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US Hardware & Software Sales – 1st July 2007

By Gavin Mannion
July 5, 2007 - 18 years ago

So the latest hardware and software sales are in from the States and very little has changed. In the next gen (+PS2) comparison we have Wii – 93,253 (3.5m Total)PS2 – 50,981 (44.2m Total) Xbox 360 – 44,083 (6.4m Total)PS3 – 17,902 (1.5m Total) So in the next-gen race the 360 still has the best install base but will most probably be overtaken early next …

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Sales figures for Other PAL Areas

By Gavin Mannion
July 4, 2007 - 18 years ago

VB Chartz has created a new charting application that we mere mortals can use to check the sales in virtually all areas of the world of the next gen consoles. Unfortunately since we are a tiny spec on the gaming graph we get lumped in the Other category… next to Australia who get’s their own category.. So how do the …

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Sony – 'We don't buy exclusivity'

By Gavin Mannion
July 4, 2007 - 18 years ago

Jack Tretton has been talking to PlayStation magazine about the recently hot topic of exclusivity. It seems that Sony does not quite understand the idea properly. Jack has gone on record saying   We have a very different approach to exclusives than some of our competitors. We don’t buy exclusivity. We don’t fund development. We don’t, for the lack of a better term, …

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Halo 3 Tops Japanese Amazon Charts

By Gavin Mannion
July 4, 2007 - 18 years ago

Ever so slowly the Xbox 360 is making inroads into Japan… It looks like Halo 3 is going to be a huge seller over there, it is not even out yet and it has already topped the Japanese Amazon “Best Sellers” chart. Which includes sold and pre-ordered items… If I could understand Japanese I would head on over to see if it is …

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PS3 vs Wii vs Xbox 360 – Games Only

By Gavin Mannion
July 4, 2007 - 18 years ago

Someone with a lot of time on their hands and an intense dislike for Gamers-Creed has put together a list of the top selling games per platform and their MetaCritic.com scores to find out which console has the best quality games. Now remember that is the primary reason we buy a console.. The results may be suprising… The results are as follows Wii – Average 75.55%PS3 – …

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Price Cut Imminent? – Play.com discounts the premium

By Gavin Mannion
July 4, 2007 - 18 years ago

In what is being rumoured as a sign of things to come, Play.com has discounted the Xbox 360 premium by 50 pounds. There has been constant rumours that the premium’s price will drop when the Elite lands in the PAL territories and that the Core will be dropped all together. Now by the look of it the Core will stay …

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The Redmond Syndrome

By Gavin Mannion
July 4, 2007 - 18 years ago

According to Josh Lentz  the Redmond Syndrome is what afflicted the Xbox in the last generation and is now attacking the PS3. What is it? Well it’s being the better machine but hitting the market late. By the time you hit the market most of the developers have become comfortable with the competitors machine and are now developing for that …

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Fatal Inertia now a 360 exclusive

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2007 - 18 years ago

In some more bad news for Sony it has been revealed today that a previous Sony PS3 exclusive is now exclusively Xbox 360… Fatal Inertia a futuristic racing game was originally meant to be a PS3 exclusive launch title, but  it missed the boat and then became a cross platform game. Now on the 11th of September it will be released for the …

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Xbox Live in India – South Africa coming soon?

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2007 - 18 years ago

So it has come out that India will be receiving Xbox Live on the 23rd of September this year. Exactly 1 year after the 360 was launched over there. Now this has caused a little stink over at the Xbox 360 forums where some feel that we should be getting Live before them since we seem to have a greater …

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Games to run faster on the 360 than the PS3

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2007 - 18 years ago

There is a very suprising news story doing the rounds this morning. 1Up.com is reporting that the next iterations of the American Football games will all run much better on the 360… They cited Madden NFL 08 (August), All-Pro Football 2K8 (July) and NCAA Football 08 (July) will all run at a perfect 60 frames per second on the Xbox 360.. while running at a …

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EU investigating HD-DVD and Blu-Ray

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2007 - 18 years ago

In yet another twist in the Blu-Ray / HD-DVD war the EU has now sent of a bunch of legal letters to all  the studios requesting information and copies of all their correspondence in choosing Blu-Ray over HD-DVD. It seems that the HD-DVD camp has complained to the EU over illegal business practices and the EU has taken notice. We …

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Advertising coming to Xbox 360 achievements

By Gavin Mannion
July 3, 2007 - 18 years ago

  In the upcoming EA Sports NCAA 08 Football game the achievements are going to be sponsored…. To up your gamerscore now you are going to be trying to get the “Pontiac 4th Quarter Comeback” which comes included with the pontiac logo… I think it’s a cool idea and have absolutely no problem with it… The only thing I would …

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