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News: Sony Staying Focused with Australia's PS Vita Launch

Sony Staying Focused with Australia's PS Vita Launch

Not everywhere, mate

In a move that probably makes business sense – but will surely play into the hands of the PS Vita’s doom patrons – Sony’s announced that it’s keeping the PS Vita’s Australian launch fairly focused, opting to stick with niche retailers rather than going for the jugular out of the gate. The company’s Aussie branch...

News: PlayStation 3 Sales Top 1.1 Million In Australia

PlayStation 3 Sales Top 1.1 Million In Australia

To be honest, we're amazed any of the platform holders sell any consoles in Australia at all

If Neighbours and Home & Away are accurate portrayals of the country, residents spend too much time drinking coffee and aimlessly wandering around the beach to play any video games. Therefore, it's probably some kind of miracle that Sony's shifted 1.1 million PlayStation 3s LTD in the region. For..

News: Move Out Now in Australia, Down Under Tour Underway Soon

Move Out Now in Australia, Down Under Tour Underway Soon

Get on your kangaroos! etc.

Despite earlier claims that Move's Australasian release was set for September 16th, Sony's official European blog has dropped the bombshell that the controller is available now across Australia and New Zealand. It won't just be letting the controller sit on store shelves waiting for people to pick it up though, as it's...

Interviews: Firemint - Flight Control HD

Firemint - Flight Control HD

Come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away...

Flight Control HD is coming to land on PSN in Europe and Australia tomorrow. This time of course it's got PlayStation Move support and has been translated to glorious HD. To coincide with this imminent arrival we took the opportunity to fly some questions over to Firemint's Community Manager, Alexandra...

News: PlayStation Move Tipped to Trump Kinect Down Under

PlayStation Move Tipped to Trump Kinect Down Under

Aussie experts are putting all of their eggs in Sony's basket

While many industry experts elsewhere are willing to admit that the jury is still out on which of the new motion control formats - Sony's Move and Microsoft's Kinect - will emerge victorious during the upcoming holiday season, Australian video games retailer Gametraders has declared that...

News: Sony Call For Ratings Change In Australia

Sony Call For Ratings Change In Australia

As far as we understand, Australia's ratings system is basically borked

The system does not allow for an "adults-only" rating in video games. Sony Computer Entertainment Australia's Michael Ephraim has spoken out against this. "Gaming has moved on, the choice of content has moved on and I think it is time Australia gets in step with the rest of the world and has an R rating..

News: Dum-Dum-Dum Another One Bites The Dust, More Retailers Say "No Wai" To PSP Go

Dum-Dum-Dum Another One Bites The Dust, More Retailers Say "No Wai" To PSP Go

The PSP Go really is facing a resistance right now

The Australian branch of EB Games (that's the whole network of stores within the country) have decided not to stock the PSP Go. Kotaku have investigated the situation and found that with the system due to release next week Australia's stores are listing Sony's new portable as "discontinued". Before it's out. Yup. Again the moaning comes..