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Along with Toshiba, Microsoft is a big backer of HD DVD. But with Warner’s siding exclusively with Blu-ray Disc, some Xbox faithful look to Microsoft to answers regarding the high-definition future of the console.
While Microsoft isn’t about to flip-flop to Blu-ray Disc any time soon, the company’s gaming group expressed that it will consider supporting the competing format with the Xbox 360 should its consumer base demand so.
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Nintendo is set to miss out on an estimated $1.3 billion (£650 million) in sales this Christmas by failing to meet demand for its Wii video games console.
James Lin, a senior analyst at MDB Capital Group, believes that Nintendo could be selling twice the 1.8 million Wiis it is manufacturing a month.
The $1.3 billion that Mr Lin estimates the group is leaving on the table in the run-up to Christmas by underestimating the market for Wii hardware does not include sales of games software for the console, traditionally the source of the lion’s share of profits in the industry. Continue reading »
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A new weapon will soon join Nintendo’s armoury: a lightsabre.
Internet gaming sites across the web today cheered news of a new Star Wars game for the hit Wii console in which players will wield the Jedi weapon of choice using Nintendo’s motion sensitive “Wiimote” controller.
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, developed by LucasArts, will also be released early next year on Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Nintendo’s handheld DS machine and Sony’s PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation Portable. Continue reading »
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CHIBA, Japan (Reuters) - Sony Corp said on Thursday it would postpone the launch of the “Home” virtual community service for its PlayStation 3 game console to early next year, the latest setback in its videogame battle with Microsoft Corp and Nintendo Co Ltd.
The 3D “Home” online service, in which players can create and “own” characters and content, was originally scheduled for launch this autumn.
Sony Computer Entertainment, the video game unit of Sony, said it was postponing the launch to improve product quality. Continue reading »
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SAN FRANCISCO, California (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp said Monday it will cut the price of its main Xbox 360 video game console model by about 13 percent in the United States, hoping to boost sales ahead of the crucial holiday season.
The move reduces the price of the Xbox 360 Premium model by $50, to $350, and follows a move last month by rival Sony Corp to cut the price of its PlayStation 3 machine by 17 percent, to $500.
Faced with unexpectedly strong competition from Nintendo Co Ltd’s cheaper Wii console, Microsoft is aiming at expanding the appeal of the Xbox 360 to an audience outside its core fan base of young men.
“As we look to the holidays we want to bring in more gamers and lower the price for those customers,” the Xbox 360’s group product manager, Aaron Greenberg, said in an interview.
“We’re always trying to bring down cost of the box and … we always try to pass on the savings to our consumers. We feel like this is the right time to do it.” Continue reading »
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