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IDC: PS3 narrowly beats Xbox 360 in worldwide game console shipments

John Callaham — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:08:13 +0000

A new report from IDC claims that worldwide shipments of the Playstation 3 have now reached 77 million, just beating the Xbox 360 which the firm claims has 76 million units shipped. Read more...

Nintendo Wii mini announced for Canada, coming Dec. 7

John Callaham — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:15:00 +0000

Nintendo has officially announced plans to launch a smaller version of the Wii console, the Wii mini, which will be released first in Canada on December 7th for $99.99. Read more...

Nintendo Wii U sells 400,000 units in US during launch week

John Callaham — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:40:00 +0000

Nintendo said that its new Wii U game console sold 400,000 units during its launch week in the US and that the company sold 1.2 million hardware units of its consoles overall in the US. Read more...

Microsoft executives balked at motion control pitch that served as basis for Wii

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 08:27:26 +0000

Before the technology that served as the basis for the Wii's motion controls went to Nintendo, Microsoft had a shot at the technology. According to the man behind it, however, they weren't interested. Read more...

Xbox 360 the top console for the 22nd consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:54:26 +0000

Microsoft has announced it sold 270,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in October 2012 in the US, but overall retail game sales in the US went down 25 percent that month. Read more...

Nintendo cuts Wii price by $20 ahead of Wii U launch

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:21:03 +0100

Nintendo will cut the price of its current Wii game console by $20 in the US to $129.99 on October 28th. The bundle will include two free games ahead of the launch of the Wii U. Read more...

Why I don't want a next generation console just yet

Jake Durasamy — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 01:39:14 +0100

If you're a gamer, you'll obviously want new games and consoles over the course of time, but here's my reasons why I don't care about the future. and why the current generation of games does justice. Read more...

Wii U Japanese pricing, release date announced

Anthony Tosie — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 14:25:25 +0100

Nintendo has announced pricing and release date information for the Wii U in Japan. The console's pricing begins at ¥26,250 (approximately $337 in U.S. currency) and be released on Dec. 8. Read more...

Xbox 360 tops US console sales once again in August

John Callaham — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 01:48:00 +0100

Microsoft says it sold 193,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in August 2012 in the US, more than any other console. However, overall retail game sales continue to drop compared to 2011. Read more...

Xbox 360 tops US game console sales again in July 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:48:00 +0100

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console was once again the best selling game console in the US in July 2012 with 203,000 units sold, although that's down from 277,000 units sold in July 2011. Read more...

AMD game console chip exec departs for NVIDIA

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:26:02 +0100

Bob Feldstein, who helped AMD secure graphics processing chip deals for the Xbox 360, the Wii and next generation game consoles, has now left AMD for rival NVIDIA. Read more...

Cronus USB lets you use a 360 controller on a PS3 and vice versa

Jake Durasamy — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:20:50 +0100

Have you ever dreamt of finding a way of using a 360 controller on a PS3 or vice-versa? Well, now you can with the Cronus USB adapter. The device is cross compatible with the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Read more...

Rough first quarter puts PS3 in sales lead

Paul Ferson — Thu, 10 May 2012 18:51:54 +0100

The result of the weakened global economy is being seen among console manufacturers, as sales figures decline during the first quarter of 2012. Read more...

Nintendo records its first ever annual loss

John Callaham — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:45:59 +0100

As expected, Nintendo has announced that it has recorded a $533 million financial loss in its last fiscal year, the first such annual loss in the company's history. Read more...

Kirby collection planned as franchise turns 20

Tyler Holman — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:51:28 +0100

Aside from the big news of a new Mario game, Nintendo also used their recent live streaming event to announce a new collection of games featuring their lovable pink blob, Kirby, coming to Wii. Read more...

Activision's Skylanders franchise arrives on iOS

Byron Hinson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:15:36 +0100

The popular Skylanders franchise has launched on iOS based devices. The game differs from the console title by allowing touch based gestures, despite still allowing you to use your favourite character Read more...

Rumor: Wii U less powerful than Xbox 360 and PS3?

John Callaham — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 23:12:47 +0100

A new report, citing unnamed game developers, claims that Nintendo's next-generation Wii U console could be less powerful, in terms of its graphics, than the current Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles. Read more...

GAME over? UK retailer going up for sale

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:09:13 +0000

UK retailer GAME has had quite an eventful few months, but it would appear that things may be coming to an end, as reports indicate that the retailer is on the market for £15 million. Read more...

Xbox 360 tops US console sales once again in February

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 01:58:12 +0000

Microsoft continues to lead the North American market for game consoles as it sold 426,000 Xbox 360 consoles in February. Meanwhile overall retail game sales went down 20 percent in the same month. Read more...

Xbox 360 best selling game console worldwide in 2011

John Callaham — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:34:31 +0000

Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is now officially the best selling game console worldwide in 2011, selling a total of 14.9 million units last year compared to PS3's 14.1 million and Wii's 10.33 million. Read more...