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It seems “Tales of Vesperia”, the latest in Namco’s series of “Tales of” games, had what it takes to help push Microsoft and its XBox 360 video game console over the top against it perennial rival, the Sony Playstation 3.
The new game catapulted sales of the XBox last week to beat the PS3’s numbers in [...]

The results are in: the second quarter of 2008 was all Nintendo’s.
The company shipped 5.2 units of its Wii gaming console from April to June, dwarfing its nearest competitor Sony, which shipped 1.6 million PS3s. Microsoft brought up the rear, moving 1.3 million XBoxes.
Nintendo also trounced the competition in terms of software and handheld gaming [...]

It could the next generation in motion-sensitive gaming: the Darwin controller. Like Nintendo’s Wii controller, it transmits the player’s movements to the gaming console, which converts them into in-game actions.
But what makes the Darwin different (and possibly dangerous to the Wii) is that its sensors don’t rely on infrared in order to orient itself in [...]

The Seattle Times website has posted a neat little article delineating the philosophical differences between game console rivals Sony and Nintendo. With its PlayStation 3, Sony is intent in expanding the console gamer’s online options, from playing to downloading content to chat and other interactive experiences.
Nintendo and its Wii, on the other hand, is focused [...]

For Playstation 3 owners, your gaming experience is going to get a lot more commercial, and cluttered, and distracting, etc. etc. insert sellout rant here. But naturally, if Sony is to be believed, it’s all going to be subtle and stuff.
How much does Sony stand to gain by opening up the PS3 to advertisers? By [...]

So here’s the thing: the wise and good people at Namco Bandai decided to put a few Star Wars characters in their Soulcaliber fighting game series. BUT they put Darth Vader in the PS3 version and Yoda in the XBox 360 version, and so never the twain shall meet.
Enter the guy above, Starkiller, Vader’s Sith [...]

What is Qore? It’s a bit like a gamers’ magazine, a bit like a podcast, a bit like a website.
It’s basically exclusive content that Sony wants its PS3 owners to subscribe to via the online Sony Playstation Network and will feature galleries, trailers, interactive stuff, and even ads, in addition to “a few other surprises”.
Episodes [...]

The website Seattle P.I. lists twelve reasons why Grand Theft Auto 4 is better on the Microsoft XBox than on the Sony Playstation 3:
1. Better Native Resolution : Xbox 360’s 720p beats the pants off the PS3’s “640p”.
2. The ANA chip : built-in, hardware-based scaling of images on the XBox vs. software-based scaling on the [...]

 According to game publisher Enterbrain, the number of Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) units sold last April in Japan was more than twice that of rival Nintendo’s DS.
However, the picture turned around when it came to full-fledged gaming consoles.
In the same month, Nintendo’s Wii outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3)  five to one.  The Wii has continued [...]