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Date: Mon, 17. August 2009 15:05:37

A round-table discussion at Gametopius looks into the state of downloadable content for games as it has evolved over the past several years, going from an occasional, welcome supplement to being a common marketing strategy for most of the industry, frequently causing irritation over pricing and availability. "All of the map packs so far released for the Call of Duty games have been $10 each to download on consoles through closed networks, while PC gamers could download those same packs for free off of FileShack or somewhere else. Valve's own Team Fortress 2 has received a significant amount of DLC that's been completely free on the PC. Xbox owners of the same game, however, have only received perhaps half of that content, and they have had to pay for it in $5 packs. Why is this? The idea of this kind of content delivery was scarcely heard of on consoles, so console gamers see no reason not to pay for it. But on the PC, these amounts of content are usually just considered parts of patches. Furthermore, why pay for a few extra maps and costumes when modders are making and offering new ones for free all the time?"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/16/1630252/Are-Game-Consoles-Ruining-DLC?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=09/08/16/1630252"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/16/1630252/Are-Game-Consoles-Ruining-DLC?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vEPwZ0DswQ6HDbUnUxBI9RVAunw/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vEPwZ0DswQ6HDbUnUxBI9RVAunw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vEPwZ0DswQ6HDbUnUxBI9RVAunw/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/vEPwZ0DswQ6HDbUnUxBI9RVAunw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/H4tGDwjbS2I" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Thu, 12. February 2009 12:38:41

So much of gaming is rooted in intense experiences. But some games just want to help us chill out and relax. They want to help us find our happy place. 'Flower,' available through the PlayStation Network, is one of those games.

Date: Tue, 7. June 2011 21:37:54

When the Nintendo Wii was launched, people were taken aback by its Wiimote controller, as well as its relative lack processing prowess. Such might be the reaction to the new Nintendo gaming console, named the Nintendo Wii U (pronounced we, you).

Date: Fri, 15. January 2010 15:05:24

As high-definition graphics become more and more entrenched in this generation of game consoles, Nintendo has had to deal with constant speculation about a new version of the Wii that would increase its capabilities. Today, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime bluntly denied that a hardware revision was imminent, saying, "We are confident the Wii home entertainment console has a very long life in front of it." He added, "In terms of what the future holds, we've gone on record to say that the next step for Nintendo in home consoles will not be to simply make it HD, but to add more and more capability, and we'll do that when we've totally tapped out all of the experiences for the existing Wii. And we're nowhere near doing that yet."pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/01/15/0738222/Wii-Hardware-Upgrade-Wont-Happen-Soon?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=10/01/15/0738222"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/01/15/0738222/Wii-Hardware-Upgrade-Wont-Happen-Soon?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YAKd5FasAfiK1z4DpOTryN5Vp_k/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YAKd5FasAfiK1z4DpOTryN5Vp_k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YAKd5FasAfiK1z4DpOTryN5Vp_k/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/YAKd5FasAfiK1z4DpOTryN5Vp_k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/OLO1m5JN1Yw" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Wed, 6. January 2010 15:05:31

Spacezilla writes "EA is dropping the bomb on a number of their video game servers, shutting down the online fun for many of their Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 games. Not only is the inclusion of PS3 and Xbox 360 titles odd, the date the games were released is even more surprising. Yes, Madden 07 and 08 are included in the shutdown... but Madden 09 on all consoles as well?"pa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/01/06/0456202/EA-Shutting-Down-Video-Game-Servers-Prematurely?from=rss"img src="http://slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rssamp;op=imageamp;style=h0amp;sid=10/01/06/0456202"/a/ppa href="http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/01/06/0456202/EA-Shutting-Down-Video-Game-Servers-Prematurely?from=rss"Read more of this story/a at Slashdot./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KB-ClT7eKST0M7_wUJz4P96nfkM/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KB-ClT7eKST0M7_wUJz4P96nfkM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KB-ClT7eKST0M7_wUJz4P96nfkM/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/KB-ClT7eKST0M7_wUJz4P96nfkM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~4/50RoWMHaV10" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Sat, 11. June 2011 20:38:48

ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | Apparently, investors are not quite sure what to make of the recently unveiled Nintendo Wii U, which is weird because critics and gamers seem to know exactly what the innovations brought forward by the console can do for the gaming industry. Nintendo stock is falling despite the official announcement of a ground-breaking home entertainment console.

Date: Wed, 28. January 2009 18:24:21

Astronomers have figured out how long it takes black holes to stop vibrating after they've been rattled, and as usual, they did it by running a simulation. But instead of a supercomputer, they used a batch of Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles wired together.

Date: Wed, 28. January 2009 18:24:21

Astronomers have figured out how long it takes black holes to stop vibrating after they've been rattled, and as usual, they did it by running a simulation. But instead of a supercomputer, they used a batch of Sony Playstation 3 gaming consoles wired together.

Date: Mon, 5. December 2011 08:04:30

It has been a brutal year for fans of the Wii. Other publishers have stopped bringing AAA games to Nintendo's low-powered console. The best-reviewed new game on the system, "Xenoblade Chronicles," has inexplicably been withheld from the United States. Nintendo itself seems ready to move on to its forthcoming Wii U.

Date: Wed, 4. January 2012 19:59:25

AP - Console gaming occasionally gets a boost from add-ons that can make the standard controller more efficient to hold and operate. A new wireless mouse looks to replace the standard Xbox 360 controller altogether in hopes of giving fans of first-person shooters added precision and control.