Perhaps Sony deemed the Ultimate Weapon too powerful (or too expensive) for PlayStation 3 owners, but these new wireless cans ought to keep your ears warm, at the very least. The new official PS3 Wireless Stereo Headset features 7.1 virtual surround sound, a retractable, mutable microphone, and standard embedded volume controls. These proprietary sound-muffs connect via USB dongle, and push headset related status updates (that's your battery status) directly to your TV screen; if you're into that sort of thing. Sony-approved hearing will set you back $100 starting this September.

With the PlayStation Network Store still down, branded websites being hacked every day, and fallout from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami costing it millions, Sony needed to deliver some good news. It did so today by revealing that its PlayStation division posted a healthy profit of more than $436 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, a night-and-day turnaround from the $1 billion loss the division posted last year.

Sony as a whole reported a loss of more than $3 billion for FY 2010, due to expenses related to the devastating natural disasters that hit Japan in March. But its Networked Products & Services division, home of the PlayStation, provided the silver lining, raking in more than $19 billion in revenue.

"A category that favorably impacted the change in segment operating results (excluding restructuring charges) was the game business, reflecting significant cost reductions of PlayStation 3 hardware and higher unit sales of PS3 software," Sony stated.

Sony reported that it sold more than 14.3 million PlayStation 3s, a 1.3 million bump from FY2009, and software sales for the console approached 150 million units, a significant surge over the 115 million sold last year.

For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012, Sony said it expects to sell 15 million PS3s while selling roughly the same number of games.With the PlayStation Network Store still down, branded websites being hacked every day, and fallout from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami costing it millions, Sony needed to deliver some good news. It did so today by revealing that its PlayStation division posted a healthy profit of more than $436 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, a night-and-day turnaround from the $1 billion loss the division posted last year.