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G-Walk announced the release of the PlayStation 3 Perfect Catalog book, a new entry in the publisher’s console retrospective series that will brings plenty of information on the different PS3 hardware and games released. The book will release in Japan on December 26, 2024 and it will cost 2,750 yen (~$18.04). [Thanks, Game Watch!]

The new volume is only available in Japanese via retailers such as Amazon Japan, which offer overseas shipping. The book is of B5 size and it includes 224 pages of information on the history of the PS3, the games released for the system and the hardware specifications for each version of the console released, as well as a record of all game titles released for Sony's seventh generation console.

Other Perfect Catalog books released by G-Walk feature retrospectives on various classic Sega consoles, such as the Mega Drive (known as Sega Genesis in North America,) Sega Saturn, and Dreamcast Perfect Catalogue books, released in 2018, 2019, and 2021 respectively.

Sony released the PlayStation 3 in Japan 18 years ago on November 11, 2006 and 6 days later in North America, with its PAL release taking over 4 months and being March 23, 2007. As a reminder, the PlayStation Portable console celebrates its 20th anniversary today, on December 12, 2004.

The PlayStation Partner Awards 2024 Japan Asia recently celebrated some of the best games released in the region in the last year, and it included the new PlayStation Generations Awards category that celebrated the best games in each generation of PlayStation consoles.

The PlayStation 3 Perfect Catalog book costs 2,750 yen (~$18.04) and will release in Japan on December 26, 2024.

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Bandai Spirits revealed its line-up of merchandise for its PlayStation Ichiban Kuji. As the name suggests, all of the items look like PlayStation consoles or PlayStation-related symbols. It will cost 700 JPY (~$5) per attempt, and the lottery will be available in Japan from December 3, 2022. Like other Ichiban Kuji lotteries, you can buy them online or in physical stores. [Thanks, Inside Games!]

The prizes for the Ichiban Kuji for PlayStation series are:

• A Prize: PS5-shaped savings box bank
• B Prize: PlayStation-shaped storage container
• C Prize: Tote bag
• D Prize: Tableware (6 items)
• E Prize: Towel collection (4 items)
• F Prize: Rubber charm collection
• Last One Prize: PlayStation controller shape cushion
• Double Chance Campaign: PS5-shaped savings box

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When you click the "open" button for the PlayStation-shaped storage container, it opens up the disc cover. The box is around 19.5 centimeters in size, which means it’s perfect for small items such as accessories. As for the tableware, there are six items to choose from. You can choose cups with the PlayStation logo and the four symbols (triangle, circle, square, X). There are also coasters of the buttons.

The PlayStation Ichiban Kuji will be available from December 3, 2022. Sony announced in late October 2022 that sales of the PS5 have sured 2 million units in Japan. The longer time it took the PS5 to reach this milestone compared to the PS4 is due to external factors such as COVID-19 and supply issues.

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Sony Interactive Entertainment officially acquired Bluepoint Games, a studio known for its many remakes and remasters of classic PlayStation titles. In June 2021, the acquisition leaked from Sony itself after an image posted to Twitter showed Bluepoint as a new PlayStation Studios addition, instead of the officially announced acquisition of Housemarque. The studio, comprised of about 70 employees, was acquired for an undisclosed amount.

Acquiring Bluepoint Games follows Sony's recent trend of acquiring studios that have worked heavily on PlayStation games in the past, as the studio has created games for its platforms for over 15 years. Known for the PlayStation 5 remake of Demon's Souls, Bluepoint's other notable releases include 2018's remake of Shadow of the Colossus and the PlayStation 4 remaster of Gravity Rush released in 2016 in North America.

Blast Factor, released for the PlayStation 3 in 2006, is the only game developed by Bluepoint Games that is not a remaster or port. It was also the first game released for the console to run at 1080p 60 FPS, and one of the console's first digital-only games.

Marco Thrush, the President of Bluepoint Games, recently expressed that the studio is aiming to work on original content going forward.

Bluepoint recent release Demon's Souls has sold over 1.4 million copies to date.

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Certain PS3 games no longer have access to update patches, as reported by s on ResetEra. s from the forum located a list of games that have been affected by this change through the website PSNProfiles. Changes include the inability to earn trophies, access online play, and in some cases s cannot access DLC. Currently, the list includes a total of over thirty digital and physical games. [Thanks, ResetEra and PSNProfiles!]

Outside of certain add-ons or extra features becoming inaccessible or bugs being fixed, some update patches are potentially unavailable by region. However, some s on the ResetEra forum are reporting that this instance is due to a database error. Due to this error, the ed PS3 game can't seem to access the update patch through the Sony servers. There is no indication whether or not this issue will be resolved any time soon.

Some of the PS3 games that cannot currently receive update patches includes JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle (EU) SoulCalibur IV (EU) Street Fighter III 3rd Strike Online Edition, and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, to name a few.

This is one of multiple issues people are facing when attempting to get games from the PlayStation Store on the PS3 or other platforms ahead of the shutdown. For example, people are reporting getting the error codes 80029509 and 80029721 when trying to games from the PS3 PlayStation Store. DeepFriedFishStick on the PlayStation subreddit advised that enabling 2FA on an and reattempting could solve the issue.

In March 2021, s on ResetEra reported that the PlayStation Store webpage that once allowed consumers to purchase PS3, PlayStation Portable, and PlayStation Vita titles had been taken down. Shortly after, Sony officially announced that these stores would be closing in 2021, with the PS3 and PlayStation Portable storefronts closing in July 2021 and the PlayStation Vita storefront closing in August 2021.

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The PlayStation Store webpage that once allowed consumers to purchase PS3, PSP, and PlayStation Vita tiles is no longer accessible. Instead, the webpage now redirects s to the current version of the PlayStation Store. This information was shared through a ResetEra forum, which had of the website confirm that the store was no longer available through browsers. [Thanks, ResetEra!]

On March 27, 2021 the reports came in from ResetEra, where many s took to the forum to discuss whether or not the link to the previous store was still accessible through browsers. The website remains inaccessible in Europe, Japan, and North America. also reported that the PlayStation Store on console crashes or remains incredibly sluggish.

However, s are still able to purchase PS3 titles through the PlayStation Store available on the console itself. In October 2020, it was reported that Sony would no longer allow s to purchase PS3, PSP, and PlayStation Vita titles outside of the in-console store. That being said, the change hadn't taken effect until recently.

Recently, Sony announced that more significant structural changes will be happening within the company in the following months. This includes changes regarding new SIE executives, along with engineer and finance changes. Prior to this announcement, several prominent developers within SIE Japan left to create their own studios. This included Keiichiro Toyama, creator of Siren and Silent Hill.

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