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“Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) has shown off a first-of-its-kind 3D online user community service for the PlayStation 3 (PS3) console. The service, known as “Home,” will enable users to create their own avatar and explore a real-time virtual community, as if they are playing a detailed 3D game for PS3. The service will become available globally beginning in fall 2007. It allows PS3 users to interact, communicate, join online games, shop, share private content and even build and show off their own personal spaces to others in real time. Home will be available as a free download from the PlayStation Store and will launch directly from XMB (XrossMediaBar) on PS3. Home is a sleek, modern environment featuring spacious common areas; custom spaces dedicated to specific games; and personal apartments…” (Read full article here)
March 7th, 2007
“According to the new market data provided by market research firm NPD, US gamers mostly fetched Nintendo Wii video games console, which helped it easily soar past Xbox 360 in sales and open a huge lead over the PS3. The second best-selling console was Sony’s 7-year-old PlayStation 2, which moved 299,000 units and outsold Microsoft’s Xbox 360 with merely 5000 units and Sony’s newer but more expensive PS3 with nearly 300,000 units. According to NPD Group’s research data, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 sold 294,000 units, while Sony’s Playstation 3 sold 244,000 units. The high-end versions of these machines are priced at $US400 and $US600, respectively…” (Read full article here)
February 23rd, 2007
“It seems Sony is desperate to continue the trend it has set of doing everything the Xbox 360 can do only much later. The latest example: movie downloads. Sony’s PlayStation Studio Chief Phil Harrison spilled the beans in an interview with 1UP saying “The decision we made to put a hard drive in every PlayStation 3 was because we saw the long term benefit. The ten year plan of allowing people to download all kinds of digital content to their PlayStation 3 — not just games but movies, music, HD, standard definition TV, you name it. And that was a significant investment, but it was absolutely the right thing to do.”…” (Read full article here)
February 19th, 2007
What were the 100 best selling games in North America last year? Next-Gen has compiled a comprehensive list and detailed analysis of the 100 top selling games of the last 12 months. The list pulls together sales of games across all platforms, offering a unique insight into consumer buying preferences and publisher strategies for success. The analysis looks at how sales are affected by platform-picks, review scores, on-sale dates and genre as well as a look at the publishers that are making the smartest moves. Check out the full list here.
February 12th, 2007
“Sony’s Playstation 3 may be setting its sights on Nintendo’s Wii in the continuing next-gen console war, but a new competitor has emerged to challenge the cell processor-powered behemoth: Sony’s very own Playstation 2. The venerable last-gen console outsold its heir by nearly one thousand units in Japan for the week of January 22-28, racking up 20,955 purchases versus the Playstation 3’s 19,996 - according to digital entertainment analyst Media Create…” (Read full article here)
February 4th, 2007
“NVIDIA has released to its partners plans to announce a 320MB GeForce 8800 GTS product. NVIDIA’s embargo date for the 8800 GTS 320MB is slated for mid-February…” (Read full article here)
January 16th, 2007
“The big news is the PC game Crysis is coming to the 360. However, that PC game won’t be the same game as what we will see on the home console. Because Crysis will be running at DirectX10, the game would look inferior since the 360 can only do DirectX9 (as mentioned before). So, the developers are using the same universe that the PC game is set in, with some similar story elements, but the gameplay will be entirely different…” (Read full article here)
January 16th, 2007
“Jennifer Lea Strange, 28, mother of three, died late Friday after drinking over a gallon of water in station KDND 107.9’s “Hold your Wee for a Wii” contest. Contestants were competing to see how much water they could hold without going to the bathroom…” (Read full article here)
January 15th, 2007
“Microsoft has announced that IPTV is coming to the Xbox 360…” (Read full article here)
January 8th, 2007
“New downloadable content for the Xbox 360’s Gears of War is on the way and what better way to celebrate the New Year than Epic to generously give us 2 brand new maps Sponsored by the Discovery Channel. The new content will be available for download via Xbox Live Marketplace early Thursday morning, January 11…” (Read full article here)
January 8th, 2007
“Microsoft appears to have taken advantage of the shortages facing Nintendo Wii and the Sony PlayStation 3 this holiday season. As the shoppers were scrambling for the next-generation video game consoles and finding a lack of them, these shoppers then selected the next best thing, the Xbox 360…” (Read full article here)
January 6th, 2007
“Today hundreds of PSP’s will say hello to the world as they run their first piece of homebrew - the “Hello World” application. This will be made possible by a new exploit found that does not require one to own a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, but rather load a simple image off of your memory stick. This remarkable demonstration can be executed on 2.0, 2.50, 2.60, 2.70, 2.71, and 2.80 firmwares!…” (Read full article here)
August 28th, 2006
“According to Ryan Schneider, spokesman for Insomniac Games, “Resistance: Fall of Man” Blu-ray PS3 game is making good use of the new format, using up a massive 22 gigabytes for music, level data, textures and code. These discs can only hold 25 gigabytes in total per layer. Pointing to the fact that HD-DVD cannot store this much information on a single layer disc, he kind of threw some sand in Microsoft and Toshiba’s eyes. He said for this reason of extra storage capacity, this game will be PS3/Blu-ray only…” (Read full article here)
August 26th, 2006
“While many gamers are getting ready to decide whether they want to shell out as much as $600 for Sony’s PlayStation 3 this holiday season, one Electronic Arts executive thinks Nintendo’s own next-generation console offering, the Wii, will come in at a much more attractive price. According to GameIndustry.biz, EA vice president and COO David Gardner expects the Wii, Nintendo’s unfortunately named console that was previously known as the Revolution, to retail for about $170 in Japan…” (Read full article here)
August 22nd, 2006
“With more than 106 million units already shipped worldwide, the PS2 just became more affordable in Europe. The PS3 might break the bank for most, but those new to gaming in Europe could do well to pick up the PS2 at its new low price of 129.99 euros. A limited edition pink version (right) was also announced…” (Read full article here)
August 21st, 2006
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