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Sony will not renew its FIFA sponsorship
Sony will reportedly not renew its FIFA sponsorship and will instead spend its money on structural reforms, according to Nikkei. The electronics giant began sponsoring the global soccer organization in 2005, signing an eight-year, 33 billion yen ($2...
Sony denies hacker group's infiltration into PSN
There has been no intrusion into the PlayStation Network, Sony has told Joystiq in the wake of a hacker group reportedly leaking 2,131 PSN logins. "We have investigated the claims that our network was breached and have found no evidence that ther...
Second-guessing Sony
Feel like some good old-fashioned Sony speculation? Next Generation may have just the thing for you. An opinion piece published on the site talks about Sony's involvement in the battle between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, and the repercussions an early launc...
Sony rings in the holidays with four weeks of PSN discounts
Sony wants to make it a bit easier to avoid the hazards of brick and mortar retailers this holiday season with a fully digital, four week-long PlayStation Network sale on television shows, movies and games for each of the publisher's platforms. F...
BBC: "Sony is losing"
Sony takes some mainstream media abuse from the BBC over their delayed European launch. Congratulations to random UK gamer Scott for giving up and buying a 360....
Sony and the aftermath of E3
It started with the press conferences. From then on, Sony was out to prove something during E3. Just like a confident kid in the locker room, the PlayStation 3 was well equipped. It had hardware, it had capital, and it had a fanbase. But something wa...
Sony promoting DS games
We have a shameful confession: sometimes we play games on other systems. Yes, there is a Playstation 2 in our stately Fanboy Manor, and it occasionally has a game in it. But our DS Fanboy Power is such that even the least Nintendo-like task we c...
Sony not ready to rumble with Splitfish
In announcing their SensorFX force feedback system for the PS3 yesterday, accessory-maker SplitFish somewhat coyly mentioned that the technology "can be sold as an add-on to existing controllers or as an imbedded [sic] feature that is part of a stand...
Sony not talking about rumble
Sony has refused comment on whether a PS3 controller with rumble is coming. GI.biz says that neither Sony Computer Entertainment of America nor Europe would comment on stories that began circulating last week of an impending rumble feature. It's real...
Sony's flog the best of 2006
The Consumerist is running a poll, chronicling the worst of the worst fake blogs (flogs) to hit the web this year. Among the contestants are Walmart, McDonald's, and of course... Sony's PSP. The "All I Want for Xmas" fiasco caused even more bad publ...
Nintendo versus Sony, in stocks
Sales figures and stock prices are important to any fanboy's repertoire. For some reason, there's a strange assumption that higher sales of a system means better games (something that I'd like to disagree with ... RIP Dreamcast). However, considerin...
The salvation or scourge of Sony?
Here's another great article outlining the perspective of the PlayStation 3 being Sony's saving grace or big stink. Ever since E3, critics and fans alike have been a little edgy about the company's strategy for the next-gen console. But we've said it...
Sony tries baseball, bribery
Lacking anything positve to report, the Sony public relations squad took a bunch of press types to the ballgame for the the purpose of winning a few media hearts and minds. Tony and Ryan from VGMDaily recount how they were fattened with peanuts and C...
The embarrassing Sony press conference
This has been floating around the internet for a bit, but it still deserves an honorable mention here. Some talented individuals decided to edit the Sony keynote address during E3, and the resulting video is definitely worth a chuckle (regardless i...
Sony Access machine in action
One brave consumer decided to go ahead and purchase something from the Sony Access vending machine we reported on recently. In purchasing a pair of 50 dollar headphones, namely these headphones, this fine gentleman has given us a great glimpse into...
