Articles on Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, 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 »

PS3 Slim reviewed - Aug 21, 2009

Crave 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 ... 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 »

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 »

PS3 and Xbox 360 finally outsell Wii in US - Sep 7, 2009

Crave As expected, recent price cuts to the PS3 and Xbox 360 helped boost sales of the two consoles, and a strong showing for both helped propel them past the Wii in ... 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 »

Rumor: PS3 to have Firefox? - Nov 20, 2009

Crave Rumor has it Sony's in talks with Mozilla about porting Firefox over to the PS3. We've been hoping for a while that Sony would replace the PS3's mediocre built-in Web ... Read story »

Induction-based Wii remote charging kit - Nov 24, 2009

Crave Nintendo has possibly the least elegant implementation for its Wii remote as far as battery power is concerned. While users can recharge their PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers easily via ... 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 »

Riding with Tony Hawk - Jul 17, 2009

Crave Activision invited us to check out a handful of upcoming titles last night in midtown New York City. Among all of the titles we had hands-on time with, Tony Hawk: ... Read story »

E3 winner: Sony, Microsoft, or Nintendo? - Jun 3, 2009

Crave With E3 returning to its old, bigger-is-better format, there seemed to be more at stake at this year's show. Could Nintendo provide enough compelling news to hold onto its lead? Would ... Read story »

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