As reported on PC World, Sony have recently announced that it will release a firm ware update for the PS3. The new firm ware upgrade enables Blu-ray Disc Profile 2.0, or BD-Live, to be supported on the PS3. BD-Live enables Blu-ray Disc makers to incorporate additional interactive features including downloadable video content, ringtones, and games.
Phil Harrison, the UK Sony Game’s president has resigned from his position and will step down from the 29th February after 15 years of service.
Mr Harrison a British citizen joined Sony in 1992 and in 2005 was appointed to head the firm’s games development studios.
Sony’s game division (ps3, ps2, and software) has finally turned a profit after loosing a substantial amount of money last year due to costs of developing the PlayStation 3. In Q3 of 2007 they sold 4.9m PS3’s, breaking their previous quarter records - this certainly has helped with the profit! Good stuff and good work, Sony. I’m loving my PS3 at the moment.
Sony has just finished cooking up a new smaller Blu-Ray optical module that could easily be used to produce thinner drives that could fit inside a laptop; this includes slot-loading drives, meaning that the chances of seeing a Blu-Ray equipped MacBook or iMac are very high. This new smaller module is also cheaper to produce, meaning that the prices of Blu-Ray players and drives will drop.
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