Analysts have one question about the sales for the PlayStation 3. Are they dead — or just resting? Today an analyst predicted that PS3 sales will take off next year as the console’s cutting-edge technology finally finds an audience.
I know a lot of people have had a lot of problems with their XBOX 360 consoles but many of those were early unit runs whereas I bought mine in late 2006. I have had no problems with it whatsoever (yet). The original XBOX 360 warranty was 90 days and was later retroactively changed to 1 year.
The president of Microsoft’s Entertainment & Devices Division, Robbie Bach (pictured), has lashed out against Nintendo’s Wii games console, criticizing the console’s weak graphics, lackluster performance and lack of DVD video playback. He also predicted that games developers would not be able to develop hard-core games for the Wii.
Considering you need a $150 card to run it, it’s not really free. I’m not talking about a fancy graphics card but rather the Ageia PhysX Processing Unit manufactured by Asus or BFG Technologies. Neither is really cheaper than the other so whatever one you buy doesn’t matter, they are the same thing but the Asus has a better heatsink/fan combo on it.
A top analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, Michael Pachter, has predicted that ultimately the PlayStation 3 (PS3) will be the winner of the console war, taking 36% market share in 2009, ahead of Ninendo’s Wii with 34%, and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 with 30%.
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 will be partnering with FOX to help promote The Simpsons Movie, and fans will be given the chance to get one of one hundred limited edition “Simpsons” Xbox 360 Pro consoles through a series of special events and promotions.
Just released sales figures show that the Nintendo Wii gaming console is continuing its slaughter of the Sony PlayStation 3 (PS3) and Microsoft Xbox 360 in the critical Japanese market.
Nintendo Wii gamers are most inclined to use their consoles to play online games, but Xbox 360 gamers spend the most time online, according to a new study by the NPD Group.
Prosecutors in Germany have started to investigate anonymous members of the virtual world Second Life after a German TV news magazine, Report Mainz, uncovered a virtual child sex pornography ring, where users would pay Linden Money, Second Life’s version of Cash, to see pornographic images of children and buy sex with other players who pose as children using ‘skins’ or ‘avatars’ in a virtual sexual practice known as ageplay.
Unit sales of the Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 (PS3) were neck and neck in Australia in the quarter ending 31 March 2007.
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