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by Stan Beer
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
Just days before his departure from Microsoft, when we all thought he was in his job for the long haul, Peter Moore, Corporate Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business, Entertainment and Devices Division, promised that the software giant's games business would be profitable in 2008. He made this pledge out of one side of his mouth, while out of the other he admitted that Microsoft would have to take a charge of about US$1.15 billion to fix its defective Xbox 360 consoles.
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by Stan Beer
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Wednesday, 18 July 2007 |
Search leader Google, mindful of growing criticism concerning the amount of private data it collects about individuals on the web, has announced a change to its data retention policy concerning cookies. However, for most web surfers, the policy change will mean no change at all.
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by Stan Beer
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Tuesday, 17 July 2007 |
In what is arguably one of its more innovative ideas in recent times, Sony Corp has decided to revamp its YouTube lookalike site Grouper and turn it into a talent recruiting station for filmmakers. The renamed Crackle site run by Sony Pictures Entertainment will only run selected submissions from more talented filmmakers rather than taking the open slather, anyone can upload anything approach of YouTube.
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by Stan Beer
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Monday, 16 July 2007 |
It is a testament to the confused state of the US music industry and the political vacuum in which US lawmakers exist. Recording companies have been handed the power to crush the emerging US Internet radio business out of existence but the all powerful recording moguls have been exposed as being too frightened to act on their threat.
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by Stan Beer
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Saturday, 14 July 2007 |
After initially deriding the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative championed by Nicholas Negroponte and his cohorts at MIT, leading chipmaker Intel has decided to throw its weight behind the program, which aims to put cheap laptops into the hands of third world youngsters.
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by Stan Beer
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Saturday, 14 July 2007 |
There's no doubt that 2007 has proven to be a wake up call to Sony. In 2006 the company was busy trying to bring to market the best combination gaming and home entertainment unit money could buy with a price to match. In 2007, Sony can claim lack of games has held back PS3 sales. However, in 2008 there can be no more excuses - if Sony doesn't get its pricing right, then PS3 has lost the games consoles match.
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by Stan Beer
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
While Microsoft tries to rescue the flagging image of the unreliable Xbox 360 with Halo 3 and Sony tries to boost the less than inspiring start to its PS3 sales campaign with online gaming experiences, Nintendo has once again captured the attention of audiences with the Wii console at E3. This time - believe it or not - it's all about fitness.
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by Stan Beer
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
Numerous reports have stated that Sony was losing up to US$200 per console when they were selling for US$599 in America and the loss was even greater in Japan. If so, then Sony certainly wasn't losing money on console sales in the UK, Europe and elsewhere in the world, where it has been selling for the equivalent of well over US$800 in most countries. Given the spike in US sales when the price dropped to US$499, will Sony drop the price in Europe?
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by Stan Beer
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
The news that Microsoft is not going to drop the price of the Xbox 360 in response to yesterday's US$100 PS3 price cut is not really a surprise, though many analysts predicted a US$50 drop for the premium 20GB model. Microsoft probably does not believe a price cut would have any effect on sales, given the still considerably more expensive 60GB Playstation 3 is now the top selling video games product on Amazon.
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by Stan Beer
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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
Alright then, we know what's going to happen next. Microsoft, after nervously watching an instantaneous PS3 sales spike in reaction to the US$100 price cut in the world's biggest games market, is going to follow suit with its own US$50 cut to Xbox 360. But will it work? The short answer is no.
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by Stan Beer
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 |
Sony President Ryoji Chubachi may well have broadcast to the media that Sony will not cut the price of the PS3 but let's face facts - it's bluster. Sony will cut the price of PS3 by at least US$100 in time for the Christmas shopping season - but not to compete with Nintendo's Wii. On price, Wii will be a winner every time.
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by Stan Beer
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Friday, 06 July 2007 |
OK I admit it. I was wrong about the Wii. We now have a Wii in our home (a present from a colleague) and it's a very cool console. However, even though Wii is slaughtering PS3 at the checkout counters and, despite all of its problems, including the high price and a lack of games, nearly 4 million PS3 consoles have still sold worldwide and its secret weapon is about to come into its own.
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by Stan Beer
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
It's no longer any secret that Blu-ray has taken a clear lead at the point of sale over its rival HD DVD high definition video format. No matter how you spin it, Blockbuster and Nielsen VideoScan report more Blu-ray than HD DVD discs being rented and sold. Sales and rentals are largely a factor of two things: high definition player sales and movie studio support. The latter is where things get murky, why the war is still not over and why the EU has entered the fight.
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