Sony to Cut the Price on Playstation 3

Sony Corp. will lower the price of its much-anticipated PlayStation 3 video game console, Kyodo News agency reported Friday, as competition heats up in next-generation gaming between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. Sony will cut the price to 49,980 yen ($430), from an originally planned 62,790 yen ($536), Kyodo said citing Sony executive Ken Kutaragi

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Nintendo Could Beat Sony in Japan

"It looks like Nintendo is giving everything they possibly can for the Wii console," said Hiroshi Kamide, director of the research department at KBC Securities Japan, who also spoke at the correspondents’ club. "Nintendo hasn’t had a successful machine for the last 10 years, so for us analysts it’s quite difficult to imagine a scenario by where Nintendo is actually going to win. But for me right now, especially in Japan at least, Nintendo does seem to have the upper hand."

"It doesn’t look completely unrealistic that Nintendo could get the dominant market share this time round," Kamide said.

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Microsoft Compensates Xbox 360 Owners

After months of system crashes, red lights of death, and screaming owners who just want to play their $60 games, Microsoft today told IGN it's compensating Xbox 360 owners with broken consoles if they were purchased before January 1, 2006.

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Xbox Live's Major Nelson : Show #194 (WMA) The TGS Keynote one

This is the entire audio from the Xbox briefing held today in Tokyo, Japan.
With the exception of Peter Moore, the entire presentation is in Japanese.
Peter Moore's section starts at 24:33 and ends at 42:41

Xbox Live's Major Nelson

Sony Downplays Xbox 360 1080p Upgrade

SCEA’s recently appointed senior director of corporate communications has downplayed Microsoft’s Xbox 360 1080p announcement, and also shrugged off the console’s HD-DVD drive.

Next Generation

Unannounced Ubisoft titles revealed via internet

Ubisoft is "displeased" that a number of unannounced titles have been revealed on the internet, including new titles in the Far Cry and Splinter Cell series.

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Improve your Xbox Live Connection (for Xbox 360)

If you're having trouble with your Xbox Live connection (slow response, echoing voices, etc.), then it may be a NAT configuration issue with your router. To fix it, set up your Xbox 360 with a static IP address, and then forward ports 88 and 3074 to that IP address per this site's instructions.

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Sony is having a sweepstakes...Grand prize: an Xbox 360!

Sony BMG Music Entertainment is giving away in Xbox 360 in a promotion for Jessica Simpson's new CD. I guess PS3s are going to be in such short supply, not even Sony can get one. Bonus: Sign up for the Jessica Simpson Newsletter while you are there.

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