Believe this, Nintendo and their Wii console takes another month as top seller. The only product that moves more hardware than the Wii is the DS. As a gamer, it’s hard to understand how the Wii product continues to sell like this with the least supported game library on the planet. The DS is completely […]
July NPD Unit Sales: Wii On Top… Again
August 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Industry News · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360
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 […]
Tags: Industry News · Microsoft · playstation 3 · Sony · Xbox 360
TD Gaming Podcast 82: Standing Cows and Bovines
August 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments
This week we’re talking about pre-owned video games and ask the question, do you buy new or do you buy used? Do you sell your games? We answer some listener comments and hit on a few hot topics: Another Call of Duty set for release in 2009 (1up) Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII […]
Tags: Episode · Podcast · Show Notes
Final Fantasy XIII Demo For PS3 Announced
August 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
The first demo for Final Fantasy XIII has been announced, but, it will only be available (right now) on the PlayStation 3. It will arrive as “bonus material” when you purchase Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete because the game arrives on Blu-Ray and there is plenty of room for this additional content. The game […]
Tags: Final Fantasy · Industry News · playstation 3 · Xbox 360
Xbox 360 Cutting Price Cutting…Huh?
August 1st, 2008 · No Comments
For those that ran out to pickup a 20GB Xbox 360 for the low low price of $299… sit down. This may hurt a bit. Their is a new rumor stating the Xbox 360 is undergoing another price cut, for all consoles in their full array of consoles. Let’s just get this over with quick: […]
Tags: Microsoft · Rumors · Xbox 360
Sony Says Competition is Good
July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
It seems the console maker who’s trailing in sales typically says how great competition is and how it’s great for the consumer. Sony’s not leading the console race, as of now, and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe president David Reeves stated in a recent interview: The winner, he said, is the consumer. “That’s why we are […]
Tags: Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360
Screw Blu-Ray, We’ve Got Digitial
July 19th, 2008 · No Comments
Since the last breath of HD-DVD rumors have been flying about Microsoft’s need (desire?) to get into the Blu-Ray hardware for their 360. The rumor was feasible because Microsoft already spent time working the HD-DVD angle for their “home entertainment” Xbox 360 console. Although Microsoft’s Shane Kim told Forbe’s, “I can categorically say that we’re […]
Wii Takes US Lead In Console War
July 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Just in case people were actually thinking the Xbox 360 was going to hold out against a viral console, Nintendo is now the best selling console in the United States. Anyone really surprised? This months sales figures for consoles broke down something like this: Nintendo DS: 783,000 Wii: 666,700 PlayStation 3: 405,500 PSP: 337,400 Xbox […]
Tags: DS · Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo · playstation 3 · Sony · Wii · Xbox 360
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, […]
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 […]
Tags: Microsoft · playstation 3 · RPG · Sony · Xbox 360