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First Netflix, then Hulu Plus, and now VUDU. The movie rental service is making its way onto PlayStation 3 just in time for Thanksgiving later this month -- November 23rd, to be exact. If you're familiar with Walmart's recently-acquired video service, you know the drill: on-demand HD titles streamed for a fee, up to 1080p and Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 surround sound. The interface will be the same as every other VUDU iteration -- until mid-December, that is. That's when, as we've been told, the company plans to roll out version 2.0 of its UI. In addition to being more streamlined, there's ratings, recommendations, and most interestingly, support for PS3's Move controller. Pictures below, press releases after the break.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/17/v...-mid-december/ ...

NPD's latest sales releases for the month of October show a significant decline in hardware sales over the same month in 2009, with a 26 per cent fall in revenues - and a 30 per cent drop in unit sales.

The Nintendo DS once again topped the sales list, although only the Xbox 360 platform actually increased its unit sales over last year - ahead of the Kinect launch, which has apparently boosted the console hugely this month.

Additionally, although PlayStation 3 sales were up by about 15 per cent over the previous month - helped by the launch of Move - they too were down year-on-year.

In total hardware accounted for $280 million in sales across the month, compared to $381 million last October.

Meanwhile, software fared better, showing 6 per cent growth year-on-year and taking $605 million in total - with NPD analyst Anita Frazier warning that overall numbers likely only accounted for around 70 per cent of the total market spend, once digital revenues were taken into account.

The top-selling list was headed by 2K Sports' NBA 2K11, followed by Fallout: New Vegas - which sold 679,000 units on the Xbox 360 alone - and Medal of Honor.

Two Xbox 360 platform exclusive made the top ten, with Fable III in fourth and Halo: Reach in sixth, while the only Nintendo exclusive was Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 in seventh.

The accessories market was also a bright point in the overall sales picture - continuing the trend throughout the year - showing an 18 per cent increase over 2009 to $142 million.

While year-to-date hardware and software numbers are currently down by 15 per cent and 7 per cent respectively, accessories is up by 6 per cent overall.

Although physical product sales have suffered throughout 2010, all eyes will be on November's numbers to see the impact of the Kinect and Call of Duty releases.

The full software top ten was as follows:

1. NBA 2K11 (2K Games)
2. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda Softworks)
3. Medal of Honor (Electronic Arts)
4. Fable III (Microsoft)
5. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (LucasArts)
6. Halo: Reach (Microsoft)
7. Just Dance 2 (Ubisoft)
8. FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts)
9. Madden NFL 11 (Electronic Arts)
10. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 (THQ)

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...all-26-percent ...

A survey of visitors to the recent Tokyo Game Show has suggested that Sony's venerable PlayStation 2 remains Japan's most-used console.

70 per cent of the 1000 attendees questioned in an exit poll by the General Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) claimed to play on their PS2s. This was down from a high of 79 per cent in 2008.

The handhelds weren't far behind - DS at 68.7 per cent, with PSP hot on its heels at 68.6 per cent. The survey allowed multiple choices of frequently-used hardware.

Wii, PS3 and 360 managed 56.7, 47.7 and 19.6 per cent respectively.

Also surveyed was planned future console purchases, with 3DS and PS3 coming joint top at 31 per cent, followed by 360 at 23 per cent.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...nsole-in-japan ...

A survey of visitors to the recent Tokyo Game Show has suggested that Sony's venerable PlayStation 2 remains Japan's most-used console.

70 per cent of the 1000 attendees questioned in an exit poll by the General Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association (CESA) claimed to play on their PS2s. This was down from a high of 79 per cent in 2008.

The handhelds weren't far behind - DS at 68.7 per cent, with PSP hot on its heels at 68.6 per cent. The survey allowed multiple choices of frequently-used hardware.

Wii, PS3 and 360 managed 56.7, 47.7 and 19.6 per cent respectively.

Also surveyed was planned future console purchases, with 3DS and PS3 coming joint top at 31 per cent, followed by 360 at 23 per cent.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...nsole-in-japan ...

Male teens who play videogames are less likely to smoke or take up drugs, and do better at school than their non-gaming classmates, according to new research.

However, the same can not be said of girl gamers – apparently they're more likely to get into fights or bring a weapon to school.

The research, carried out by the American Academy of Pediatrics and reported by Games Radar, surveyed 4,000 Connecticut high school students.

The study found that boys who were regular gamers generally posted a higher grade average at school, were less likely to take up smoking and more likely to claim that they'd never tried alcohol or marijuana.

On the other hand, "girls who reported gaming were less likely to report depression and more likely to report getting into serious fights and carrying a weapon to school."

76 per cent of boys and over 29 per cent of girls questioned said that they played played videogames, 61 per cent of whom claimed they played for less than seven hours a week.

The report went on to add that a small minority of those surveyed suffered more serious problems related to their gaming habits.

"Among gamers, 4.9 per cent reported problematic gaming," claimed the report, "defined as reporting trying to cut back, experiencing an irresistible urge to play, and experiencing a growing tension that could only be relieved by playing.

"Boys were more likely to report these problems (5.8 per cent) than girls (3.0 per cent). Correlates of problematic gaming included regular cigarette smoking, drug use, depression, and serious fights.

"Results suggest that gaming is largely normative in boys and not associated with many health factors," the report continued. "In girls, however, gaming seems to be associated with more externalizing behaviors and fewer internalizing symptoms."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-to-take-drugs ...

After so many years in development we'd hope that Gran Turismo 5 offers some moderately realistic racing action. However, Sony reckons its racer is so lifelike that it's offering gamers the chance to swap the controller for a real steering wheel and go pro.

According to the PlayStation Blog, the game's developer Polyphony Digital has teamed up with Nissan North America to launch the GT Academy competition.

From 20th December, a series of regional heats will narrow entrants down to the best 32 virtual racers. This elite group will then be whittled down to 16, who will all be invited to take part in a live national finals event in March 2011.

The final will see contestants testing their skills in a number of events, some of which will be in a real Nissan race car.

The eventual GT Academy winner will then go on to train with elite drivers and race as part of a professional team – the precise details of which Sony is yet to reveal.

There are smaller prizes on offer for regional winners and all contestants will grab some free digital content.

Alas, the event is only open to US gamers for now, but Sony will be filming the whole thing for a multi-part TV series to be shown on the SPEED channel and PlayStation Network next year.

If you are in the USA and fancy giving it a shot, registration details are up on the game's official website.

It's not long until you can start practicing. After a seemingly endless series of delays, Sony is finally releasing Gran Turismo 5 on 24th November.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...me-a-pro-racer ...

Sales of Xbox 360 in the UK doubled last week off the back of the launch of Kinect, Eurogamer has learnt.

The spike was confirmed this afternoon by sales monitor Chart-Track, a spokesperson stating that, while specific figures could not be revealed, it was "more than a fair reflection" to say the figure was double that of the previous week.

The boost is understood to have widened substantially the gap between Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, with Sony's biggest hope for a pre-Christmas surge coming next week with the release of the long-delayed Gran Turismo 5.

A senior publishing source added: "360 doubled last week and it was already selling a lot. Wii and PS3 have been beaten by 360 consistently over the past few months.

"Wii is still outselling PS3 – the numbers are going the wrong way for Nintendo year-on-year but it's certainly not a disaster."

Kinect went on sale last week both separately and as part of official hardware bundles, the latter likely to be responsible for the jump in numbers.

Microsoft revealed yesterday that over one million units of Kinect has sold worldwide in the ten days following its 4th November US launch.

The US giant reckons it's on track to sell five million units by Christmas.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-uk-xbox-sales ...

ThatOtherPerson has just released the very first SixAxis compatible homebrew game for the PlayStation 3, Neo Race v0.1! Although at the moment, racing has yet to be implemented. To control your vehicle you simply tilt the PS3 controller to the left or right. To accelerate you press the [X] button. For now, all you can do is go around the track. ThatOtherPerson promises that racing will be added sometime in the near future. This definitely has a TRON feel to it.



Source: ThatOtherDev Blog ...

ThatOtherPerson has just released the very first SixAxis compatible homebrew game for the PlayStation 3, Neo Race v0.1! Although at the moment, racing has yet to be implemented. To control your vehicle you simply tilt the PS3 controller to the left or right. To accelerate you press the [X] button. For now, all you can do is go around the track. ThatOtherPerson promises that racing will be added sometime in the near future. This definitely has a TRON feel to it.



Source: ThatOtherDev Blog ...