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Intel Talking to Console Vendors?
Thought this story from Next Gen was interesting since I used to work at Intel as their PC Games evangelist. Back in the day, Intel always struggled with what to do with the burgeoning console market. There was a general belief that the PC was where gaming...
Halo's Halo Affecting Movies?
Could be, according to this Next Gen article : Halo 3, released on September 25, grossed a whopping $170 million in first day sales, a figure that had swelled to over $300 million by early October. In contrast, North American movie box office takings...
Another bet on Sony Hardware...
... with another fine steak dinner on the line. This time around my good friend N'Gai Croal of Newsweek's " Level Up " fame is dissenting with my assertion that there's a low-end $399 PS3 SKU coming this holiday. He firmly believes Sony will return to...
PS3 Starter Pack in Europe
Sony announced a PS3 "value pack" (no sarcasm intended) for Europe at E3 this year. I've seen a bit of confusion as to what that means, especially as it relates to the " price cut " (sarcasm intended). There's actually not much to this - what you're seeing...
PS3 Price Drop? Not Really....
Yes, I've seen the news about the PS3 "price drop." We've all known it's been coming for quite a while - heck, I even put a stake in the ground way back at the beginning of the year. To quote: The Playstation 3 will have an effective price drop of at...
Biiware the Wiiware!
Sorry - just couldn't resist the title... and it's all the funnier because there's really nothing to beware here. Just that inflammatory yellow journalistic streak taking a cheap shot. Anyway, just saw over on N'Gai's blog his announce of Nintendo's Wiiware...
Monday Morning Quarterbacking of April NPD Sales
A good friend of mine, N'Gai Croal , just posted an interesting discussion he had with Geoff Keighley about April's NPD report. I've known N'Gai for a long, long time now... perhaps ten years or so? We tend to disagree a great deal about certain topics...
U.S. Video Game Console Online Shopping Demand
Saw an update from Compete (a company that tracks and analyzes online store searches to understand consumer demand). This time they're focusing on the Elite SKU, and asking the question of whether there's market demand for it. The whole article is interesting...
Nintendo Rules February NPD Numbers
No other way to put it. And I'm not even talking handhelds, where the stomping was even greater. To quote: February's NPD hardware figures continue to show Nintendo's Wii selling well ahead of the other Gen Now consoles, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In...
Rumble Support is back for the PS3 (Oh, and Kotaku)
Appears Sony finally bit the bullet and paid up to Immersion. The cost of manufacturing the PS3 is a huge problem for Sony. When we look at best-case scenarios for the PS3 business it's quite obvious that there's nowhere near as much money to...
[Edit] UK PS3 Preorders do indeed appear to be slow...
... as we discussed in this post earlier. Received my daily update from gamesindustry.biz discussing backward compatibility changes in the PS3, and how Europeans were getting the short end of the stick. Good read , but I found one paragraph particularly...
Phil Harrison D.I.C.E Interview - Bring your Questions!
Just wanted to point you all to this interview Phil Harrison of Sony did with gamedaily.biz. My personal favorite quote is around the "unprecedented demand" for the PS3: BIZ: That actually leads into my next question, because a lot of the analysts have...
Jack Thompson to Face Florida Supreme Court Discipinary Hearing
You can read all the details over at GamePolitics.com . To quote: GamePolitics has learned that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson faces a disciplinary hearing before a referee appointed by the Florida Supreme Court. The pending judicial review...
Analysis of Online Holiday Demand for Different Consoles
Just saw this interesting post from Matt Pace of Compete, a company that specializes in collecting and analyzing online traffic metrics. The company collected data this holiday tracking US video game console demand, and the results are pretty interesting...
SCEA: PS3 price won’t drop for two years...
... and if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you. According to this article quoting Game Informer magazine, SCEA's Jack Tretton is stating Sony won't consier a price drop until 2008 at earliest. To quote: When asked by US magazine Game...
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