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by Richard on July 30, 2007
A day after Nintendo announced that it had sold some 3.4 million Wiis in the June quarter sony announced that they'd only sold 710,000 PlayStation 3s in the same timeframe.
So your system sold a...
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by Richard on June 30, 2007
While Sony insists that the PlayStation 3 packs more horsepower than the Xbox 360 there have yet to be many games that show the PS3 with a definite edge. In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz the hea...
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by Richard on December 26, 2006
Internet game-rentals-by-mail site Gamefly has released a list of its most demanded titles over the Christmas season and the entirety of the top ten are Xbox 360 titles:
1. Tom Clancy's Rainbow S...
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by Richard on December 22, 2006
Sega fans: dying to play the latest title in the Virtua Fighter series at home but can't afford a PS3 with your tiny Gamespot slave-wage salary? You'll be happy to know that Virtua 5 Fighter i...
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by anthony on December 13, 2006
If you've ever complained about the 360's backwards compatibility, take a look at this video and realize how good you've really got it.
Check out what the PS3 does to previous gen games ...
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by anthony on December 3, 2006
So, when the PS3 launched back on November 17th, a UNCW (University of north carolina Wilmington) student was happily on his way back to his dorm with his brand new PS3 in hand. Suddenly, out of nowhe...
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by anthony on December 3, 2006
Rajeev over at the Working Title Blog, has posted a great list of things you can buy instead of a Playstation 3.
Some of the ideas on his list are actually pretty noble...while others are just prett...
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by anthony on December 2, 2006
With the majority of Americans lacking the PS3/Wii that they so desperately wanted, they've turned to Xbox 360 to give them that next generation feeling that they so desperately wanted.
Microsoft...
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by anthony on October 31, 2006
See that image? That's what I look like after playing the PS3!
If you thought the Xbox360 runs hot, get ready for the PS3, which uses twice as much power as the 360. In fact, if you play the game...
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by anthony on October 25, 2006
Sony wants the masses to think that more power translates to better games. Just watch the latest ad all about the Cell processor.
What do you guys think, is next gen all about sheer muscle or is it ...
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by anthony on October 20, 2006
Sony released this chart after their PS3 press conference last night, they want you to believe that the Xbox 360 actually costs you $700.
Unfortunately, Sony is full of shit, this chart is just fl...
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by anthony on September 19, 2006
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Nintendo Head Satoru Iwata had one of the strangest quotes in video game history.
Selling nintendo wii is "like trying to sell cosmetics to men"
Grant...
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by anthony on September 19, 2006
Check out how 360 titles did in England last week:
lego star wars - 1st
Dead Rising - 2nd
Saints Row - 3rd
Test Drive Unlimited 5th
Xbox 360 had 4 of the top 5 titles in the UK last week?!
Yeah.
T...
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by anthony on September 1, 2006
As you may or may not be aware, Nintendo is planning a press conference for September 14th. Supposedly they will be discussing Wii pricing....and that sort of stuff - nobody knows for certain what the...
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by anthony on August 19, 2006
Just about every gaming news site was under the assumption that Sony had begun manufacturing the PS3 - even non gaming sites like Forbes wrote about it.
Well, apparently we've all been taking cra...
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by anthony on August 17, 2006
From Kotaku via Kikizo:
I have been through console wars before, but this one strikes me as particularly interesting. Nintendo has done a great job of convincing us that next gen is about game play r...
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by anthony on July 17, 2006
Brian Ashcroft, an editor at Kotaku, spoke with somebody who has worked in the gaming industry in Japan for many years. The source "recounted an off-the-record conversation that he recently had w...
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by anthony on June 28, 2006
Have you ever looked at your 360 and thought to yourself, "Wow, what a cheap, transitional product?"
Well, Sony's Sir Howard Stringer has. In Sony's latest absurd PS3 comment, th...
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by anthony on June 14, 2006
Wow, this has to be one of the biggest goofs in the history of the interactive entertainment industry.
At Sony's Ginza Showroom at E3 this year, they had a PS3 on display with the new motion se...
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by anthony on June 10, 2006
Via Joystiq:
1- playstation 2: 232,000 ( +12.1%)
2- Sony PSP: 159,659 ( -17.1%)
3- Nintendo DS: 145,930 ( +5.4%)
4- Xbox 360: 221,000 ( -25%)
5- GameCube: 33,000 ( -13.2%)
6- Xbox One: 26,000 ( -33.3...
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by anthony on May 29, 2006
Here's a video that I first saw over at Xbox360Fanboy.com - It's the Sony E3 Press Event summed up in just over one minute.
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by anthony on May 23, 2006
We all sort of expected that Microsoft would lower prices to combat Sony's PS3 in November...apparently, that's not the case.
Microsoft says that they have no intention of lowering prices ...
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by anthony on May 19, 2006
I had a teacher once that told me, "Anthony, when you don't know the answer to a question, the answer is almost always 'money,' because in the end, everything comes down to money.&q...
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by anthony on May 9, 2006
If you would like to see how Sony's PS3 motion sensing controller looks in action, check out this video provided by Kotaku over YouTube..
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by anthony on May 9, 2006
If you remember back to E3 2005, you may remember Sony unveiling their first PS3 controller...aka the boomerang.
Well, it turns out that Sony listened to the overwhelmingly negative response to their...
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by anthony on May 2, 2006
I tend not to put a lot of stock into what analysts are saying, but I rather agree with this prediction:
Microsoft's 360 console will lead in the console wars for two years, but after that the ...
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by anthony on April 30, 2006
It's no secret that the 360 has been pretty much sold out everywhere since November...so we know that Microsoft is clearly selling consoles, but how are the numbers exactly?
The following report ...
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by anthony on March 17, 2006
Ballmer.
Before I start writing anything, let's just look at this picture.
Ballmer.
This was not photoshopped in any way, it is the real deal.
Anyway...Yesterday Sony held a press event where...
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by anthony on March 14, 2006
Tomorrow may be a big day in the upcoming console wars.
Sony is set to release detailed information about the PS3 tomorrow in Tokyo. This will be the first real news we've heard from Sony in a v...
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by anthony on March 5, 2006
Those of you lucky enough to own a high end PC and an Xbox 360 are going to have a tough decision to make.
Should you get the new Elder Scrolls game on the PC or the Xbox 360?
Well, essentially th...
