Tag: ps3

Konami reveals limited-edition PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle

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With the release of the GT5: Prologue bundle just around the corner, news comes from Konami of another unit-shifting PS3 combo.

Metal Gear Solid 4 will ship with a limited-edition gun-metal coloured console and Dualshock 3 controller. Unfortunately the pack has only been announced for Japan (at a price of ¥51,800 [£260]). Which means the US will have to make do with their standard PS3/MGS4 bundle, and we’ll have to make do with our… oh.

Richard Gilzene Gaming

The Top 10 Technology Trends of 2007

iphone-2007.jpg2007 was another big year for gadget-heads, with a wealth of new tech to get to grips with, some intriguing industry developments, and the usual fanboy warz between Apple, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo addicts. We’ve been rounding up the key trends from 2007 over the past week, but if you missed them, here’s a guide to the tech happenings that we thought were important in the last twelve months. Roll on 2008, when we can find out what’s next in line to excite our minds (and drain our wallets).

Stuart Dredge 2007 In Review

Nintendo losing $1.3bn of potential sales thanks to Wii shortages

wi-shortages-worldwide.jpgThat’s enough money to fund all of our fantasy lifestyles, and is the amount a New York Times report says Nintendo is losing out on this year thanks to Wii stock shortages.

James Lin, senior analyst at the MDB Capital Group says Nintendo “could easily sell double what they’re selling” – and it’s playing into the hands of the enemy. Sir Howard Stringer, boss of everything at Sony, said “I’m happy that the Wii seems to be running out…

Gary Cutlack Gaming

Blu-ray Disc Association makes wild claims of 2.7 million players sold, forgets 74% of figure are PS3 sales

PS3-Blu-ray-sales.jpgI do feel a bit sad for perking my ears up every time I see the words ‘Blu-ray’ and ‘HD DVD’ mentioned in the same breath. There’s nothing I love more than a good ol’ fashioned format war.

Whilst the HD DVD camp is actually fairly transparent with their sales statistics (recently claiming to have sold 750,000 players), the Blu-ray Disc Association has always been cagey, never actually releasing figures on actual players sold.

The story being bandied about the playground today is that 2.7 million Blu-ray Disc players have been sold in the US so far, but of those 2.7 million? Yep, most of them are just PS3 sales…

Katherine Hannaford Blu-ray, HD DVD, Home cinema