Archive for October, 2007

Game Sales Leader 10/30/07 = Nintendo, not Sony

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Snippets: El Segundo, Calif., Oct. 30, 2007—Nintendo displaced Sony Corp. as the leader in the video-game console software market in the third quarter of 2007 as it introduced a flood of new titles for both its Wii video-game console and its portable DS system, according to iSuppli Corp. Worldwide revenue ...

Sony “Repositioning” PS2 to Look Like Nintendo’s Wii

Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

The original title, "Sony repositions PS2 to better tackle Wii" implies that the PS2 was already trying to catch the Wii. Well it looks like Sony is just figuring out that it might be able to begin the way out of that $1B hole they dug with the PS3 by ...

Sony PS3 ‘not as good’ as Xbox 360 - Exerpts

Monday, October 29th, 2007

Games developer Jason Booth says that Xbox 360 graphics will always be better and that PS3-exclusive titles will "continue to suck". The former Guitar Hero and Rock Band dev made the interesting comments on his blog."I read various game forums from time to time, and often see gamers complaining about ...

Reggie (Nintendo) Addresses LittleBigPLanet. Praise or Bitch Slap?

Monday, October 29th, 2007

CVG reports that Fils-Aime told SFGate.com that: "I've been very intrigued with Little Big Planet, although I don't know that it belongs on Sony's platform. What's funny about this quote is that it's not a backhanded compliment as fanboys around the world will try to convince you. This - pay ...

Sony Still on the Ball : PS3 Losses Now Over $1 Billion

Monday, October 29th, 2007

There are times when blogging gets boring. I expect drama from Sony, ya know? Lies, false sales numbers, entertaining turnover, managerial clashes, outright bullshit, mis-communications, and just a general feeling of "we don't know jack about gaming and what it means to the world, we just got out of management ...

Apple and Sony, like peas in an iPod - Engadget

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Adding to my comments in the PS2's Birthday post below, I will expound on the Sony idiocy. Click on the source below. Seriously. It's the repetition of crap like this that makes this site what it is. To summarize, for those of you who don't like to clicky, Sony's newest digital camera ...

PlayStation 2 : 7 Years Old TODAY! Oct 26, 2007

Friday, October 26th, 2007

 Don't get me wrong now: this IS a Sony criticism site, but I don't hate Sony or it's OTHER products. I just bash their neverending lunacy/idiocy/turnover rate in their gaming division. That being said, I DO own a PS2 and still love it. This article clip is for all the PS2 ...

Nintendo doubles profits, Sony doubles game losses | Wii News | GamePro.com

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Sony's game division incurred double the losses it did from the same period last year. As is normal in the industry with exception to Nintendo, the company loses money on every PS3 sold in an effort to make it up later on games sales and cheaper manufacturing costs.Not all ...

Sony Building in Ginza Holds All Things Sony, Except the PS3

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

 Odd. Floors and floors of Sony products but no PS3. Foreshadowing? Read up at the link at the bottom: Strangely enough, even though there was a bunch of Blu-ray stuff set up, there was a noticeable lack of anything Playstation 3 to be found, unless it was hidden somewhere that I ...

Analyst: PS2 Slowly Dying and EA Sports is Underperforming

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

According to Patel's analysis, the PS2 sales fell 47% year-to-year last month, the month prior it was only 33%. He says that although the decline was "inevitable," it's still not clear if consumers are transitioning to newer hardware or "low-end consumers" are buying less. Patel says, "Needless to say, ...