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The Agony and the Ecstasy of Hacking the Xbox

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It seemed like a no-brainer for Microsoft: Use its massive software market share to win over game players to its Xbox console. It could sell a powerful, graphics-enhanced computer for about US$180 and sit back as the dollars rolled in from royalties paid by its partners for every Xbox game sold. According to Microsoft’s vision,…

Xbox v. PlayStation: Microsoft Throws Down the Gauntlet

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) last week, Microsoft raised the bar on what has become one of the more interesting battles in the industry. Actually, it would be more accurate to say Microsoft has taken the gloves off and now — really — is going after the entertainment segment. The Xbox and MSN groups…

Nintendo DS Readies for Portable Gaming Competition

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Nintendo is enforcing its dominance in the portable gaming world with the launch of its wireless Nintendo DS, a handheld double-screen console that will allow players to control games with touch or voice, monitor two-screen action and even compete wirelessly with others. Nintendo DS will launch in the United States on November 21 for about…

Nintendo, Sony in Hand-to-Hand Gaming Combat

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

As Nintendo seeks to keep its command of the mobile gaming market with the dual-screen DS handheld unveiled this week, Sony will try to make the market a dual-player game with its forthcoming PlayStation portable device, the PSP. Touting two 3-inch, color, LCD screens and two ways to connect wirelessly — 802.11 WiFi and Nintendo’s…

Sony Partners with IBM, Toshiba on PS3 Chip

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Although it is poised to bring some competition to the mobile gaming world with the PlayStation Portable (PSP), Sony seems more intensely focused on its PlayStation console and the silicon for the next-generation PlayStation3. With IBM and Toshiba, Sony announced a new electronics chip codenamed “Cell” that will leverage multi-core processing to power the next…

Nintendo, Sony Add Audio, Video Features To Lure Gamers

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Gaming console giants Nintendo and Sony are enabling music and video playback on their popular gaming devices in an effort to dominate the lucrative market, expected to account for sales of $2 billion in the United States this year. Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) went on sale in Japan this week and essentially sold out its…

As PSP Sales Boom, Sony Plans Phone Feature

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Sony seems to be finding success for its portable PlayStation, or PSP, with nearly a million units shipped in less than two months, but that is not stopping the electronics giant from planning new features for the device. In a recent talk, Sony executive Ken Kutaragi boasted of 800,000 PSP units shipped in Japan, where…

Take-Two Swats Back at EA with MLB Deal

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Take-Two Interactive Media may not have hit a home run, but the video-game maker swatted a solid double against its major opponent, Electronic Arts, when it cemented a deal with Major League Baseball. Take-Two, developer of the wildly popular Grand Theft Auto franchise, signed a long-term agreement with MLB and the MLB Players Association for…

Microsoft Signs ‘Final Fantasy’ Creator

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Looking to repeat the high score of its Xbox-exclusive “Halo 2,” Microsoft has signed legendary Japanese game-maker Hironobu Sakaguchi — who created “Final Fantasy,” one of the most significant role-playing games (RPGs) ever — to produce two new RPGs for the next-generation Xbox console. Microsoft declined to disclose a time line for the two Xbox-only…

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