A new report from IDC, which forecasts the computer games industry for 2012-2016 and published last month, indicated that the PS3 has shifted more units than the Xbox 360 as of December 2012. The report highlights that Sony has shipped 77 million consoles to date, compared to 76 million Xbox 360 consoles.
Sony is always expanding the entertainment options on the PS3 and PS Vita, and the latest announcement is the launch of the EPIX app on the PlayStation Network. EPIS provides premium content, with more than 3,000 new and classic feature films, concerts, stand-up comedy and sports shows.
Earlier this week Sony issues a press release marking another milestone for the PS3. The press release says the PS3 has sold over 30 million units in PAL Territories, which includes Australia, New Zealand and South Africa – since March 2007.
Sony has released the PS3 and PS Vita sales figures for last week, which includes Black Friday results. The two consoles combined sold 685,000 units from November 18th 2012 through to November 24th 2012, which is said to be a 9% increase over last year, including software and peripherals sales too.
In a press release this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment announced that sales for the PS3 have reached over 70 million units worldwide as of November 4th 2012. The milestone has been achieved in less than six years after the console was first launched in 2006. Sony’s PlayStation Move controller has also surpassed 15 million units as of November 11th 2012.
Racing fans have a lot to look forward to over the next two weeks as SCEE launches the Racing Games sale on the PlayStation Store later today. Gamers will be able to get discounts on great racing titles and DLC for games including ModNation Racers, DiRT Showdown, and Driver San Francisco.
The PS3’s system software and security features have been blown wide open after publication of the console’s LV0 decryption keys. The LV0 keys allow access to the lowest level of the system, known as “root” access, giving hackers access to every system function, including creating custom firmwares that allow PSN access.
Sony has revealed that sales of the PS3 in the UK has passed the 5 million unit mark, since the console was first launched in March 2007. The console has sold over 5 million across all three designs, starting with the very first 60GB model, down to the 500GB “Super Slim” models recently launched.
We have the full technical specification of the new “Super Slim” PS3 model, it’s vertical stand and the official 250GB hard drive, announced at TGS 2012 earlier today. The console weighs in at 2.1kg – compared to the PS3 Slim 3.2kg weight. The new model also consumes less power at 190w compared to the PS3 Slim’s 250w power supply.
With the Tokyo Games Show just around the corner, Sony has revealed its line up of demos and playable games at the event. The PS Vita is again getting a big push from the company, but the line up also includes plenty of playable PS3 titles and a few PSP ones too. PS3 titles like Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Dust 514 and Assassin’s Creed III will be playable at the event.
