CNET - As planes packed with video game industry people start heading out of Los Angeles in droves after this week’s E3 convention, the question is, What really transpired during the confab?
PC Magazine - With another 666,700 Wiis sold last month, Nintendo has taken the U.S. console lead from Microsoft, with the Xbox 360 selling less than a third of the amount of Wiis in June.
PC Magazine - Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton says the company has considered putting a hard drive in the PlayStation Portable.
PC Magazine - Wii MotionPlus — the Wii Remote attachment revealed earlier this week that adds extra precision to motion controls — poses an interesting conundrum for Nintendo: How can it make games supporting it without running the risk of fracturing its market?
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Store sales of video games and consoles in June soared 53% and 54%, while revenues from software and accessories rose 61% and 25%, the NPD Group said.
NewsFactor - In the wake of the big E3 trade show in Los Angeles, sales reports show the Nintendo Wii is the leading video-game console in the U.S. this year.
The Sims, an Electronic Arts Inc. Label announced the first details for the all-new SimAnimals. This all-new franchise and original intellectual property from The Sims Label establishes a whole new category of wild animal games. Made exclusively for the Wii and the Nintendo DS, SimAnimals will be available worldwide in January 2009.
Capcom has just launched the official website for Dead Rising on the Wii, check it out at Capcom.co.jp.
Shigeru Miyamoto has said that the \”concept that Wii intentionally does not cater to core gamers is probably a misconception, and perhaps one that’s almost a PR tactic used by some of the other companies to paint us as a company that’s not targeting core gamers.\” Miyamoto added that they are working on plenty of titles for the core gamer but that E3 is not the type of event to showcase these games.
David Reeves of SCEE has confirmed that PlayTV is set fo a September 10th release in the UK and will be rolled out across the rest of Europe ranging from the months of September to December. He also confirmed that you will be able to record TV while playing games!
Sony PR manager Ron Eagle recently spoke about Microsoft getting Final Fantasy XIII saying that if \”Microsoft wants to back up the dump truck full of money, there\’s not a whole lot that can be done there.\” He added that since the game is being developed first for the PS3, the experience is probably going to be better on the PS3 than it will be on the 360.
SCEE president David Reeves has said that Play TV will be launching in Europe from September to December and will also hit the UK on September 10th. Reeves confirmed that the PlayTV twin-channel DVB-T tuner peripheral with digital video recorder (DVR) software will allow users to record TV while playing games. Reeves also revealed that they\’ve \”got Australia and New Zealand also lined up for it in January or February, because on their digital terrestrial they haven\’t actually set the standards yet.\”
Sony have released an informative video about the PS3-exclusive strategy-JRPG from Sega \’Valkyria Chronicles\’. It features Sega Associate Producer Christopher Kaminski detailing the unique battle system found in Valkyria Chronicles.
The official site for Little Big Planet. It currently only has a few wallpapers and a trailer.
PSP brand manager John Koller has said that having a native store on the PSP is something they\’re looking into. Koller did not offer any further information on the matter.