Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 Elite's pricing for Asia

An all-out price war is looming on the game console horizon. Besides the impending arrival of the PlayStation 3 Slim, Microsoft will be cutting its 120GB Xbox 360 Elite to S$499, HK$2,369, 419,000 won, NT$10,360 in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan, respectively. The revision, effective from September 10, is probably a direct response to the US$299 PS3 Slim, though Asia pricing are currently not available from Sony. The pressure is now on Nintendo to follow suit as its Wii is almost neck and neck with its technologically superior rivals in terms of the price proposition.
Read more »

Eco-friendly PS3 Slim runs on half the power of the PS3

Sony heralded the new PlayStation 3 Slim as more energy efficient than previous models, but that's an easy feat considering the older PS3 "Fat" models were some of the most power-hungry home video appliances available, with power consumption similar to that of a 50-inch plasma TV, for example.
Read more »

Why the Wii needs to chop its price soon

With both Sony and Microsoft dropping the price of the PS3 and the Xbox 360 Elite, the Wii is beginning to look like an overpriced console.

There a few reasons Nintendo needs to drop at least US$50 off the company's bestselling home console and fast.

The shortage is over
Anyone who wants a Wii has one by now. Consumers in the market for a console will no longer look to the Wii for its affordability over the competition. In fact, an Xbox 360 Arcade can be had for less than the price of a Wii already.
Read more »

PS3 Slim does support Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream

We've covered just about everything you need to know about the PS3 Slim, but the sleuths over at Engadget HD (via a translated version of A/V Watch) found a chart that indicates the PS3 Slim can bitstream both Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio. That change actually isn't that surprising, since the original limitation on the "old" PS3s was due to an older HDMI chipset; newer HDMI outputs have no problem bitstreaming the high-resolution soundtrack formats.

We have a PS3 Slim review sample onhand, so it was easy to confirm the rumor. We had the PS3 Slim connected to the Sony STR-DN1000 receiver via HDMI, and we loaded up Appaloosa, which as a Dolby TrueHD soundtrack. After making a few tweaks in the XMB, were able to make the STR-DN1000's display say "Dolby TrueHD"--confirmation that the Slim was sending the soundtrack in encoded bit stream format. Next, we loaded up Master and Commander, which has a DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack, and that worked as well.
Read more »

PS3 Slim reviewed

Back in 2004, four years after first launching the PlayStation 2, Sony brought out a new, much more compact PS2. Timed to come out just as Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was hitting stores, the redesigned console helped breath new life into the PS2 franchise. It remains on store shelves today--you can pick one up for just US$99.

Needless to say, Sony hopes that a trimmed-down--and less expensive--PS3 Slim will similarly invigorate sales of the PlayStation 3, which has lagged behind the Nintendo Wii and the Microsoft Xbox 360, and has taken some of the luster off the PlayStation brand (even as earlier versions of the PS3 received high marks from this publication). To many industry observers, the Slim PS3 represents a moment of reckoning for the PS3--a chance at redemption if you will--and clearly some serious engineering has gone into the creation of Sony's latest black gaming box and media player.

Read the full review of the PS3 Slim.

Crave is...

The name says it all. Crave is our blog about cool gadgets and other crushworthy stuff.

Drop us an email if you have tips or suggestions.

Crave for...

» Mobile Phones (2188)

» Digital Cameras (965)

» Notebooks (1222)

» PC & Peripherals (1295)

» Handhelds (581)

» Printers (79)

» Home AV (1129)

» Music & Play (884)

» Gadgets (1465)

» Future Tech (384)

» Green Tech (169)

» Lifestyle (150)

» Luxury (22)

» Home Appliances (57)

» Cars (98)

» Games and Gear (244)

» Software (89)

» Web (97)

Previously...

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

Hot Topics

Subscribe to
Crave

What's Hot

apple apple inc. apple iphone apple ipod asia battery camera game google inc. iphone microsoft corp. microsoft windows mobile phone photograph singapore smart phone software sony corp. video

Today on CNET |  Reviews |  Crave |  Blogs |  CNET TV |  Digital Living |  Downloads