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Date: Tue, 18. August 2009 22:45:00

Sony slashes the price of its console by $100, but Xbox 360 and Wii are still cheaper.

Date: Wed, 25. March 2009 13:37:22

Reuters - A new videogame company is aiming to challenge the big three console makers by providing a cloud-based gaming system promising on-demand access to games and no lag time.

Date: Sat, 20. June 2009 12:40:01

PC Magazine - Activision Blizzard Chief Executive Bobby Kotick said in a published report on Friday it may stop making video games for Sony's PlayStation 3, the No. 3 console in the United States, due to high costs and poor sales.

Date: Thu, 17. December 2009 03:10:10

PC World - Final Fantasy XIII, one of the most awaited video games of the year, went on sale Thursday morning in Japan. The game marks the first time the long-running series has appeared on the PlayStation 3 and launches as the console is enjoying better sales.

Date: Thu, 24. September 2009 03:06:08

A $50 price cut may be imminent for Nintendo's popular Wii gaming console. Tech blog Engadget said in a posting late Tuesday that the Wii, which has cost about $250 since its 2006 launch, will see its price drop to $200 beginning Sunday.

Date: Wed, 21. May 2008 11:03:28

Sydney Morning HeraldThe state of the next-gen video game consoleCNET News.com - 6 hours agoThe Xbox 360 became the first next-gen console to sell 10 million units in the United States. With the release Monday of Wii Fit, the exercise game that some video game analysts have predicted could become one of the best-selling titles of all time, ...Microsoft back peddles on "winning" the console war GamePro.comWii, Xbox 360, PS3 not green, says Greeenpeace Punch JumpKotaku.com - eFluxMedia - USA Today - ChattahBoxall 146 news articles

Date: Tue, 15. July 2008 15:04:49

Tim MacDonald writes "In a pre-conference announcement at E3, Nintendo has unveiled the newest accessory for the Nintendo Wii — the Wii MotionPlus. The Wii MotionPlus combines with the Wiimote's accelerometers and the Sensor Bar to give true, almost 1:1 matching of motion. More to come during Tuesday's conference." If all these battery mods and add-ons to the Wiimote continue my controller is going to start looking less like a controller and more like a quarterstaff. Looks like the wrist strap is going to have to go through another round of beefing up.Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Mon, 10. August 2009 03:05:44

happierr writes "The gaming industry has been struggling in the last few months, and it is about to struggle even more when OnLive and Gaikai launch later this year. The new services are both a step in the right direction to counter piracy and provide easily-accessible gaming to people with low-end PCs. They might even do for PC gaming what the Wii did for casual gaming; greatly expand the market and draw interest from people who would not ordinarily play games. The services are a real threat for the Big Three video game companies (Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo). How will they combat these revolutionary services? There are a few steps that the Big Three are taking to combat the New Two, such as an increased reliance on peripherals and vision cameras, exclusivity deals, and more online multiplayer features, which OnLive and Gaikai will have a hard time matching."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/09/0522223/OnLive-and-Gaikai-mdash-How-To-Stop-a-Gaming-Revolution?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/08/09/0522223"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/09/0522223/OnLive-and-Gaikai-mdash-How-To-Stop-a-Gaming-Revolution?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WhK91ft_vjUeY8bCZioz5A9OLZQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/YxpM0hcLeq4" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Sat, 27. December 2008 02:10:34

PC World - Nintendo plans to launch a video channel for its Wii console in 2009, it said Thursday.

Date: Wed, 16. September 2009 13:13:03

AP - Apple has turned the iPhone into a popular device for video games. Sony is about to introduce the PSP go, a slick new version of its handheld PlayStation Portable. But both companies are still playing catch-up with Nintendo, which has dominated the portable game market for decades.