PS3 - Online Social Media

Sony PSN New Update 3.61 Resulting In Freezing PS3′s?

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Just a few days back, the news that many of you had finally been waiting for arrived, that the Sony PSN was actually coming back on although at a trickle. During the course of last weekend, Sony's CEO Kaz Hirai gave gamers news that the service was being restored in some countries with others … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Online Surge Causes Server Overload: Expected?

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As Sony's PSN network finally started to resume throughout yesterday, many of you were good enough to leave us your comments as to whether you had your service back up and running. With many countries such as America, Australia and other parts of Europe benefiting from the restoration first, … [Read more...]

Sony PSN UK Back Online: Some Have, Are Others Waiting?

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Earlier today, we gave you news that Sony's PlayStation Secure Network was being resumed, but in stages. As well as the service being restored, a new firmware update has been given. During the course of the day gamers have been keeping us informed on whether they are still patiently waiting for … [Read more...]

Sony Brand Tarnished Over PSN Outage: Can It Be Saved?

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Earlier today, we gave you news that Sony was restoring the PSN network and Qriocity streaming media services, well to some countries that is. News started to filter through that the US, some European countries and even Australia were starting to benefit from the restoration, but here in the UK, it … [Read more...]

Sony PSN “ComeBack” Service: You Back On, Any Problems?

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Sony's PSN outage commenced on the 20th April to the huge disappointment of its gamers, and ever since then, many of you have been waiting patiently for the service to resume. Some of you have even resorted to drastic measures of trading-in your PS3 consoles in return for an Xbox just to get your … [Read more...]

Twitter’s PS3 Jubilant Gamers Tweet Of Sony PSN Restoration

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Since its initial beginnings, online social networking site Twitter is now seeing in the region of 200 million active users. With some 65 million tweets being sent a day and over 800,000 search queries being processed, it is still proving a popular means of communication with not just the everyday … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Restoration Commences: New Security In Place

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News has filtered through overnight that Sony's PlayStation Secure Network is indeed back online in some parts of America and Europe. From an outage that first started back on April 20th until now, gamers have felt disappointed, frustrated and even happy to get rid of their PS3 consoles. So what … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Episode: PS3 vs Xbox 360 Concensus, Your Comments

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Since 20th April when the Sony PSN first went down and news filtered through that the outage was indeed caused by a hacker(s), many of you have commented on how you feel. The reaction from our readers has been immense from feelings of anger, frustration and so on. With the service set to resume … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Saga: PS4 Arrival, Affected Sales Before Released?

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As the Sony PSN downtime still continues from 20th April, many of you have been feeling disappointed, angry, frustrated and so on, but the reaction we have to say has been a mixed bag. Some of you have felt sorry for Sony with many of you saying that “its just one of those things” and that the … [Read more...]

Sony PS3 Blunder: Nintendo 3DS Price Drop, This To Blame?

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For many of you, the Sony PSN outage has been too much to bear with many of you either deciding to steer away from Sony altogether, trade in your PS3 console for something else and so on. But we have to say on the flip side to this, there are a percentage of you willing to wait. Although the … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Causes Rise In Second-Hand PS3′s

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Sony's PSN outage still relentlessly carries on with many gamers now wondering whether it is indeed worth staying with Sony's brand. Many of you have, judging by our readers comments, decided to opt for another gaming alternative, mainly that of Microsoft's Xbox 360. We have asked whether you … [Read more...]

After PSN Back Up Online, PS3 Needs Brand Building

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Sony's PSN outage still remains down and could be until the end of this month. We have reported twice, but from different sources that this remains the case and with Sony gamers still disappointed, angry and even refusing to go back to Sony, it begs the question can Sony come back from this? … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Outage Almost Over: Will Any Good Come From Hacking?

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Here at OSM we’ve been keeping you informed with all the latest about the Sony PlayStation Network outage since the very beginning. Earlier today we told about the Sony Press Conference that had just taken place in Tokyo where Sony issued an apology and said that service will resume this week. … [Read more...]

Sony PSN Outage Blog Update: May Be Down For Another Week

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We’ve been keeping readers informed about the PlayStation Network outage since the very beginning and unfortunately the latest news is not that good. According to the latest from the Sony PlayStation Blog, the PSN outage is set to continue and may in fact be down for another week. … [Read more...]

Nintendo Wii 2 Introduces “Screen Stream” Technology Controllers

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With Sony's PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360 going from strength to strength with their additions of PS Move and Kinect, Nintendo must have been starting to feel a little left out. So to combat the onslaught from their competitors, Nintendo have been working on a replacement for their popular Wii … [Read more...]

Sony PlayStation 3: Cloud Storage On PlayStation Plus

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So all of you Call Of Duty: Black Ops players are probably a little frustrated that the PlayStation network is down and you are probably wondering why. Well it’s down for scheduled maintenance but we know that there will be an update coming through for your PS3 tomorrow that they are probably … [Read more...]

Hackers Respond To Sony’s PS3 Life Ban Threat

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Sony recently put their foot down on the threat from Hackers and announced that anyone caught using illegal or pirated software would receive a life time ban from the PlayStation Network (PSN). The hackers have responded to this threat, simply by saying they will use their rogue skills to get … [Read more...]

GeoHot Told To Hand In PS3 Hard Drives

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Things seem to heating up in the world of renowned hacker George Hotz AKA GeoHot, following an ongoing court trial with Sony Hotz has been ordered to hand over all of his hard drives that are affiliated with the infamous PS3 hacking. … [Read more...]

Sony PS3 Cloud Storage: Coming with 3.60 firmware update

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Only yesterday we brought PS3 owners news of a PSN Facebook app, and the PS3 is in the news again today. Many PS3 enthusiasts may be very pleased as it seems that ‘cloud’ storage is coming with the 3.60 firmware update. A ‘cloud’ service has long been speculated for the Sony PlayStation 3 … [Read more...]

Music Unlimited: Sony’s Streaming Service

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Sony's new music streaming service, Music Unlimited has just been launched and interestingly it seems to be a hybrid of its main rivals, Spotify and Last.fm. The service has many good and bad points and we will run through them with you now. … [Read more...]

Sony PS3 Gains ITV & C4 For UK Streaming

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With Sony's PS3 hot property at the moment, especially on the run up to the festive season, the gaming console not only allows users to access online gaming but also doubles up as a Blu-Ray disc player. Well now to make the PS3 even more of a essential to your home entertainment system it has been … [Read more...]

Cyber Monday Sales: PS3 / Xbox 360 Deals – GameStop, Best Buy

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Since before Black Friday started we have seen retailers pushing the term “Cyber Week”, with the aim to get people shopping online more than any year before, and early results show that … [Read more...]

Sony NX810 LED 3D HDTV: Cyber Monday 2010 Deals

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If you are looking for a state of the art TV this Christmas, with massive savings then we have a treat in store for you. Sony are offering two different 3D TV deals on Cyber Monday that look too good to refuse. … [Read more...]

Walmart Cyber Monday: Specials Not Sold In Stores

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I expect many of you have been taking advantage of the Black Friday sales, but today we have news of one of the biggest retailers “Walmart” and what they will be offering on Cyber Monday. With just a few hours left before we hit one of the biggest online shopping days of the year, we have some … [Read more...]

Angry Birds: Sequel and console release confirmed by CEO

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Smash hit smartphone game Angry Birds has recieved a double boost, as not only has the app been confirmed to have a sequel but also it has been confirmed by the CEO of games developer Rovio that the game is so big that it will be brought to the big games consoles. Peter Vesterbacka has said that … [Read more...]