TektodoWeekly Episode 3

Microsoft and the OLPC team up, Philaedelphia loses its city-wide Wi-Fi, CNET Networks gets sold, Xbox 360 sales hit 10 million… and more. Download this episode (right click + Save Link As) Subscribe to TektodoWeekly in iTunes

U.S. Xbox 360 sales hit 10 million

Yesterday, Microsoft announced that 10 million Xbox 360s have been sold, beating out Nintendo’s 8.8 million Wiis and Sony’s 4.1 million PS3s.  The head of Microsoft’s Xbox division, Don Mattrick, stated that “history has shown us that the first company to reach 10 million in console sales wins the generation battle.”  However, let’s not forget [...]

Sony fans won’t be going “Home” until later this year

PlayStation Home, Sony’s highly anticipated virtual gaming world (à la Second Life), has been delayed.  Sony President, Kaz Hirai, announced yesterday that gamers won’t be seeing a public release of the service until late this year, stating that he felt the service needs more time before it is up to par. Sony certainly has an [...]

Why do games cost so much to produce?

In yesterday’s article, I talked about Grand Theft Auto IV and how it was the most expensive game ever produced.  Sopranogrl22 left a good comment asking why it costs so much to produce a game like GTAIV.  While I certainly don’t know of all the aspects that go into game production, I do have some [...]

Video games a part of life

In this month’s issue of GamePro (May 08 issue) there is a GamePro Poll towards the end of the magazine, asking how often gamers play the Wii.  The results were 33% play it less than other systems, 25% play it more than other systems, 10% play it the same as other systems and 32% don’t [...]

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