A gamer by the name of Nathaniel is feeling a bit crappy after his autographed Xbox 360 was returned to him with the case wiped clean. Nathaniel wrote a letter to Microsoft along with his console, when he sent it in for repairs, explaining the significance of his autographed case.
He wrote, “Among those signatures are several members of the Rooster Teeth Productions staff, certain members of the Xbox 360 team, and some of the staff from Bungie Studios. Those signatures are also joined by custom artwork by Rooster Teeth Comics artist and Halo fan artist Luke McKay. This console represents some special memories—of which I am quite fond—from the past two years of my life. As you can imagine, this particular unit has a great deal of sentimental value to me and is quite possibly of reasonable monetary value as well.”
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March 2, 2008 at 9:51 am | Hardware, Xbox | No Comments
Microsoft has announced it will no longer manufacture the Xbox 360 HD DVD player after Toshiba’s decision to bail out of the long running format war. Microsoft still believes its decision will not have any impact on the sales of the console.
Microsoft official statement regarding the Xbox 360 HD DVD player:
As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support for all Xbox 360 HD DVD Players in the market. As we stated earlier, we do not believe this decision will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace. HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room, along with playback of the DVD movies they already own.
February 24, 2008 at 10:58 am | Hardware, Xbox | No Comments
Sales figures from NDP from January 2008 show the PlayStation 3 outselling the Xbox 360 for the month. This is a small victory for Sony as they have been trailing in sales figures for quite some time.
During January 2008 Nintendo sold 274,000 Wii consoles, Sony sold 269,000 PlayStation 3s, while Microsoft trailed with 230,000 Xbox 360s. Overall sales dropped by 6 percent compared to last year’s January, although on a weekly basis sales were up by 18 percent.
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February 17, 2008 at 8:48 am | Hardware, Playstation, Xbox | No Comments
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February 6, 2008 at 8:01 pm | Hardware, Wii | No Comments
T3 Magazine has posted up some interesting news about a rumor of a new slimmed-down version of the PlayStation 3. Apparently this rumor came about from the recent CES show last month. “Gadget gossip” is how it’s put.
Keep in mind this is pure speculation about Sony’s upcoming version of the PS3. It was recently discovered that the 80GB version of the PS3 will be discontinued in prep for a better and badder version, most likely to include a larger hard drive and a Dual-Shock 3 controller.
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February 2, 2008 at 9:47 am | Hardware, Playstation | No Comments
Nintendo has announced a new color to its lineup of Nintendo DS. Cobalt/Black marks the seventh color in the Nintendo DS Lite palette. It joins Polar White, Coral Pink, Onyx, Crimson/Black and the limited-edition Gold and Metallic Rose.
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February 1, 2008 at 7:46 pm | Hardware | No Comments
According to arstechnica and their reliable mole, Sony is in fact planning on discontinuing the 80GB PlayStation 3. In its place will most likely be a larger capacity disk drive model. The disk capacity could be from 120GB to 160GB.
Rumors last week led to word about the 80GB PS3 discontinuation, leaving only the 40GB version on the shelves. Arstechnica’s mole says Sony will continue to use their two model approach for the PS3.
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January 28, 2008 at 8:28 pm | Hardware, Playstation | No Comments
The console black market is up to its tricks again, this time with a Wii knock-off named “Wi Vision”. Don’t be fooled, there isn’t a black Wii on the market, not yet anyways!
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January 18, 2008 at 6:39 pm | Hardware | No Comments
Gizmodo may be banned from attending CES after a stunt by one of Gizmodo’s staff members at CES 2008. Gizmodo is owned by Gawker Media, which owns several blogging sites covering various news media. Gizmodo concentrates on gadgets and hardware in particular.
Cnet.com has posted a blog entry claiming Gizmodo is now barred from attending CES due to Gizmodo’s prank, which involved shutting off several televisions displays during the event. Cnet.com received this statement from the conference’s organizer, the Consumer Electronics Association.
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January 12, 2008 at 11:23 am | Business & Law, Hardware | No Comments
Overline Gaming has come out with a controller for the Wii console for you to play all those Virtual Console games waiting to be downloaded off the Wii Shop Channel.
The controller is not wireless. Overline Gaming claims this is due to the fast paced fighting games requiring a quicker response. The size dimensions are 6in x 11in with a thin profile.
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January 10, 2008 at 12:49 pm | Hardware, Wii | No Comments
