Nintendo DS Beats Sony PSP In Japan
...system sales with 64,515, which was 26,244 more than the Sony PSP
Comparatively, the Xbox 360 continues to struggle in Japan. The week before, microsoft sold 6,107 consoles, while this week, only 3,616 were sold.
It will be interesting to compare this date once the Sony PS3 and the Nintendo Revolution are released. Most likely, the now popular handhelds will have to make way for the hugely anticipated consoles. The question remains though; who will win the console war in Japan?
When Nintendo released market share data for the handheld video game industry it revealed that Game Boy Advance holds 41% of the market, the Nintendo DS at 31% and the P...more
Nintendo GameCube: Limited But Functional
...es and then store that music on the hard drive. Apparently with the GameCube, there isn't that option, so the user is stuck with whatever sound comes with the software.
The GameCube does have a decent amount of networking capability. Besides the ability to support four players on a single unit, the GamCube has an optional 56 Kbps modem adapter and a separate broadband adapter. The broadband adapter allows for playing over DSL and cable modems, with Local Area Network play an option on some game titles. It also has parallel and serial ports as well as two Digicard ports and one Type III PCMCIA expansion slot.
Another thing that puts the GameCube at a huge disadvantage when compared to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 is the fact that it's disk drive is designed for Nintendo's proprietary eight centimet...more
New Sony PS3 Released In The UK
...y will still lose.
Another factor which will help sales between now and Christmas is the increasing number of PS3 games becoming available.
Current game console market leader, Nintendo, advised that there were no plans to cut the price of the Nintendo Wii. According to George Harrison, senior vice president of Marketing for Nintendo America: "We are still selling everything we can make."
Microsoft's XBox 360 had a recent price cut in August of 2007. With the release of the latest offering in the hugely popular Halo series, imaginatively titled "Halo 3", which is currently only available for the XBox 360, a cut in the Xbox price seems unlikely in the near future.
...moreSony PS3 to Ship With "Huge" Hard drive
...he fact that Sony already practially confirmed an onlien service for PS3 similar to Xbox live, which would require some type of bigger storage medium to do what they want to accomplish on it. I guess let the rumors fly once again as E3 nears and more information comes out. As it seems right now though, a hard drive for the PS3 launch is a definite possibility.more