Sony Announces PSN snackable'100MB Department Store

Most beautiful in Cologne, Germany, Sony has confirmed that the suspicion for months. Unique to PSN Store, Sony players will soon become a new segment of securities that are available anytime and anywhere there is an Internet connection. 100 MB (or less) and the selection - this is officially Minis - to ensure the lowest cost for the development of the PSP ", and if all goes well, will see 15 players (such as Tetris, the hero of Sparta and MiniGore Field Runners) Starting on October 1. There was no indication how this love snackable "apps / games, but we want her Sony promises 50 to the end of 2009.

Sony makes the thin PS3: $ 300 plots in September

Hardly a surprise, but Sony has today GamesCom step in and confirmed what we all know the depths of our heart: The new PS3 is thin absolutely correct. Be the first week in September (September 1 in North America and Europe, September 3 in Japan) and retail from $ 300 (or 300 euros or 29,980 yen). Is smaller and lighter, has a hard drive with 120 GB, and the packages all functions of the PS3, while consuming 34 percent less energy and 32 percent less space. PS3 SKU their existing prices went every morning, in advance, to be sure, a heater, so it still - but do not know why you pay $ 300 for a 80GB PS3, if can still get a few weeks 120GB in a beautiful package. A couple photos of the opening are after the break.

Update: We have press photos! Animas to see in the gallery below, and pay attention to the pores of more than pic above. He is one of the top, which shows that the new model is a real "deep" that the PS3 fats.

Shift 2: Video! Our man Jack Tretton talks PS3 and displays your brand-new thin after the break. We also have a summary of the specifications tested.


Spec sheet:

• Product name: PlayStation 3
• Product code: CECH-2000A (Charcoal Black)
• CPU: Cell Broadband Engine™
• GPU: RSX
• Audio output: LPCM 7.1ch, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, DTS, DTS-HD, AAC.
• Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
• Hard disk: 120GB 2.5" Serial ATA
• USB 2.0 ports: 2
• Networking: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T), IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 (+EDR)
• Controller: Wireless Controller (Bluetooth) x 1
• AV outputs: HDMI x 1, AV MULTI OUT x 1, Digital out (optical) x 1
• Resolutions: 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i (for PAL 576p, 576i)
• BD / DVD / CD drive (read only): BD × 2 (BD-ROM), DVD × 8 (DVD-ROM), CD × 24 (CD-ROM)
• Power: AC 220 – 240, 50/60Hz
• Power consumption: Approx. 250W
• External dimensions (excluding maximum projecting part): Approx. 290 × 65 × 290 mm (width × height × length)
• Mass: Approx. 3.2kg
• Included in box: PlayStation 3 system × 1, Wireless Controller (DUALSHOCK 3) × 1, AC power cord × 1, AV cable × 1, USB cable × 1

Sony announces three new colors for Europe PSP-3000

Of course, Sony has many great ads in Gamescom today, but the decline in the expectations of the fans do not get the opportunity because the company once more on the painting and has worked in three new colors for the liability - even on PSP -3000. This includes the new "blue" and "pink flower, the color, the first of which is preinstalled with LittleBigPlanet and" Lila Lila "model, which is already on the market in the U.S. (which'll also the same Hannah Montanna Entertainment Pack) . Still no word about the new colors for an exemption, but it seems that people in Europe falls into their hands in November.