Head of American gaming retail chain speculates that consumers should see the Wii’s recommended retail price drop this Autumn.
Dan DeMatteo, head of US gaming store Gamestop, believes that we should see pricing of both the Nintendo Wii and the PlayStation 3 drop substantially this Autumn, as he strongly believes both gaming consoles recommended retail prices are overly excessive in the current economic climate.
These hardware prices have stayed up longer in this cycle than in any other time before, and in a very dire economic environment, those two things seem to be mutually exclusive. Put all those things together, I think that there will have to be price cuts in order to get the hardware moving to where it needs to be.
- Dan DeMatteo, head of Gamestop
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Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, openly stated that “it’s hard to say something nice about the PS3″ when he was quizzed about Nintendo’s relentless competitors.
Whilst he wasn’t altogether too enamoured with the PlayStation 3, Reggie did however cite Xbox Live as an online platform that concerns both him and his companions over at Nintendo.
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Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, PlayStation 3, Sony, Wii , competition, PlayStation 3, Reggie Fils-Aime, xbox live
January 26, 2009 • 7:33 pm
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During the predominantly bleak month of January, hardware sales for all three console manufactures plummeted by a whopping 23 percent in Japan.
Although the appeal of the current crop of consoles continues to remains steadfast amongst consumers, Japan itself has seen a significant drop in shoppers looking to purchase luxury electronic items due in no small part to the current economic climate.
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Filed under: Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony , 2009, hardware, japan, nintendo wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
January 3, 2009 • 10:02 pm
November 6, 2008 • 8:17 pm
Enterbrain have released some rather unexpected sales figures for the week October 27th to November 2nd, which incredibly show the PlayStation 3 outselling the amazingly successful Wii. The all-important question is; how long will this stunning feat last?
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In2Games have premièred the first motion sensing controls for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The Gametrak Freedom is touted by the manufacturer as the most advanced motion sensing device for home consoles yet and is due to be released sometime later this year.
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According to revered online publication Gamesindustry.biz, Sony are currently hard at work on a PlayStation 3 controller that “breaks apart into two bits”.
Each of these sections contains an accelerometer much like the Wii remote, enabling gamers to experience new levels of interaction with their PlayStation 3’s. More specific information regarding this intriguing issue is expected to surface around E3.
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Choice Magazine has conducted a series of tests which have highlighted just how much power is consumed by next generation consoles.
Leading the pack was the PlayStation 3, which according to Choice “consumed over 10 times as much power as the Nintendo Wii“. Coming in guilty second was Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console which was tied alongside a standard plasma television set.
Our tests also found that leaving a PlayStation 3 on while not in use would cost almost $250 (£121) a year in electricity bills (charged at 15c (7p) per kWh). This alone is around five times more than it would take to run a refrigerator for the same yearly period.
- Choice Magazine
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February 17, 2008 • 6:32 pm
The Wii continues on its path of destruction, annihilating all competitors.
January’s NPD sales figures have filtered through showing Nintendo standing triumphant at the top spot shifting 274,000 Wii consoles last month.
Lagging behind the enigmatic trail blazer are the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360, shifting a respectable 269,000 units and 230,000 units respectively.
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