Nearly 20 years after its launch, Sony has released a software update for the PS3 that updates the console's Blu-ray player encryption key. The update requires 200MB of storage space and also ...

The PlayStation 3 is and will forever be regarded as the best Blu-ray player available. That's right, we said it. Say what you will about how the system racks up against other game consoles, but ...

It revolves around using the console to play Blu-ray discs. The PS3 system software update is about renewing Blu-ray encryption keys The small 200MB update looks to be mostly about renewing the ...

It looks like Sony has added two new colorful PS3 Slim consoles to its range, which are scheduled to go on sale in Japan in November. The two new colors will be red and blue. The Splash Blue and ...

The PlayStation 3, prior to the advent of sub-$300 Blu-ray players, was regarded as one of the cheapest and value-added ways of getting Blu-ray technology into your home. Despite the competitive ...

The latest gift: handing the game console market to Microsoft and Nintendo. The Blu-ray albatross The Wall Street Journal (subscription may be required) reports that US sales of the PS3 fell 19% ...

with 87% of PS3 owners watching Blu-ray movies on their console." With 3 million units sold by the end of 2007, the PS3 easily outsold the HD-DVD add-on for the Xbox 360, which sold 316,000 units.

Sony's Playstation 3 gave Blu-ray a key advantage Both offer high definition DVD playback superior to standard DVD players. Where Sony had the killer edge is that its Playstation 3 (PS3) computer ...

The experience set me thinking about how Blu-ray deployments might affect the game console market — specifically the PS3 market — going forward, and how successful Blu-ray as a format will become.

Sony, on the other hand, chose to hold its ground, releasing the PS3 the following year and simultaneously putting a Blu-ray player in the homes of every person that purchased the console.