XBOX 360 supports DivX AVI files!
When I wrote about the XBOX 360 vs. PS3, one of the PS3’s biggest advantages was its superior multimedia support. The 360 could play WMV files, some MPEG-4 files, and some MPEG-2 files with crappy containers, but that’s about it.
Well on December 4th, that is all about to change.
The XBOX MSDN blog has a [...]
More XBOX 360 Fall 2007 Update details
Microsoft has released information on the update that will go live on December 4. But rather than coming from Redmond, it’s coming LIVE~! from JAPAN, where approximately 10 people own the console.
Anyway, the most significant update seems to be that the downloadable games area and marketplace will (finally) be a bit organized. Games are [...]
Playstation 3 vs. XBOX 360 - One Year Later
It has been exactly 1 year to the day since we published our PS3 vs. XBOX 360 article, written for us by a friend of mine who is a lead programmer for a game company working on all three consoles (and PC).
His conclusion was a controversial one at the time. That the XBOX 360 [...]
Nintendo back on top again; October Videogame Hardware Sales
Okay Microsoft, you had your fun on top for a month. Everyone who was waiting for Halo 3 got their 360, and now the Wii takes over its spot on top.
Wii | 519K
Nintendo DS | 458K
Xbox 360 | 366K
PSP | 286K
PlayStation 2 | 184K
PlayStation 3 | 121K
Things are certainly back to normal. Almost too much [...]
Playstation 3 sales double in first week of price cuts & 40GB version
It looks like it was all worth it in the end - thanks to a $100 price cut to the 80GB version, and the introduction of a reasonably priced 40GB version, the Playstation 3’s weekly sales have more than doubled in the US.
According to Sony, more than 100,000 units sold during the week ending [...]
Playstation 3 to support DivX & play AVI files
FINALLY! As good as the Playstation 3’s multimedia capabilities are, it’s mostly a waste of time if they don’t support the format used by 99.9% of people who record and watch video - DivX
DivX announced today that a future firmware update will add full DivX certification to the Playstation 3. This is a MAJOR [...]
Sony releases Firmware 2.0 for Playstation 3
Cue crickets chirping…
Many were hoping that the 2.0 firmware would introduce some highly anticipated features to the Playstation 3 - in-game XMB access would be nice, for one. Also, we are still waiting on that Blu-Ray Profile 1.1 update that is rumored to be coming.
However, it seems that the only reason Sony called this “two [...]
