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Gaming Console Sales -- Who's on Top?

It's always interesting to me to keep tabs on what's selling and what's not -- the proverbial what's hot and what's not. Let's take a look at a favorite topic -- video gaming consoles. Amid a long rant on Advertising...

Posted on August 11, 2008 9:15 PM

GTA IV for PC To Feature Expanded Multiplayer System

Gamers will see the release of Grand Theft Auto IV (GTA IV) for their platform of choice this fall. Game developer Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two have announced that the popular title will hit store shelves on Nov. 18. Naturally,...

Posted on August 8, 2008 4:37 PM

Xbox Prices Going Lower?

Hey hey hey -- what's wrong with lower prices as Microsoft is reportedly considering dropping the price of Xbox to $200 to appeal to the mass gaming market. According to one report on CNET, an Xbox console with no hard drive...

Posted on August 4, 2008 7:31 PM

New Controllers Coming for Guitar Hero + Music Studio!

Software publisher Activision and peripheral maker Logitech have announced a joint venture to make premium controllers shaped like instruments for Guitar Hero World Tour. The game is expected to debut this fall, and will be available for the all the...

Posted on August 1, 2008 9:01 PM

Shaun White for Nintendo Wii (Wee!!!!)

While much has been made about how little excitement Sony and Nintendo have generated at the E3 game show (click here), there's actually some pretty cool stuff coming out. Take this for example: Nintendo had Shaun White, the gold medalist at...

Posted on July 16, 2008 10:12 AM

In Today's News - the XBox 360 pwns the Sony PS3

According to Yahoo News, Microsoft Corp said today that its Xbox 360 console will sell better than the Sony PlayStation 3 over the lifetime of the machines."Xbox 360 will sell more consoles worldwide this generation than PlayStation 3," Don Mattrick,...

Posted on July 14, 2008 3:34 PM

Xbox 360 Price Drop Coming

Yes, and it's coming soon -- as of July 13! This according to this account of new Xbox 360 store material that reveal a just less than $300 price tag that will make its weekend debut. So, if you can...

Posted on July 8, 2008 2:25 PM

Is There More to Netflix/Roku Than Meets the Eye?

Blogged about the intriguing Netflix/Roku deal back on May 20, but now an interesting piece on VentureBeat makes it even more (and more!) interesting.The new Roku box (doesn't look like much, does it?) lets you stream any of Netflix's 10,000+ "Watch...

Posted on July 2, 2008 4:18 PM

UK court rules Modchips do not circumvent copyright protection

UK-based MrModchips was cleared of all 26 counts against him for his role in importing and selling gaming console modchips. You know, the kind that lets you play [cough] backup copies of your video games. The Court of Appeal...

Posted on June 13, 2008 11:28 AM

Nintendo Wii Outsells Them All!

Researchers extraordaire NPD has just released its gaming console sales numbers for April and guess what? Nintendo took the number one and two slots in hardware sales, with the Wiihaving sold 714,200 units while the Nintendo DS sold 414,800...

Posted on May 16, 2008 1:02 PM

Xbox 360 Goes Blu-ray?

Xbox 360 with Blu-ray is coming?! Now that starts to make the concept of the all-in-one home entertainment appliance take a new, higher-res turn. Check out what Engadget had to say about it. See what happens when one format wins...

Posted on May 2, 2008 3:33 PM

Microsoft XBox 360 - No Linux for You!

Microsoft quietly released a security update to the XBox 360 that closed a security hole that enabled hackers to load Linux onto the XBox 360. Essentially, the hack used a method to inject data into non-privileged memory areas, allowing a...

Posted on September 4, 2007 10:43 AM

Windows Live Messenger Now works with Xbox LIVE

Beginning today, Xbox LIVE, the most popular online gaming network now works with Windows Live Messenger on the Xbox 360. We knew this was coming, but this is exciting news nonetheless. Now you can VoIP or IM your XBox...

Posted on May 9, 2007 10:38 AM

100 million iPods sold

Wow, 100 million iPods sold. That's 100 million hard drives. That's more hard drives sold for the iPod than some countries have PC hard drives. Apple is a rare tech company that has successfully diversified itself between two totally separate...

Posted on April 9, 2007 4:23 PM

PlayStation Phone Home

Not to be outdone by the Xbox 360 online community, Sony is launching its own world for the PlayStation 3. According to this report, it looks like PlayStation Home will take Second Life and sent it places that it has...

Posted on March 7, 2007 5:57 PM

Xbox 360 Goes 512 -- Size Matters

At the Game Developers Conference 2007, Microsoft announced it will be launching a 512MB memory unit for the Xbox 360 -- eight times the orginal 64MB unit! It's also increasing the official size limit of Xbox LIVE Arcade games from 50MB to 150MB. With 512MB, Xbox...

Posted on March 5, 2007 1:11 PM

Sony PS3 haters video

Boy, Sony PS3 is really having a tough time! After the disastrous U.S. launch, PS3 users stealing and killing each other for the high-demand console, >$3000 prices on eBay at the U.S. launch, and the Wii and XBox 360 outselling...

Posted on February 26, 2007 10:13 AM

PS3 Sales Go Soft: Trouble in Paradise

While we all take great interest in Sony's foibles, let's talk PS3 problems at the retail sale level spelling trouble for gaming companies, according to this report. Let's face it. The game manufacturers love to develop a game and then sell...

Posted on January 26, 2007 12:59 PM

Microsoft Carbon IPTV for the XBox 360 is real!

Microsoft Carbon for the XBox 360 is real. Microsoft Carbon is a rumored software add-on for the XBox 360 which would enable IPTV video playback. This, just after Slingbox also announced their IPTV offering called the SlingCatcher. Check out...

Posted on January 8, 2007 9:50 AM

Is This a Surprise? Xbox 360 Tops the Xmas Charts

Is anybody really surprised that the Xbox 360 outsold every other gaming console out there this holiday season? That's the report, and I'm not surprised. What is surprising is how well the Wii did -- nearly matching the Xbox 360...

Posted on January 2, 2007 4:05 PM

What Was Under Your Tree?

So what did you get? What did you get? (Do I should juvenile or what?) Actually, just want to know what gadget was under your tree yesterday? Was it the gadget you craved or something else? LCD TV, Cell phone,...

Posted on December 26, 2006 9:27 AM

Playing Xbox Games on the Xbox 360

Nice that Microsoft included the ability to play your existing Xbox games on the Xbox 360 -- or at least many of them. You can download the list at the Xbox web site, and this backwards compatibility runs the...

Posted on December 20, 2006 9:06 AM

Playing Favorites: Wii vs. PS3 vs. Xbox 360

Hey, hey, hey as Fat Albert used to say, we've now got all three new gaming systems out on the market -- granted, they all had their own unique paths to get there! So what do you think? What's your...

Posted on November 21, 2006 2:03 PM

Windows Is a Big Boy Now!

Hard to believe it's been 21 years since Microsoft launched Windows in 1985! Lots of blogging on this one today. It was a big deal back in 1985 with a big launch. I do think they did expect it to turn...

Posted on November 20, 2006 1:54 PM

Early Xbox 360 Holiday Treats from EA

During the recent X06 event in Barcelona, Spain, Electronic Arts (EA) announced its upcoming holiday line-up for the Xbox 360. (So many games, so little time ...) While today's news is all abuzz about the Xbox 360 1080p upgrade (the more to...

Posted on October 31, 2006 4:11 PM