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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft was already doing a good job of fixing borked Xbox 360 consoles in a timely fashion with as little customer irritation as possible. But it’s just opened its first Microsoft Store to coincide with the release of Windows 7 and is offering on-site Xbox 360 repairs. Now that is customer service for you.
The fine PR folks at Microsoft have a history of “reinterpreting” things Steve Ballmer have said in the past. Its happened enough to raise some eyebrows. It seems like the PR folks may be at it again trying to “clarify” Ballmer’s statement that the Xbox 360 will be getting a Blu-ray add-on.
Despite the Wii doing phenomenally well – and let’s face it, everyone was surprised at quite how well it sold – there have been rumors and speculation surrounding its replacement for a couple of years. Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Nintendo classics such as Mario, Zelda, and Donkey Kong, has now had his say on the matter.
The games industry seems to have at last stopped the slide which has seen revenues drop six months in succession. While the increase was only slight, with the holiday season just around the corner, things are most definitely looking up. The PS3 won the hardware battle as expected, with only the DS preventing it from managing a clean sweep. Meanwhile, Halo 3: ODST sold massively well, racking up sales of over 1.5 million units.
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