Game stopping PlayStation 3 bug fixed (AsiaOne)

[top photo: Gamers trying out a boxing game on a Sony Playstation 3 at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles, in June 2009.] WASHINGTON – Japanese electronics giant Sony assured millions of users Monday that a system bug halting play on older versions of the PlayStation 3 had been fixed.

Source:Game stopping PlayStation 3 bug fixed (AsiaOne)

Sony tells PlayStation 3 owners not to use consoles (Daily Telegraph)

Sony has told millions of PlayStation 3 owners to stop using their consoles after uncovering a significant glitch in the software.

Source:Sony tells PlayStation 3 owners not to use consoles (Daily Telegraph)

If it's broke, fix it! – Boston Globe

If it’s broke, fix it! Boston Globe An Xbox 360 repair costs a flat $80, while fixing a PS3 costs roughly $100-$140. Fixing Wii’s – which seem to break less often, Cifric says – costs around …

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Natal vs Sony Motion Controller: is the console cycle over? (Guardian Unlimited)

Or has a new war just begun without us noticing? The answer to that header is of course, no. The console cycle, that endless Promethean rotation of technological death and re-birth, is not really over, but what everyone in the industry seems to be saying is that it has irrevocably slowed. Earlier this week, Electronic Arts’ CFO Eric Brown, told the world that there are no new consoles on the …

Source:Natal vs Sony Motion Controller: is the console cycle over? (Guardian Unlimited)