Sony Says it Hasn’t Made Kaz Hirai President Just Yet
Posted by 1UP on Jan 09, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Following a report late last week that Kaz Hirai had been chosen to replace Howard Stringer as president of Sony, the company has since made it clear that no such decision has been made.
“Certain media reports were published on January 7, 2012 regarding Sony Corporation’s executive officers’ appointments,” said an official statement issued over the weekend. “Sony Corporation has made no announcement in this regard and nothing has been determined at this time.”
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PlayStation Boss Kaz Hirai to Become Sony’s President – Report
Posted by 1UP on Jan 06, 2012 | Leave a Comment
The former president of Sony Computer Entertainment, Kaz Hirai, may soon be taking on the role of president once again, only this time it will be for the entirety of Sony.
According to Japanese publication Nikkei (as reported by Mashable) Hirai will soon be promoted to the role of president of Sony Corporation, a position he may assume as soon as this April. Current president Howard Stringer would vacate the role but continue on as CEO and chairman.
Hirai was promoted to the chairman role of...
Vita Sales Continue to Struggle Post-Launch in Japan
Posted by 1UP on Jan 05, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Following its mid-December debut in which it sold over 321,000 units (later reported to be closer to 325,000), the system has not continued to enjoy the same degree of sales success.
In its second week, the system sold 72,479 units (compared with 101,121 PlayStation Portable units and 482,200 3DS units), and now in its third week, covering December 26 through January 1, the system sold just 42,648, again trailing the PSP at 62,746 and 3DS at 197,952. These numbers come courtesy of Media Create,...
The Top 25 PSP Games
Posted by IGN on Dec 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment
The PSP has been part of our lives for six years now. In that time, we’ve had classics, follies and the PSPgo. With the sun setting on Sony’s original handheld gaming machine, it’s time for the IGN PlayStation Team to gather and decide the best games ever to come to the platform. This is that list — the 25 games we think every PSP player should have played. Let us know what you think of it in the comments below.
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Daxter
Released March 14, 2006
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Vita Will Allow Multiple PSN Accounts
Posted by IGN on Dec 08, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Earlier this week, reports indicated that each PlayStation Vita would only support one PSN ID, and that a factory reset would be required to swap accounts. Sony has now clarified, explaining that each account will be bonded to a memory card, not a system.
Players who want to use multiple accounts will have the option of doing so, but each account will need to be bonded to its own card. A factory reset is only required if you want to use multiple accounts but only have one memory card.
“Your...
ModNation Racers: Bring on the Vita
Posted by IGN on Dec 07, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I didn’t play ModNation Racers enough. When it first came out, it had everything I could have wanted in a kart racer: fun driving, customizable karts, and a ton of creation tools for building my own tracks. But after a day of discouragement racing a vicious rival in story mode, I walked away. I had the intention of coming back, but I never did.
ModNation Racers: Road Trip feels like a second chance. The easy, rewarding driving returns, along with all the creation modes from the original. These...
Sound Shapes: Music Creation for All
Posted by IGN on Dec 07, 2011 | Leave a Comment
When I first heard that Sound Shapes, a PlayStation Vita exclusive, came from the minds behind Everyday Shooter, my expectations for it immediately changed. Everyday Shooter merged music and visuals together in the same way Rez did before it. Sound Shapes fully embraces its musical roots, fusing the act of jumping through a world directly into the topography of a song. And Sound Shapes comes equipped with a full set of tools that deliver some of the most intuitive music creation I’ve seen in...
Corpse Party Review
Posted by IGN on Dec 05, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Imagine watching a horror film. Its atmosphere and violence tug at your gut, inciting unease over the brutal suffering of characters you’ve grown to love. As you sit, perched on the edge of your chair, the hero stumbles down a hallway running from certain death that claws at his feet. At the last moment, just when he hopes to escape, he dies. A grisly death.
But he wasn’t supposed to die at that particular point in the film. So you rewind the movie and re-watch the last 20 minutes leading...
Vita Restricted to One PSN Account Per Console
Posted by IGN on Dec 05, 2011 | Leave a Comment
A NeoGAF forum member has reported that information handed out at a PS Vita preview event they attended in Osaka, Japan states that only one PSN ID can be set up on a PS Vita console at any one time. Furthermore, based on the user’s translation of a Japanese FAQ, swapping between PSN accounts on Vita is only possible if the console is first formatted to factory settings.
The NeoGAF user’s translation reads:
Q: How many PSN account can be set up on a Vita system?
A: Only 1 account. If...
Sony Defends Proprietary Vita Memory Cards
Posted by IGN on Dec 02, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Earlier this week, GameStop revealed Sony’s pricing plan for its proprietary Vita memory cards. In response to negative reactions from fans, Sony Division 2 software development head Muneki Shimada has spoken out in a new interview about Sony’s decision to use proprietary memory, and what it provides over traditional storage solutions.
According to a translation by Andriasang, Shimada says Sony didn’t use universal memory like SD cards because it wanted to make sure everyone had...
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