guy Longworth, Senior Vice President for PlayStation Brand Marketing stated in passing that a Call of Duty title will release for the Vita this fall.
Home console quality gaming meets the handheld market.
Mobile devices have put casual gaming at the frontlines of the handheld market, but Sony’s PlayStation Vita is a newly bred handheld beast with the power of current-gen gaming. It would be good to ask if Sony’s hardcore approach amongst the current casual gaming boom is a smart business move, but that can only be revealed in the near future. For now, we can only look at the Vita’s technical specs to judge the system. With that in mind, the Vita is a console with a lot of highs and only a few lows.
Sony gives extra incentive to get its more expensive model.
UPDATE: The game to be included in the 3G bundle has been revealed to be Super Stardust Delta, as well as its Advanced Star Fighter DLC. The original story, as reported on January 27, is as follows:
Ahead of beginning work on the upcoming survival game, Naughty Dog strongly considered bringing back Jak & Daxter.
Naughty Dog, as we all now know, has recently divided its studio into two distinct teams, each working on their own individual titles. The split and subsequent augmentation was done to accommodate future growth for the Uncharted developer. The first game taken on by this new team is The Last of Us, which was officially unveiled at last year's VGAs. Ahead of making the decision to start work on this new title, Naughty Dog told Game Informer that they strongly considered bringing back the fan-favorite Jak & Daxter series.
Despite the change in account branding, the PlayStation Network brand will remain intact.
Yesterday, Sony began distributing emails to PSN users to alert them of a slight scheduled change to their accounts. In an effort to unify their various digital brands, Sony is establishing the Sony Entertainment Network and subsequently converting all PSN accounts to be more universal SEN accounts. While the overall digital service Sony is providing will carry the SEN branding, the PlayStation Network brand will remain to accommodate all of Sony's gaming consoles.
The Tokyo company is posting losses for the fourth year in a row.
Sony announced its recent financial information and it doesn't look good. For the fourth year in a row Sony is in the red, and the company will post an annual loss of 2.9 billion dollars in March for 2011. Reuters is reporting that the loss is worse than expected.
Sony adjusts their 3G plan to better align with their provider.
AT&T is changing up its data pricing for 3G customers. The wireless provider announced earlier this month that they were doing away with their previous plans: 200MB for $15/month or 2 GB for $25/month. The new plans cost more, but also provide more data: 300MB for $20/month or 3GB for $30/month.
