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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Style pills with Nintendo and Xbox

Style pills with Nintendo and Xbox. While Nintendo's new console tries to be the most powerful on the market, Xbox Live is expanding its commitment to cell phones.

Nintendo wants to break the mold: the new Nintendo Wii is called U will be the most powerful on the market.

At least that's what some game developers have had access to the first development kits for the new system and have a rough idea of the power that the new system would provide for game development.

The successor to the Wii includes a tablet, that would also command. Would be released in 2012.

Xbox says yes to mobile

"The mobile market is becoming increasingly risky, especially with mobile devices becoming more intelligent. So we decided to focus our stake in the telephone sector, integrating Windows Phone Xbox Live 7, for example, "said Dennis Durkin Microsoft.

Xbox Live games, in fact, now account for 70% of revenues OS cell phone playable star of the company that created Windows

Monday, April 25, 2011

Nintendo Wii confirms the existence of 2

Nintendo Wii confirms the existence of 2 - Nintendo has confirmed it will launch a new home console in April 2012 and will be at E3, the games fair to be held between 7 and 9 June in Los Angeles.

The Japanese company Nintendo today confirmed that it is preparing to launch a new console Games for April next year. As had been advanced by some means, the company made official a few details during the conference games E9, to be held from 7 to 9 June.

Shortly before Japan the press launch have revealed new details of the platform and dubbed by the media as Nintendo 'Wii 2' and code-named Project Coffee. Among the new highlights for video support HD 1080P, Though no reader will include a Blu-ray discs.

It was IGN, a site specializing in the gaming market, which has revealed some new features like the Wii 2 is just another code name for the successor to Nintendo Wii and the company is considering Japan Alternative names for the platform as "Stream."

Compatibility with 1080 will occur through the IBM PowerPC chip to be used in the Wii 2 and has the same type of setup that can be found on the Microsoft Xbox 360 console.

The details revealed by IGN shatters rumors that Nintendo was going to opt for Fusion platform AMD. Yes I will continue using AMD GPU for graphics, with 512MB of memory, not to be confused with the RAM of the console, as yet undiscovered.

By the time the specifications are known to put Wii 2 in direct competition, graphically speaking, with Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, According to IGN. One of the major criticisms that have made Nintendo has to do with the graphics on their consoles, which fail to show the realistic settings of their rivals. A Nintendo console also lacked support in the form of high-definition HD DVD drive (which Microsoft offered as an addition when the format was still in existence) or Blu-ray, and this is not expected to change in Project Coffee .

The release date of the next home console from Nintendo is therefore expected to April 2012, Giving the company a period of at least two years before coming to market the new offerings from Microsoft or Sony.

Nintendo Wii has sold over 86 million units since it came to market in 2006. Last month the Japanese company launched its Nintendo 3DSCapable of displaying 3D images without glasses and has already sold 3.61 million units, short of four million expected by the Company.

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Wii HD will have Blu-ray and design makeover

Wii HD will have Blu-ray and design makeover. It is not yet official, but when they start to read this type of rumors , something has just appeared on the horizon. We refer to the emergence of the first details about the second generation of Wii , a console that is known so far as Wii HD or Wii 2 , depending on the source.

Several specialized media reviews of apparent breed people close to Nintendo and the video game industry professionals detailing some of the features that will present the new home console.

The known details regarding Wii HD and Wii 2 are varied: Some say that the reader will record on Blu-ray as the format for their games, which is currently only offering the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 since still works with DVD.

In another development, rumors suggest that the Wii 2, Nintendo will have a new command, which only knows one thing: they have an HD screen in it, which could be used in games to provide a new way play.

Finally, who is making confirmation of this console, says it will be more powerful than Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. If all that is said is true, will be presented in June at the conclusion of the next E3. (source : www.gizmos.es)

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Nintendo 3D Dosn't Need Eyeglass

Nintendo 3D Dosn't Need Eyeglass - Nintendo no longer can play the game without using three-dimensional glasses loh. Therefore, a portable video game console Nintendo's latest will be included is the ability to play 3D games without having to be seen with the aid of glasses.

As quoted from wsj.com, Nintendo-made device which type 3DS was scheduled to go on sale in Japan in February 2011. After that followed by Europe and the United States in March 2011.

Besides can see three-dimensional view without glasses, gamers can also share information and play with friends online.

Apparently, Nintendo did have to keep innovating to push back their sales plummeted. Nintendo posted revenue 6.7 million during April-September 2010, down 43% compared to same period in 2009. DS software sales also fell 23%.

Suspected, Nintendo's revenue greatly undermined by the presence of cheap social games that can be played on iPhone and other mobile phone platform Android.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Panasonic Launches Exclusive Portable Game Console

Panasonic Launches Exclusive Portable Game Console - Panasonic introduced the Jungle, which is their very first game console designed exclusively for online game and MMORPGs. At first glance, the device was such as a computer equipped with a thin-bodied qwerty keyboard full and touch screen.

However, gizmodo.com mention also that similar to the Game Boy Jungle Advance. However, larger and folding design (clamshell). Site The same online writing that has no designs Jungle beautiful. But having a high quality display.

Jungle touted running the Linux operating system. That is, users can not play World of Warcraft. Because, the game can not operate on Linux.

For game consoles, Panasonic appreciate the display and processor with high value. Jungle supports 3G networks and hope operator launches 3G mobile service packages with cheap price

Monday, October 04, 2010

Nintendo 3DS will be launched next February

Interest in gaming console technology of three-dimensional screen to be patient anymore. The reason, Nintendo 3DS will be launched next February and pass the end of the year shopping season. Thus disclosed the Executive Director of Nintendo Satoru Iwata in Chiba, Japan, on Wednesday (29 / 9) local time.

Iwata acknowledged 3DS game consoles made by his company withdrew from the schedule without specifying the cause. As a result, the projected sales of products to overseas Japanese-owned company that must be cut by 90 billion yen, equivalent to Rp 9.6 trillion of revenue target of 200 billion yen, or around Rp 21.2 trillion. "The plan originally, 3DS launched end of the year. Due to this delay, we lose money," said Iwata.

However, Iwata said they were optimistic because the new game engine has several advantages, namely the user can play 3D games and 3D movies without special glasses. Game consoles are priced at 25 thousand yen, equivalent to Rp 2.6 million.