Neowin News Feed for: Sony

GameStop: Xbox One and PS4 could cost less at launch than Xbox 360 and PS3

John Callaham — Fri, 24 May 2013 08:42:54 +0100

Game retailer GameStop believes the launch prices for Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4 consoles will be less than the launch prices of the Xbox 360 and PS3. Read more...

The PlayStation 4 is, on paper, faster than the Xbox One

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:57 +0100

AnandTech has performed an analysis on the known hardware of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, revealing that (at least on paper) the PlayStation 4 has a faster GPU with more memory bandwidth. Read more...

Sony tries to take some of next Xbox reveal's thunder with PS4 design teaser

John Callaham — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:58:40 +0100

One day before the next Xbox reveal, Sony released a new teaser trailer that shows glimpses of the design for the PlayStation 4 console, with the promise of its full reveal on June 10th at E3 2013 Read more...

Gran Turismo 6 for PS3 announced for holiday 2013 release

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:18:21 +0100

Sony has announced plans to release Gran Turismo 6, the latest game in the long running racing simulation series, for the PlayStation 3 sometime in the holiday 2013 period. Read more...

Who made a fake, but cool looking, PS4 promo video?

John Callaham — Mon, 13 May 2013 22:07:17 +0100

A recently uploaded and cool looking video that seemed to be a new promo for Sony's PlayStation 4, complete with glimpses of the console itself, has been confirmed by Sony to be fake. Read more...

Epic Games: PlayStation 4, next Xbox 'going heavily' on free-to-play games

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:37:19 +0100

Epic Games VP Mark Rein says that Microsoft will be "going heavily" on the free-to-play model for games made for the next Xbox, as well as Sony with its PlayStation 4 console. Read more...

Unannounced Sony Windows 8 13 inch notebook-tablet hybrid revealed [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:16:42 +0100

A newly discovered YouTube video and some press images have made their way to the Internet, showing off an unannounced Windows 8 13 inch notebook-tablet hybrid PC from Sony. Read more...

PlayStation 4 won't be always-online

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:14:27 +0100

An interview with Shuhei Yoshida of Sony's Worldwide Studios division has revealed that the PlayStation 4 will not be an always-online console, as internet connections are not robust in all countries Read more...

Sony launches new Windows 8 Vaio Fit touchscreen notebooks

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:59:15 +0100

Sony has just announced a new Vaio Fit lineup of mainstream Windows 8 touchscreen notebook that will go on sale later this month, along with upgrades to some older Sony PCs. Read more...

Rumor: Blu-Ray license issues could delay next Xbox until 2014?

John Callaham — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:57:03 +0100

A new rumor claims that Microsoft could have to delay the launch of the next Xbox console until sometime in 2014, due to licensing issues for the console's Blu-Ray disc player. Read more...

Sony to hold E3 2013 press conference June 10th

John Callaham — Fri, 03 May 2013 23:24:41 +0100

As expected, Sony will be holding its annual E3 2013 press conference on June 10th, the day before the trade show opens and a few hours after Microsoft holds its own E3 2013 press event. Read more...

Dust 514 officially launches May 14th for PS3

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:47:29 +0100

CCP Games has announced that its free-to-play sci-fi shooter Dust 514 will finally leave the beta stage and officially launch on May 14th for the PlayStation 3 console. Read more...

Microsoft sells 261,000 Xbox 360 units in US during March 2013

John Callaham — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:32:25 +0100

Microsoft is once again on top of the current game console industry in the U.S., selling 261,000 units of its Xbox 360 console during the month of March 2013, according to NPD. Read more...

Microsoft pushed back next Xbox reveal because it's not afraid of PS4?

John Callaham — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:38:43 +0100

A new report claims, via unnamed sources, that Microsoft decided to push back its reveal event for the Xbox 360 from April to late May because "it saw little competitive pressure" from rival Sony. Read more...

iOS wins the OS adoption war, Samsung wins the hardware war, according to report

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:42:54 +0100

Unity, a game engine provider whose userbase is in the hundreds of millions, have published a report profiling the version usage of iOS and Android, as well as the hardware usage of each. Read more...

Rumor: Next Xbox's controller not much different than Xbox 360 version

John Callaham — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:02:17 +0100

New rumors about the controller for the next version of Microsoft's Xbox game console claim that it won't be much different than the current controller for the Xbox 360. Read more...

Grand Theft Auto V box cover artwork revealed

John Callaham — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:32:17 +0100

Rockstar Games has revealed the box cover artwork for Grand Theft Auto V, the long awaited next game in the open world game series that's due out on September 17th for the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Read more...

New game engine demos offer glimpse of next gen graphics

John Callaham — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:08:52 +0000

This week's Game Developers Conference was the source for a number of new game engine demos that show the future of what PC and next generation console games might look and act like. Read more...

Review: Sony Xperia Z

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:04:47 +0000

Quite frankly the Xperia Z is the best designed smartphone that Sony has ever made, but does it contain key features that will help it stack up against the tough competition of 2013? Let's find out Read more...

Battlefield 4 producer: Nobody knows final hardware specs for PS4 and next Xbox

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:20:09 +0000

The executive producer for the just announced FPS Battlefield 4 claims in a new interview that no one really knows what the final hardware specs will be for the PS4 and Microsoft's next Xbox consoles. Read more...