playstation in comment and analysis
Ken Kutaragi
AS Profile But that's what Ken Kutargi did with the PlayStation - and lucky for him, it and its successor, the PlayStation 2, turned out to be among the company's biggest moneymakers. It's this mix of vision and... [23 Sep 2005]
Julie Meyer: Microsoft v Sony: A fight to the death?
Comment Playstation 2 has sold over 100 million units worldwide to date with Microsoft Xbox a distant second. But Playstation has been an overweight contributor to Sony's bottom line for a decade. The battle for... [14 Nov 2006]
Are these the best applications of technology... ever?
Comment Whether it's Lotus 1-2-3 for the DOS-based PC, SMS for the mobile phone or even Lara Croft for the PlayStation the application is king. People in this industry are wont to talk about killer applications, those pieces of... [05 Sep 2002]
Editor's Blog: Ranking everything
Comment Sony PlayStation I noticed a story this morning about the favourite brands in the UK. It wasn't dominated by big tech and internet names - think Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook. Nor was it the usual run-down you see... [13 Sep 2007]
Will Nokia's N-Gage engage the competition?
Comment Can the PlayStation company and that rival 'next door' possibly put a spanner in the works? The glitter must only just be settling on Nokia's launch events for its N-Gage console/phone but we're not sure the experts'... [06 Feb 2003]
Confessions of a CrackBerry addict
Comment So if I'm hooked on the practicalities of the 'BlackBerry lifestyle', what gives me cause for concern is the pervasive spread of such devices among a new generation of young people who are already hooked on other forms of consumer... [14 Sep 2006]
Leader: Dell's big dumb question
Leader For example, it almost goes without saying that Sony would never willingly condone the use of its equipment for nefarious purposes, but that stance didn't stop Saddam Hussein at the height of his powers allegedly buying 4,000 of the... [23 Feb 2004]
Start-up of the Month: Carefree.tv - serious fund raising
Comment There will be an aspirational demand for products like the Xbox and Playstation 2. Carefree.tv has picked a hell of a time to start up, and a hell of potential user base. Can it succeed? Heather McLean recently spent... [23 Jul 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Back-up fracas, Palm and Sony, and traffic measurement
Comment Internet connections are likely to be even more important for the PDA than the PlayStation games console. Just two days after making inaccurate claims for its own ARCserve product, Computer Associates has challenged... [03 Jul 2000]
Satoru Iwata
AS Profile But its position soon slipped with the advent of the PlayStation and then the Xbox. Iwata is the Nintendo chief who turned the company's fortunes round. In the early 1990s, Nintendo led the global games console market. [12 Oct 2007]
The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire
AS Analysis While Jobs took the category of digital music players and recast his company as the one that brought that platform to the masses, Iwata at Nintendo launched the Wii, bringing gaming to millions who had never before picked up an Xbox or... [12 Oct 2007]
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