UPDATE (10:15 p.m. ET): From Sony: "We are aware that the internal clock functionality in the PS3 units other than the slim model, recognized the year 2010 as a leap year." ...

Although it's not a certified trend, the PS3's sales victory in September is seen as a harbinger of good things for the perennial video game console also-ran.

Good news for Sony! Those recent PS3 prices cuts are finally starting to pay off as sales of the floundering console more than tripled during the first official week of the holiday shopping season.

The new slimmer PS3 console features a sliding disk cover, 2 x USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, 1 x HDMI Out and a maximum 1080p output.

The console I had once written off as a 15-year-old kid suddenly became the 'end-all' for me and games. Now, 14 years since the PS3's launch, I view my own journey with that system in a different ...

Before Sony cut the price of the PS3, the Xbox 360 sold 4.53M units worldwide YTD, compared to Sony’s 4.12M YTD. Since then, the PS3 has outsold the 360 by 1.1M units (thanks to the PS3 Slim ...

The console now starts from $350. Sony says PS3 sales have remained strong even after the recent price cut to the Xbox 360.

Once more, we’re told that “sources have revealed” that Nintendo plans to slap a Blu-ray drive in its next console (to be revealed at this summer’s E3 trade show) with a nod to another ...