Hardware (Page 40)

News

Xbox One at Best Buy: "We feel very good about the supply"

We talk with Best Buy's vice president of entertainment about tonight's big Xbox One launch and why gamers "still want that disc" over digital

Nov. 21, 2013 James Brightman

News

GameStop still has 2.3 million people waiting for next-gen

Sell-through of PS4 already 80% higher than total number of PS3's sold in 2006 fiscal year; Xbox One tracking 15% higher than Xbox 360 launch year

Nov. 21, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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Feature

Microsoft: We're working unbelievably hard to match demand

"I can only apologise in advance to anybody who is let down before Christmas," says Xbox boss Phil Harrison

Nov. 21, 2013 Dan Pearson

8 comments

News

Wii U to see lifetime sales of 25m or less - DFC

DFC Intelligence lowers its Wii U forecast and we talk about the strategy behind releasing three big games at the same time as Xbox One's launch

Nov. 21, 2013 James Brightman

14 comments

News

Xbox One pad cost $100 million in R&D - Microsoft

Company tested adding everything from screens to smells before settling on current controller

Nov. 20, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

5 comments

Opinion

The Next Generation Race is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

Sony can take pride in the opening-day success of PS4, but the next gen has a long way to go before it proves itself

Nov. 20, 2013 Jeremy Parish

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News

iPhone gets its first officially licensed controller

Moga's Ace Power controller utilizes the new framework built into iOS 7 and gives any iPhone 5 or 5th gen iPod Touch console-like controls

Nov. 20, 2013 James Brightman

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News

Tesco stores offering Xbox One first come, first served

Midnight opening for those without pre-orders at over 100 stores

Nov. 20, 2013 Rachel Weber

News

Sony promises "good supply" of PS4 at retail this holiday season

Sony doesn't think the PlayStation 4 will be hard to find this holiday shopping season

Nov. 19, 2013 Mike Williams

News

Xbox One Twitch streaming coming in 2014

Microsoft's console won't have built-in Twitch streaming at launch

Nov. 19, 2013 Mike Williams

News

Sony nearly breaking even on PS4 hardware - Report

IHS teardown of new console puts Sony's cost of goods and assembly at $381 per system

Nov. 19, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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News

Xbox One, PS4 mark a "watershed event" for digital

Longbow Research discusses the acceleration of digital fueled by the new consoles; day one downloads "becoming the norm"

Nov. 19, 2013 James Brightman

13 comments

Feature

PS4 biggest launch in Canadian gaming history, says Sony

Sony Canada exec Steve Turvey also notes importance of maintaining brand loyalty for "extremely small" number with defective PS4s

Nov. 19, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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News

Sony to make $100m in cuts - report

Bain and Co. brought in to advise, job losses in entertainment business expected

Nov. 19, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

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Feature

Ubisoft explains why launch games underwhelm

Tony Key also notes that the $100 price difference between Xbox One and PS4 won't matter, and he expects installed base to quickly double last gen

Nov. 18, 2013 Chris Morris

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News

Ex-gen: PS3 and Xbox 360's highs and lows over 8 years

The RROD, the ApocalyPS3, the games and moments that made this generation special

Nov. 18, 2013 Rachel Weber

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News

Sony's Koller: PS4 reminds me a lot of the PS2 launch

"Of the five platform launches we've had, this is the best game line up" says VP of marketing

Nov. 18, 2013 Rachel Weber

5 comments

News

Raspberry Pi reaches 2 million sold

Innovative device passes milestone several months ahead of schedule

Nov. 18, 2013 Matthew Handrahan

News

Suda51: What matters is the game, not the platform

Goichi Suda praises the growth of indie development

Nov. 18, 2013 Rachel Weber

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News

PlayStation 4 US sales cross 1 million units in 24 hours

Sony's new console posts record sell through numbers for a console launch

Nov. 18, 2013 Mike Williams

12 comments

News

EA blames PS4 game crashes on Sony

Publisher posts, then pulls, notice saying day-one firmware update is causing crashes on all games

Nov. 15, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

4 comments

News

Downloadable Xbox One games to have full 1000 gamerscore

"On Xbox One games are games," Microsoft confirms

Nov. 15, 2013 Dan Pearson

6 comments

News

PSN having outages as new PS4 owners log on

Firmware update puts strain on US and Canadian network

Nov. 15, 2013 Dan Pearson

6 comments

News

GTA V, Pokemon keep software sales growing in October

Rockstar's latest sells 1.1 million to hold off pocket monsters, Battlefield, Batman, and Assassin's Creed atop sales chart

Nov. 14, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

3 comments

News

Sony's Jack Tretton downplays idea of "the last console generation"

CEO of PS4 maker says opportunities are the best in decades for console makers, only getting better

Nov. 14, 2013 Brendan Sinclair

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