Nintendo Wii Continues To Outsell PS3…By A Lot
If Sony isn’t dropping Playstation 3 prices by $100 like the rumors currently say, they really should. According to BBC, the Nintendo Wii is outselling the PS3 by a ’six to one’ margin. Actually, it’s more like a 6.5 to 1 margin, 270,974 Wiis compared to 41,628 PS3s in June. In comparison, [...]
RUMOR: PS3 price cut forthcoming?
Update: Coming in from GameDaily is confirmation from “one of the world’s biggest retailers” that the price cut is indeed true. w00t!
Consider this a total rumor right now, but folks on the DVD Talk Forum have come up with what looks to be next week’s advertising for Circuit City. In it, the PS3 receives the [...]
Microsoft spends $1 billion to take care of the Red Ring of DEATH
After vehemently denying there being a problem, Microsoft has finally caved in and extended the warranty of the XBOX 360 another 3 years across the board, for those who have the RED RING OF DEATH problem (all other problems are covered by the normal warranty). Furthermore, they are reimbursing everyone who has already paid [...]
This season’s football games will play better on XBOX 360
We were possibly one of the first sites to mention that a lot of developers are making their multiplatform games on the XBOX 360, and then porting them over to PS3. We even had an anonymous game developer compare the two consoles, and he said that exact thing:
The XBOX 360 is also far faster [...]
Buy a Blu-Ray player, get 5 free movies
To give sluggish summertime sales a kick in the ass, the Blu-Ray Disc Association is offering a 2 month promotion for people buying their first Blu-Ray player.
If you buy any Blu-Ray player (including a PS3) you will be able to select any 5 movies from a list of about 20. We’re not talking about [...]
PSP 3.50 firmware allows full CPU speed
The recent 3.50 firmware update added some cool streaming features to the PSP, but Shacknews tells us of a hidden feature of the firmware; for the first time, developers can run the PSP’s CPU at full speed.
Until now, the PSP would only clock up to 266 MHz for games, presumably to keep battery life [...]
Is the Sony Turnaround Coming?
So we’ve documented pretty well here at HCW how Nintendo is kicking Sony’s behind. And the results are showing through in the markets. Nintendo has just passed Panasonic-maker Matsushita, and is fast closing in on Sony, with Nintendo having a market cap of 6.30 trillion yen, while Sony’s is 6.64 trillion yen.
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