items tagged with Xbox
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-12 06:54:34
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. is launching a new educational campaign to help parents take control of the games and other content their children consume using its new Xbox 360 video game console, an executive said on Wednesday.
Read More About Microsoft Rolls Out Online Safety Initiative...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-11 09:32:05
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - GameStop Corp. (GME.N: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Tuesday its 3,600 GameStop and EB Games stores in the United States have sold out their quota of pre-orders for Sony Corp.'s (6758.T: Quote, NEWS, Research) (SNE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) new PlayStation 3 video game console.
Read More About GameStop's Stores Sell Out PlayStation 3 Pre-Orders...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-10-10 23:20:04
The high definition video format duel between Sony and Toshiba and their respective backers may be solved by dual-format technology from another Japanese technology giant NEC.
Read More About Blu-Ray, HD DVD Duel A Dual-Format Draw Says NEC...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-10-08 04:28:10
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - In an age when the latest video games sport ultra-crisp graphics and cinema-like sound, there is still plenty of love for the good old-fashioned games just like Mom and Dad used to play.
Read More About Classic Games Hit The Spot In New-Age Dazzle...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-07 23:24:33
The gaming marketplace is alive with the hype and buzz of how Nintendo Wii is going to transform and expand gaming to attract non-gamers into the market. Once again, I am prompted to say fat chance! It will take more than a fancy remote and easy to play games to attract non-gamers.
Read More About Wii Going After The Non Gamers - Fat Chance...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-02 12:55:36
Over on the www.nintendorevolution.ca site, a poll of Japanese retailers shows they expect Nintendo Wii to kick the living daylights out PS3 in the coming holiday season.
Read More About Japan To Go Wii Instead Of PS3 Say Retailers...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-10-02 00:00:32
As November and Vista's scheduled release to the business market approaches, I get the distinct feeling that for Microsoft everything is coming to a head.
Read More About Vista To Bring It All To A Head For Microsoft In November...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: Reuters
2006-09-28 07:50:31
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday announced U.S. and European pricing and availability for its Xbox 360 HD-DVD player and a new video game partnership with the Academy Award-winning husband-and-wife creative team behind "The Lord of the Rings." Reuters complete story
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-27 00:06:50
Earlier this week I wrote a lengthy blog titled PS3 will continue to rule which has caused such an outpouring of criticism, abuse, and outright rage, that I'm going to write another.
Read More About Nintendo Fans Say Wii Will Rule Despite The Facts...
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: main1
2006-09-26 10:46:03
The Mobile Gaming Initiative has gained backing from the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and formed a Game Services Working Group within the OMA to look at standards in mobile gaming.
Read More About Mobile Gaming Initiative Gains OMA Backing...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-25 07:51:23
I’m not a gamer but my kids and all their friends are. They’ve never quite forgiven me for buying them an Xbox a couple of years ago (on the advice of a friend) instead of a PlayStation 2.
Read More About PS3 Will Continue To Rule...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2006-09-25 05:10:00
Microsoft is set to announce the worldwide launch of a coordinated advertising business, Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, in a push to leverage the software company's user base and combat Google in the advertising space.Read More About Microsoft To Announce Answer To Google In Ad Space...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-23 06:26:32
If there's one place that Sony games consoles reign supreme, it's the world's second largest games market Japan. It's also a market where Microsoft has barely been able to get a look in with its latest generation console Xbox 360.Read More About PS3 Price Cut Signals Sony Bid To Protect Fortress Japan...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-09-22 03:35:20
Japanese electronics giant has buckled under the pricing pressure applied by rivals Microsoft and Nintendo, announcing a 17% price cut for the Japanese release of its PlayStation 3 console on November 11.
Read More About Sony Buckles, Slashes PS3 Prices In Japan...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-16 09:21:33
Howls of protest from some Xbox 360 owners about my article "Apple iTV a stab in the heart for Microsoft" tell me that much of what the upcoming iTV promises is already here in the Xbox 360 if you simply connect the optional US$99 802.11a-g wireless networking adapter.
Read More About Zune Plus Xbox 360 May Give Microsoft The Edge...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-14 23:10:39
When you think of Sony and Microsoft, you think of music players, movie studios, record companies, batteries, software, and of course games consoles. With Nintendo, all you associate the name with is games. Thus, it really should come as no surprise that this time Nintendo has simply outplayed its two bigger rivals.
Read More About Nintendo The Games Specialist Shows Others How...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2006-09-14 08:17:57
It seems that every time I hear an announcement come out of Sony these days, it's about how the company won't be able to meet its manufacturing commitment. As the hapless Japanese games giant struggles to produce 500,000 PS3 units by late November, it must be grinding its teeth over Nintendo's promise to move 4 million Wii consoles by the end of 2006.
Read More About Woe Is Wii Says Sony...
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2006-09-14 04:31:21
The word is out officially that Japan will have the new generation Nintendo Wii games console in stores on December 2 for the equivalent of about US$212 at today's exchange rates. However, an unofficial report from consumer tech site Engadget states that US consumers will get it two weeks earlier on November 17.
Read More About Wii 2006 Release Dates And Prices Announced...
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