Gizmodo has an interesting story on the launch of Sony Playstation 2 gaming console in Brazil.

No, there is no typo here. The company has officially launched the last generation PS2 gaming console in this market just now!

And it has been priced at around USD 465 which makes it more expensive than the Playstation 3 in most international markets.

This also means that the company currently is not offering the PS3 console in Brazil officially.

Of course, both of these gaming consoles and games for them are available in the market unofficially at much lower prices.

It might be the economy but when an ancient videogame console manages to outsell the state of the art machine… you have to feel awkward.

Sony is in such an awkward position as their Playstation 2 console has been outselling their current generation Playstation 3 console.

As per market reports, Sony managed to sell just around 127,000 units of PS3 last month.

This is disappointing compared to sales of 172,000 units of PS2 in the same period.

The company had recently cut the price of the PS2 console so that might have given it a small boost.

The only good thing is that these two consoles together are outselling the Microsoft Xbox 360.

Nintendo? They are still way ahead.

Market sources are claiming that Sony would launch their next generation Sony PSP gaming console at E3 in June.

This would give them enough time to bring the device to the market by September this year. Perfect launch time just before the start of the crucial holiday season.

Sources say that this new edition of Sony’s handheld console would be named Sony PSP Go!

This new edition is likely to feature a larger display with slide out controls.

They are also likely to remove the UMD drive from this edition. Sony’s UMD format has been a major flop.

The device would probably feature inbuilt storage and is likely to be available in two variants 8GB and 16GB.

All these are rumors however as Sony has not revealed anything about the future of PSP.

Japanese videogame console maker Sony has announced that they are dropping the price tag on their previous generation PlayStation 2 gaming console.

Sony announced that they would now sell the PS2 console for just USD 99.

The aim is to provide an alternative to Nintendo Wii gaming console which dominates the market.

Sony has been struggling to sell their PlayStation 3 console which is still pretty expensive compared to both Wii and Microsoft Xbox 360.

PlayStation 2 might be eight years old but it still sells in good numbers. Some games are still launched for this platform.

With the global economy in a recession, Sony might see a boost in the sales of PS2 now that it has gone cheaper.

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced the launch of a new game for their PlayStation 2 gaming console.

Sony PS2 might be a generation old gaming console but it still sells in large numbers. And it is very popular in the Indian market where PlayStation 3 is still pretty expensive for most gamers.

Sony has launched an Indian market specific game titled Hanuman-Boy Warrior.

Sony spoke about this new game: “We have launched the first Indian game on PS2 with localized content completely developed by an Indian game development house”.

Sony’s Indian representative added: “Hanuman is our very own classic hero and is ever popular across India and with Indians abroad. The launch of the game has marked a very significant milestone in the Indian game development industry”.

This game was developed by Aurona Technologies located in Hyderabad.

Checkout: Hanuman : Boy Warrior

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that their PlayStation Network service now has more than 20 million members.

They crossed this milestone earlier this month.

As per the company they had touched the 5 million milestone in 1 year and 2 months. The 10 million mark was touch in 1 year and 8 months. The latest milestone was reached in 2 years and 3 months.

Sony had launched their PlayStation Network service on November 11, 2006.

The company added that they have sold more than 21.3 million units of PlayStation 3 gaming console. The company has also sold more than 50 million units of PlayStation Portable.

Japanese videogame console maker Sony has announced that a lot of new games are coming to their handheld system PlayStation Portable.

The company revealed that LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm, Assassin’s Creed are coming to this platform.

Sony added that they are also working on some new bundles. There would be an Assassin’s Creed PSP Entertainment Pack. And they are also going to launch a Lilac PSP in a Hannah Montana PSP Entertainment Pack.

MotorStorm Arctic Edge is coming to PSP and PlayStation 2 gaming consoles. The company is also going to launch The Warhawk Command Center on the PlayStation Home this week.

Checkout: Destination PlayStation News: LittleBigPlanet, MotorStorm, Assassin’s Creed, more coming to PSP

Sony might have not uttered a word on the possibility of a PlayStation 4 but market rumors are already out.

Sources say that Sony has decided to ditch the Nvidia graphics system which are using on the current generation Playstation 3 gaming console.

Reports say that the company is instead planning to use Intel’s Larrabee graphics chip in its upcoming PlayStation 4.

Intel has declined to comment on these rumors. Sony too have said that the reports in the media are fictional.

None of the three game console makers have hinted about when they are going to launch the next generation consoles.

Perhaps, it is too early to talk about them.

The developers behind the popular Playstation emulator ePSXe have finally released the latest version after a gap of almost four years.

ePSXe is in version 1.7.0 now and this latest edition comes loaded with a variety of new features and changes.

Changelog for this latest release:

Multiple changes have been done in the Pad support.
The internal SPU plug-in has been updated to the 1.7.0 version.
The iso support code has been rewritten.
The MDEC decoder has been rewritten.
A new version of the Pete’s Software Plugin is included.
The XA/CDDA support has been worked in this new version.
Many things have been fixed in the cd-rom decoder and the core.

Checkout: ePSXe

While the Japanese videogame console maker is concentrating on the Playstation 3 in the international markets, they are focusing on the older PS2 here in India.

Sony is going to work with 13 Indian game developers to develop games for the Indian gamers.

They are aiming to develop games which can be sold at dirt cheap prices in the market.

Existing games for this platform are being sold for Rs. 499 per title.

They are partnering with companies like Indiagames, Trine, DQ Entertainment, and Dhruva on this initiative.

Sony added that they are also working on bringing motion-sensing technology on this PS2 platform in the coming months.

Motion-sensing technology has become rather popular due to the popularity of Nintendo Wii console.