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Tales of Vesperia: Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 In Japan

August 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Sony’s been talking about how they’ve overtaken the Xbox 360 here in the States, perhaps this is because Microsoft shifted their attention to pwning them in Japan? Xbox 360 sold 25,000 units to PlayStation 3‘s minor 9,673 units according to Edge Online, that’s 2.5 times more if you’re into that math thing. Seriously though, Microsoft […]

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

Little Big Planet To Sell Consoles

August 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Much like Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony is looking for LittleBigPlanet to move consoles from the shelves because all types of gamers are going to want this title. Personally, the desire to want and the stronger feeling of need are two separate problems; everyone will want the game but many will need to buy a […]

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Bioshock PS3: Later But Better

August 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Bioshock arrived on the Xbox 360 almost August of 2007, about one year from this month. It’s set to arrive on the PlayStation 3 in October of 2008, over one year after the Xbox 360 version. Is it too late? For those that have decided to buy a PlayStation 3 and hold out on the […]

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Sony’s 10-Year Vision: Graphics or Games?

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo have great visions for their consoles, they all strive to stand out from their competitors. Nintendo’s key initiative is to get non-gamers on board and provide the world with something a little different while Microsoft’s concept is to get a 360 into the hands of all gamers and build a huge […]

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MGS4 Pushes PS3 Up 300%

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Metal Gear Solid 4 was a solid release for the PlayStation 3, the exclusive title that gives Sony an edge over the competition. This was Sony’s Halo 3 title and it needed to be a big success in order to keep gamers confident in the Sony brand. Sony is reporting a 300% increase in PlayStation […]

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War On Video Game Exclusives

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Typically, we have “exclusive” fallout from the console war which forces the hand of the consumer to purchase all consoles to play all the games they love. Many hardcore gamers are into first person shooters like Halo and Gears of War but also like their Grand Theft Auto and Final Fantasy fixes. In years prior, […]

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Tags: Editorial · Exclusives · Microsoft · Nintendo · Sony

Final Fantasy XIII Not Simultanious Everywhere

July 16th, 2008 · No Comments

It seems the promise of Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 is a big “work in progress” as it’s not actually under development yet. Square Enix is fully ready to commit on a simultaneous release for Europe and North America but not every territory around the globe. The reason is simple: there are just […]

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Tags: Microsoft · playstation 3 · RPG · Sony · Xbox 360

TD Gaming Podcast 79: I’m Often Wrong

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This weeks gaming podcast we’re all over the rhythm matching games along with great gaming news and a bit of our early E3 coverage. We continue our RPG history and we also look back on Dragon Fire, and old Atari 2600 game. This weeks podcasting news: Konami sues Harmonix Rock Band 2’s Set List and […]

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Sony’s E3 Conference: Fairly Impressive

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We’re all used to Sony falling on their face at E3 in the last few years, but, this year, things were different. They’re information was delivered well, they had a great presentation medium using Little Big Planet‘s game engine as a presentation platform over the standard PowerPoint slides and everything went smoothly. The format for […]

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Tags: E3 · Industry News · playstation 3 · PSP · Sony

PlayStation 3 80GB For $399.99

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

So there you have it, the PlayStation 3‘s 80GB console is now the price of the PlayStation 3’s 40GB console, running in at $399.99. This is, in effect, a price drop to compete well with the Xbox 360 which is now going to be $349.99. The new price of the PlayStation 3 with the talk […]

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