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Consoles are the most wanted products in the US

By Gavin Mannion
May 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

Well according to cnet.com gaming consoles are the most widely desired products in the US at the moment… Last week the PS3 was sitting happily at the number 1 spot of the most wanted items and this week it has been replaced by the Wii. The top 5 read as follows 1. Nintendo Wii – 34 Weeks on the Chart2. iRiver Clix  – …

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Gamefly Rental Chart – 7 May 2007

By Gavin Mannion
May 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

 While I was researching for my last posting I saw the latest Gamefly rental chart in the corner of the page. I don’t normally report on these since it doesn’t affect us in SA at all but this week is quite interesting… 1. Spiderman 3 (Xbox 360)2. Spiderman 3 (PS2)3. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)4. Shadowrun (Xbox …

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PS3 to 'Win' Console War Because of Blu-ray

By Gavin Mannion
May 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

 Before I get shot down by the PS3 fanboys for my last article here is the other side of the coin…. Yet another analyst has come out and claimed that the PS3 will win this console war and they put that down to it being bundled with Blu-Ray… However he expects the results to be very close  36% PS3, 34% …

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The Future Boy Blog: Where Sony Went Wrong

By Gavin Mannion
May 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

Futureboy has written quite a comprehensive article about how Sony has already lost this battle and how it is all their fault.  Pity poor Ken Kuturagi. The creative genius behind Sony’s videogame consoles — the PlayStations 1, 2 and 3 — announced Thursday that he would step down as CEO of the company’s games division, which means his career there will end …

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Xbox Live South Africa – Petition

By Gavin Mannion
May 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

A new site has been launched in South Africa that is being used to petition Microsoft to launch Xbox Live locally. To sign the petition you need to enter your real name and Gamertag which means only people who are currently active on Live can actually sign this petition…. This obviously limits the numbers that could sign up but does …

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Xbox Disc Replacement Policy Covers South Africa – Official

By Gavin Mannion
May 8, 2007 - 19 years ago

A while ago I reported on the Xbox Disc Replacement Plan  which Microsoft had implemented to replace certain discs that may have been damaged somehow. This was good news for a few people who had their Gears of War discs mangled by their Xbox 360’s… But then when people actually tried to send in their broken discs they where told …

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Production costs for the PS3 vs Xbox 360 Elite

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

Next-gen.biz has written a short and concise article about the costs involved in making a PS3 compared to a Xbox 360 Elite. In a nut shell a PS3 costs $840.35 and it sells for $599 leaving it losing $241.35 per console. That is more than a Nintendo Wii even costs… Scary The Xbox 360 Elite costs $323.20 to manufacture and it sells for …

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The Club: 3rd person Geo Wars on steroids

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

  Xbox360Fanboy.com have a nice review of the upcoming third person shooter TPS “The Club”. Bizarre creations are trying their best to add a new slant to the TPS genre and it looks like they may just have done it. They have mixed your typical TPS with the tactics from racing games and have come up with “The Club”. The …

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Are we going to be kicked off Xbox Live?

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

The new Xbox 360 dashboard update was meant to land today but it seems to have gone AWOL… Just long enough for the Internet to start a virtual mob…. Why? Well the rumours are going around that once we update to the new dashboard update we are going to be kicked off Xbox Live! completely. No more arcade games or downloadable content or multiplayer gaming…. Why? …

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PS3 Elite Coming Soon…. Spoof Video

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

Man some people have way to much time on their hands, anyway I thought the video above was quite funny… It’s a spoof on the new PS3 Elite coming soon. I love the 28.8K modem and the European comment….

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Wii and PS3 sales neck and neck in Australia

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

It seems that the one place in the world where any console is keeping up to the Wii is in Australia…. The numbers are in for the first quarter of 2007 and so far the Wii has sold 28k units, the PS3 27k units and the Xbox 360 20k units. What is even more impressive is that the PS3 was only available from …

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PS3 Attachment Rate Poll

By Gavin Mannion
May 7, 2007 - 19 years ago

  PS3Fanboy.com has been running a poll asking it’s readers how many PS3 games they own. From this hugely scientific poll we can deduce that the majority of PS3 owners have between 3 and 4 games. That would be Resistance, Motorstor and a sports game I take it? What is quite sad is that 637 Xbox 360 owners decided they …

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