Your Wii and Xbox 360 controllers can do more than just play games, they can be used for other useful things like controlling your PC!
Besides that, check out some of the other links that contain 57 useful tips from PCs, Tivo, iPod, and others at PCWorld.
Going on from yesterday’s post, more news from the research done by The Nielsen Company says that the PS3 is the most used and the Wii is the least used.
The report also shows that the older game consoles such as the PS2 and, Xbox, and GameCube are ranked higher than the Wii.
For more info, check out GamePro.
In recent news from Reuters, it’s reported that Sony’s Ps3 has two games that has now outsold Nintendo Wii game sales figures.
With Nintendo having outsold Sony with over 10 million units, 16.2 million Wii units compared to 6.3 million PS3 consoles, the sales of two exclusive games for the PS3 proves that if game makers make games that people wish to play, people will go and buy the consoles to play them.
Thanks to Sega’s Yakuza 3 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 3) and Capcom’s RE5 (Resident Evil 5), which were exclusive to the PS3, it has outsold Wii games.
The sales does not mean the downward spiral of Nintendo games, as more developers will start creating games for Wii as the cost of development has gone down as well for the Wii and that also means that Nintendo can lower prices of their consoles and still make profit from the sales.
If anything, Sony’s PS3 developer kit which now costs $2000 should also help developers start creating more games, if not more online downloadable content for their Playstation Store…
For more info, check out the Washington Post.
For those that have practiced their air guitar skills, you can purchase the Guitar Hero World Tour Bundle for the PS3, Wii, or Xbox 360 at a reduced price of $75 for this week’s one-week sale.
The MSRP price for Guitar Hero World Tour Bundle is normally $99.99 MSRP so with the money you’re saving, you can purchase some Red Bull or Mana Energy Potion to keep your energy while performing to your favorite songs.
That’s right, the game that’s been promised for release as Indiana Jones 2007, became Indiana Jones 2008, is now looking to become a reality in 2009.
Lucus Arts released the trailer for the game, “Indiana Jones and The Staff of Kings” on the internet and the reaction from netizens seem to be that they think it’s freaking awesome!
The game trailer looks great the quality of the graphics will be nowhere as near what is shown on the trailer if you were to play it on the Wii, PSP, or the DS. I have a feeling that a Xbox 360 or PS3 version will be coming out as well.
Watch out for Indiana Jones coming in Spring of 2009.
I love YouTube, and YouTube is now going to be offered on Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PS3, but not yet on Microsoft’s Xbox 360.
The YouTube Blog says that the current beta is a streamlined interface which enables you to watch and share YouTube videos on any TV screen and is available internationally across 22 geographies and over 12 languages.
I can’t wait to test out www.youtube.com/tv and test out how well the quality of YouTube videos will look being played on my widescreen TV.
It seems that the world still loves the PS2 the best, and the amount of usage is nothing to laugh at.
The PS2 has 30.2% of minutes played compared to the Xbox 360 which has 18.3%, Wii at 13.5%, Xbox at 9.1%, PS3 at 7.7%, and GameCube at 4.4%!
More interesting is that World of Warcraft (WOW) has over 11 hours of use per week on the PC side which is almost 1% (.723%) of all PC games!
I admit I haven’t played my PS3 as much lately but I am using it for watching Blu-Ray movies more this month.
For more info check out CNN.
Reading about the Xbox lead over the PS3 in the Seattle PI blog, it seems that Xbox 360 have been outselling the PS3 for the last two months.
Sales of the Xbox 360 is seen to be contributed by Microsoft’s decision to offer a price drop for their Xbox 360.
Sony’s Steve Koller states the sales of the Xbox 360 will not last through the holidays because sales boosts from price drops have a “shelf life” of 2-3 months.
A chart in the Seattle PI also shows that the Nintendo Wii is truly the king of game consoles so does the battle between the PS3 and the Xbox 360 matter - well not to the king at this moment…
It seems Microsoft is going goo goo for Avatars similar to Nintendo’s Mii avatars on the Wii.
Microsoft’s NXE is the new look/interface of the Xbox Live Online and compared to the old “Blade” interface, the NXE is a much better interface.
The new look also supports a iTunes like frontend for the Online Store. The games, movies, and TV shows are seen as the cover boxes insted of the text list format of old.
Recent news by the Natural Resources Defense Council reports the Sony PS3 game system to be the most Power Hungry amongst other rival game systems.
The PS3 system uses the most power, when left on, and is estimated to cost users who leave their game systems on anywhere from 145-160 dollars a year!
Microsoft’s Xbox360 unit eats up a little over $100 a year, while Nintendo’s Wii system only eats up a meager meal costing around $10 a year.
The conclusion, the way the economy is going, and cost of everything going up, unplug your electronics when you are not using it; the money you save could be used to purchase some new games or a bunch of used games.
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