Archive for the 'Game consoles' Category

Xbox 360 failure

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

The only games I ever play are car games. When I tried Project Gotham Racing 3 for Xbox 360 a while back I was really disappointed. The only thing that is really stunning are the reruns of the races. But who ever wants to watch them. The regular racing was not a big improvement over […]

Sony PS3 officially launched

Tuesday, May 9th, 2006

Sony has officially launched the PS3. The price will be US $500 for the 20GB version and $600 for the 80GB. The 20GB version will not have HDMI and wifi. The controller will look pretty much like the old controllers but will use bluetooth.

Xbox 360 hot on eBay

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005

The Xbox 360 is hot on eBay after selling well in store on the first day. There are a few buy it now items on eBay for around $700. The official price is $400.

Ceramic PSP

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

The white ceramic PSP is on sale in Japan now according to Akihabara news. Except for looking cool there are no other new features.

PSP 2.0 browser strengths and weaknesses

Thursday, August 25th, 2005

I managed to install the PSP 2.0 firmware yesterday. The installation was pretty easy. Using the browser is not that easy.
There are a couple of things that make the PSP a bad surfing machine.

The lack of stylus (or mouse). I was not able to center the page in the browser in the screen […]

Gran Turismo for PSP crashes into 2006

Thursday, August 18th, 2005

I just realized that the PSP-version of Gran Turismo has been delayed 6 months. Most gaming sites are in denial and are still list the release date as September 1. The new release date in sometime in March of 2006. This is a major setback for racing fans as the current titles for the PSP, […]

Good news - bad news about the PS3

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

The Septeber issue of PSM Magazine has a insider article about the PS3.
The good news is that there will be a PVR add-on for PS3. Also, it will be possible to use the PSP as a remote for movie and music playback.
The bad news is that many games will not be developed to supprt […]