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by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:26
Source - BFR
In a recent interview through a European media outlet, Mr. Fornay Vice president of SCEE (Sony computer entertainment of Europe) made some rather astounding remarks regarding the PS3 price-point and the views being placed upon it. He hastily hinted that a Blu-ray player in the neighborhood of $599.99 would be an absolute steal, but as a stand alone gaming machine would be quite overpriced, as proven in the past. Sony was quick to issue a rebuttal on his behalf stating these were his personal views and not official commenting on the price of the PS3. Damage control at its finest. But keep in mind the massive cover up after Sony’s own CEO Howard Stringer hinted at the PS3's launch delay to Vanity Fair. Sony PR was quick to label it as "pure speculation" coming from the company’s own CEO, which was later to be proven completely accurate when the delay was made official mid-march of 2006. Sony isn’t one for honesty as a company entity however their head honcho's loose lips seem to deliver the only truth passing Sony’s door these days.
If the PS3 is delivered at $599.99 what does this mean for Sony? Historically gaming machines would have never sold for anything north of $299.99 (that was until the Xbox360 moved the line to 399.99 in winter of 2005). Just look at the complete failure of the 1990's powerhouse, the 3DO, at the relatively respectable price of $399.99 (roughly $449.99 inflation adjusted). With the PS3 now touting the largest price tag for any console in the history of gaming and higher then most mid-low end PC's at this point, does this spell disaster for the ailing hardware giant? Sony hasn’t posted net gains in the past three years until 2005 when they posted a depressing $580 million dollar profit after posting loss's in the billions for the last three fiscal years.
The true death blow at this point would really point to the HDCP compliance required for Blu-ray movie playback (as well as HD-DVD), making the PS3 no more then a video game system with a capacity of 50 gig games for anyone who purchased a HDTV in the past 6 years. So were does the PS3's $600.00 price tag come into play for us non-HDCP HDTV owners? The answer is nowhere.
PS3 production pricing at this point has been laid out to be anywhere from $850 - $956 per unit, meaning there will be a loss on each machine of approx $250 - $350 per console sold. If one million consoles sell in the first day of availability Sony will have wiped their entire fiscal gain for all of 2005 in under 24 hours.
Read more at the link above and comment on this article in our forum. ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:25
Raion has released a new version of his PSP Maze game for the PSP.
Download and Screenshot via Comments ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:16
Capcom of Japan announced that the soundtracks from the Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) will be sold through Apple’s iTunes music store. All of the GBA games plus the DS title’s tracks can be purchased for 150円($1.25) for a single song or between 900円($8) – 2400円($20) for a full album. ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:16
Capcom of Japan announced that the soundtracks from the Gyakuten Saiban (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) will be sold through Apple’s iTunes music store. All of the GBA games plus the DS title’s tracks can be purchased for 150円($1.25) for a single song or between 900円($8) – 2400円($20) for a full album. ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:15
Source DSFanboy
In our continuing coverage of what to do with that old DS of yours once you upgrade to a Lite, and you will, we bring you the DS Tank. The link will take you to several mech-inspired DS mods turning your DS into something that not only plays great games, but could double as a mobile combat unit for your GI Joes. It would appear these mods were made as a part of a contest, but that doesn't mean you couldn't give it a whirl.
http://www.keysfactory.co.jp/contest/ ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:15
Source DSFanboy
In our continuing coverage of what to do with that old DS of yours once you upgrade to a Lite, and you will, we bring you the DS Tank. The link will take you to several mech-inspired DS mods turning your DS into something that not only plays great games, but could double as a mobile combat unit for your GI Joes. It would appear these mods were made as a part of a contest, but that doesn't mean you couldn't give it a whirl.
http://www.keysfactory.co.jp/contest/ ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:14
It was revealed by Famitsu and a thorough translation by N-Sider reader Samer that the Nintendo Game Seminar is resulting in not only educated students but also demos for the Nintendo DS. Games made by the students attending the Seminar will soon be available for download by shop goers in Japan via the DS Download Service. There were four carefully selected games, the first of which will appear on April 13.
Apr 13 - Apr 24: Nekosogi Toruneedo (Nekosogi Tornado)
Apr 27 - May 10: KuruKeshi (Rotate and Erase)
May 11 - May 24: bioum (Abrv. of 'bioform birth')
May 25 - Jun 07: Chii to Fuu no Oishii Ehon (Chii and Fuu's Delicious Picturebook)
» Nekosogi Tornado
A shooting game where you touch various objects in the town streets and fling them on enemies approaching from the sky.
» KuruKeshi
Puzzle game. Touch triangles made by linked stars and rotate them to create matching colour triangles which are then erased along with the links inside them.
» bioum
Things drawn by you become living creatures (Bio's). Bios multiply inside your DS and create an ecosystem.
» Chii and Fuu's Delicious Picturebook
A picture book you can play around with. Control two mice, collect ingredients and make a pancake.
In March, Nintendo announced it would kick off its third annual Nintendo Game Seminar, which provides incite into the game industry to hopeful men and women trying to get a foot in the door. The seminar is held in Nintendo's Tokyo office. In a ten-month time span, students receive intimate hands-on knowledge of what goes into video game development. This includes classes on design, programming and sound for a platform such as the Nintendo DS. Applications must be received by May 8. Only 40 students will be selected after an additional examination and interview.
The fact Nintendo is offering this type of user-created content on the Nintendo DS, bodes well for the future of that platform as well as Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Nintendo Revolution. Unfortunately there's currently no word on whether or not these software demonstrations will make it outside Japan.
http://www.n-sider.com/newsview.php?...y&storyid=1914 ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:14
It was revealed by Famitsu and a thorough translation by N-Sider reader Samer that the Nintendo Game Seminar is resulting in not only educated students but also demos for the Nintendo DS. Games made by the students attending the Seminar will soon be available for download by shop goers in Japan via the DS Download Service. There were four carefully selected games, the first of which will appear on April 13.
Apr 13 - Apr 24: Nekosogi Toruneedo (Nekosogi Tornado)
Apr 27 - May 10: KuruKeshi (Rotate and Erase)
May 11 - May 24: bioum (Abrv. of 'bioform birth')
May 25 - Jun 07: Chii to Fuu no Oishii Ehon (Chii and Fuu's Delicious Picturebook)
» Nekosogi Tornado
A shooting game where you touch various objects in the town streets and fling them on enemies approaching from the sky.
» KuruKeshi
Puzzle game. Touch triangles made by linked stars and rotate them to create matching colour triangles which are then erased along with the links inside them.
» bioum
Things drawn by you become living creatures (Bio's). Bios multiply inside your DS and create an ecosystem.
» Chii and Fuu's Delicious Picturebook
A picture book you can play around with. Control two mice, collect ingredients and make a pancake.
In March, Nintendo announced it would kick off its third annual Nintendo Game Seminar, which provides incite into the game industry to hopeful men and women trying to get a foot in the door. The seminar is held in Nintendo's Tokyo office. In a ten-month time span, students receive intimate hands-on knowledge of what goes into video game development. This includes classes on design, programming and sound for a platform such as the Nintendo DS. Applications must be received by May 8. Only 40 students will be selected after an additional examination and interview.
The fact Nintendo is offering this type of user-created content on the Nintendo DS, bodes well for the future of that platform as well as Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the Nintendo Revolution. Unfortunately there's currently no word on whether or not these software demonstrations will make it outside Japan.
http://www.n-sider.com/newsview.php?...y&storyid=1914 ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 22:11
jkgp2x has released an oldstyle racing game for the GP2X, heres the info:
this is a track and field racing game. press r and l repeatedly to gain speed.
Screenshot and Download Via Comments ...by Published on April 9th, 2006 10:10
Source Gamespot
Source: The xtraordinary Xbox xperts at Xboxic.com.
The official story: See below.
What we heard: One of the keys of the Tomb Raider series' success has been the sex appeal of its heroine, Lara Croft. Whether it's her previous buxom incarnation or more-athletic current build, it is self-evident that Croft's designers made her to be pleasing to the eye--and the opposite sex.
In her latest adventure, Tomb Raider: Legend, Croft's outfits verge on the risqué, and include a slinky evening dress, skin-tight artic suit, and the requisite hot pants. However, they remain modest enough for the game to have received a T for Teen rating from the ESRB.
However, according to Xboxic, Legend may not be as demure as it purports to be. The editors of the Dutch Web site pronounced that "the game's US release date of April 11 has been moved back after someone had posted textures of the game to a forum clearly showing nipples on a bare breast."
"The game contains a chapter set in Tokyo, where several women are dancing in the distance," said Xboxic. "To keep it simple for the animators, they had initially modeled all the women naked, so they could simply drape different dresses around them later. Why the breasts were there complete with nipples initially, I don't want to know."
With anticipation for Legend running high, word of the flap spread throughout forums like wildfire. However, Eidos reps were quick to extinguish the fires of speculation. "No, Tomb Raider is not delayed," a rep told GameSpot. "That rumor is false. We are shipping on time for ALL platforms (PlayStation Portable is following by a few weeks as we've stated before)." (Emphasis in the original.)
So where did the nude pictures come from? Eidos reps hinted that they may exist in the European version of the game--but not the one that goes on sale stateside on Tuesday. "No, the file commented on in this post is not in the US version of the game as reported," said the rep, before adding, "Ugh."
Bogus or not bogus?: Bogus. ...- Search DCEmu
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