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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 3 at 11:24 am PT
Amazon has partnered with Sony to launch Amazon Instant Video on the PlayStation 3, marking the company’s first partnership with a game console. Other services, like Netflix, work on the Xbox and Nintendo Wii. Amazon customers who pay $79 a year for its Prime delivery service will now be able to stream more than 17,000 TV shows and movies using the PS3. Previously, the videos could be viewed using some set-top boxes, over the Internet and on Amazon’s Kindle tablet.
Peter Kafka in Media on January 12 at 5:30 am PT
“We’re certainly talking to lots of different people about some new possibilities,” says exec Tim Schaaff. Hmmm.
John Paczkowski in News on January 11 at 10:40 am PT
“We are not making any announcements at E3.”
John Paczkowski in News on December 29, 2011 at 3:45 am PT
Youch. Down more than 75 percent from launch week.
Peter Kafka in Media on December 14, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
Other things you liked to watch this year: Clips featuring videogames, Lady Gaga and the Space Station.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 27, 2011 at 9:02 am PT
Don’t compare it to the iPad, Nintendo’s 3DS, or even its predecessor, the PlayStation Portable. Vita could be in a class of its own.
Peter Kafka in Media on September 8, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT
Of course, you
should watch football on TV. But if for some reason you can’t …
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Kara Swisher in Media on September 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm PT
As has been expected, Netflix has officially launched its online video streaming service in Latin America. In a blog post today, the company said: “By September 12, people throughout the Americas will be able to instantly watch a broad selection of movies and TV shows streaming from Netflix on computers, game consoles like the WII and PS3, and Smart TVs.”
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 12, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT
The original Nintendo DS family continued to outsell the Nintendo 3DS during the first full month the glasses-free 3-D handheld gaming unit was for sale.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 15, 2011 at 9:37 am PT
Sony has sold more than eight million units of the PlayStation Move motion controller, revealing that while it continues to trail Microsoft’s Kinect, it may be beginning to catch up.
