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- Wii reclaims top spot in U.S. sales chart
The PlayStation 3 may have managed to outsell all other home consoles in the United States last month, but that success was fleeting. According to new NPD numbers quoted by GamesIndustry.biz, Nintendo's Wii reclaimed its top dog status in October. NPD's breakdown of U.S. console unit sales for October...
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Last by YeuEmMaiMai at 9:55 PM on 11/14/09 - Rumor mill points to 2010 Wii 2 launch
Could we see a new, high-definition Wii console next year? One might just think that after seeing the latest report by French website Logic-Sunrise, which claims to have gotten the scoop from a very solid source at Nintendo. According to that source, the Wii 2 will debut in 2010 with...
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Last by swaaye at 9:41 PM on 11/03/09 - PlayStation 3 topped U.S. charts in September
That analyst called it two weeks ago: Sony's PlayStation 3 did outsell other home consoles in the United States last month. So says Shacknews, brandishing the latest NPD numbers as proof. No, really. Check out these unit sales numbers: Nintendo DS - 524,200...
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Last by Anomymous Gerbil at 6:13 PM on 10/21/09 - Sony to add 250GB PlayStation 3 Slim
In the past few weeks, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony have all cut the prices of their home consoles in preparation for the recession-tinged holiday season. That doesn't mean there won't be room for pricier consoles on top of the cheaper ones, though. Perhaps that's why Sony has...
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Last by Nitrodist at 3:28 PM on 10/19/09 - Next-gen Nintendo DS could be Tegra-powered
Perhaps AMD's graphics technology will have a place in the next Xbox, as we heard yesterday. What about Nvidia, though? According to PC Perspective, evidence points to Nintendo using the rival firm's Tegra system-on-a-chip in its next-gen DS handheld console. The site quotes two separate reports: one from
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Last by jstern at 10:08 PM on 10/15/09 - AMD may have snatched next Xbox deal
Could the Xbox 360's successor feature a Radeon-derived graphics chip? Quite possibly, judging from a Fudzilla report that quotes "industry sources" as saying Microsoft has picked AMD to develop its next-gen console GPU. The existing Xbox 360 already has AMD (or, rather, ATI) graphics inside: Xenos, a custom GPU...
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Last by Pettytheft at 8:36 AM on 10/17/09 - The PS3 may have outsold other consoles last month
That price cut and the new PlayStation 3 Slim may have done wonders for Sony's popularity in the console market. TG Daily quotes an Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst who believes the PS3 to claimed the top spot in console unit sales last month. Jesse Divnich, the analyst,...
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Last by Trymor at 8:18 AM on 10/13/09 - Confirmed: Nintendo will drop Wii price to $200
It's definitely price-cut season in the console world. As the Associated Press reports, Nintendo has followed in the footsteps of Sony and Microsoft, confirming that the Wii's price will drop by $50 next Sunday. This price cut will bring the Wii down to $200, a safe distance away from the...
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Last by SomeOtherGeek at 2:57 PM on 09/24/09 - Wii may drop to $200 next Sunday
Next to the $250 vanilla Xbox 360 or $300 PlayStation 3, the $250 Nintendo Wii is starting to look like less and less of a bargain. Nintendo has managed to resist to the price-cut craze so far, but judging by the latest whispers from the rumor mill, the...
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Last by PRIME1 at 11:02 PM on 09/21/09 - Microsoft makes Xbox 360 cut official
Those leaked flier photos we told you about yesterday were legit, apparently. Shacknews now says that Microsoft has officially confirmed an impending round of price cuts for its Xbox 360 console. As part of the cuts, Microsoft has stopped production of the 60GB vanilla Xbox 360, and remaining models...
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Last by Vaughn at 3:18 PM on 08/28/09 - Leaked fliers show $250 Xbox 360
Would you believe it? Now that Sony's PlayStation 3 is neck-and-neck with the vanilla Xbox 360 at $300, Microsoft seems to be bracing for a price cut. Shocking, we know. According to Shacknews, images of Target, Walmart, and Best Buy fliers have leaked all over gadget blogs, showing advertised prices...
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Last by StashTheVampede at 9:28 AM on 08/27/09 - Slim PlayStation 3 becomes official
Hot on the heels of this morning's Kmart ad, Sony has officially unveiled the new, slim version of its PlayStation 3 console. According to Shacknews, there's only a single unit, and it has a $299 price tag and a 120GB hard drive. Sony has also dropped the prices of...
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Last by turrican at 5:05 AM on 08/21/09 - Evidence points to cheaper, slim PlayStation 3
Just when you thought the console war was dying down, evidence has appeared to suggest a new, slimmer, and cheaper version of the Sony PlayStation 3 will arrive later this month. DailyTech has rounded up some of that evidence, pointing to both FYE and Kmart ads that tease the...
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Last by FubbHead at 9:17 PM on 08/18/09 - Microsoft posts second revenue drop
Unlike Apple, Microsoft is clearly suffering the effects of the global recession—in fact, it's apparently been doing so for about six months. The company has posted financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter, which ended on June 30, and the numbers don't look particularly encouraging:
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Last by Rakhmaninov3 at 11:11 PM on 07/27/09 - UPDATED: Ballmer hints at next-gen Xbox console for 2010
Despite what CEOs of large game publishers might have you believe, we could see a Microsoft console launch before too long. According to TG Daily, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer "stated openly" during a speech yesterday that "a new Xbox 360 will hit the store shelves in 2010." Details seem...
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Last by Anonymous Coward at 3:50 AM on 06/23/09 - Microsoft shows original new music game for Xbox 360
Sick of Guitar Hero? Rock Band not doing anything for you? If so, Microsoft has just the thing for you. Check out the trailer released just this morning for Microsoft's latest music game: You can learn...
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Last by Kharnellius at 10:06 AM on 04/02/09 - Wii developers get PhysX SDK, too
Nvidia isn't only courting PlayStation 3 developers with its PhysX SDK. The company says it has also received Nintendo's approval as a "third party tools solution provider" for the Wii. That means registered Wii developers now have access to the PhysX software development toolkit. It doesn't look like they're...
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Last by arsenhazzard at 6:13 PM on 03/22/09 - PlayStation 3 developers get free PhysX SDK
Nvidia may be promoting PhysX as a way to sell more GeForces, but the company hasn't forgotten about the physics application programming interface's other uses. In fact, Nvidia has announced that it's struck a deal with Sony to give PlayStation 3 game developers free access to the PhysX software...
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