Right now, I’m not sure what my current employment status is, with this recession, the company is looking at cutting costs and I might be one to get cut.
I am currently working on getting another position, which hopefully will be more stable within the company.
As such, my mind has been preoccupied with my future job prospect.
So this is it for my post today. Thanks for understanding.
Not since your last fishing game in Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda did you have a hankering to spend hours on end trying to catch that big fish.
Thanks to Griffin International who has developed the fishing game called “The Strike” for the Xbox 360, you will be able to just that!
The game will feature realistic lake bottoms, ai fish behavior that mimics real fish, customizable characters, and your choice of lures to use.
The game is sponsored by the Bass Pro Shops.
The game will cost $69.99 and includes the rod pictured above and will be available for the Xbox 360, Wii, and the PC sometime later this year.
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced new standards for their upcoming Bluetooth 3.0 which could see it’s way into game consoles like the Nintendo Wii and Sony Playstation 3.
As the PS3 and Wii both utilize Bluetooth in it’s current configuration, adding the new chipset for 3.0 for future releases might be an easy thing to do.
The 3.0 standard will allow for wireless transfer of data up to 24mbps allowing for high-definition video streaming as an example.
For more specific details, check out IGN.
Get ready to view movies and play your favorite video games in 3D with Next 3D releasing their 3D Movie player technology for the Apple Macintosh and Sony PS3 game console.
Next 3D technology will allow for 1080P resolution in HD stereoscopic image. The system was shown at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco and a public beta version will soon be available for the Xbox 360.
Read more at PCWorld.
In some fun news, GamePolitics reported last week about Electronic Arts sending their Godfather 2 press kit which included…Brass Knuckles.
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No comments are given by EA but they have been contacting the press departments that were sent the illegal brass knuckles and telling them, “I hope you’re enjoying our Godfather II press kit, including the novelty brass knuckles. To help you take proper care to dispose of the item, we’re sending you a pre-paid shipping package.”
Truly a bad marketing idea from some PR person at EA.
The CEO of GameStop, Dan DeMatteo told CNBC during an interview on April 15, that Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony to cut the price of it’s game consoles, especially Sony.
Dan believes the price cut of the PS2 by Sony is a little too late, since publishers will not create any more games for the PS2, once they’ve stopped development, it’s stopped.
The CEO of GameStop might know something about it, since his company has reported earnings of $232 million for the forth-quarter, which is 22.4% up from previous forth-quarter earnings last year.
It seemed as if the only recession proof business in the world was the video game business but this years trend is showing a big downturn.
Compared to sells of 1.72 billion for last years quarter, sales were 1.43 billion comparing data with 2008 sales figures reported by the NPD Group.
Further results shows hardware sales have fallen from 18%, accessory sales fell by 15%, and software sales by 17%
Some excuses for the sales figures are due to Easter coming a month later compared to last year when it was in March. The sales for March of 2008 was $121 million so comparing results for the quarter are different.
It seems the Nintendo Wii is still the king of sales at 601,000 units sold for the month compared to 330,000 for the Xbox 360 and 218,000 for the PS3.
Just read a post about a Xbox 360 user who turned his Xbox 360 into an arcade stick after he got the RRoD on his Xbox.
The joystick looks pretty damn good. Take a look at the picture at slipperybrick.
A new product accessory is promising to bring GPS capabilities to your Nintendo DS.
While the site has not given out any info on the cost of the unit or the actual release date, it promises to be a very useful accessory! The unit connects to the bottom of your Nintendo DS and will show the GPS info on both screens. Directions will be given out on both visual and audio format like a true GPS unit in your car and best of all, the Ranger allows for usb connection which means you can connect your DS with Ranger GPS to any PDA or laptop and allowing GPS capabilities to them as well.
Microsoft is again extending their warranty program for the Xbox 360 due to the E74 errors that are being reported by the consumers.
Like the Red Ring of Death errors warranty program, this is another issue that Microsoft will deal with and offer refunds to previous Microsoft Xbox 360 players who have had to pay for repairs due to the E74 error.
For more info check out examiner.
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