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The PS2 has always been the darling of the industry with sales now well over 100 million and it still selling well across the globe, especially in the emerging economies. However VGChartz has been crunching some numbers and has come up with a surprising situation, the Xbox 360 ... [»]
Namco-Bandai aren’t only shoehorning Capcom’s characters in to their engine to bring you a Tekken Street fighter crossover; no, they’re hard at work on another brand new Tekken – and this time it’s a sequel to what’s possibly the most fun game in the series to ... [»]
We’ve seen all 3 console manufacturers sales figures, but let’s take a closer look at their year-on-year revenues, based on console and software sales figures. slightly alarming is that despite good sales on each platform, all 3 console makers saw a significant drop in revenue in 2009. Both Microsoft and Nintendo seem to have suffered a loss in revenue – to the ... [»]
When Guitar Hero launched, it did so exclusively on the PS2. This wasn’t because of any exclusivity agreements because Sony saw the franchise as a portent of the onset of the rhythm gaming craze. No. Apparently Mad Catz had been commissioned to make the Xbox version, but as a result of the pending law suit between Harmonix and Konami (who made the earlier GuitarFreaks) they tried to back ... [»]
As residents of the southernmost tip of Africa, we thought we got shafted when it came to console hardware and game pricing and availability. Spare a thought then for our Brazilian brothers and sisters, who not only pay MUCH more than we do for games, they also get the hardware much, much later.How much later, exactly? Well, the South American country today sees the launch of Sony’s Playstation 2. Yes, you read that right. 2. The nine-year old console is finally available, at the low low price of 799 Brazilian Reais, the equivalent of $465 US or 3 474 ZAR. Needless ... [»]
Yesterday saw the birthday of two iconic media giants. The first is Noddy, Enid Blyton’s little wooden man of dubious sexual orientation. Also celebrating its birthday yesterday was Sony’s Playstation 2, one of the most successful gaming consoles in the history of the universe. Some of my very favourite gaming moments happened on that machine, home to some of the best games ever made; Games like God of War, Okami, Ico, Shadow of the Colossus and Silent Hill 2. It’s a console that, despite its age, is still wildly popular today. Tell us some of your most treasured Playstation 2 moments in the comments – or if you’re so inclined, your favourite Noddy ones.
Woops! Somebody screwed up, and they screwed up BIG TIME. If a planning document that showed up on SEGA’s PR site holds any truth – and indications are that it does – then SEGA have just inadvertently let the PS3 backwards compatibility cat out of the bag. The document details all sorts of SEGA and Sony hand-holding, ... [»]
During my discussions with Michael Bender from Ster Kinekor last week it was mentioned that SK are now proud to announce that the PlayStation brand has secured 50% of the local gaming market. After a brief yet bizarre miscommunication over who distributes what it was clarified that the 50% share includes ... [»]
Joystiq have put up a great picture gallery of the PS3 Slim alongside (or rather under) many other consoles to give you a good impression of it's size.
While I do need to mention that it still amazingly manages to keep the power supply unit on the inside, I honestly have to say that ... [»]
The battle we didn’t know was happening is finally over, that’s right the Xbox 360 has finally beaten the PS2. What didn’t you know we were comparing the two? Well neither did I. Apparently Nielsen in the States have been comparing the amount of time people play consoles since April ... [»]
Chillingo has published yet another iPhone/iPod touch title. This time its 6ixset Studios boxing title, Touch KO. Apparently the game found its inspiration from the popular EA series entitled Fight Night.The gameplay utilizes the accelerometer capabilities of the iPhone as well as its unique multi-touch interface. It even allows players to create ... [»]
So you think the headline is a bit harsh and just here to stir up tension? Well you may be right but it’s justified at the same time, the April NPD figures have just been released and it’s becoming abundantly clear ... [»]
Yesterday Sony made that huge “Global Announcement†that had been hyped up over the past couple of days and we didn’t post anything about it.Why? Well because it was incredibly boring and unimportant really. The big announcement was that the PS2’s price in America has been cut to $99, granted that’s better than an announcement about Pac-Man but really not very exciting in the bigger scheme of things.However Sony didn’t seem to fully understand the true ... [»]
According to the rumours Sony are about to make a huge global announcement tomorrow about something… Obviously this instantly gets everyone into a frenzy about a possible PS3 price cut and that does seem to be the most obvious answer. ... [»]
The Big N’s dual-screened handheld has sold plenty. How much plenty exactly? As of December 31, 2008, the official global DS sales tally was 96.22 million, and according to one of Japan’s leading economic newspapers, Nihon Keizai Shimbun, sales are expected to surpass the 100 million mark this month. That’s a heck of a lot of plenty.The DS which has seen three iterations – The original DS, the slimmer DS lite and the camera-toting DSi –has proven to be wildly popular with men and women of varying age ... [»]
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