The Sony PS3 price drop so far – Sony drops the cost of the 60 GB version of the PS3 by $100 just in time for E3 despite what it said earlier about not planning any price drops. That’s the good news. The bad news is the freshly cost cut PS3 60GB is being replaced by a new 80GB version. You’d think adding 20GB to the hard drive would be a good ...

PricewaterhouseCoopers released a report predicting the video games market will surpass music in the US, UK and Australia. In its report PwC says videogames are a big growth segment of the consumer electronics market. The report cites that video game spending grew 14.3% in ’06 that’s $31.6 billion dollars spent by gamers.   The report ...

Two game consoles, two unique philosophies in carving a place in the market. One company was heavy, powerful and the one to beat. The other was nimble and free of expectations to try new innovations.   Sony was going to take the next gen console game market with brute force. The result for Sony was a high powered machine with every ...

The winter of 2006 should have been a happy time for gamers.  Two new consoles launched, and a third, already established, had released its first marquee title (Gears of War).  Unfortunately, a sinister figure appeared amidst the holiday festivities, with the production-“Grinch” limiting the number of consoles to go around.  As a ...

Talk about getting ahead of yourself, Nintendo.  After dropping the ball with the development of its Nintendo 64 and GameCube consoles, the Japanese company is now predicting it will sell 35 million Wiis in the United States alone by 2012.  That will take some serious leap-frogging of Microsoft’s established Xbox 360, as well as ...

Much hoopla has surrounded Halo 3 of late, primarily because of the flood of beta videos now weaving their way through the web.  With many clips flashing images of multiplay mayhem amidst the series’ stirring soundtrack, it’s no wonder Xbox 360 fans are already looking forward to the expected launch date in November.   But, wait one ...

According to rumors surfacing this past weekend, a Wii version of the much-anticipated EA and Harmonix game “Rock Band” may be in the works.  Already announced for the more powerful Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, the primary draw to Rock Band has been its promised online play, making a transfer to the online multiplayer-less Wii ...

For those who’ve been interested in owning the Nintendo Wii since it launched last November, the pursuit has been something like hunting a great white whale.  Although the equally anticipated Sony PlayStation 3 was the first to experience massive shortages, growing excitement over Nintendo’s motion sensitivity and lower price tag eventually ...

It seems Sony’s answer for sluggish PlayStation 3 and PSP sales is to simply take their frustration out on the livestock.  According to some pretty shocking reports coming out of the UK, the company recently held a party celebrating the release of the PlayStation 2 title, God of War II.  The event was rife with Greek mythology ...

Although I’m hesitant to call the Wii drought over, it seems as though the spring time rapids are beginning to flow.  After months upon months where would-be Nintendo fans had been denied a chance to own the motion-sensitive machine, retailers are beginning to receive the device in greater quantities.  While it takes some investigative ...