This is exactly why I don’t ever recommend using a gaming console as anything but a gaming console. Reports are coming out this morning that the PS3’s Blu-Ray player is not capable of Dolby TrueHD… Something to do with not being able to get the bits out of the HDMI port… Now I am virtually tone deaf so it …
The dashboard update arrives today…. hopefully. According to numerous sources the dashboard update will arrive on Wednesday the 9th of May at 2am PST (Pacific Standard Time). Which is 10 hours behind us so we should be able to get it at about noon.. Microsoft often have rolling updates though so just keep checking after 12 and let us know as soon as we can …
Well according to cnet.com gaming consoles are the most widely desired products in the US at the moment… Last week the PS3 was sitting happily at the number 1 spot of the most wanted items and this week it has been replaced by the Wii. The top 5 read as follows 1. Nintendo Wii – 34 Weeks on the Chart2. iRiver Clix – …
While I was researching for my last posting I saw the latest Gamefly rental chart in the corner of the page. I don’t normally report on these since it doesn’t affect us in SA at all but this week is quite interesting… 1. Spiderman 3 (Xbox 360)2. Spiderman 3 (PS2)3. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)4. Shadowrun (Xbox …
Before I get shot down by the PS3 fanboys for my last article here is the other side of the coin…. Yet another analyst has come out and claimed that the PS3 will win this console war and they put that down to it being bundled with Blu-Ray… However he expects the results to be very close 36% PS3, 34% …
Futureboy has written quite a comprehensive article about how Sony has already lost this battle and how it is all their fault. Pity poor Ken Kuturagi. The creative genius behind Sony’s videogame consoles — the PlayStations 1, 2 and 3 — announced Thursday that he would step down as CEO of the company’s games division, which means his career there will end …
A new site has been launched in South Africa that is being used to petition Microsoft to launch Xbox Live locally. To sign the petition you need to enter your real name and Gamertag which means only people who are currently active on Live can actually sign this petition…. This obviously limits the numbers that could sign up but does …
A while ago I reported on the Xbox Disc Replacement Plan which Microsoft had implemented to replace certain discs that may have been damaged somehow. This was good news for a few people who had their Gears of War discs mangled by their Xbox 360’s… But then when people actually tried to send in their broken discs they where told …
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