Rumor Control: 60GB PS3 is going nowhere - at the moment
Yesterday there was a report that someone at Sony (with the fancy title of PRESIDENT no less) said that the 60GB PS3 was no longer being produced, and as soon as the current stock sold out, they would go back to selling a single SKU (presumably, the crippled 80GB version). He said that they [...]
Unreal 3 PS3 Exclusive - for a while; New PSP kinda sucks
I passed out before Sony held their press conference (since it was 3am for me) but looking at the conference now, it looks like I missed one of the better ones of the Big Three.
First, they showed off the new PSP. The verdict? It looks pretty much exactly the same as the old one. [...]
Wii news: Mario Kart, Mario Galaxy street dates - WII FIT ANNOUNCED
It’s about 1am here in Hong Kong, and I am dead tired after a long, hot day. But watching these E3 press conferences streamed online sure beats flying all the way to LA to do it!
Nintendo’s press conference is taking place right now, and the first 20 minutes going over the same sales stats [...]
Gears of War steals the show at Microsoft’s E3 press conference
Microsoft’s E3 press conference just ended, and, well, there were no huge announcements to make (including no price drop on the 360). Gameplay footage was shown for Halo 3, and live gameplay demos were shown for Assassin’s Creed (which actually looks pretty cool, but from what I’ve seen here I can’t believe it’s ready [...]
Rumor: XBOX 360 will get a price cut as well
In what’s becoming an E3 tradition where console manufacturers try to one-up each other with price cuts right as the event starts, a securities analyst is saying that Microsoft will very likely announce a price cut of their own for all models of the 360 during E3.
He said that the price cut will affect [...]
80GB Playstation 3 to lack Emotion Engine
GamesIndustry.biz has discovered the bad news that the upcoming 80GB Playstation 3 will not come with the Emotion Engine chip (the Playstation 2 chip). So instead of being able to play backwards-compatible PS2 games natively, it will be emulating the games in software mode.
This means that games will lose some image quality, performance, and [...]
PS3 price drop confirmed - 80GB model coming
Sony didn’t even wait until E3 to confirm that last week’s price drop rumor was true; they have confirmed that the price is indeed dropping $100 after E3.
Furthermore, they are adding an 80GB model, which will be available this August. Currently only available in Korea, the new model will become the new high end model, [...]
