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    by Published on April 8th, 2012 22:31
    1. Categories:
    2. Apple News,
    3. Android News,
    4. Apple iPad,
    5. Apple iPhone

    While Apple generates more than $575 in profit for every iOS device, and according to estimates in 2007 Apple earned more than $800 on every iPhone sold through ATT, Horace Dediu reports that Android generated less than $550m in revenues for Google between 2008 and the end of 2011, earning only $1.70 per year, per Android device — explaining how Apple is sucking up two thirds of the profit in the mobile phone business. Dediu's starting point is a settlement offer Google made to Oracle of $2.8 million and 0.515% of Android revenues on an ongoing basis. His assumption is that those numbers represent Google's revenue from Android to date. 'If this is the case,' writes Dediu, 'We have a significant breakthrough in understanding the economics of Android and the overall mobile platform strategy of Google.' Of course profitability is not the only reason Google is in the mobile phone business. 'P&L considerations were not the only (or even at all) factors in investment for Google. Having a hedge against hegemony of potential rivals, having a means to learn and develop new business and having a role in defining the post-PC computing paradigm are all probably bigger considerations than profitability,' writes Dediu. 'My take is that [Android] is not a bad business. But it's also not a great one.

    http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/12/...dset-apple-575
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    by Published on April 8th, 2012 22:29
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    2. DCEmu

    The U.S. Navy is paying a company six figures to hack into used video game consoles and extract sensitive information. The tasks to be completed are for both offline and online data. The organization says it will only use the technology on consoles belonging to nations overseas, because the law doesn't allow it to be used on any 'U.S. persons.'"
    http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/04...-game-consoles
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    by Published on April 8th, 2012 22:23
    1. Categories:
    2. Retro Consoles/Translation News
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    [Dablio] sent in an awesome console mod he made. It may just be the smallest Atari 2600 ever (Portuguese, here’s the Google translation).
    The build began with a Dynacom MegaBoy, from the same company that put out many less-than-legal 2600 clones. The MegaBoy PCB is an exercise in parsimony consisting of only a single IC, a crystal, and some resistors and caps. [Dablio] made a new PCB board based on the schematic he reverse engineered andthis thing is tiny. It’s much smaller than even the smallest [Ben Heck] 2600 consolebuild.
    [Dablio] now needed a case for his new console. He had originally planned to mount the whole thing in an Atari controller like this commercial product. Serendipity intervened and he realized the entire system (sans cartridge port) fit inside a plastic tube of m&m minis.
    Currently, [Dablio] has two ports on his ‘Atari tube of m&ms’ – the largest is the cartridge slot, and a small VGA port sits in the lid of the tube. This VGA port carries the power supply, controller, sound and video signals to and from the console.
    [Dablio] sent in a bunch of pictures of his build which are in a gallery after the break. Now for the million-dollar question: anybody know where to buy one of these Dynacom MegaBoys?

    http://hackaday.com/2012/04/07/the-t...ari-2600-ever/ ...
    by Published on April 8th, 2012 22:20
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    2. DCEmu

    Passed away this morning at the Royal London Hospital.
    On Tuesday 3rd April, BlackBerry hosted a BBM Party at Bankside Vaults in London, which resulted in 37-year-old Phillip Sheriff being stabbed in the neck with a glass bottle.
    We can now report the sad news that married father-of two Sheriff died this morning at the Royal London Hospital, according to Scotland Yard, which follows a skull operation and a four day struggle in a critical condition.
    Meanwhile, 25-year-old Ashley Charles remains in custody for murder charges, having already been convicted of attempted murder just yesterday.
    A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A murder investigation has been launched after the victim of a nightclub attack died this morning in hospital. A post mortem will be arranged in due course. Next of kin are aware."
    ME was present at the BBM Party alongside celebrities including Jessie J, Wretch 32, Fazer from N-Dubz and TOWIE's Mark Wright.

    http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/...m-party/017667
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    by Published on April 6th, 2012 22:07
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    Amazon's 'Spring Sale' kicked off today on select downloadable PC games. If you don't play them now, you can save them for a rainy day. The standout of the pack is Rockstar's detective adventure L.A. Noire for $5, a price that almost makes up for the confusion over those "truth, doubt or lie" interrogation techniques.

    Also worth grabbing is the Dragon Age Pack, a bundle that includes Origins Ultimate andDragon Age 2, for $10. The recently released and well-received shooter, The Darkness 2,can be yours for $12.50.

    There are also a couple Hamiltons off Mass Effect 3, Syndicate and Kingdoms of Amalur. Check out the list of discounted core game (in addition to 300 casual items) after the break.
    Highlights:

    • Crysis 2 - $7.49
    • The Darkness II - $12.49 - Activates on Steam
    • Dragon Age Pack (Dragon Age Origins Ultimate+Dragon Age 2) - $9.99 - Activates on Origin
    • Kingdoms of Amalur: $39.99 - Activates on Origin
    • L.A. Noire - $4.99
    • Major League Baseball 2K12 - $19.99
    • Mass Effect 3 - $49.99 - Activates on Origin
    • Serious Sam 2 - $2.99 - Activates on Steam
    • Serious Sam 3: BFE - $11.99 - Activates on Steam
    • Serious Sam Double D - $2.39 - Activates on Steam
    • Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - $4.49 - Activates on Steam
    • Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - $5.99 - Activates on Steam
    • Serious Sam: The Random Encounter - $1.49 - Activates on Steam
    • Shift 2 - Unleashed - $4.99
    • Syndicate - $39.99 - Activates on Origin


    $12-$30:
    • Call of Duty: Black Ops - $29.99 - Activates on Steam
    • Cities in Motion Collection - $11.99
    • Crusader Kings II (Only good 4/5-4/8) - $17.99 - Activates on Steam
    • King Arthur II (Only good 4/5-4/8) -$17.99
    • Mount & Blade Bundle - $14.99
    • Paradox Deep Sea Collection - $11.99
    • $6-$10 Deals:
    • ArmA 2 - $9.99
    • ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead - $9.99
    • ArmA2: Combined Operations - $9.99
    • Commander: Conquest of the Americas - $5.99
    • Defenders of Ardania (Only good 4/5-4/8) - $6.74 - Activates on Steam
    • East India Company Collection - $5.99
    • Hearts of Iron III Collection - $8.99
    • Magicka Collection - $5.99 - Activates on Steam
    • Majesty Pack - $8.94
    • Rise of Flight Iron Cross Edition - $9.99
    • Ship Simulator Extremes - $5.99
    • Stronghold 3 - $9.99 - Activates on Steam
    • Sword of the Stars: Ultimate Collection - $5.99
    • The Kings' Crusade & New Allies Expansion Bundle - $7.99

    $5 and under:
    • Achtung Panzer Kharkov 1943 - $3.99
    • Al Emmo and The Lost Dutchman's Mine - $3.99
    • Alpha Prime - $3.99
    • Astroslugs - $3.99
    • Australia Zoo Animal Links - $3.99
    • Avencast: Rise of the Mage - $3.99
    • Battle Mages - $3.99
    • Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness - $4.99
    • Biathlon 2009 - $4.99
    • Big Rig Europe - $4.99
    • Blood Bowl - Dark Elves Edition - $3.99
    • Bus Driver - $3.99
    • Chains - $3.99
    • Chrome - $3.99
    • Cities in Motion: U.S. Cities DLC - $1.79
    • Commander: Conquest of the Americas - Colonial Navy (Expansion) - $0.99
    • Crash Time 2 - $4.99
    • Crusader King Complete - $3.99
    • Daemonica - $3.99
    • Dark Matter - $3.99
    • Deer Drive - $4.99
    • Dracula Twins - $3.99
    • Elven Legacy - $1.99
    • Elven Legacy Collection - $2.99
    • Europa Universalis Rome Gold - $1.99
    • Future Wars - $4.99
    • Gear Grinder - $3.99
    • Grand Theft Auto IV - $4.99
    • Great Journey - $4.99
    • Greed - $4.99
    • Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes - $4.99
    • GTI Racing - $3.99
    • Hacker Evolution -$3.99
    • Hacker Evolution: Untold - $4.99
    • Hard Truck: Rise of the Clans - $4.99
    • Hearts of Iron III - $1.99
    • Hot Dog King - $4.99
    • Ice Land 2 - $3.99
    • King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame - $3.99
    • Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - $1.99
    • Legio - $1.99
    • Magicka: Holiday Spirit DLC - $0.59
    • Magicka: Horror Props DLC - $0.89
    • Magicka: The Stars Are Left DLC - $1.79
    • Majesty 2 Kingmaker – Expansion - $0.99
    • Majesty 2: Battles of Ardania Expansion - $0.99
    • Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - $1.99
    • Majesty Gold - $0.99
    • Mount & Blade - $2.99
    • Mount & Blade: Warband - $3.99
    • Nikopol-Secret of the Immortals - $4.99
    • Obulis - $3.99
    • Operation Matriarchy - $3.99
    • Pacific Storm Allies - $4.99
    • Penguins Arena - $3.99
    • Pirates of Black Cove - Origins DLC - $1.49
    • Post Apocalyptic Mayhem - $3.99
    • Race Team Manager - $4.99
    • Runaway A Road Adventure - $1.99
    • Runaway A Twist Of Fate - $3.99
    • Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle - $1.99
    • Scratches - Director's Cut - $3.99
    • Shadowgrounds - $3.99
    • Shadowgrounds Survivor - $4.99
    • Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper - $3.99
    • Ship Simulator Extreme: Offshore Vessel DLC - $1.49
    • Ship Simulator Extremes: Cargo Vessel DLC - $1.49
    • Sigita - Ship Simulator Expansion #1 - $1.19
    • Silverfall - $1.99
    • Silverfall: Earth Awakening - $1.99
    • Space Hack - $3.99
    • Space Trader - $3.99
    • Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold - $1.99
    • Sword of the Stars Argos Naval Yard Expansion - $1.79
    • Swords of the Star - Complete Collection - $3.99
    • Tank Universal - $3.99
    • The Chosen-Well of Souls - $4.99
    • The Kings' Crusade - $3.99
    • The Saboteur - $4.99
    • Three Musketeers - $3.99
    • Trapped Dead - $3.99
    • Victoria
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    by Published on April 6th, 2012 22:00
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    Getting into gaming isn't easy. The always-growing lingo and concepts -- from friend codes to headshots -- are sometimes indecipherable to others. The games offered in mainstream commercial channels are not always inclusive, in that they are largely made by homogeneous groups of developers and marketed toward a specific demographic of users.

    Most games also require a certain degree of hand-eye coordination, manual dexterity and reflexes -- skills that are developed over time in an effort to overcome a game's challenge. Challenge as a barrier of entry is one that 'hardcore gamers' cling the most closely to. As far as the hardcore gamer is concerned, games are all about proving ourselves and overcoming challenge. Achievements, scores, and the popularity of multiplayer modes show that having the opportunity to master and display skill is addictive.

    In the latest generation, something curious began to happen: the industry started experimenting with accessibility. Developers and designers are slowly reconsidering the necessity of skill.
    http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/th...kill-in-games/
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    by Published on April 6th, 2012 21:51
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    2. Nintendo 3DS News
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    Colors! 3D is the heartwarming story of how an unofficial, homebrew DS app "graduated" into a for-real downloadable 3DS eShop game. It's also an app that allows you to draw and paint on your 3DS, and share your drawings online with the Colors! 3D gallery.

    Other new content on 3DS this week includes a video interview with Warren Spector about the two new Epic Mickey games, and "The Rifle's Spiral" by The Shins (available tomorrow).

    http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/05/ni...kly-colors-3d/
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    by Published on April 6th, 2012 21:24
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    2. DCEmu

    Another week, more speculative reports on next-gen consoles. Is there a seed of truth in any of this? Rob Fahey has a few theories of his own.
    Although there now seems to be a grudging acceptance that we're not going to see very much - if anything at all - of the next generation of console hardware at E3 in two months' time, that hasn't done much to clog up the gears of the frantically whirring rumour mill. Every couple of weeks brings a new dump of information from purportedly excellent sources, often conflicting, regularly controversial, rarely entirely believable.
    If anything, you could view these various collections of guesswork and speculation as an interesting window into the issues that are really concerning the industry right now. Much as literary critics point out that science fiction is a useful way of discussing present-day issues at arm's length, rather than really being fiction about the future, rumours about the Xbox and PlayStation successors are largely a reflection of today's news agenda rather than tomorrow's consoles.
    The next Xbox will lack a disc drive? That's a story tapping into consumer (and retailer) fears of an entirely digital future. It'll have always-on DRM? Another hot topic, and one guaranteed to set the more reactionary corners of the Internet ablaze. Both Sony and Microsoft are planning anti-resale systems that'll clamp down on second hand sales? There's another recurring story for you - barely a week goes by in which second hand sales aren't in the news in one form or another.
    Rumours about the Xbox and PlayStation successors are largely a reflection of today's news agenda rather than tomorrow's consoles

    This isn't to say that their newsworthy nature necessarily means that these stories are made up. After all, these issues are pressing for publishers and platform holders, too, but they fit a bit too neatly into the existing news agenda to be entirely credible. Furthermore, this doesn't mean that the news sites that report them are lying. They may, indeed, have heard such things from reputable sources, but game developers aren't all privy to insider information, are just as prone to gossip and speculation as everyone else, and tend to read the same news sites as everyone else. A rumour that starts off on a blog, gets reposted to a developer forum and embellished a few times ("I know a bloke who was talking to a bloke who's signed a Microsoft NDA, and...") and as soon as you know it, a major, reputable news site is reporting it as coming from an excellent source.
    Under those circumstances, what's to be believed? Well, nothing, frankly. There's not a single word of any of the Xbox / PlayStation next-gen rumours that is actually believable, in a 'yes this is definitely what's happening' sort of way. The whole situation is complicated even further by the fact that Microsoft and Sony have both reportedly been approaching publishing and development partners with a variety of different next-gen ideas, sounding them out for responses on a number of different technologies and strategies. That makes sense - it's a standard consultation procedure for products whose success will rely so heavily on third-party support - but it does mean that features and concepts are being touted around which may not actually make it anywhere near the final console hardware.
    If I were to guess, I'd say that the "driveless Xbox" rumour probably stems from that - Microsoft touting an idea around its partners and seeing what they think (then almost certainly scrapping it after universally negative feedback from key developers). I'd imagine that other ideas - always-on DRM, anti-resale systems - have also emerged in discussion with publishers, but remain, at least 18 months before either of these consoles actually launches, very much up in the air, and probably unlikely to see the light of day.
    A sanity check always helps when you consider these rumours. Rather than thinking, 'my god, Microsoft is doing X, what does it mean?', it would be useful if journalists and commentators would think instead 'so it's claimed that Microsoft is doing X - what's the logic behind that? What are the costs and benefits? How likely is it in the real world?' Although I suspect that option A, as well as being easier, is also better for page impressions.
    Take always-on DRM, for example, a system that would essentially mean that every Xbox in the world has to be connected to the Internet at all times. The immediate problem with that idea is glaringly obvious - broadband connections are still, in many cases, a bit rubbish, especially in Microsoft's home territory of the United States. In many areas it's slow or heavily congested. For other users it's capped at very low traffic levels. For some it's just expensive, and for a lot, it's provided through modems that only link into one computer, without the wi-fi or cabling required to distribute it throughout a household. In a great many places, broadband is unreliable, suffering from frequent outages.
    Now of course, for the majority of
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    by Published on April 6th, 2012 20:26
    1. Categories:
    2. Wii U News

    An analyst in Japan with Macquarie Capital Securities does not see a bright future for Wii U

    Nintendo

    www.nintendo-europe.com

    Wii U will launch later this year (one rumored date points to November 18) and Nintendo is hoping to make a big splash with the system this year at E3 in June. Many questions about the console's capabilities still linger, however, and one analyst in Japan is not too optimistic about Wii U's long-term prospects.
    David Gibson at Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited has downgraded Nintendo stock to "underperform" and remarked that there are "increasingly problematic structural problems for the company."
    Gibson assigned a target price of ¥10,000 and noted that "if Nintendo went iOS/Android with games we think the stock could be worth ¥20,000+, but in our view that's not going to happen."
    Ultimately, Gibson said the "competitive position of the WiiU has deteriorated" and he advises avoiding Nintendo stock until E3.
    Gibson outlined three potentially big problems for Nintendo:

    1. Wii U GPU is less powerful than Xbox360/PS3 according to developers, which means it has no edge besides the tablet interface to attract core users. Initial third-party titles are likely to be only ports from Xbox360/PS3 titles. A bundled WiiSports/Mario title may help initial sales beat Wii launch, but Wii was severely production-constrained and the surprise factor from Wii U is less.
    2. iPad with its retina display shows where Apple is taking its 4 screen infrastructure, leaving Wii U less connected and less relevant. The GPU processing power for handsets is reaching consoles such that we think core gamers have no interest in buying into the Wii U. Apple might add in a controller to its line-up to be more attractive to core users. MocoSpace survey shows that 96% of gamers like to play their games at home, and with a better infrastructure we think iOS will be able to deliver a single game experience across four screens that Nintendo cannot.
    3. Wii U will have 1-year window to gain installed base before PS4 (Orbis) and then Xbox Durango launch in late 2013. At that point, the core gamer that Nintendo is after for the first time will have no interest in Wii U. We understand that Activision has no plans to support Wii U, which means the biggest selling title of Call of Duty will be missing; Konami is also planning minimal support.

    On that last point, we reached out to Activision, and the official answer is that the publisher hasn't made any announcements about Wii U support. Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has said multiple times that Wii U would more closely align with the types of games Activision makes, but we'll see how that translates into support from the company.

    http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...s-deteriorated

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    by Published on April 6th, 2012 20:25
    1. Categories:
    2. Xbox 360 News

    New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has announced the state has removed registered sex offenders from a host of online gaming services, including Xbox Live.
    Some 3,500 accounts have been purged from various gaming services run by Microsoft, Apple, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Disney, Warner Bros. and Sony.
    Each company gave their full consent in the state’s action.
    Xbox Live is the only service explicitly mentioned in the announcement, though it would seem PSN, Origin, Game Center, and Battle.net would make sense as well given the companies involved.
    New York law requires sex offenders to provide the state with any email addresses and/or screen names, which can then be passed on to ‘certain websites’ so they can remove the potential threat from their networks.
    This marks the first time the law has been applied to gaming.

    http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/new-y...ox-live/094071
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