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Date: Thu, 12. November 2009 03:27:04

S-4'N3 writes "The BBC reports that Microsoft has disconnected approximately 600,000 Xbox users from Xbox Live because the devices they are using have been modified, either with software or with new chips, to play pirated games. 'Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide. Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 360 console 'violates' the service's 'terms of use' and would result in a player being disconnected.'"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1821255/Microsoft-Disconnects-Modded-Xbox-Users?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/11/11/1821255"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/11/1821255/Microsoft-Disconnects-Modded-Xbox-Users?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/emdk_eEUyEtLccGz2zzflWkkh1E/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/emdk_eEUyEtLccGz2zzflWkkh1E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/emdk_eEUyEtLccGz2zzflWkkh1E/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/emdk_eEUyEtLccGz2zzflWkkh1E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/k7nrGBSnauI" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 17. June 2010 15:06:29

Now that E3 attendees have had a chance to try out the new revision of Nintendo's portable console, critiques of the 3D effect and updated layout are starting to filter in. Opinion thus far has been mostly positive. Wired writes, "The graphics, which are much more advanced than yoursquo;d expect from Nintendo, left me pretty much in disbelief. They're on a level with Sonyrsquo;s PSP, probably even a little better than that. But the eye-popping 3-D effect makes everything that much richer." According to the Guardian's Games blog, it works "beautifully." They add, "You can perceive 3D only if the console is directly in front of you, but this is fine for handheld gaming. I actually found it pretty adaptable in terms of viewing from different vertical positions. It was much more sensitive if the handheld was turned slightly to the left or right, but really, it coped perfectly with the slight shifts and jerks you'd get on a morning commute." During Shigeru Miyamoto's annual dev roundtable, he explained how Nintendo felt that particular types of games, such as shooters, benefit more from the 3D effect than others, and how Nintendo hopes to update as many older games as they can to incorporate 3D gameplay in addition to 3D graphics.pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F06%2F17%2F0430225%2FNintendo-3DS-Early-Impressions" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Nintendo+3DS+Early+Impressions%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FcuiFv3" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/06/17/0430225/Nintendo-3DS-Early-Impressions?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1688966amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframe pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nlTGrSXe-9Jhh34JUYwOQucFguk/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nlTGrSXe-9Jhh34JUYwOQucFguk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nlTGrSXe-9Jhh34JUYwOQucFguk/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/nlTGrSXe-9Jhh34JUYwOQucFguk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/W6EmfVjH26Q" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Fri, 15. April 2011 08:04:22

pcgfx805 writes "Game Informer has reportedly received word from 'multiple sources' that a new HD console from Nintendo will be debuting at this year's E3. They report on conflicting information regarding the power of the console compared to the other current-gen consoles, but go on to speculate that 'Either way it will offer competitive specifications.'" This year's E3 is scheduled for June 7-9. Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Wed, 8. June 2011 02:24:40

Yahoo! News - This morning, Nintendo announced the next generation of the Wii gaming console — or at least part of it! We were naturally anxious to get our hands on Nintendo's latest and greatest device, known as the Wii U. The Wii U ?

Date: Tue, 6. July 2010 03:52:04

An anonymous reader writes "A combination of factors like console penetration, piracy, and the huge inherent variability in PC hardware setups have made the PC a third-class citizen for many gaming genres, especially the kind of high-adrenaline action games that were once the PC's bread and butter. Epic is a company that has been vocal in its shift toward consoles, with many controversial statements dropped over the years in reference to piracy being the reason. So it was with some surprise that we noted Epic's VP, Mark Rein, pointing out recently that the PC is as important as ever. Why the turnaround? This article suggests that the extended length of the current console generation will drive some developers back to the PC as new games push up against hardware limits."pa href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fgames.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F10%2F07%2F05%2F1429222%2FIs-PC-Gaming-Set-For-a-Comeback" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png"/a a href="http://twitter.com/home?status=Is+PC+Gaming+Set+For+a+Comeback%3F%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F9ErDed" target="_blank" title="Share on Twitter"img src="http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/07/05/1429222/Is-PC-Gaming-Set-For-a-Comeback?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./piframe src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?op=discussamp;id=1708570amp;smallembed=1" style="height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;"/iframe pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fY2dzLvdd0c6lDen4O3dL6IBxg0/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fY2dzLvdd0c6lDen4O3dL6IBxg0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fY2dzLvdd0c6lDen4O3dL6IBxg0/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/fY2dzLvdd0c6lDen4O3dL6IBxg0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/M4Sp8_YrlhQ" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Mon, 23. March 2009 15:05:23

Xbm360 writes "According to data collected by Joystiq as well as Google Trends, there's been a steady rise in reports and discussion of the so-called E74 error on Xbox 360 consoles since August of last year. The E74 error is related to video problems caused by either a faulty AV connector or, more often, a loosened ANA/HANA scaling chip. This is not the first time the Xbox 360 has experienced technical issues; in recent years many people have complained about scratched discs and over-heating consoles mdash; the 'red ring of death.'"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/0337244amp;from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/03/23/0337244"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/23/0337244amp;from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/sg8lxjapVNoUD47nAJuYcgCXIv8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/sg8lxjapVNoUD47nAJuYcgCXIv8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/CLHVWUaibf0" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 24. September 2009 02:52:26

AP - Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games.

Date: Sun, 16. November 2008 22:11:09

font style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbrdiv style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1/divdiv class=lhtable border=0 align=right cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0cellpadding=3 style=font-size:100%;font-family:arial,sans-seriftrtd width=80 align=center style=padding-left:6px; valign=topa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2i-0fd=Rurl=http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/11/14/october-npd-sales-for-xbox-360-sony-ps3-wii-and-more/cid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNFbuGTrx8Ul0j-3Qm_yGIPr0Q0-xAimg src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=5-o9OWB7huIJimgurl=www.product-reviews.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/nintendo-wii-tops-for-console-sales-in-june.jpg width=80 height=80 alt= border=1brfont size=-2Product Reviews/font/a/td/tr/tablea href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-0fd=Rurl=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081116-npd-software-top-ten-list-the-360-is-a-publishers-best-bet.htmlcid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNGqOAa3DjGsOdkIMTxHUGMIQTNWDAbCrunching NPD#39;s numbers: the 360 is a publisher#39;s best bet/b/abrfont size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fArs Technicanbsp;-/font nobr4 hours ago/nobr/b/fontbrfont size=-1By Ben Kuchera | Published: November 16, 2008 - 04:08PM CT Sales numbers are hard to come by when it comes to the gaming industry; there is no public source of information for what games and consoles are selling./fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-1fd=Rurl=http://www.techflash.com/Wii_PS3_Xbox_360_Where_they_stand34555204.htmlcid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNGH-YOIuCskEgkRIG-m39BpNr6-ZwTechFlash | Wii, PS3, Xbox 360: Where they stand/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrTechFlash/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-2fd=Rurl=http://www.pcworld.com/article/153971/handheld_game_units_dominate_fall_sales.htmlcid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNGNnObepkPYVpROaVxFLxrbxYhaGQHandheld Game Units Dominate Fall Sales/a font size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrPC World/nobr/font/fontbrfont size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-3fd=Rurl=http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Video_Game_Industry_Up_18_on_Strong_Console_Sales_29121.htmlcid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNFfkFmShoI0aDngs1IWm0mUPZojwQnobreFluxMedia/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-4fd=Rurl=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6201094.htmlcid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNHokXWV2d-Oqb2eoPMEdfMWa4RuPAnobrGameSpot/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-5fd=Rurl=http://venturebeat.com/2008/11/16/microsofts-shane-kim-loves-nintendo-talks-up-new-xbox-experience-as-social-network/cid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNETUgk4Xmbe5xlFN4SEwoPLPiOdeQnobrVentureBeat/nobr/anbsp;- a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=Tct=us/4-2-6fd=Rurl=http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4AD0MS20081114cid=1270495993ei=tt8gSYKFAYHI9ASwwpjGAwusg=AFQjCNFRiONWdOSokZ94NSunY_2h9TNJxwnobrReuters/nobr/a/fontbr/font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news?ned=usncl=1270495993hl=ennobrball 314 news articles/b/nobr/a/fontbr clear=all /div/font

Date: Wed, 30. July 2008 13:04:30

AP - Nintendo Co.'s profit for the fiscal first quarter surged 34 percent as sales of its hit Wii console shot up, underlining the success of the video game unit in attracting novice players.

Date: Tue, 22. July 2008 22:25:57

Microsoft Corp. will let independent developers sell video games for the Xbox 360 console ? and keep most of the profits ? beginning this holiday season, the company said Tuesday.