SEPT. 7, 2009 • Hoping to generate some of the same success as Apple’s iPhone, Sony Computer Ent. has introduced its PSP Minis program: micro-sized games at App Store-like prices. Titles will be marketed in a Minis branded area of the PlayStation Store. To make creating games for the init.....

SEPT. 2, 2009 • Display technology that supports 3D display will be built into Sony Bravia LCD TVs starting in 2010. Sony Electronics also said its Blu-ray players, as well as VAIO PCs and the PlayStation 3 will also support the technology. Sony executives said the system would employ Active.....

JULY 10, 2009 • Sony Electronics has partnered with Netflix where unlimited subscribers of the latter can stream more than 12,000 films and TV shows on Internet-capable Bravia televisions this fall. The agreement does not extend to PlayStation 3s, for now. Impact: The Netflix partnership with the Xbox 360 has been surprisingly compelling.  However, we wonder how long the uniqueness of the relationship will last.  The idea of streaming video rentals.....

FEB. 23, 2009 • There’s been plenty of investment in Latin America market during the last few years by the big three video game console makers. With many similarities to the gamer demographic in Europe, the Latin countries in the Americas are an emerging market that also seems very familiar to established players in the industry. Microsoft Ent. proved to be extremely aggressive in the region at the beginning of the current generation, but Nintendo Co. Ltd. and Sony Computer Ent. have .....

JUNE 4, 2008 • Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has permanently ceased development on two PS3 games from its London studio: The Getaway 3 and Eight Days. Personnel and resources that were freed up will be directed to other projects nearing completion. Impact: The Getaway was a big hit in Europe for the PlayStation 2 and SCEE acquired its developer Team Soho in 2002.  However the 2004 follow-up, The Getaway: Black Monday was a di.....

MAY 28, 2008 • Sony Corp. is very serious about managing the digital entertainment gateway in the home. The electronics firm signed an agreement of understanding with the National Cable & Telecommunications Association that establishes the fundamentals of retailing digital cable-ready televisions. Such TVs would have b.....

FEB. 25, 2008 • Sony Computer Entertainment announced that Phil Harrison, president of its game development studios, had resigned. No reason for the departure was provided, and chief executive Kaz Hirai said he would take on Harrison’s responsibilities. Harrison had been with Sony since 1992, and was a veteran of the original PlayStation launch on 1995. Impact: Phil Harrison was a leading driver of making the PlayStation platforms family friendly w.....

SEPT. 16, 2007 • The Financial Times reported that Sony was in negotiations talks to sell its advanced semiconductor fabrication facilities to Toshiba, including the production lines for the Cell microprocessor that powers the PlayStation 3. The cost of such an acquisition was estimated at ¥100 billion ($866 million). So.....