OZ Screwed At E3 Games Show The biggest gaming show in the world has kicked off in Las Vegas with Nintendo saying that it plans to launch a 60 instrument music game for its Wii console. Sony has announced a new 80GB PS3 which will sell in the USA for $399 however Australians can expect to pay almost double that despite the dollar being at $0.96 to the US dollar. Also announced are new IP content services however Australia is set to be isolated from the new content services.
Microsoft Copies Nintendo To Boost Xbox Sales According to a report in Forbes.com, Xbox 360 has sold 10.3 million consoles since its launch, or about 5 million more than Sony's console.
Sony Boss Has A Wii Swipe Sony Boss Sir Howard Stringer has taken a swipe at the Nintendo Wii claiming "I've played a Nintendo Wii. I don't see it as a competitor. It's more of an expensive niche game device". The comments came ahead of the E3 gaming show that is set to kick off this week in Las Vegas.
Xbox Storage Triples As Microsoft Feels The Heat From Rivals Microsoft says it will triple the storage capacity of its Xbox 360 video-game console to try and stem its slipping share of the gaming sector with market leaders Nintendo and Sony.
Is The iPhone Apples Trojan Horse Into Mobile Gaming? Last weeks launch of the Apple iPhone 3G was very interesting in what it showed – and even more interesting about what it didn’t tell us where Apple as a company really wants to go.
Sony Releases New & Improved PS3 Update Following last week's PlayStation 3 firmware update 2.40 which rendered a few consoles completely useless, Sony has removed the upgrade and has now released a new and improved version.
Gaming Industry Booms In Spite Of Fed Government You would think that an industry that is worth over $140 Million a year, that directly employs some 8500 people and that has an annual growth rate of 12.3 per cent would be deemed important by the government of the day. But then again, that would also assume that most governments know what they are actually doing.
PC Gaming Defies Global Economic Slowdown Economic slump- what economic slump? The world PC games market seems to be thumbing its nose at the global economic slowdown and enjoying some spectacular sales, according to a new analyst report.
Sony Pulls The Plug On PS3 Firmware Upgrade User Complaints PS3 users who downloaded and installed the new 2.40 version of the Sony firmware upgrade are complaining that their consoles are hanging when being rebooted. As a result, Sony has canned the upgrade and removed it from their site according to a company announcement.
EBay Cave In To ACCC eBay, who is currently under investigation for allowing the sale of counterfeit consumer electronic goods and is also under pressure from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has caved in on its plan to force Australians to use only its PayPal service for making payments for auction transactions.
Gaming Booming Claim Gartner Australia is one of the fastest growing markets in the world for gaming according to the Gartner research group. They also claimed that worldwide mobile gaming revenue is on pace to total $4.5 billion in 2008, a 16.1 percent increase from 2007 revenue of $3.9 billion, according to Gartner.
Mobile Gaming Tsunami To Hit Asia-Pacific According to a recent report by Gartner, worldwide mobile gaming revenues should top $AUD4.75 billion this year, and continue with strong growth for some time in the future.
Nintendo Attacked By The Wii-Killer According to reports from The Straits Times, a team of researchers from the Institute for Infocomm Research in Singapore has come up with a new way to play video games without any controllers at all - just by using their bare hands.
New Xbox Next Month According to UK web site Trusted Reviews a new version of the Xbox 360 could launch at the E3 games event in the USA next month in a bid to halt the progress of Nintendo and Sony in the console wars.
Nasty Porn Found On PS3 & Xbox Following the arrest of some 70 people in Australia for child pornography this morning in the so-called Operation Centurion, the investigation has also revealed that those engaging in this nefarious activity have a penchant for new technology.
Music Sales Being Driven By Video Games New Video games are driving music sales claims a recent survey with games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero among the most effective.
Toshiba Look At Games Market Up Against Xbox & PS3 Toshiba the Company that invented the notebook and the now doomed HD DVD format is set to role an entertainment notebook and an LCD TV screen that will incorporate the cell processor which is the heart and soul of the Sony PS3. The Company is also looking at a new graphics processor and the use of Sony's SpursEngine graphics processor which will allow modified games such as Grand Theft Auto to be played on a Toshiba device.
Xbox Claims Grand Theft Auto Crown The latest Gfk statistics show Xbox 360 as the lead platform of choice for Grand Theft Auto IV after copies of the game on the 360 outsold those of its rival platform.
Merger Will Create Games Behemoth Activision and Vivendi Games will in less than a month merge which will morph both companies into the largest third-party games publisher globally, dethroning Electronic Arts, and give the new entity control of World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment.
Trojans Targeting Online Gamers According to Fortinet, the top 10 most reported high-risk threats for April 2008 were driven by a campaign launched on April Fools Day and two online gaming Trojans that primarily targeted a number of Asian countries: China/Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Blockbuster Set To Sell Games Consoles Video Ezy partner Blockbuster is looking to expand their retail offering by selling and renting video games and gaming consoles. Blockbuster who last month made a bid to buy struggling US CE retailer Circuit City is desperate to expand their operation in light of a declining market.
The Worlds Biggest Blockbuster Is Set To Hit And It's A Steal Forget about Hollywood blockbusters the new gig in town is "Grand Theft Auto IV." which in one week is expected to gross over $400M dollars which is a a record for video games and possibly the biggest debut ever for an entertainment product.
The Future Is Not Looking Bright For Nintendo Nintendo has forcast single digit growth ahead as Sony and Microsoft attempt to take share away from the Japanese gaming giant who taught both Companies a lesson when they rolled out the low cost Nintendo Wii. And if things do get bad Nintendo will suffer far more than Sony or Microsoft say Analysts.
Microsoft Looks At New Xbox Initatives To Boost Sales Microsoft Australia is looking at new initiatives to stimulate flagging sales of their Xbox 360 console, games and accessories. Among those initiatives is a new distribution strategy aimed at improving sales outside of some of the mass retailers, new in-store merchandising and new bundling deals for retailers.
Electronic Arts Not Worth $2B Say Shareholders Electronic Arts is not worth $2 billion dollars claims the bulk of shareholders of Take Two Interactive who last month made a takeover offer for the highly gaming Company.
Sony Stumbles In Games Market According to the figures from the US based NPD Group, this year started out very well for Sony in North America with its PS3 outselling the Xbox 360 in both January and February.
Game Sales Rocket As Recession Kicks In It appears that gaming is recession proof with the latest sales reports showing that consumers are piling into stores in droves to buy the latest Nintendo Wii, Playstation and Xbox games.
Second Hand Games The Facts Revealed Last year when JB Hi Fi moved into the second hand software market for games the likes of Sony and Microsoft were not happy. Aimed at competing head on with the likes of EB Games and E Bay JB Hi Fi realised that there was good margin in turning over a game once, twice and often three times. However for vendors the used game market is a source of consternation, confusion, and endless debate as many console makers are losing money on the gaming unit in the hope that they make it back selling games.
Microsoft Finally Gets The Message On The Xbox 360 Its seems someone at Microsoft has been listening , for if reports from the US are true, Microsoft is reportedly looking developing its own version of the Nintendo Wii controller for its beleaguered Xbox 360.
Microsoft Get Their Knickers In A Twist Over Xbox Claims COMMENT: It appears that Microsoft have got their Xbox knickers in a twist following our story yesterday that retailers are not happy with the sales success of the Xbox 360 over the stunning success of the Nintendo and Sony offerings.
Xbox 360 On The Skids Retailers Consider Dumping It A survey of 10 Australian retail chains who operate over 2,000 stores reveals that the Microsoft XBox 360 is on the skids with the majority of the chains seeing their gaming growth coming from the Sony PS3 or the Nintendo Wii.
New Xbox To Be Lite-On Taiwanese DVD and ODD maker Lite-On IT Corporation says it is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc-(BD) ROM drives for the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console, according to digitimes.com .
Deus Ex PCs For Hardcore Gamers Australia’s PC gaming community will no longer be ‘neglected’ as Deus Ex Technologies, a Sydney-based company, aims to provide products and services demanded by users.
PS3 Owners To Benefit From New Sony Internet Blu-ray Titles New Blu-ray titles with built in Internet interactivity is set to be rolled out by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on April 8 according to the Hollywood Reporter. This technology can be used by Sony PS3 owners.
Guitar Hero Out Of Tune As Lawsuits Issued One of the worlds most popular video games "Guitar Hero" is in strife with Gibson Guitar filing yet another patent infringement lawsuit against Viacom who own the MTV networks and Harmonix. Several weeks ago they also took action against Electronic Arts.
Shame On You Nintendo Toshiba and Samsung have avoided being named and shamed this year by taking out the top Greenpeace gongs for being among the world's most environment friendly consumer electronics companies. The shame gong went to gaming market leader Nintendo.
Acer's Mad Idea To Take On PS3 Wii & XBox Exposed PC vendor Acer have this wild notion that they can take on the Nintendo Wii, the Sony PS3 and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft with a new open standard gaming console. The wild plan apparently emerged at an Acer press conference to discuss notebooks.
Sony & Microsoft To Roll Out New IP Gaming Consoles After several days of internal consideration Microsoft executives have said that they will not be producing a Blu ray Xbox 360. Instead the Company is working on a brand new gaming and entertainment solution that will replace the current Xbox 360.
New Xbox Coming, Sony Confirm Blu-ray Talks With Microsoft Microsoft is planning a brand new Xbox that will include a Blu-ray drive. Confirming that Sony and Microsoft are in talks, a senior Sony President has claimed that the move will not hurt the Japanese consumer electronics company.
Gaming By Thinking Now A Reality Fed up with handheld game controllers? The BBC in the UK is now reporting that gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone and that a neuro-headset which interprets the interaction of neurons in the brain will go on sale later this year.
Nintendo To Form Sporting Fan Club Good old Norm and the "Life Be In It" campaigners would have been proud of Nintendo and their Wii gaming console. In a space of 14 months since the launch of the popular console they have managed to shift thousands of Australians off their backsides into active gaming. Now they want to sporting fans to take Nintendo to a stadium near you.
Nintendo Go After Hard Core Gamers New Products Tipped The boss of Nintendo has admitted that The Wii consoles success is down to family and soft gamers. Now the Company is looking to crank up the console and the games that run on it to attract hard core gamers in a move that could hit Sony and Microsoft.
Sony To Trounce Microsoft In Gaming War Claims EA Games One of the world's leading gaming companies has predicted that the Sony PS3 will be the big winner in the battle of the gaming consoles this year and that the Microsoft Xbox will get trounced.
97% Of Blu-ray Sales Due To PS3 The Blu-ray Sony PS3 and the HD DVD Xbox 360 attachment have done more to grow the high definition DVD market than any other devices claims a leading research company. Alone the PS3 is accounting for 97% of all Blu-ray device sales.
PS3, Wii, 360 Drive Gaming Sales To New High The launch of next-gen consoles such as the PS3 and Wii, and the popularity of the Xbox 360 have driven Australian sales of games consoles and software higher than ever before, according to the gaming industry body.
Battle Philippoussis On Wii At Australian Open Nintendo has announced it will be the official gaming console supplier at the 2008 Australian Open. Attendees will be able to play Wii in between matches with a chance to play Wii against tennis champ Mark Philippoussis.
How Much Is Too Much Gaming For Kids How much gaming is too much gaming for your child, and when is a game too violent? These are some of the questions addressed in the Australian Centre for the Moving Image’s (ACMI) new Parents Guide To Videogames.
Why Is The Nintendo Wii So Successful? One of the hottest products this Xmas is the Nintendo Wii. But why? It was only 24 months ago that CE had written Nintendo off as a has been player in the games market.
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