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Sony's released its fiscal year 2009 financial results today, revealing that while the Playstation 3 is improving with every year that comes to pass, the Playstation Portable is on a serious decline -- despite being by far the most popular hardware unit in Japan

The Networked Products & Services division - of which Sony Computer Entertainment is a part of - saw sales drop by roughly 10% due to..

As part of their internal estimates for console and portable hardware in North America and Europe, Activision has revealed that they expect the Playstation 3 to rule the roost in 2010

Well, certainly over the XBOX 360 anyway. Their predictions show that they expect the Playstation 3 install base to jump by 9 million in the coming year, while they expect the XBOX 360 will manage just 8 million..

Playstation hardware is usually pretty reliable

Particularly this generation, where the PS3 and PSP have been two of the more sound units on the market. That's not to say they are faultless pieces of hardware - no electronics are - but their respective system failure rates are typically lower than other pieces of hardware on the market. Sony, however, wants to give you peace of mind. And that's why..

We used to look forward to sharing all the interesting anecdotes pertaining to Japan's shifting hardware charts

No more. Sony's been doing the ol' weekly one-two with the PSP and PS3 for months now. What's worse, is that the numbers rarely change either. PSP always sells 28k a week. PS3 always sells 25k a week. Feel free to skip this post if you don't want to be bored. If you want to kill yourself..

A PS3 price comparison website has "revealed" via a survey of 1,000 of their users that most Playstation 3's are bought second-hand

Conclusive. The site asked 1,017 people how they got their system, and found that 33 per cent of respondents had bought a used machine. This beat out the 24 per cent of users who'd paid for a new system. Bizarrely, the second most popular answer, with a 26 per cent..

According to PocketNews (translated by PSU), Sony's updated the Playstation 3's hardware once again with a new improved, cheaper RSX graphics chip that reduces the likelihood of the console being affected by the infamous YLOD (yellow light of death)

It also uses 15 percent less power. The 45nm version of the RSX chip replaces the older 65nm chip. Mmm chips. Instead of using four 64mb XDR RAM chips..

You probably think we recycle this post each week, but the truth is, while people are quick to brand the PSP a failure, that system just keeps on chugging

In fact, it may only be in Japan, but Sony's consistently holding a one-two over the competition with PSP and PS3 constantly passing the 25k units sold. Even the PS2's still chugging with around 1.5k units sold this week in the region. Get the..

How many Playstation 3 systems are there out in the Japanese wilderness? It's a question we often ask ourselves

Thankfully, as of April 11th, Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has the answer. Over 5 million. That's right - over 5 million consoles have been sold to Japanese gamer folks. The biggest domestic games to date are Final Fantasy XIII, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Yakuza 4. Worryingly, of those three..

Sony's took the top two spots once more in Japan, with the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable topping the Japanese hardware charts

Sony's home console managed 38k sales, where their portable hit the 37k mark. The consoles were followed up by a bunch of Nintendo SKUs, with the PSPgo still floundering at the bottom of the charts. Hit the jump for the full figures. PS3 – 38,877 PSP – 37,445 Wii..

Big games demand big attention, and in all honesty, there's nothing bigger on the PSP this year than Kojima Production's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

Hence, American retailer are going whole hog with a specially crafted bundle for the game. The "Big Boss" bundle - which will be sold exclusively at US retailer GameStop in addition to the previously announced "Spirited Green"..

Today's date is March 31st

That means businesses everywhere stop talking about future endeavours, and start talking about... Past endeavours. That's right, the fiscal year has ended, specifically in Japan where publication Famitsu is reporting that the market in the East has shrunk by 0.6%. The publication reports that while software sales were up, hardware was down. According to Enterbrain's..

Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory

Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with the PSPgo and PS2 footing the Japanese charts..

Some people in the industry are laughing off Sony's claims of stock shortages in the US, but it actually appears to be a genuine issue for the company

According to GameStop Executive VP of Merchandising, the issue of PS3 stock shortages are likely to go on for the next few months. Despite Sony being pestered for more stock, Bartel concluded that his company "could sell a lot more hardware than..

Sony's Playstation Portable is still top of the Japanese hardware charts

This week it managed another 39k sales, with the PS3 mustering 26k. The PSPgo continues to flounder at the bottom of the charts with just over 1,000 units sold in the past week. Pretty disasterous. But Sony probably won't care well the regular SKU of their handheld system is topping the charts. Will anything catch it? PSP –..

Ian Bickerstaff, senior engineer of Sony's UK-based 3D team, has told Gamasutra that there are plenty of teams working on 3D content for the Playstation 3, and that he remains optimistic about the tech, but is also being "cautious" with expectations

“We’re taking a cautious approach”, he told the website. “I think [3D gaming uptake is] going to depend on the uptake of 3D televisions. “We’re..

If you're into watching SpikeTV and what-not, then might know there's some kind of televised God Of War trivia competition on the channel tonight

As horrific as all that sounds, the winner of said trivia competition is going to come home with this uber-limited edition God Of War III Playstation 3. There's only one in the world so you're not getting one. [Picture: Kotaku]

Despite losing out to the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and XBOX 360, there are very positive signs for the industry in general in February's NPD

Namely that every major piece of hardware sold pretty well, with just 62,000 units between the XBOX 360 and the Playstation 3. Sony shifted 360,100 units for the month of February, a pretty impressive statistic considering the time of the year. The PSP and..

Japanese retailers are claiming that an updated SKU of the Playstation 3 hardware will drop an extra 200g from its total weight

No details have been given on what's changed to get the system lighter, but AndriaSang report the change has something to do with a new PS3 model number CECH-2000A to CECH-2100A. This corroborates stories earlier in the month which saw Sony file two new SKUs to the FCC..

It's another week on top of the Japanese hardware charts for the Playstation Portable this week, despite stiff competition from the various Nintendo DS SKUs (there are about a billion of them)

The Playstation 3 sits just below the Wii in third-place, shifting 27,763 units, with the PSPgo and PS2 at the bottom. Hit the jump for the full round up. PSP – 37,338 Wii – 36,241 PS3 – 27,763 DSi LL –..