PlayStation Portable

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) latest handheld game machine sold less than seven million units during its first 12 months at retail. That is less than 10 percent of the 75 million PlayStation Portable units that Sony has sold since 2005. In order for PS Vita's sales to catch up to PSP, Sony would have to sell...

PlayMG, a new startup formed less than 60 days ago, has unveiled a brand-new, Android-powered handheld gaming device that is scheduled for release this November. Retailing for $169.00, the MG (which stands for "More Games") will launch with a lower MSRP than Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPod Touch, Sony...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) surprised the world this morning when it announced that it would pay $380 million to acquire Gaikai. The company plans to use Gaikai's technology to build its own cloud gaming service. This announcement is a big win for the likes of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM...

Has every publisher in the game industry lost their minds? Yesterday Benzinga learned that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will release a new version of the old PSP in Europe for 99 euro. It has since come to our attention that the device may lack Wi-Fi support, which is about the dumbest move Sony could have...

It looks like Sony had a very specific reason for holding the PS Vita until 2012. And that reason is: another rehash of the original PlayStation Portable is headed to retailers. The news came just moments ago during Sony's (NYSE: SNE) live press conference at Gamescom, Europe's biggest video game...

And all this time I thought that a delay was the worst thing that could happen to Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next-gen handheld. It turns out that there was something far worse brewing: the simple fact that people don't care about PS Vita. At all! That's according to Lyle Hall and Matthew Seymour at Heavy...

I'll give you a hint. It rhymes with cupid. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has not been having a good year. From quarterly losses to major hackings, the once-powerful electronics manufacturer is taking a beating in virtually every area in which it conducts business. Now, several months after toying with the...

From the, “Hey, we don't know what the heck we're doing!” department. Sony (NYSE: SNE) has reportedly confirmed that its next portable game system, PS Vita, will not be released in Europe or the United States in 2011. This follows a previous report claiming that the system would be released this...

It sounded like an April Fools joke written by Nintendo executives. But the news is true – Sony (NYSE: SNE) may be forced to delay the worldwide release of the next PlayStation Portable, tentatively titled NGP. When Bloomberg spoke to Jack Tretton, president of Sony Computer Entertainment of...

In addition to CNET, Eurogamer, and other publications that have picked up on the report (rumor?) that Sony (NYSE: SNE) will unveil the long-awaited PlayStation Portable 2 on January 27, Bloomberg is now reporting on the news. According to Bloomberg, two people with “knowledge of the plans” have...