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Wii vs. PS3 in Japan: The Console Slaughter

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Famitsu Magazine is reporting the Nintendo console, Wii, has managed to sell 7-million units in Japan. This is roughly three times the number of Sony’s PlayStation 3, the console with superior graphics and power. Japan isn’t about graphics and power or they’re not a fan of the high priced PlayStation 3. The three times factor […]

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Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

NXE, Theme Packs, Avatars and Impressions

November 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We’ve had some time to look through the New Xbox Experience (aka Fall Update 08) for the Xbox 360. There are some goods, bads and oddities about the latest updated firmware and thought it was a good time to share. The most important feature we’ve found with the new console software is the addition of […]

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Tags: Editorial · Microsoft · review · Xbox 360

PlayStation 3 Online Community Matches 360

November 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Although PlayStation 3 is still third in worldwide sales, behind the Xbox 360 by about 5-million units, the PS3 community services now have as many online gamers as Xbox 360 says Sony. Sony posted on their blog saying, “with 14 million active accounts and 273 million pieces of content downloaded, we know that you’re thirsting […]

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Tags: Editorial · Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

Rhythm Gaming Saturation Point?

November 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Rhythm Gaming is all the rage, or is it? Turns out Guitar Hero: World Tour didn’t meet or exceed the figures they hit with Guitar Hero III. Where GH3 brought in $115 million in the first week, GHWT brought in $67 million in the same time frame. Why? There are plenty of factors that could […]

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Tags: Accessories · Activision · Casual Games · Editorial · Nintendo · playstation 3 · rock band · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360

Users Pwn MetaCritic Review Submissions

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Although we’ve found Metacritic a userful resource for game reviews, many folks have gone on a user submission rampage to discredit games that haven’t even launched yet. Their first attack was on LittleBigPlanet followed by Resistance 2, now their hitting Gears of War 2. While Gears of War 2 has a Metacritic score of 94/100 […]

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Tags: Editorial · Industry News · review · Xbox 360

Will Xbox Live Survive 2008 Holiday Stress?

November 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

This year many gamers will open new consoles for the holidays and many of those same gamers are going bring their console “live” on Xbox Live the same day. Traditionally we’ve found Xbox Live falls under the weight of the holiday rush much like Apple’s iTunes. Will we repeat history again? Although a fully loaded […]

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Tags: Editorial · Xbox 360

Blu-ray Doesn’t Validate Your Console, Sony

November 2nd, 2008 · 34 Comments

Is Blu-ray dead? Tech Sites around the Net are calling it a “death spiral” and we’re now looking at the downfall of the winning high definition format. Many non-PS3 Blu-ray players are still in the USD $200.00 range, a bit high for mass market adopters, and people aren’t planning to run out and buy a […]

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Tags: Accessories · blu-ray · Editorial · Xbox 360

Storage Solutions for Fall Update

October 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Are you one of those that have a diskless (or low flash disk) based Xbox 360? We’ve been wondering, ourselves, what Microsoft was going to do to “fix” the fact that the upcoming Fall Update is going to require 128MB of disk space. It seems they’re going to hand you either a 512MB memory card […]

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Tags: Accessories · Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360

Call of Duty: World at War Beta – Coming Soon

October 13th, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t know anyone that can’t pass up a good beta, Call of Duty: World at War is no exception to the rule, especially for those gamers that pre-ordered the title already. It’s a great opportunity when you’re able to buy a game ahead of time because you’re a fan and get into the beta […]

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Tags: Activision · FPS · Press Release · Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Fall Update Too Big For Diskless Users

October 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments

If you’ve got an Xbox 360 arcade edition or an older console without a hard disk, you’ll want to clear up at least 128MB of your flash card before powering on your console after the fall update hits. Wait, you’re flash disk isn’t 128MB in size? Oh oh. Latest reports are stating that consumers that […]

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Tags: Accessories · Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360