Sony lose $40 per PS3 down from $250 - soon they could make PlayStation 3 pay...

iSupply report shows a current PlayStation 3 Slim costs Sony $336.27 to make, that's down nearly $500 from the $805 Sony paid to produce a single PS3 at launched. Even at the lowered price of $299, Sony are losing $37 per PS3.

"In light of these factors, the PlayStation 3 probably is already at or near the tipping point for profitability," iSuppli's Andrew Rassweiler concluded.

Source: 1UP

New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Wii at Jump Festa with Coin Battle prize battle

Special Nintendo Jump Festa Page has confirmed that Nintendo will only have one game to demo at the event: New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Wii. Visitors to Nintendo's booth will be able to try out some of the game's levels with up to three other players, highlighting the game's multi-player features.

Three more exclusive video game trailers - Green Day: Rock Band - UFC Undisputed 2010 and Deadliest Warrior

Three more video game trailers from the Spike TVs video game awards - Green Day Rock Band - UFC Undisputed 2010 and Deadliest Warrior.

Full video game awards list from Spike TVs VGA awards 2009 -

As you'll have read on my earlier post, Uncharted 2 Among thieves won 'game of the year' and another two awards. Here's a list of the rest of the winners...

• Best Voice in a Video Game: Jack Black as Eddie Riggs in Brutal Legend
• Best Cast: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Best Performance by a Human Male: Hugh Jackman in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Best Performance by a Human Female: Megan Fox in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Exclusive Halo Reach World Premier video from VGA awards - plus gamezplay Exclusive Halo: Reach Screenshots video

Here's the exclusive 'first look' video for Halo Reach shown at the Spike TVs VGA awards - enjoy

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves wins three prizes including 'game of the year' at VGA awards

The cinematic action adventure "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" nabbed three prizes including game of the year at the Spike TV Video Game Awards.

The PlayStation 3 exclusive was named top game for that console and honored for its graphics at the awards show Saturday night at the LA Live complex in downtown, which featured appearances from Stevie Wonder, Green Day and Jack Black. Snoop Dogg and The Bravery performed.

Spec Ops: The Line exclusive video game trailer from VGA awards

Recorded at the awards event, a shaky hand held video game trailer...

Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 Exclusive Debut Trailer HD

Game Trailers have posted an Exclusive Batman Arkham Asylum 2 video game trailer and it looks great. Don't take my word for it, watch it, after the break below...

First look at the Final Fantasy XIII PlayStation 3 bundle

Square Enix have teamed up with Sony to produce this white limited edition PS3 Slim to complement the release of Final Fantasy XIII video game.
The console has a light pink render from the game on the front with the game logo appearing in pink above the Blu-ray drive. To complement the package a white controller is also included along with the game.
The game is a PlayStation exclusive available in Japan, but if it's successful may cross the water...

Source: PlayStation Life Style

Sony to drop Blu-ray drive in PlayStation 4 plus everything you need to know about PS4

A PlayStation 4 without Blu-ray?

While the PS3 was instrumental in helping Blu-ray beat off HD DVD, there's a strong argument for dropping an optical drive from the PS4 altogether. Console owners are already downloading gigabytes-worth of game demos, video trailers, full-length movies and TV shows. With a giant hard disk in the PS4, games could simply be piped straight to the console on release day; long install/level load times would be eliminated.