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Both Sides Will Lose DVD Format War

By Gavin Mannion
June 12, 2007 - 18 years ago

Yay yet another analyst who agrees with my completely non educated view on the format war.  And what would that be you ask? Well I don’t think either Blu-Ray or HD-DVD are going to become standard any time soon. What with the cost of them, the confusion between the two formats and the little difference they offer compared to DVD …

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PS3's major announcement dissapoints

By Gavin Mannion
June 12, 2007 - 18 years ago

So the world changing, ground breaking, next gen war winning announcement was… A game. Well done Sony, after the completely idiotic build up to the latest release of Pac-Man by Microsoft you managed to repeat their mistake without a second thought. Actually maybe yours was worse since “The Agency” is only a console exclusive while the new Pac-Man is a …

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Resistance patch delayed – Again

By Gavin Mannion
June 11, 2007 - 18 years ago

If Sony are good at anything it is over promising and then missing it’s own dates… That awesome Resistance patch that was arriving at the end of May, you know the one with worldwide server support and extra maps and…. damn I can’t remember now since it was meant to be released so long ago…. Well that patch has been delayed again…. Now …

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Get that girl to game

By Gavin Mannion
June 11, 2007 - 18 years ago

I know I am not the only one on this planet who struggles to get his wife/girlfriend interested in computer games… I have tried many many waysog getting her interested in the gaming box under the TV but usually I end up on my own after 5 minutes.. Well filefront.com has come up with a 5 point instruction list on how to get …

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LIVE Activity for week of 4 June

By Gavin Mannion
June 11, 2007 - 18 years ago

Seriously as the title says below is the top 10 360 Titles and Arcade titles played on Live over the last week….. Crackdown’s re-emergence could be very much because of the Halo 3 Beta it had inside it, I know I quit Halo 3 a few times because it was to slow and played some Crackdown instead…. Gears still has …

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Why The Wii Is Not Meeting Expectations

By Gavin Mannion
June 11, 2007 - 18 years ago

So why is the hugely popular and virtually impossible to buy Wii not actually meeting some people expectations? Well when you take a step back and look at the Wii with clear eyes you will notice some serious problems with it. Well according to the author over at rotpod.net that is. Mainly, 1. Lack of games, 2. Lack of HD graphics, 3. Lack …

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PlayStation 3 Firmware Cracked…But It Isn't Worth It

By Gavin Mannion
June 11, 2007 - 18 years ago

If you haven’t heard by now the PS3’s firmware has been cracked. A site calling itself PSX Extreme has a write up on why it’s not worth cracking the PS3’s firmware though. Main points would be 1. A recordable Blu-Ray disc is $402. A 20Gb is to big3. If Sony catch you they will ban your console from it’s ‘online’ service. Valid …

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Xbox 360 in Japan

By Gavin Mannion
June 11, 2007 - 18 years ago

  A site called the Japan Gaming Guide is reporting on how the 360 is doing in Japan…  A couple of celebrities in Japan have been punting the 360 with comments like The Xbox 360 is wonderful – Kiku Taro lack of stress in modern RPGs – Yamamoto Mona and other weird and wonderful statement from people we have never …

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PS3 June 11 Announcement is "The Agency"

By Gavin Mannion
June 8, 2007 - 18 years ago

Well someone over at IGN thinks that the upcoming 11th of June announcement from Sony is going to be there new MMO game “The Agency”… In what looks like a very nice console exclusive for the PS3 “The Agency” is going to be a first person mode MMO…. Not being a big fan of MMO’s I have to say this one sounds interesting.. Check out IGN’s write …

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360 targets larger demographic – price cut

By Gavin Mannion
June 8, 2007 - 18 years ago

Peter Moore has been telling people recently that the Xbox 360 is going to try and expand it’s demographics quickly. He doesn’t want another good business with 25 million clients he wants a 90 million client business. The aim is to get the parents to buy the console now and to do that they need to offer child friendly titles …

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Rainbow 6 PS3 vs Xbox 360

By Gavin Mannion
June 8, 2007 - 18 years ago

Ubisoft have finally finished optimising the PS3 version of Rainbow 6 and Gametrailers.com has kindly put together a comparison video…. Suprise suprise the Xbox 360 version wins again…

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PS3's breaks the 1 million mark in PAL territories

By Gavin Mannion
June 8, 2007 - 18 years ago

David Reeves the CEO of Sony Europe has announced that Sony have managed to sell over a million units now in PAL territories… This has taken them 9 1/2 weeks which is faster than the PS2 or PS1 and is not a bad movie either 🙂 The UK has contributed 25% of that total and the other 106 territories have contributed the …

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