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Consoles Put The Squeeze On PC Games
News The panel gathered on Thursday to debate the future of PC-based games in an era of steadily climbing interest in set-top consoles such as Sony's PlayStation2 and Microsoft's upcoming Xbox. Consoles are fine for action-happy shooters and racing...
[March 23, 2001, 9:48]
Government To Use Games Consoles
News Government services will be delivered via PCs, mobile phones, interactive TV and even games consoles in the future. As part of the drive towards e-government -- which will see all government services delivered electronically by 2008 -- the...
[December 3, 1999, 12:09]
Computer Games Sales Disappoint At Christmas
News Consumer electronics retailer Dixons warned on Wednesday that its sales over the Christmas period were below expectations, with consoles and computer games performing poorly. Sales in December were below expectations, however, principally accounted...
[January 8, 2003, 12:54]
Games And Digital TV Boosting Internet Take-up
News Games consoles and digital TV are now the fastest growing access points for the Internet, according to a new survey published on Monday by Jupiter MMXI. The Online Market Landscape report reveals that the number of Britons surfing the Internet from...
[August 21, 2001, 16:24]
Wi-Fi Operator Launches Automatic Sign-on Tool
News Wi-Fi network operator The Cloud has launched an automatic sign-on service that it hopes manufacturers will build into phones, portable media players and games consoles. While laptops and smartphones are obvious targets for the project, The Cloud...
[May 7, 2008, 17:27]
Building Microsoft's Gaming Empire
News But as the game world welcomes these new consoles — and the first round of games for them — Microsoft's Xbox 360 will be reaching its first birthday with a year's head start in games and accessories. In mid-November, both Sony and Nintendo plan to...
[October 23, 2006, 12:40]
GDC: Game Makers Grapple With Online Push
News As Sony and Microsoft rush to plug their video game consoles into the Internet, the people who write and publish games are still wondering how to make online gaming work. Especially when you talk about connected consoles, it's a whole new business...
[March 25, 2002, 11:07]
Xbox Update Shuts Out Linux
Talkback As far as I know Microsoft has not made any money yet on either the games or the consoles. Microsoft's goal then is probably not selling consoles cheap and making money on games but to undercut the competition, they have wads of cash to through...
[October 15, 2003, 4:05]
Xbox Losing The Numbers Game
News That's the upshot from the Electronics Entertainment Expo, the game industry's main trade show, where new games for Microsoft's Xbox have largely been limited to "me too" titles -- games already appearing on other consoles.
[May 27, 2002, 14:44]
Online Gaming: A Revolution Ahead?
News Online gaming via consoles may well revolutionise the game industry and the Internet -- just don't hold your breath. This is not going to be a real business until 2004 or 2005, and by then you're going to have a new generation of consoles.
[May 27, 2002, 14:03]
Australian Body Calls For Mod-chip Legalisation
Talkback Instead of using our 12 - $50 copies of our games, we would keep the originals behind the counter and have the same number of backup disks to play on the consoles. Plus, with certain mod chips, we could have more control over the consoles, to be...
[June 22, 2004, 14:46]
Xbox Now Cheaper Than PS2 In Europe
News The video games industry is more robust than ever this year, and new consoles and games are expected to dominate Christmas wish lists," said Sandy Duncan, vice president, Xbox Europe. The announcement, which will see Xbox consoles in Europe selling...
[August 28, 2002, 14:01]
Demand For Elusive PS2 Swamps E-tail Sites
News Some people told us they were online for 30 hours, clicking their 'refresh' keys," on their Internet browsers, said Greg Bottorff, one of the founders of PS2bargains.com, a site dedicated to searching out the lowest prices on PlayStation2 consoles...
[November 30, 2000, 10:00]
Murky Future For Online Console Games
News Video game players won't go online en masse in the foreseeable future, despite the growing efforts to connect game consoles to the Internet, according to a new report from Jupiter Media Metrix. About 12.3 million of the 79 million households with...
[December 18, 2001, 14:26]
Science Museum Recognises Gaming
News Both Nintendo and other consoles from the '60s until now will be included, including games like Space Invaders and Donkey Kong," said Nintendo. The display will open in 2006, and its contents will range from 1960s video arcades to the latest home...
[January 26, 2006, 13:10]
Exclusive: London Company Accused Of PS2 Fraud
News Games Master advertised in publications such as classifieds paper Loot last month, offering PS2 consoles before Christmas. Payments were accepted by cheque, but the consoles never arrived despite the cheques being cashed, and as of Friday the...
[December 1, 2000, 16:25]
Sony's Mod Chip Battle Heats Up
News Sony, which claims its only concern about the use of the chips is that they allow pirated games to be played on the consoles, has responded angrily. Sony Corporation Entertainment has accused the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission of...
[February 14, 2002, 10:12]
PlayStation2 Price Cut Expected
News Manufacturers cannot sustain even bigger per unit losses on their consoles without higher games sales -- software is where they recoup their money. With Microsoft and Nintendo slashing the cost of their gaming consoles, there is pressure on Sony to...
[April 22, 2002, 17:20]
Will E3 Herald Console Price Cuts?
News Instead of cutting into their bottom line, game companies are more likely to look for other ways to juice up sales, such as offering deals that bundle consoles with selected games. That's what video game buffs are wondering as the industry gears up...
[May 9, 2003, 16:36]
Sony Cracks Down On PlayStation2 Chipping
News Aside from allowing people to make backups of games, and play NTSC games on PAL consoles, the Messiah chip also allows PlayStation2 owners to play DVD disks from any region, and provides colour correction for PAL consoles.
[December 13, 2001, 15:18]
