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Sales of the PlayStation Vita have fallen to an all-time low in Japan, but that’s not Sony’s biggest concern this week. The release of new title Animal Crossing: New Leaf – a very popular IP in Japan – saw 3DS hardware sales rocket, with 187,077 units being shifted last week. …
Read More »VIDEO: Iwata presents a Wii U unboxing "ceremony"
This is something you don’t see every day. Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has taken to YouTube to host his very own unboxing video. In which he refers to it as a Wii U unboxing ceremony”, dons a pair of white gloves and says he feels like he’s a host on …
Read More »12 GB super slim PS3 with PS Move bundle priced Rs 18,990 in India
The new 12 GB flash memory model of the super slim PS3 will be available in India as a PlayStation Move bundle at a price of Rs 18,990. The bundle includes the PS3 console, the Move Starter Kit (PlayStation Eye camera, one Move controller) as well as a copy of …
Read More »Key Release: OptiTrack motion capture cameras
Develop takes a look at a new range of high-end motion capture cameras
Read More »500 GB PS3 super slim with GT5, Uncharted 3 priced Rs 19,990 in India
The 500 GB PS3 super slim is set to arrive in stores across India this week as a two-game bundle, Sony has announced. Priced at Rs 19,990, the new 500 GB model will be bundled with Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Game of the Year …
Read More »Apple reveals iPad Mini AND iPad 4
The iPad Mini. Well, that’s not a surprise, is it? But the new iPad 4? We admit – we had no idea that one was coming. But first the new machine. The new mid-range device boasts a 7.9 inch screen (compared to the iPhone 5’s four inch screen and the …
Read More »Subsidised Xbox subscription hardware "pivotal" to Microsoft’s business
Xbox 720 will likely launch with cut-price hardware subsidised through monthly subscriptions. That’s the impression given by Microsoft in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in which it describes such retail models as pivotal to our business” and outlines plans to roll the deals out across the whole of …
Read More »Zotac launches GTX 650 Ti budget graphics cards range
Zotac launched its line-up of budget graphics cards based on Nvidia’s GTX 650 Ti graphics processor in Mumbai last week. Alongside the launch of the company’s new line of Zbox mini-PCs, Zotac unveiled three cards based on the latest 650 Ti chipset, effectively completing Nvidia’s gamut of Kepler-based600 seriesofferings. Aside …
Read More »Raspberry Pi doubles RAM and freezes price
Enough stock to last until January 2013, says manufacturer
Read More »Microsoft rules out Xbox 360 UK price cut; Nintendo has "nothing to announce"
The Xbox 360 will not be receiving a price cut in the UK this Christmas, Microsoft has told MCV. It emerged this morning that $50 has been slashed off the price of both the 4GB and 250GB versions of the console in North America. And shortly after that we learnt …
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