Articles on Nintendo Wii, Console, Sony Playstation 3

"PS3 Slim" rumor fervor hard to fathom - Aug 18, 2009

Crave Is this the new PS3 Slim? Rumors have it Sony may unveil such a device at the Gamescon show in Germany. On the other hand, it may all be fanboy-driven fervor ... Read story »

Wii is back in the limelight for this holiday season - Dec 1, 2009

Crave Nintendo seems ready to resume its dominance over its video game console competitors, Microsoft and Sony, and to shake off several tepid months of sales, an analyst suggested recently. Those comments ... Read story »

Video game industry sales down 17 percent--again - May 26, 2009

Crave For the second straight month, video game industry sales tumbled nearly 17 percent year over year, a downward trend for a market segment that had previously seemed resistant to the economic ... Read story »

Latest PS3 and Xbox 360 price cut rumors - Jun 29, 2009

Crave Rumor has it the Xbox 360 Elite will take the place of the Pro. Ars Technica's "favorite inside source" is at it again, telling the Web site that Sony is clearing ... Read story »

Why the Wii needs to chop its price soon - Aug 28, 2009

Crave 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 ... Read story »

Are gaming handhelds overpriced? - Aug 30, 2009

Crave How much is too much? In the wake of the PS3 Slim price-cut landslide of news, one small wound still lingers, and has now gotten worse: The PSPgo is still US$249. ... Read story »

Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 Elite's pricing for Asia - Aug 28, 2009

Crave 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 ... Read story »

Nintendo offers free Web browsing on its Wii console - Sep 2, 2009

Crave Nintendo Wii owners who wanted to browse the Web from their consoles have previously been forced to purchase the Wii Internet Channel application from the Wii Shop Channel for 500 ... Read story »

New Wii and controller could arrive by 2011 - Sep 22, 2009

Crave In August, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata explicitly stated that a successor to the best-selling US$249 Nintendo Wii won't "happen any time in the near future." However, given Sony's recent introduction of ... Read story »

UK survey reveals up to 60 percent Xbox 360 failure rate - Nov 18, 2009

Crave Console failure rates have been a common news item throughout the year, with numerous surveys out of the US suggesting that the problem was far greater than Sony, Nintendo and especially ... Read story »

The shrinking game console: A history - Aug 25, 2009

Features Every few years video game consoles get smaller and more advanced. We track some of the more notable shrinkage in the last 20 years. Read story »

Report: Microsoft taking on Wii with motion-sensing camera - May 13, 2009

Crave This camera, from Israeli startup 3DV Systems--which has reportedly been acquired by Microsoft--could form the basis of a new motion-sensitive controller that Microsoft is reportedly working on. Nintendo won't be ... Read story »

PS3 and PSP sales slump, Wii demands fall - Jul 31, 2009

Crave PS3 sales are slumping, but not as bad as the Wii's sales which have been cut in half. Sony latest earnings show that it continues to be hammered by the ... Read story »

Don't complain about the seedy console shops! - Jun 3, 2009

Blogs Anybody considering a PSP, Wii, Xbox, PS3 or Nintendo DS and thinking of EASE of purchase should buy from Best Denki, Harvey Norman, Sony outlets, etc. Those are publicly easy-to-buy places. ... Read story »

Behold the motion-sensitive controller wars - Jun 4, 2009

Crave The new motion-control system from Sony was announced at E3 on the heels of similar new technology from both Microsoft and Nintendo. Forget the console wars. We're in the motion-sensitive ... Read story »

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