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Is the PS3 worth its weight in gold?

There’s nothing wrong with having expensive tastes, but isn’t buying a 24kt Gold PlayStation 3 going a bit too far?
The guys at luxury customisation company Computer Choppers have recently unveiled their beautiful gold PS3 Slims. Prices start at a modest $4,999; each console is supplied with two matching controllers, one year’s warranty as standard, and a [...]

Deal of the Day: PS3 Slim for under $250!

For anyone who is looking to buy a PS3; look no further. Toys R Us has the 120GB console for $300. Using 930354 to get 10% off and then 931073 to get a good 20% off gives a price of just $230.
That’s cheaper than a PSP Go! I think we know which one we’d be [...]

Confirmed 250GB Slim Bundles

MCV have confirmed what the upcoming release dates & configuration for the 250GB Slim PS3 Bundles are;

October 1st is when we can expect the bundles to hit stores with either any two PS3 platinum releases or Sucker Punch’s ‘Infamous’.
October 16th will see the release of the ‘Uncharted 2; Among Theives’ bundle that I’d previously covered.
Other [...]

250GB Slim Release ‘Definite for October’

A bundle of news for your eyeballs today.
Eurogamer has  a lot of evidence about the upcoming 250GB PS3 slim. According to two UK retailers a ‘definite’ October release is slated along with three possible bundles and a provincial price of £299.99. What are these bundles? Well, none other then Assasins Creed 2, Grand Turismo [...]

Sony’s ‘PS3 Start’ Campaign Cost How Much?

It turns out that SCEE’s latest pan-European marketing campaign ‘PS3 Start’, the first major campaign since the ‘This is Living’ advertisements that accompanied the PS3’s European launch in 2007, cost a staggering £82m to fund.
This is a lot of money, but Sony has much to shout about at the moment, such as the newly released PS3 [...]

Backwards Compatibility Plans Laid to Rest

John Koller, Sony’s Director of Hardware Marketing, has been kind enough to address a number of frequently-asked questions that have passed gamers’ lips of late (concentrating on the approaching PS3 Slim, unsurprisingly) in an interview with Ars Technica. 
We’ll leave you to have a read for yourselves, rather than detail Koller’s words in full here. However, [...]

Sony to Produce 250GB PS3: FCC Filing

According to an FCC filing that Sony (posing as Sand Dollar Enterprises) made for the PS3 Slim, there is another PS3 coming at some time in the future. Code named the (PS3 Slim) CECH-2001B, the new console will be a PS3 slim, but will boast a vastly larger 250GB hard drive.
Those of you that read [...]

PS3 Slim Announced and Pictured: Is Ugly

The PS3 Slim has finally been officially announced by Kaz Hirai at GamesCom, together with a price cut for the existing PS3. As you can see above, it’s sinfully ugly. It doesn’t even have the awesome touch-sensitive buttons anymore, and it’s managed to get ugly, black lettering. It looks generally tacky and cheap.
However, it’s got [...]