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Sony may be trying to force the 3D agenda with first-party PS3 titles and 3DTVs, but EA Sports president Peter Moore will not be following suit in 2010, his studio focusing instead on the new wave of motion-control devices.

Speaking exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz, Moore admitted he was keeping "a very close eye" on "the opportunities for sports" in 3D, but insisted the press and public would see "nothing at all" from the studio this year.

"No, no, no. I have a point of view and that's about as much as we have," said Moore, speaking in London yesterday at a FIFA event. "You've rightly pointed out that, from Howard Stringer down, Sony has made it a strategic imperative for the company. And when Sony does something of that nature then we as a company need to sit up and take notice.

"But believe me there's nothing going on right now that would say I'm ready to demo a 3D sports game. Nothing at all."

However, with motion-control coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year, Moore revealed EA Sports would be throwing its weight behind both platforms.

He said: "We're getting in sync with Sony's motion controller and Project Natal with what Sony and Microsoft want to do with their publishing partners, so stay tuned for further information on that as we get closer to the date. And as you can imagine, EA being EA we're going to have our core intellectual property represented in some shape of fashion on those platforms.

Yet despite both the PlayStation controller – rumoured to be called Arc – and Project Natal both set to launch later this year, Moore refused to confirm EA Sports would support either launch window.

"Don't know. I do not know when they're launching. Certainly Sony has made no public pronouncement at all, and Microsoft has said 'holiday', which obviously gives fudge room, so stay tuned."

When it was pointed out that Sony had publicly committed to a 2010 release, Moore added: "Well, that helps! I know what their public pronouncements are and I know what we're working towards. We're also going to get in sync with their announcement strategy. If they hit this year then you'll hear something from us about what our plans are."

At yesterday's event, held at Stamford Bridge stadium, home to Chelsea FC, Moore also unveiled FIFA Online, a free-to-play PC title due to go into public beta this summer.

"We need to grow our business in a world where the core boxed goods business is not growing to the level all of us would want," he said. "But what is growing is the world of digital and if there are problems that we're solving with FIFA Online, it's accessibility, it's price, it's time consumption."

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Sony may be trying to force the 3D agenda with first-party PS3 titles and 3DTVs, but EA Sports president Peter Moore will not be following suit in 2010, his studio focusing instead on the new wave of motion-control devices.

Speaking exclusively to GamesIndustry.biz, Moore admitted he was keeping "a very close eye" on "the opportunities for sports" in 3D, but insisted the press and public would see "nothing at all" from the studio this year.

"No, no, no. I have a point of view and that's about as much as we have," said Moore, speaking in London yesterday at a FIFA event. "You've rightly pointed out that, from Howard Stringer down, Sony has made it a strategic imperative for the company. And when Sony does something of that nature then we as a company need to sit up and take notice.

"But believe me there's nothing going on right now that would say I'm ready to demo a 3D sports game. Nothing at all."

However, with motion-control coming to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 later this year, Moore revealed EA Sports would be throwing its weight behind both platforms.

He said: "We're getting in sync with Sony's motion controller and Project Natal with what Sony and Microsoft want to do with their publishing partners, so stay tuned for further information on that as we get closer to the date. And as you can imagine, EA being EA we're going to have our core intellectual property represented in some shape of fashion on those platforms.

Yet despite both the PlayStation controller – rumoured to be called Arc – and Project Natal both set to launch later this year, Moore refused to confirm EA Sports would support either launch window.

"Don't know. I do not know when they're launching. Certainly Sony has made no public pronouncement at all, and Microsoft has said 'holiday', which obviously gives fudge room, so stay tuned."

When it was pointed out that Sony had publicly committed to a 2010 release, Moore added: "Well, that helps! I know what their public pronouncements are and I know what we're working towards. We're also going to get in sync with their announcement strategy. If they hit this year then you'll hear something from us about what our plans are."

At yesterday's event, held at Stamford Bridge stadium, home to Chelsea FC, Moore also unveiled FIFA Online, a free-to-play PC title due to go into public beta this summer.

"We need to grow our business in a world where the core boxed goods business is not growing to the level all of us would want," he said. "But what is growing is the world of digital and if there are problems that we're solving with FIFA Online, it's accessibility, it's price, it's time consumption."

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The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 could see further price cuts this year, analyst Michael Pachter has predicted, which would lead to the Wii losing the price advantage it has over its competitors.

Following Nintendo's release this week of its Q3 financials, Pachter said that the company's performance had been largely in line with expectations, with solid holiday sales for the Wii and strong performances by Wii Fit Plus and New Super Mario Bros Wii - both of which sold over 10 million.

However, he predicted the console could lose its advantage next holiday as the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 come down further in price.

"The Wii enjoyed a $350 price advantage over the PS3 at launch, and a $150 advantage until September. Now, the gap has narrowed to $100, with the feature-laden PS3 a tempting purchase for prospective console households," he said.

"The holiday Wii sales boost was primarily attributable to a $50 gift card promotion offered by Wal-Mart; while we expect similar promotions at holiday next year, we expect the other consoles to be lower-priced by then, further eroding the Wii's competitive price advantage."

Furthermore, the analyst said the DSi's relatively high $169 price point could put it at a disadvantage to the $199 iPod Touch - a more versatile device and one with a "coolness" factor that is difficult to overcome.

DS software was tracking slightly below Nintendo's 150 million unit guidance, he added - and that guidance was significantly below last year's 197 million units.

"It appears that piracy in Europe and some substitution of iPod Touch games has impacted DS software sales more than we expected, and we have adjusted our estimates for FY:11 to account for further pressure," he said.

Sales of DS hardware were also underperforming on expectations, but Pachter predicted the March launch of the DSi XL would allow the company to ship sufficient numbers to meet targets.

Nintendo reported a 9.4 per cent decline in profits for the nine months ending December 31, 2009 and blamed falling revenue on a slow start to the first half of the year and appreciation of the yen.

Holiday sales in some regions however outperformed those of the previous year.

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As soon as I saw Samsung's BD-C6900 3D Blu-Ray player, I desperately wanted to preorder one—awkward product name aside. $400 just seems like a small price to pay for 3D-induced headaches in my very own living room.

There are plenty of other Samsung products popping up for preorder on Amazon today, such as the BD-C6500 with a price $300 and a boot-time of only 15 seconds—though that player is limited to two dimensions. Like my TV.

http://gizmodo.com/5458995/samsungs-...e-for-preorder ...

Yesterday a change to the iPhone SDK allowed for VoIP over 3G and we heard about the first app which'll offer the functionality. Today another iPhone app, Fring, has begun allowing video and voice calls using Skype over 3G.

http://gizmodo.com/5459260/fring-iph...-calls-over-3g ...

PlatinumGames, developer of Bayonetta and MadWorld, has revealed its next game - Vanquish.

Resident Evil creator Shinji Maki is at the helm. Details such as platforms, dates and even basic gameplay mechanics are scarce.

A trailer video shows a man being decked out in technologically advanced armour and tackling an "enemy" that has destroyed - using an Independence Day-style laser - what appears to be New York City.

Whether this enemy is alien or human we do not know, but they have a strong presence in space and some fancy technology. Interestingly, the high-tech man appears to be watching the footage from a different country - a European country, it looks like.

Eventually he finds himself on-board an enemy vessel, taking on giant walking gunships with what looks like an assault rifle.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pl...veals-vanquish ...

Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division has enjoyed stand out profits for the second quarter ended December 31, up from $130 million to $375 million.

The division, which includes Xbox 360, Games for Windows and Zune, saw revenue fall from $3.2 billion to $2.9 billion.

The company shipped 5.2 million Xbox 360 consoles compared to 6 million in the previous quarter. Revenue from hardware and software declined 12 per cent to $295 million due to lower product sales - with the company pointing to tough comparisons for two games in the previous period, and price cuts on the Xbox 360. But manufacturing and marketing costs were down for the period.

For the overall Microsoft business, profits were up 60 per cent from $4.2 billion the previous year to $6.7 billion. Revenue was also up 14 per cent from $16.7 billion to $19 billion.

The company noted 60 million Windows 7 sales, claiming it to be the fastest-selling operating system in history.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-game-division ...

PlayStation Portable was the best selling hardware platform in Japan last week, taking first place in the hardware chart with sales of almost 53,000 - an achievement helped by the release of SEGA's Valkyria Chronicles 2, which made its debut in the software chart at number two.

SEGA's title was beaten only by the continued popularity of Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros Wii, which retook first place with sales of 111,000, compared to 94,000 for Valkyria Chronicles.

Elsewhere in the hardware chart positions were unchanged on last week, with the Wii coming second to PSP with sales of 45,167 and the PlayStation 3 some way behind with 26,966 units sold.

In the software chart, PSP games also took positions three and four in the chart, with Namco Bandai's Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces making its debut in the former and last week's number one - Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - dropping to the latter.

Down one place to number five was Friend Collection, and also sinking one place to six was Wii Fit Plus.

Capcom's Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles dropped from third to seventh position, and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite - the fourth PSP game in the top ten - climbed from from 13 to eight.

The full software chart for the week ending January 24 was as follows:

01 New Super Mario Bros Wii (Wii)
02 Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
03 Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces (PSP)
04 Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep (DS)
05 Friend Collection (DS)
06 Wii Fit Plus (Wii)
07 Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii)
08 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP)
09 Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
10 Inazuma Eleven 2: Threat of the Invaders - Fire (DS)
The hardware chart was as follows:

01 PlayStation Portable - 52,909
02 Nintendo Wii - 45,167
03 PlayStation 3 - 26,966
04 DSi LL - 24,059
05 DSi - 20,373
06 DS Lite - 4966
07 Xbox 360 - 3343
08 PlayStation 2 - 2088
09 PSPgo - 1773

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