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This year HowStuffWorks.com sent Tech Editor Holly Frey to the Electronics Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Since she doesn’t have her own blog account yet, I’ll be posting her updates this week. Judging by what I’ve read, she’s having a good time!
I read over at NPR that Sony is facing a $3.2 billion-dollar loss this year. That’s bad news for the company, which had projected to climb out of a recent series of losses to return to profitability. And there are two big reasons why Sony won’t be seeing profits this year. One is due to the tsunami that hit Japan. The other is the recent attacks on the PlayStation Network (PSN). Together, these events cost the company billions of dollars.
PlayStation owners will have to wait a while longer before regaining access to the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services. According to an official blog post on the PlayStation blog, the company began internal testing of the network last week. But until Sony is satisfied that the new security measures are working properly, the company won’t restore partial network service to the public. And Bloomberg reports that Sony executives are assuring users that full service to the network will return by May 31st. A blog post from April 27th said that Sony hoped to restore service within a week. But that was before Sony was fully aware of the extent of the security breach.
The news is all over the place but I heard it first on engadget: Sony has unveiled a new gaming platform for Android-based devices called PlayStation Suite. The platform is a PlayStation emulator that will allow users to play PlayStation games (from the original PlayStation) on phones and tablets. There will be touchscreen controls for devices that don’t have physical keyboards. New games designed specifically for PlayStation Suite are soon to follow.
In today’s episode, the TechStuff guys weigh in on video game consoles, from the models they own to the future of gaming consoles. Learn more about technology in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.
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Just a few days before E3 started, a video of Sony’s new product, the PSP Go, hit the Web. It featured a fairly goofy skit in which reporter Veronica Belmont met with a Sony representative to get a look at the top secret device. Unfortunately it hit the Intertubes a little too early.
Get a console-by-console update on the developments of the 2008 E3 exposition in this HowStuffWorks podcast, including news on improved online features and expanded memory. Check out our HowStuffWorks article “How Video Game Systems Work” to learn more.
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