While the PlayStation 3 woke up to some tough love back in 2006, Sony has managed to put it in a position to come out on top. The launch of the Slim is one prime example of how Sony has managed such a task, but the market in Japan is also another. Recent sales data [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wii’
PS3 Battles for Superiority in the Land of the Rising Sun
Sunday, August 29th, 2010Nintendo Views Move as a “Threat”
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Since its 2006 release the Nintendo Wii has enjoyed much commercial success, outpacing its competitors to be the number one console in terms of sales this generation. This is mostly due to the console’s popularity within the casual market and their fondness of the Wii’s unique, easy-to-use, motion-based controller. Posing as direct competition to the Wii’s success, Sony [...]
Yoshida: ‘Move’ Over Competition
Monday, April 26th, 2010PlayStation Move hopes to capture an audience that the PlayStation 3 has yet to tap into, the casual gamers who’ve flocked to the Nintendo Wii in droves. Given the success that the Nintendo Wii has garnered it is in the best interest of console manufacturers to keep the high demand for casual games in mind [...]
PlayStation 3 Shortages May Last “Months”
Saturday, March 20th, 2010When the PlayStation 3 debuted in November 2006, so many people were wrapped up in the in the Wii hype that stores were forced to put signs proclaiming Wii was sold out. Ironically, at the time they had many PS3s in stock, albeit for a premium. It seems the tables have turned, as a PS3 [...]
Kevin Butler Moves Back to the Future
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Kevin Butler commercials are a popular thing of late. The VP of practically everything has recently promoted God of War III with a very humorous commercial. Live the case with God of War III, Kevin usually is promoting a product that is either already released or will be very soon after the commercial has aired. [...]
Nintendo’s Reggie Fils-Aime “Flattered” by PlayStation Move
Sunday, March 14th, 2010Have you ever heard of the saying “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”? Nintendo took us all by surprise when they introduced the Wii, shattering sales records and ultimately being one of the most difficult consoles to find. Taking after the Wii’s success, both Sony and Microsoft revealed their own motion sensory devices. At [...]
Toy Story 3 Moves With PlayStation
Thursday, March 11th, 2010PlayStation Move was a not so expected announcement at GDC yesterday, although its content certainly was. With 36 publishers supporting the motion device, and at least 20 games, it is apparent that Sony is really pushing this to compete with the Nintendo Wii.
Tiger Woods Hooks Up with Move, Tells Natal They’re Just Friends
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010In support of Sony’s promise to deliver a wide array of Move supporting titles, comes word from Electronic Arts that their next installment of Tiger Woods PGA Golf Tour will please both golf and motion controller enthusiasts.
Red Steel 2 Could Work “Fantastically” with PlayStation Arc
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Red Steel is currently an exclusive series to Nintendo’s Wii console. The first title was universally panned by critics, however, Red Steel 2 is shaping up quite nicely. With the hardcore gamers that Red Steel 2 is aimed at staying far away from the Wii, along with Wii third-party software being plagued with poor sales, [...]
PS3 Future Looking Good, Says Analyst
Friday, January 8th, 2010With the recent announcement that 3.8 million PS3‘s were sold during the holiday season, the future is looking very bright for the black behemoth. Many industry analysts, giving their predictions and forecasts for the upcoming calendar year, are giving the nod to the PS3; leaving its competitors, the Wii and the Xbox 360, in the [...]
Amazon Releases Un-Surprising Top 10 List
Thursday, December 31st, 2009Amazon, the premiere online retailer, recently released their “Top 10 Selling Videogame of 2009” list. The list is, unfortunately, not so surprising.
Analyst Bursts Wii’s Bubble
Saturday, November 28th, 2009With the Wii dominating consoles sales since its release in late 2006, publishers have no-doubt been relying on the platform for easy money. While this may have proven successful for certain titles, a vast majority of games have done poorly after release. Predictably, this is precisely the reason why analysts are downplaying this scheme as [...]
PS3 Set to Overtake the Wii on Its Home Turf
Wednesday, November 4th, 20092009 has been a great year for the PlayStation 3. The biggest change was the reveal of the PlayStation 3 Slim model, which, coupled with a pricebreak, has boosted sales for the past couple of months. Nowhere is that evident more than the PlayStation brand’s home, the Land of the Rising Sun.
Pachter Predicts PS3 Massive Blow to Xbox 360
Sunday, October 11th, 2009Another month, another new Michal Pachter prediction. His latest prediction, as always, is on the state of PS3/Wii/Xbox 360 sales. Time, and time again, we see predictions that are favorable for the other consoles. This time, the PS3 is being predicted to have favorable sales over the other two major console manufacturers.
PS3 Slim: How Sony Destroyed the Playing Field
Thursday, August 27th, 2009It’s hard to believe that less than three years ago, the 60 GB PS3 was released for the low, low price of just $600, with a slightly gimped 20GB version coming in at $500. Sales for those two systems were understandably disappointing, and over the past three years Sony has been desperately slimming not only [...]
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