Games Industry Wire

The authors over at Tweak Town have images of a black Xbox 360 at a Taipei game show. Here is one image from the Tweak Town post:

(via Tweak Town)

No word on whether or not this will market to market or when such a move would hypothetically happen. It would be a logical move for Microsoft to introduce an Xbox variant to drum up some increased sales against the newer Nintendo Wii and Playstation 3. The Playstation 3 is already available in multiple color variants while the Wii is rumored ot have a slew of colors in the near future. Can …read more

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Jack Tretton the CEO and President of Sony Computer Entertainment America has gone on a PR sprint of sorts defending the PS3 as the dominant console and saying that they are  essentially being rooted against and being put up against unrealistic standards. So lets break down some key parts of the article.
“Because we’re in that leadership position, there are a lot of expectations thrust upon us and some of them are a little unrealistic.” — EGM
Okay I agree with the concept that they are in a leadership position based on PS2 sales BUT everytime the next gen consoles are released …read more

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VGCharts has a graph up of next gen console sales and it shows that the Wii has surpassed the 4 million unit sales mark and currently sits a 4.02 million sold worldwide. Breaking the figures down even further 1.53 million have been sold in the Americas, 1.45 million in Japan, and 1.04 to “others”.
Comparing the sales of the Wii to that of the Xboc 360 and PS3 can provide some insight into the overall sales of the console as well. TheXbox 360 has been out for a year more than the Wii and has sold 8.66 million worldwide. The PS3 on the other …read more

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Although the next gen console has already made its debut in the US as well as Japan and other regions the highly advertised system will be released March 23 overseas. Areas for release include Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and biggest of all Europe. Sony is battling for market share with competitors Nintondo and Microsoft who each have next gen systems on the market as well.
Company officials announced the decision Friday after news had surfaced that the console would cost substantially more in Europe than in the United States. Only the 60 gig model will be released on this date. …read more

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Technology blog is reporting that Sony will debut the PlayStation 3 in Britain with a euro-equivalent price of $835 dollars. The price is more than $200 over what the system costs in the U.S. but it is actually no surprise. Sony could charge nearly any price they wanted to for the system on its debut weekend because there will always be people who will pay more for the system than it is truly worth.
Although I think some of these pricing maneuvers border on price gouging in my opinion I find it hard to believe this price will last for too …read more

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Gears of War, the hit Xbox 360 game from Epic Games has gone triple platinum. The game was already the fastest selling Xbox 360 game selling 2 million compies in just over 6 weeks after its early November release.
The game overtook Halo 2 as the most popular game on Xbox Live, a spot Halo had help since Xbox Live began service in 2004. Not long after the release of Gears of War Xbox live service nearly doubled.
In a release of the sales mark Microsoft commented that it was the third highest selling game of 2006 despite only being on the …read more

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It’s believed that new information on the Playstation 3 will be announced at the event, which will hopefully provide clarification on the amended release schedule and new demonstrations of the next-gen format in action.

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The 2006 E3Expo, the world’s premier computer and video game industry trade event, will host more than 400 exhibitors covering space equivalent to 4,650 Olympic swimming pools

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Today I’ve chosen to interview a friend of mine. David White is a Student at Georgia Southern University currently working on his masters degree in history. He’s what some of us would describe as old-school gamer; however, he is up-to-date on his gaming industry news and has some good opinions.
Sorry that I don’t have a picture of David, but you’re welcome to go visit his profile on mooble.com
Describe when you first started to play video games

I have been playing video games since I was about 5. That’s when my family got a NES. I did …read more

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Midway Games today revealed they have struck a multiyear deal with advertising company Double Fusion to place ads in upcoming games played via online connections
The first game to utilize this brand new technology will be Stranglehold that was announced at last years E3 2005 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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