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PlayStation.Blog redesign now live- Does exactly what it says on the tin.  A good deal of tweaking has been done to make the blog more useful than ever.  A most welcome update.

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Sony UK boss on DLC: ‘Nothing is ever exclusive’- This is a very interesting interview.  It has allayed most of my fears about exclusives and whatnot.  Seems that whilst Microsoft is engaging in bribery and market restriction, Sony is wisely investing in R&D.  My faith in them has been restored.

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Sony on PS3 price: We’ve a business to run- And people have got food to buy, fuel bills to pay.  I’d say a PS3 could be considered a luxury these days.  In all honesty, I agree that Sony have some fantastic games coming in the pipeline, but the Xbox 360 is sooo much cheaper.  Why [...]

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Kaz Hirai: Sony can ‘re-evaluate’ paying for PS3 exclusives- Damn right, as PS3 Fanboy notes; “This strategy has meant a bevy of formerly PS2-exclusive series to become multiplatform successes on Xbox 360 and PC.”  Enjoying games such as Burnout, GTA and Assassin’s Creed on your 360, are you?  You can thank Sony for not bribing [...]

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PlayStation 3 has been outselling the Xbox 360 since October- This is in Europe, baby; where our loyalty to Microsoft ends with Windows :p

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GamePro interview with Scott Steinberg, marketing VP of Sony- Interesting read.  There’s discussion of the Blu-ray victory, Microsoft’s 2008 game line-up, and possibilities for new PS3 downloads (including the possibility of movies, music, and PS2 games).
Sony’s marketing VP tells GamePro that Microsoft may have “already leveraged all of their big assets” for the Xbox 360 [...]

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I would have posted this as an aside, but I wanted to include the a picture of the new visual style of the store:

(Click the above image for high-res goodness)
The update to the PLAYSTATION Store will be around mid-April, during which there will be a firmware upgrade required for the PS3 in order to use [...]

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Rumor: Dualshock 3s available in Europe on May 2nd- I can’t wait to get my mitts on one of these beauties.

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With the amount of coverage on PlayStation.Blog, I was intrigued and decided to give this game a go; especially with its low price point of £25. Now, Patapon isn’t your ordinary game. No sir. It breaks the mould of game design just like LocoRoco did. And like LocoRoco, it is a [...]

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Analyst: Wii owners will want to move to PS3- I wouldn’t be surprised

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From Kotaku:
Sony is apparently pitching features like these to developers to extend the lives of their titles, using strong first and second party development showcases to prove that Home can effectively market outside of traditional means. We hope they take them up on their offer, because we’re definitely excited about the prospects.
Kotaku has examples [...]

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Europe getting 40GB PS3 bundles packing Gran Turismo, Blu-ray movies- Sweet.  Not that it’ll affect me, but it is exciting to know that Sony are pulling out all the stops to entice consumers to sample in the delights of the PS3.  See also stories on: PS3 Fanboy and The Sixth Axis.

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