As we all know last week the BBC deployed its popular iPlayer on the Nintendo Wii, which left many a Sony fanboy (and Xbox fanboys too) up in arms. Where was the PS3 version. Well despite reports that the reason the iPlayer was on the Wii only was because Sony and Microsoft wanted the BBC to surrender too much control of their revolutionary on demand gizmo the word is that it could be coming to the PS3 after all, but only after the enterprising few among the PS3 world …

Gamers woke up this morning to find the Playstation store has had a facelift. After updating to the new Firmware 2.30 (yes another new firmware update) the PSN store now looks like the image above and by all accounts its slick and easy to use although there are reports of downloads from the store being a little slow – still something for Sony to work on I suppose.

Included in this revamp is a new page layout and interface for easier navigation, permitting users to move between pages faster by …

The most anticipated piece of PS3 hardware this year has to be the DualShock 3 controller and it finally became available for sale in the states for a rather pricey $55. Whats so good about it, you may ask? Well this is the controller that should have been released with the Playstation 3 when it was launched and it features the mandatory RUMBLE, or force feedback or whatever its called these days.
Basically the Controller vibrates in your hand to match the intensity of your gaming environment. Something that works …

The latest PS3 system update (version 2.20), released on 25/03/2008 incorporates the Blu-Ray Disc Profile 2 which in turn introduced BD-LIVE capability to the Playstation 3. A suitably updated Playstation 3 can now make full use of the interactive features available for many upcoming Blu-Ray titles including downloadable video content, ringtones and games.
You’ll need an internet connection to get hold the Blu-ray profile 2.0 along with at least 1gb of available disk space, but once installed you will be able to access a variety of downloadable content, including bonus scenes, …

Sony may be staying tight lipped on the announcement of any new hardware, either globally or for the European market, but they have revealed that they are about to release 2 new bundles for European gamers at least.
The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue pack will launch to support the release of the game come the Spring and will incude the 40GB console and the SixAxis controller.

Buy the PS3 GTA 5: Prologue Bundle from Amazon from March 28
In addition we will also get a Moviepack (pictured), with which we’ll get …

Well, since we have no further news about the PS3 Lite I’ve decided to keep abreast of general PS3 news and in the last week the sales figures for all 3 major consoles has been announced and guess what – the PS3 is finally starting to gain market share in 2008. January was the best month yet for Sony’s Flagship console, outselling the XBOX 360 and the Nintendo DS. In fact it even gave the Nintendo Wii a run for its money. The official figures are as follows:

Nintendo Wii 274K
Sony …

Earlier this year T3 announced that they have it on good authority that Sony is planning to launch a Slim and Lite edition of their flagship high definition console, the Play Station 3. We dont know if this is true or not at the moment and Sony, as ever is refusing to comment. However we thought it would be a good idea to use this website to keep you updated with the latest news of the PS3 lite as we get it.
UPDATE: PS3 SLIM CONSOLE UNVEILED CLICK HERE FOR MORE …