November 7, 2009
The PSPgo recently launched in Japan this month and the initial sales figures are in. It seems like the new PSPgo is giving the Playstation brand the boost needed to completely dominate the video game market it Japan.
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Posted in Hardware, Industry, PSP, Sales Figures, Sony | 4 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
November 6, 2009
It doesn’t seem to matter how successful the Wii is but analysts and industry watchers consider there to be something missing. Which is why these same people have been talking about the possibility of a Wii HD or Wii 2 coming out in the near future seemingly forever. However, there is no new Wii on the way, at least according to Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime.
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Posted in Hardware, Industry, Nintendo, Opinion, Wii | 5 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
November 4, 2009
Heavy Rain is one of the many PS3 games that seems to have been on the way for an absolute age but never actually appear. I’m loathe to mention PS3 exclusives in the same sentence as delays because it opens up a world of pain for expectant PS3 owners who are forever waiting for the next big game. And the next big game is always the one touted as “a PS3 system seller.”
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Opinion, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sony | 83 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
November 3, 2009
We all knew it, but it’s taken a few months for Nintendo to admit it. The Wii has had a relatively bad year, at least by its own incredible standards set during the first two years of its life. And the CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has admitted things haven’t gone as well as expected over the last few quarters.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Industry, Nintendo, Opinion, Sales Figures, Wii | 46 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
October 31, 2009
A sore subject regarding the Xbox 360 is around the mod community or hackers running rampant with the console. It looks like Microsoft is doing another clean sweep of XBL users who have a hacked Xbox 360 by banning their accounts. In other news, early reports seem to indicate that the Xbox 360 version of Bayonetta is more popular than the PS3 version.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Industry, Microsoft, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sales Figures, Sony, Xbox 360 | 68 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
October 31, 2009
Things are finally looking up for Sony in terms of shifting consoles, with sales of the PS3 up massively in Q2, 2009. However, the company’s gaming division has still made a huge loss, which definitely takes the positive edge off the unit sales somewhat. The key now is for Sony to turn the improved sales into profits, if that’s actually possible.
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Posted in Hardware, Opinion, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sales Figures, Sony | 146 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
October 30, 2009
This week in video gaming news there are new releases and new revelations about games out on the market. Forza 3 has a bit of a physics mishap and Ballad of Gay Tony shakes the GTA community. Also, there is an interesting video showing what Sony could have done with the Eyetoy if the company just had the foresight.
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Posted in Games, Hardware, Industry, Marketing, Microsoft, Nintendo DS, Sony, Xbox 360, playstation 2 | 142 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro
October 29, 2009
Rumors of a follow-up to the Wii have been coming thick and fast almost as long as the original Wii has been out. Nintendo has never admitted the new hardware exists but reports of a Wii 2 or Wii HD being in development have persisted. And now there’s a new one, with the ‘Wii2′ supposedly set to be released worldwide late in 2010. Possibly.
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Posted in Hardware, Nintendo, Opinion, Rumors, Wii | 50 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
October 29, 2009
The PS2 has just celebrated its ninth birthday in the United States, with it originally being released on Oct. 26, 2000. Sony has often spoken of a 10-year life cycle for the console so does this mean the Playstation 2 has but a year left before being put out to pasture? Not at all.
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Posted in Hardware, Opinion, Sony, playstation 2 | 25 Comments » Posted by: Dave Parrack
October 25, 2009
Microsoft representatives have always entertained the gaming industry with their little quips and snide remarks when it comes to the competition between the Xbox 360 and Sony’s PS3. When asked about the PS3’s sudden surge in sales, a Microsoft rep made an interesting snide remark.
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Posted in Hardware, Industry, Microsoft, PS3, PlayStation 3, Sales Figures, Sony, Xbox 360 | 214 Comments » Posted by: Mike Ferro