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The president of Sony Computer Entertainment, Kaz go, reiterated his remarks, saying that the price of its console was honorable, given the functions.

He realizes, however well aware of the financial status of consumers, but says "until we can generate excitement, unless we are undergoing another".

However, Japan, the company will release a pack with a 80GB hard drive and a free game for the price of standard 40gb pack.

It remains to be seen how sales of the PS3 will be affected by the declining price of the Xbox 360 ... Error strategic or not, only time will tell.

Most games operator's license a film are mostly relatively poor because of low allocations, especially for lack of time and inspiration! There is only one, in my opinion, which could make an exception: Golden Eye 64.

Another Thursday could be an exception, and it still is a James Bond, Quantum of Solace.

The action takes place during Casino Royale and the new film, to lengthen the life of the title.

The game is developed by Treyarch teams, and that they used the engine of Call of Duty 4.

Here is the official video game, the latter to be sold towards the end of October, as the film.

Sony decided to halve the prices of its development kits for the PS3, this may be pleased to different studios with small budgets.

The price rises to 12,250 U.S. Dollars and 7.500E, all duty free!

In addition, the tools have been optimized distribution, and functions have been added.

Now, we need developers to move a little out of good games, as Uncharted!

I do not have blogs for quite some time, then I will make a short summary of articles that marked me!

First, the CEO of Nintendo America, Reggie Fils Aime, was named by the magazine Advertizing Age "Grand Marketer of the Year." Their arguments for this appointment is that the leader has re thanks to the Nintendo Wii and DS, which are certainly innovative gameplay, like Apple at one time, with the world of computing.

Gabe Newell, Valve PGD, says that the PS3 is a waste of time, and that trying to program the Cell, PES ... we do not provide long-term benefits. According to him, it does nothing by trying to win the program, only a total hatred of its architecture that Sony has created. Previously, he had said that the console Sony was "a disaster on many levels." However, the Orange Box, after release on PC and 360, should arrive on PS3. However, this is not Valve who produce, but the teams which will EA of the conversion.

Speaking of the PS3, students of the University of Irvine have recently been rewarded for having responded brain function by combining only 3 consoles from Sony. Their aim was to resolve the problems which the brain is confronted every day. You understand that not all the brain that is emulated, but only a part!

Continuing on the momentum of the PS3 used for anything but to play the doctor in astrophysics Gaurav Khanna used 6 free PlayStation 3 by Sony to measure the type of waves that produces a supermassive black hole swallows when a star.

According to Gerhard Florin, vice president and general manager for international publishing at EA, consoles with a dedicated programming code are exceeded. Should he boxes with applications of streaming data, so the programming code is universal, carrying costs lower ... In sum, over consoles, but only computers, unaffordable.

Finally, some Japanese developers rebelled against Nintendo. According to them, the success of the Wii has only benefited Nintendo, and not to third-party developers. According to them, publishers have been forced to catch up because they did not listen and Nintendo forecasts sales of the console, and produce the games to go quickly, that have not sold. Others believe that the Wii will lose its popularity in a few months because it is a fad, and that people not only bought out of curiosity, and they have not actually used.

Speaking of the Wii, the latest figures from NPD show that sales of Xbox 360 dominated the U.S. market during the month of September flying Wii (ok few), beating the PS3 to 5 against 1. Revenues from the Xbox 360 games beat the revenue from games PS3 with a ratio of 8 against 1. It seems that Halo 3 is "system seller". Moreover, many American cinemas have attributed the decline in attendance at cinemas out of this game

Here is a post by Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, which explains why the DirectX 10 will be operated as well when the new generation of consoles will emerge.

Everything is a question of cost: it is not very advisable, financially speaking, to create a game on a bigger PC (thus a significant technological achievement) that can not be operated on consoles. He said: "consoles define what will be PC games during the next five years." It honestly believe that we will not see game more beautiful than before Crysis so the new generation of consoles.

Finally he concluded by saying that publishers generally put the money where the return is highest, as was the case in the past, and this is the case today. But how do you make money if we create a game truly innovative, if you can not wear it on PS3 or Xbox 360 (not even talking about the Wii)?

Sony has announced lower prices for its PlayStation 3, but only in the United States. Sony officials have confirmed a price reduction of $ 100 on the package currently only available as 60 GB, which will cost 499 dollars instead of 599 dollars. A pack including a hard disk of 80 GB, and the game MotorStorm will cost 599 dollars. The question is whether this price drop will launch sales of consoles, which are somewhat low.

Konami, which publishes Metal Gear Solid 4, said that the price drop is not significant to them. "As the Metal Gear series was born on Playstation, we want to keep it as a series Playstation. But we could take further decisions. " To summarize, Konami puts maximum pressure on Sony, just to have a large fleet of consoles, so to sell a maximum of copies of MGS. Therefore, a price reduction is imperative!

Here is a list that some are eagerly awaiting the list of games at E3 this 2007 edition. It is however not complete, but offers a beautiful panel which will be presented at the show.

Activision
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PS3, Xbox 360)
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero III (PS2, Xbox 360, Wii, DS)
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, DS)

Atari
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 (Wii, PS2)
Godzilla: Unleashed (Wii, DS, PSP)
Jenga (Wii)
The Witcher (PC)

Bethesda Softworks
To be announced (Fallout 3, presumably).

Capcom
MotoGP 2007 (PS2)
Devil May Cry 4 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
ROCKETMEN: Axis of Evil (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Talisman (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
More to be confirmed.

Codemasters
Clive Barker's Jericho (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
HEI $ T (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Rise of the Argonauts (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Eidos
Age of Conan (PC, Xbox 360)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PC, Xbox 360)

Electronic Arts
Army of Two (PS3, Xbox 360)
Boogie (Wii)
Burnout Paradise (PS3, Xbox 360)
Crysis (PC)
EA Playground (Wii, DS)
FIFA 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
Half-Life 2: The Orange Box (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Hellgate: London (PC)
Madden NFL 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
Medal of Honor Airborne (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PS3, Xbox 360)
MySims (Wii, DS)
NASCAR 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2)
Need For Speed: ProStreet (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC, PSP, DS)
Rock Band (PS3, Xbox 360)
The Simpsons (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS)
Skate (PS3, Xbox 360)
SimCity Societies (PC)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PC)

Gamecocks
Dementium: The Ward (DS)
Dungeon Hero (PC, Xbox 360)
Fury (PC)
Hail to the Chimp (PS3, Xbox 360)
Mushroom Men (Wii, DS)
Unannounced title (possibly Section
Unannounced title (TBC)

Konami
To be announced.

LucasArts To be announced.

Majesco
Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy (Wii)
Holly Hobbie & Friends (DS)
Kengo: Legend of the 9 (Xbox 360)
Nancy Drew and the Deadly Secret of Olde World Park (DS)
Operation: Vietnam (DS)
Turn It Around (DS)
The Wild West (DS)
Zoo Hospital (DS)

Microsoft
Blue Dragon (Xbox 360)
Halo 3 (Xbox 360)
Lost Odyssey (Xbox 360)
Mass Effect (Xbox 360)
Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)

Midway
Blacksite (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
John Woo's Stranglehold (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Unreal Tournament 3 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Nintendo
To be announced.

Namco Bandai
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (Xbox 360)

NCsoft
Aion (PC)
Dungeon Runners (PC)
Guild Wars: Eye of the North (PC)
Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa (PC)

Rockstar Games
To be announced.

SEGA
Condemned 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)
The Club (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
The Golden Compass (PS3, PS2, PC, Wii, PSP, DS)
Gas Powered Games' RPG (PC)
Iron Man (TBC)
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii, DS)
NiGHTS: Journey of Dreams (Wii)
SEGA Rally (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Universe At War: Earth Assault (PC, Xbox 360)

Sierra
Crash of the Titans (Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS, GBA)
Empire Earth 3 (PC)
Geometry Wars: Galaxies (Wii, DS)
The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night (Wii)
SWAT: Target Liberty (PSP)
TimeShift (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Unannounced title (TBC)
World in Conflict (PC)

Square Enix
To be confirmed.

Sony Computer Entertainment
Killzone 2 (PS3)

Sony Online Entertainment
To be announced.

Take-Two
BioShock (PC, Xbox 360)
NBA 2K8 (PS3, Xbox 360)
NHL 2K8 (PS3, Xbox 360)
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution ( "next generation consoles and handhelds")

THQ
WWE SmackDown vs.. Raw 2008 (PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, DS)
Further titles to be confirmed.

Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
Further titles to be confirmed.

Warner Bros.. Interactive
FEAR sequel (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

A tradition in the world of video games is looking at monthly sales of console games on American soil. The statistics are provided by the NPD Group: these are the only ones that are valid from those of GFK.

Hardware

1. DS - 423 150
2. Wii - 338 278
3. PSP - 221 120
4. PS2 - 187 765
5. Xbox 360 - 154 932
6. PS3 - 81 604
7. GBA - 80 554

Software

1. Pokémon Diamond - DS - 331 000
2. Mario Party 8 - Wii - 314 000
3. Spider-Man 3 - PS2 - 249 000
4. Pokémon Pearl - DS - 238 000
5. Play Wii - Wii - 227 000
6. Forza Motorsport 2 - Xbox 360 - 217 000
7. Guitar Hero 2 - Xbox 360 - 184 000
8. Spider-Man 3 - Xbox 360 - 140 000
9. Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - Xbox 360 - 138 000
10. Guitar Hero II - PS2 - 131 000

Sales of the console have diminished somewhat in the ranking. However, four Xbox 360 games are part of the top ten of the top selling console (note that PS3 does Thursday's Top 10). This makes a number of games bought 5.9 per console. Regarding Forzamotorsport 2, the players exchanged 37.6 billion appropriations exchanged via the auction car online. More than 160,000 people daily to play this game on Xbox Live, and generally spend 9 0 minutes per session Thursday. The Japanese are even stronger because they spend more than 116 minutes per session!
Regarding accessories, users of the Xbox 360 have an average of 3.2 accessories for console me during May. This makes it a real record for a new console generation.

Sales of consoles May 2007

The game Sony, Resistance Fall of Man, a scene that takes place inside a church in London. The British church, dissatisfied not have been prevented nor compensated, has publicly called for an apology and financial compensation to the developer and publisher of the game

The case has taken such a magnitude that it landed in the British Parliament.

Tony Lloyd, representing the Church of Manchester, began with: "When large organizations like Sony find their copyright has been violated, they use the law very quickly," "The Prime Minister would he agree with I respect the fact that Sony used images of Manchester Cathedral as part of a game which extols gun violence, which was not only very bad taste, but insulting, not only for the British church, but for all people who think it is inappropriate for large organizations behave in such a way. "

Blair replied: "I agree with you my friend. I think it is important that all companies engaged in promoting such goods have some sense of responsibility, and also a sensitivity to others. [...] I think this is an extremely difficult relationship between what happens in games and young people's behavior. I have no doubt about the long duration of this debate, and I accept it. I think it is important that people realize that there is a social responsibility more important than a responsibility to profitability. "

I am not an advocate of Sony, but on this point, the Church is very strong. If everyone reacted in this way, imagine the number of public apologies that developers should make the authorities! What do you think?

Patrick Seybold, senior manager at Sony, with other employees of Sony North America, opened the official Playstation blog, following the footsteps of the blogging community Xbox.

As the GamerscoreBlog say, it is always good to hear the formal comments, rather than rumors relayed by the press. So it is normal for their welcome. This blog will contribute to making the video game industry a little stronger and make us people truly informed.

The site is found here: blog.us.playstation.com