The Death of Portable Console Gaming

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Sony and Nintendo may be raking in huge profits from their portable gaming systems, but their days are numbered. The handheld gaming industry is threatened by the arrival of all-in-one devices, leaving dedicated systems no longer practical these days. Nintendo [...]

Wii U limited to just one tablet controller

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Many past rumors about the upcoming Nintendo console, Wii U, have been either verified as true or squashed as baseless hullabaloo once the gaming company started revealing a lot of things at the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo. They explained a [...]

Nintendo reveals next gen console Wii U

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The company who introduced us the Wii console is at it again. While Nintendo previously introduced motion control and made it popular, they are showcasing yet another way to play and enjoy video games: a controller with a touchscreen! Nintendo [...]

70 million PSPs shipped

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Sony Corp is not just going to leave the PlayStation Portable behind with the announcement of PlayStation Vita. In fact, the tech giant is glad to inform E3 2011 attendees that it has reached the 70 million mark for shipment [...]

Sony confirms ‘Vita’ name for PSP successor

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Sony Corp. unveiled the name of its upcoming handheld game console as well as its price and launch date at E3 2011 Monday night, although rumors may have already taken the surprise out from many regarding the moniker for Playstation [...]

Xbox 360 outpaces PS3 3 to 1

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Data breaches, hacker groups, and denial of service aren’t the only problems Sony have these days. Sales of PlayStation 3 are worrisome to the company too. In fact, rival company Microsoft, maker of the Xbox 360 console, is claiming triumph [...]

PS Vita – the official Next Generation Portable name?

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There is no doubt that the blogosphere will be abuzz when more details of the successor to Sony’s handheld PlayStation Portable will be revealed during the electronic giant’s press conference at Electronic Entertainment Expo on June 6. But there is [...]

Nintendo officially lowers Wii price to $150, bundles free Mario Kart

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It was only a matter of time before Nintendo follows suit of many retailer’s slashing the price of Wii, the current gen console of the gaming company. Beginning May 15, the console will be tagged with a $150 price, around [...]

Sony PS3 Sales Reach 50 Million

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Sony released new figures in its press release today with 50 million units of Playstation shipped worldwide. Mind, the company actually considers the number as sold although what it actually meant was shipped to retailers.  Meanwhile, the motion gaming peripheral [...]

Nintendo May Reveal Wii Successor at E3

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With the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) coming in a few months, rumors are spreading around key companies. For gaming, everyone seems to be expecting the announcement of Nintendo’s Wii successor. The source of this juicy gossip comes from multiple unnamed [...]