Well first I have to firmly state that as it stands this is just a rumour! None of this is confirmed, but I thought I would share some recent experiences.
Following on from that, I have to extend my thanks to the people on the European English PlayStation Forums!
So, I'll start this story with a thread from a person who just wanted to say to everyone he/she had a great experience with the customer service from Sony in the UK.
http://tiny.cc/rcfqq
As you can see, the member in question is clearly happy with his/her service. But for those of who either didn't see it or just want to skip to the point, I'll quote you this. The following quote is from the member XJaguar12X, "We then talked about new features and he told me that a rumour around the office was about a PS3 browser upgrade with Chrome."
So at first, I was skeptical. I think you have to be skeptical with all the rumours flying around in the gaming industry. So I let it rest for a bit, until a recent thread came alight offering the question, Google Chrome on PS3?
So this led me to a second link, a link from the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/...
So the news article reports on Google signing a deal with Sony.
So, where does this bring us? When you put the two together, in my eyes you have a rumour with a bit of weight behind it. A rumour nevertheless, but maybe a rumour that could at least have some potential of being true.
Make of it what you will, but I thought I would just share these thoughts.
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For Southeast Asia, new price changes.
Prices effective starting May 1st, 2026.
Replies(1)Looks like PlayStation took a hit with Marathon and is now quietly adjusting prices worldwide to recover the losses
Lets be honest raising prices doesn't do that when no one's buying it. I imagine the profit it greater selling 10 times more at a lower price
The price increases are due to the RAM demand associated with AI and the US-Iran war. You can look to any business news website and local news to see that. Heck, even the 2026 Asus Zenbook Duo I've been eyeing has faced delays and has had a price increase of $400; that laptop has two specs. Asus is doing a staggered release with per-orders for the lower spec now and shipping in May and pre-orders for the higher spec that I'm eyeing starting in June. Basically, all computer manufactures are affected. It'll most likely start affecting smart phones too if it hasn't already. I can't remember the last time any major console maker (Nintendo, Sony, Sega, etc) increased the price of their console mid cycle outside of Microsoft just to make more profit.
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I hope we do get chrome.
The PS3 browser Is ok but
chrome would be so much better!
Chrome on PS3 is almost a guarantee, with the way Sony & Google have been holding hands lately.I'd say it's more of a matter of when, not if.
Well chrome is a light browser .. it doesn't eat resources, or has a memory leak.
on limited memory or portable devices, this browser would normally be a no-brainer
I hope so since Chrome is mah favorite.
It is more then that, Sony will be shipping phones with the Android OS and of course you have Google TV in 2011 with Sony being a major partner on that. With the PS3's install base Google TV and Chrome could get a huge market share boost overnight. That and the Life With Playstation is powered by Google, also the Facebook stuff as well. It would be a shock to me if we did not get any of this down the road. You would think if there TVs can do it the PS3 would be able to as well. I have my fingers crossed for a GamesCom announcement regarding this being that is where we saw the last years most major FW update. That and the stuff with FW Patching to make it faster would make it more easy to keep the browser uptoday and other applications assuming it is true.